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Texas Campus Carry Law Triggers University Discussion the skiff x 360 . volume 114 . issue 3 . www.tcu360.com . all tcu. all the time. september 10 . 2015 ski x 360 THE SKIFF BY TCU360 GATHERING AMMO TEXAS CAMPUS CARRY LAW TRIGGERS UNIVERSITY DISCUSSION INSIDE : EVENTS CALENDAR 3 - NEW SUPERINTENDENT 6 - LINEBACKER LOSSES 6 - SOCCER 15 - CRIME ALERT 18 - SIGMA NU 19 2 skiff x 360 · www.tcu360.com all tcu. all the time. september 10 · 2015 september 10 · 2015 all tcu. all the time. skiff x 360 · www.tcu360.com 3 entertainment riff ram, instagram! events calendar Students have blast with Billy Bob’s presents Mex- 1/2 PRICE GA TICKET W/ TCU vs SFA TICKET STUB! TCU Forensics team hosts sa12ican Independance Day performer Bo Burnham th10Campus Carry debate Celebration u Where: Brown-Lupton University Union u Where: 2520 Rodeo Plaza By Makenzie Stallo BallroomCampus Carry Debate u When: 1 p.m. [email protected] u When: 4Thursday, p.m. September 10, 4 p.m. u Cost: $20-$30 Brown-Lupton University Union Ballroom u Cost: Free Comedian Bo Burnham performed for a sold out show last Featuring members of the TCU Forensics debate team TCU vs. SFA Football Game Friday night. Campus Carry sa12u Where: Amon Carter TheEnd sponsored the show that took place in the Brown- Stadium Lupton University Union Ballroom. a TCU u When: 2:30-5:45 p.m. Texas Senate Bill 11 will allow licensed holders to carry concealed handguns on One thousand tickets were reserved by TCU students the campuses of higher education, effective August 2016. Private universities u Cost: $165 may opt-out of the provision if they choose. Join us for the first of many discussions within eight hours of being made available and more were about this legislation and what it means for the TCU community. placed on a waitlist for theEnd’s second event of the semester. ADVOCATES OPPOSITION Burnham began the show by listing terrible things going Donald Timothy Griffin ’17 Betts’17 on in the world, emphasizing that nothing is funny. Students Journalism Philosophy/Economics familiar with Burnham’s ironic style of comedy knew that it @texaschristianuniversity meant big laughs were coming. CONVOCATION TCU posted a picture of Convocation on its Instagram to welcome in a new academic Shelby Erika Whitson’17 Simonson ’16 Long time fans of Burnham’s comedy, sophomores year. Midmorning classes were cancelled so students and faculty could attend Convocation on Sep. 8. Political Science Political Science Rebekah Stutheit and Laura Frazier, arrived at 6:30 p.m. to be Email your questions and comments to [email protected]. the first in line for the show. “I’ve been watching his stuff on Netflix and YouTube since I The Skiff by TCU360 was an eighth-grader,” Stutheit said. “A chance to see him live, TCU Box 298050 I couldn’t pass it up.” Billy Bob’s presents Other students like first-years Kameron Reyes and Thomas Fort Worth, TX 76129 f11Sean McConnell Valley Uprising screening Garlick were less familiar with the comedian, but were u Where: 2520 Rodeo Plaza u Where: Rec Center [email protected] m14 equally excited to see what Burnham would bring to TCU. u When: 10:30 p.m. u When: 7 p.m.-12 a.m. “I didn’t know about Bo Burnham until I came here and Phone (817) 257-3600, Fax (817) 257-7133 u Cost: $12-$18 u Cost: Free september 11 then I watched one of his videos on Netflix the other day and ACOUSTIC NIGHT @ THE SHACK / PANTHER ISLAND his shows were just very different,” Reyes said. Skiff Editor: Bria Bell “ ” RELEASE SHOW heretics “I listened to one of his specials about math, of all things, Associate Editor: Victoria Knox so I figured someone that could make math funny could WITH SPECIAL GUEST really make anything funny,” Garlick said. Projects Manager: Kaitlin Helm Burnham’s biggest hits of the night were his satirical SARAH JAFFE SOLO Design Editor: Jocelyn Sittonw TOADIES songs juxtaposed with witty banter and improvisational observations about TCU and its students. Multimedia Editor: Alexandra Plancarte There was rarely a moment when the ballroom was Student Publications Adviser: Robert Bohler not filled with laughter. Burnham is the first performer theEnd has brought to Advertising Manager: Nick Anderson What SUP Kickstarter september 12 TCU this semester. f11u Where: Rec Center TCU Faith Festival Director of Student Media: Kent Chapline ROCK SHOW DAY / 2 STAGES @ PANTHER ISLAND u When: 6-10 p.m. tu15u Where: Jarvis Hall Director, School of Journalism: John Tisdale u Cost: $30 u When: 5-7 p.m. u Cost: Free www.tcu360.com Vanessa Bayer and Aidy Bryant The Skiff by TCU360 f11Live at TCU TOADIES Circulation: 2000 Location: Moudy Building South u Where: Brown-Lupton University Union ★ Subscriptions: Call 817-257-6274 Convergence Center, Room 212 Ballroom BURDEN BROTHERS LOCAL H Rates are $30 per semester. 