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NEWS SPORTS OPINION It’ll soon be easier for students The new director of men’s basketball Are college students just way in the Tom Brown-Pete Wright operations is optimistic. too busy? Apartments to recycle. PAGE 8 THURSDAY THURSDAY TCU WEDNESDAY August 29, 2007 Vol. 105 Issue 6 EST. 1902 DAILYWWW .DAILYSKIFF SKIFF.COM Republican presidential hopeful to speak on campus By BRETT LARSON Hunter is a Republican can- a public appearance opportu- as the event is not a fundrais- make an informed choice with Staff Reporter didate for the presidency in nity. Hunter at this point is the ing event,” Cox said. the presidency and seeing a FOR YOUR INFO A Republican on the TCU 2008 and a congressman rep- only candidate to respond. Jackson said presidential candidate speak is an avenue Presidential candidate Duncan campus might not usually turn resenting the 52nd District of Associate director for educa- candidates were invited to toward this decision. Hunter will be speak tonight heads, but tomorrow could be California, a position he has tion and professor of political speak because it is important “One of the best ways to in the Brown Lupton Student an exception held since 1980. science Eric Cox said, “We are for students to be exposed to begin to inform yourself is to Center Ballroom at 7 p.m. as presiden- The event was organized making it possible for presi- as many different candidates hear the words of the candi- tial candi- by the TCU Center for Civic dential candidates to speak as possible. dates rather than listening to the border fence. These efforts date Duncan Literacy. here, but we are not endors- “I think presidential candi- what people say about the can- resulted in the construction of Hunter will The center’s director, Don- ing any candidates.” dates from both parties are didates,” Cox said. 59 miles of fencing across Cali- be speaking ald Jackson, a political sci- One stipulation for candi- important people,” Jackson Hunter, throughout his polit- fornia, Arizona, New Mexico to the TCU ence professor, said a general dates wanting to speak at the said. ical career, has made securing and Texas, according to his c o m m u n i t y request was put out to the Tar- university was their time could Hunter will be speaking the U.S. and Mexico border a Web site. HUNTER for this semes- rant County Democratic and not be used to raise funds. about the semester’s theme main concern. Following the Hunter introduced the Right ter’s “Rights, Responsibilities Republican parties for a presi- “Any candidate is welcome and issues facing America. terrorist attacks of 9/11, Hunt- to Life Act, which, according to and Respect” theme. dential candidate looking for to come address TCU as long Cox said students need to er led efforts to patch holes in See HUNTER, page 2 Brite program COME TOGETHER supplies unique course materials By AMANDA SHIMKO tute on Black Church Stud- Staff Reporter ies at Vanderbilt University, The first textbook in black said the Vanderbilt program church studies, based on a plans to use the text. course taught at Brite Divin- While the program has ity School, will be released about 20 students par- this year. ticipate in coursework B r i t e ’ s each semester, nine have black church declared a concentration in studies con- the program and five have c e n t r a t i o n graduated with the degree, under the according to student servic- M a ster of es. Divinity Cynthia Cole, who is fin- floyd-THOMAS degree was ishing her degree under the established in spring 2005 concentration, celebrated under the care of its found- the 110th anniversary of ing director Stacey Floyd- her church, Johnson Cha- Thomas, associate professor pel African Methodist Epis- of ethics and black church copal Church, on Sunday. studies. She is the first female pas- The textbook, set for tor there. PREstON CUlvER / Staff Photographer release in November, will “I am excited to be at the During the first annual Spirit of TCU barbecue held Tuesday afternoon, Aaron Wolfe, a junior advertising/public relations major, spins cotton candy. Activities included live music and be based on the introduc- program,” Cole said. “It has line-dancing lessons from Billy Bob’s staff members. The event was geared toward uniting students in a multicultural atmosphere, said Kaytlyn Knowles, Howdy Week director. tory course under the pro- been a privilege and oppor- gram, which happens to be tunity to learn under Dr. the only black church stud- Floyd-Thomas.” ies program offered west of Events are offered through the Mississippi River. the program during the Floyd-Thomas wrote in an school year to educate the Sports drink company funds research e-mail that the new textbook public in the realm