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TCU DAILY GREEK LIFE 3 ACADEMICS 4 SK’s spreads Schiefer School Plans Alzheimer’s to modernize, est. 1902 awareness develop, and improve KIFF current ciriculum VOLUME 111 • ISSUES 54 • WWW.TCU360.COM Thursday • JANUARY 24 • 2013 UNION GROUNDS CAMPUS Renovations Student continue at Government BLUU sets reforms By Bradley Hardcastle By Samantha Ehlinger [email protected] [email protected] Students can buy food and Te Student Government As- drinks but will have to wait a bit sociation cabinet announced its longer before they can sit in the re- new plan for reforming SGA by opened Union Grounds. next semester’s 100th session at Te cofee and snack shop re- the SGA Inauguration Tuesday. opened Friday afer a month of The new Student Body Offi- renovations but is waiting on fur- cers were sworn in, including niture to be delivered, Executive Student Body President Joshua Director of Student Afairs Mike Simpson, Treasurer Cody West- Russel said. PHOTOGRAPHER NAME / PHOTOGRAPHER TITLE phal, Vice President of External The “R U OK?” campaign seeks to promote awareness on campus about suicide and ways to pre- Affairs Graham McMillan and “I think it’s a lot bigger, vent it. Photo illustration courtesy TCU Counseling, Testing, and Mental Health Center. Vice President of Operations cuter and more conve- Lauren Sharp. In their frst nient because the bar meeting for the is a lot longer.” year, the new of- fcers presented Chelsea Kinder Counseling center their plan titled Sophomore nursing major “Te Plan for 100.” Te outline for Sharp According to Russel, the renova- SGA reform focus- tions will include more seating and addresses suicide issue es on four values: big screen televisions, and the new By Marie Watson transparency, purposefulness, back counter will serve made-to- [email protected] was created afer TCU lost “The site and train- inclusiveness and efectiveness. order sandwiches and Marble Slab fve students to suicide from ing program are just the "What has worked in the past Creamery style ice cream. 2010 to 2012. Te campaign first steps in our efforts to may not work in the future, includ- Russel said there will not be as Te TCU Counseling, is funded through a grant prevent suicide at TCU,” ing the way we run student govern- many food items as before in the Testing and Mental Health TCU received in October. Wood said. “We hope to ment," Simpson said. refrigerator, freezer and snack sec- Center is spreading the word “Suicide is a growing is- make the site more in- Te plan outlined changes such tions, but there will be more food about suicide prevention by sue among all colleges and teractive, to release more as making cabinet minutes pub- items at the counter. expanding their “R U OK?” universities and is not just a public service announce- licly accessible and publicizing the Te renovations made it difcult social media campaign. problem at TCU,” said Eric ments and to eventually budget before passage in the house. for some students to get cofee be- “R U OK?” includes a Wood, assistant director of have everyone go through SGA’s success depends on its will- fore class, but Russel said that the website, which gives stu- the Counseling, Testing, and the training program.” ingness to engage in open commu- reaction to the new renovations dents a way to fnd the re- Mental Health Care Center. Te Counseling Center nication, Simpson said. has been positive. sources they need to handle Suicide is the second is also ofering a ”Ques- "Now is the time to mend the stu- “Tey mostly tell me how nice all types of situations relat- leading cause of death tion, Persuade, Refer” dent government and to unleash its it looks, how nice the space is, the ing to suicide. Te site pro- among college students. training program that hidden potential," Simpson said. lighting, the TVs,” he said. vides information about the Approximately fve percent lasts an hour. Tis train- To aid communication and Chelsea Kinder, a sophomore warning signs of suicide as of the student population at ing is designed to teach transparency, the SGA will be cre- nursing major, said she goes to well as instructions for stu- TCU have seriously consid- students and staf how to ating a database to record its activi- Union Grounds almost every dents who are seeking per- ered suicide within the last identify suicidal behaviors ties and projects, Sharp said. Te morning before her classes begin sonal help or help for some- year, according to the Sui- and how to get help for information from this database and likes the renovations so far. one else. cide Prevention Resource someone they feel is pos- will be