2805 S. University Drive Fort Worth, TX 76109 u When: 10-11:45 p.m. ★ ★ u Cost: Free HOLY MOLY BUCK PETS SEALION Distribution: Newspapers are available free on campus finals week and holidays. ★ ★ and surrounding locations, limit one per person. Addition- SON OF STAN GOLLAY WESTERN PLAZA al copies are $.50 and are available at the Skiff office. COPYRIGHT All rights for the entire contents of this newspaper shall be the property of the Skiff by TCU360. GET MORE INFO HERE! The Skiff by TCU360 is an official student publication of No part thereof may be reproduced or aired without prior Texas Christian University, produced by students of TCU consent of the Student Media Director. The Skiff does not Full Moon Paddle DIADELOSTOADIES.COM and sponsored by the TCU School of Journalism. It oper- assume liability for any product and services advertised w16u Where: Meet at Rec ates under the policies of the Student Media Committee, herein. Center MAKENZIE STALLO / TCU 360 composed of representatives from the student body, staff, u When: 6 p.m.-10 p.m. PERFORMANCE Comedian Bo Burnham performs opening faculty and administration. The Skiff by TCU360 is pub- Liability for misprints due to our error is limited to the u Cost: Free number in BLUU Ballroom for TheEnd event on Sep. 4. lished Thursdays during fall and spring semesters except cost of the advertising. 4 skiff x 360 · www.tcu360.com all tcu. all the time. september 10 · 2015 Congratulations to Mr. Brad Thompson Student Affairs as recipient of the 17th Annual WASSENICH AWARD for Mentoring in the TCU Community The Wassenich Mentoring Award in the TCU Community was established by Linda and Mark Wassenich (’64, ’65) to recognize an outstanding faculty or staff mentor who best exemplifies this defining characteristic of the TCU community. Mark’s father, Paul Wassenich, and Linda’s mother, Vera Stephenson, were students at TCU in the early days of the Great Depression. They benefitted greatly from being mentored. Paul and Ruth Wassenich, Mark’s parents, carried on the tradition of mentoring during their long careers at TCU as a religion professor and catalog librarian, respectively. THANK YOU TO THE FINALISTS: Dr. Gary Boehm – Department of Psychology Dr. Clark Jones – Department of Biology Dr. Eric Cox – Department of Political Science And thank you to all our faculty and staff who mentor students daily. september 10 · 2015 all tcu. all the time. skiff x 360 · www.tcu360.com 5 crime Three students assaulted, robbed New ADPi members receive intimidating text messages By Kylie Walker [email protected] A Panhellenic sorority notified TCU Police that some new members have been sent intimidating text messages from an unknown number. Two new members of Alpha Delta Pi received text messages from someone claiming to be “coordinator of new members,” on Aug. 26, five days after Panhellenic’s Bid Day, TCU police detective Vicki Lawson said. “[An ADPi member] was questioning why one of their pledges had decided that they didn’t want to be in a sorority anymore,” Lawson said. Lawson said the matter is being investigated as an incident report, rather than a criminal offense. “Somebody is impersonating a member, which even though it’s not shedding bad light on the sorority and more like wanting to know why the people want to leave, they’re still impersonating somebody who they are not,” Lawson said. No suspects have been identified, but TCU Police are going to try to determine where they came from and how they are related to the sorority, Lawson said. “We’re going to determine, if we can, who sent the texts,” Lawson said. “Determine why they picked TCU and ADPi, and if any other sororities or fraternities have been affected.” COURTESY OF TCU 360 Lawson said ADPi is the only group that has reported ASSAULT Three male students were assaulted and robbed of a case of beer by three male suspects the evening of Sep. 4. receiving bogus text messages. “But if any sororities or fraternities have members receiving these types of text messages, notify the TCU By Kristen Weaver students and took a case of beer,” according to the alert. Police,” Lawson said. [email protected] All three suspects were described as black males with ADPi declined to comment and referred all questions muscular stature, over 6 feet tall, and between the ages to its national headquarters, which has yet to respond. Three male students were assaulted and robbed the of 18 to 21. evening of Sep. 4 after three male suspects left a party One of the suspects was described as having “long and encountered the students outside. bushy hair pulled back in a ponytail.” The three suspects had attended a party on the TCU police said students should always leave a corner of Merida Avenue and West Lowden Street and situation without arguing if confronted by an aggressive were asked to leave, according to an off campus crime person.
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