of the is “destined to be a standard black church, including the By SONA THAPA days before each experiment text used in the core curric- international Power of Black Staff Reporter “The reason sodium is of interest is because and they will be given water ulum of seminaries through- Preaching Forum, the State The Gatorade Sports Sci- there are some cases where sodium levels can at varying intervals during the out the nation.” of the Black Church Studies ence Institute is funding a drop to potentially dangerous levels.” experiment. Forrest Harris, director of Summit and the B.L.A.C.K. kinesiology research project Mitchell said the subjects are the Kelly Miller Smith Insti- See CHURCH, page 2 by providing $19,000 — but Joel Mitchell cyclists and triathletes trained the research will not involve kinesiology department chairman in high-endurance exercises Gatorade. the kinesiology because an average person department chair said. said. Hence, the department ditions, each 90 minutes in might not have the stamina Joel Mitchell, chair of the chair said, when sodium levels length, where the subjects’ to undergo the exercises in Elections scheduled kinesiology department, said are abnormal, neuromuscular fluid intake will be manipu- high heat. the research attempts to study function is impaired. lated, Mitchell said. Pretests Another part of the research, the effects of exercise and Mitchell said one of the most which involve taking blood Mitchell said, attempts to find for open house seats fluid on sodium levels in the common causes of hypona- samples and monitoring the the connection between gly- By CALLIE COX human body. tremia is excessive intake of subjects for three hours of cogen and fluid. Staff Reporter FOR YOUR INFO Gatorade, which contains fluid and if people drink too recovery will take about five “Glycogen is a storage The SGA House of Student sodium, would be an addi- much water too quickly, it hours, he said. form of glucose, primarily Representatives is calling for To run for a position: tional variable and, therefore, can drive their sodium levels Mitchell, Melody Phillips, in the muscles,” he said. “By new members. Complete an application at water is being used, Mitchell down. assistant professor of kine- manipulating glycogen level, The elections will occur www.sga.tcu.edu by Aug. 31. said. He said under normal cir- siology, and six students — by manipulating fluid intake, Sept. 6 to fill vacant seats Students who are not first “The reason sodium is of cumstances, when dehydrated, five are in master’s programs we can get a better sense of left open after the spring year students may only run for interest is because there are a person’s sodium level goes and one is an undergradu- how these variables respond elections, SGA President Jace positions if they correspond to some cases where sodium up since sweat is diluted. How- ate student — conducted the to that manipulation.” Thompson said. their majors or minors. levels can drop to potentially ever, if the person is to rehy- research. All of the students Ultimately, it explains the Thompson said the spots For more information, dangerous levels,” he said. “It’s drate and replace all of the involved in the research are physiology behind hypona- open for election are two e-mail Merillat Pittman at a condition called hypona- fluid with water, the sodium kinesiology majors. tremia, Mitchell said. positions for first-year stu- [email protected]. tremia.” level will go down again. Kimberly Hubing, a kinesi- Hubing said this kind of dent representatives, one Hyponatremia literally When the sodium level ology major, is one of the stu- research is important because position as an education last year and it was fun and means “low sodium in the drops, a person may experi- dents involved in the research. of the media’s focus on dehy- representative and one as a easy. blood” and some people are ence nausea, loss of mental She will be using the results dration. Because the symptoms health and human sciences “If elected,” Arnold said, more susceptible to it, Mitch- acuity and may exude a dull of the research for her mas- of hyponatremia are similar representative. “you go to meetings and ell said. look on his or her face. In ter’s thesis. to dehydration, people might “Last semester we had two vote on resolutions that will Sodium is a key element extreme cases, a person can Hubing said these experi- think they are dehydrated and representatives resign, one hopefully make TCU a bet- in nerve and muscle electri- have seizures, fall into a coma ments will test 10 subjects drink too much fluid, which because of schedule over- ter place.” cal impulse activity, Mitchell and even die, Mitchell said. four times. The subjects will can be fatal, Hubing said.