made accessible to students. Te “R U OK?” campaign Center website. sibly suicidal. See RENOVATIONS 2 See SGA 2 2 Thursday, January 24, 2013 www.tcu360.com CONSUMER Continued from page 1 SGA Apple’s profts plateau PETER SVENSSON On a conference call with in the fscal frst quarter was The Associated Press analysts, Apple CEO Tim $13.1 billion, or $13.81 per Cook rebutted that idea, share, fat with a year ago. NEW YORK (AP) — Ap- but as usual, gave no details. Tat still beat expectations, ple's blockbuster revenue "We're working on some as analysts polled by Fact- growth is slowing drasti- incredible stuf. Te pipe- Set had forecast earnings of cally, as iPhone sales pla- line is chock full," he said. $13.48 per share. teau and the company fnds Apple said it expects Revenue was $54.5 bil- itself lacking revolutionary sales of between $41 billion lion, up 18 percent from new products. and $43 billion in the cur- a year ago. Analysts were Te company's warning, rent quarter, which ends in expecting $55 billion. issued Wednesday as part March. Tat would usually Sales were held back by of its fnancial results for be little cause for concern, the fact that the latest the holiday quarter, sent even though analysts were quarter had 13 weeks, one Apple Inc.'s stock plung- expecting $45.6 billion, less than the correspond- ing by more than 10 per- because Apple usually low- ing 2011 quarter. cent, wiping out a year's balls its forecasts. But Chief Apple shipped 47.8 mil- worth of gains. Financial Ofcer Peter Op- lion iPhones in the quarter, Analysts said the warn- penheimer said the compa- about 1 million less than ing suggested Apple can no ny is changing its practices analysts were expecting, longer sustain its growth and providing a reasonable and 22.9 million iPads, also without some completely range rather than a single, about 1 million short. new products. Its last revo- easily achievable number. Most surprisingly, Mac SAMANTHA EHLINGER / TCU360.COM lutionary creation, the iPad, Tat means Apple is sales were also 1 million New SGA president Joshua Simpson is sworn in at the frst SGA meeting of the semester in the was launched in 2010. Co- looking at sales growth of short, at 4.1 million. Tat's Brown-Lupton University Union on Tuesday. founder Steve Jobs, who about 7 percent from last a 22 percent drop from was the engine behind the year's January to March shipments a year ago. Op- To address inclusive- co-chaired by Miles Davi- Representatives will work creation of the iPod, iPhone quarter, a striking number penheimer said this was ness, Simpson also said he son and Pearce Edwards. together with the diver- and iPad, died in 2011. for a company that's posted because Apple couldn't get will propose a bill to allow "Te commission on di- sity commission on this "It has been an overrid- double-digit increases in the new iMac desktops out students to voice issues versity is being formed to new plan and improve ing concern with Apple every quarter except one before December. freely at the beginning dig deep into diversity on the student experience. that they would not be since 2008. Most technology com- of SGA meetings. SGA is campus," McMillan said. SGA members need to able to generate revenue Apple shares fell $55.58 panies would be ecstatic if also working to add fo- Te commission was cre- use the organization as growth just rolling out new to $458.43 in extended they posted 18 percent sales rums similar to town halls ated to address any issue a change agent for TCU, versions of old products," trading, afer the release of growth and $13 billion in for students to discuss the house does not have Simpson said. said Jef Sica, president and the results. proft for a single quarter, certain topics. time to discuss adequately, "I am truly excited for chief investment ofcer Apple's enviable proft but Apple is held to a high Inclusiveness will also be Simpson said. what will be a new chapter of SICA Wealth Manage- growth also hit a wall in standard, set by the shock- improved by the addition The new Cabinet and in student government," ment. "Now they've proven the October to December ing, iPhone-propelled suc- of a diversity commission the Student House of Simpson said. it in their numbers." quarter. It said net income cess of the last few years. Continued from page 1 Knoth, who both said they RENOVATIONS regularly buy cofee at Union Grounds, found the renova- tions inconvenient. “I think it’s a lot bigger, "One time I wanted my cuter and more convenient cofee, but it was closed," because the bar is a lot lon- Yates said. ger,” Kinder said. "But when it's open, it's “I came here the other great!" Knoth replied.