the skiff x 360 . volume 114 . issue 19 . www.tcu360.com . all tcu. all the time. january 28 · 2016 ski x 360 T H E S K I F F B Y T C U 3 6 0 Curtain call Bob Schieffer confirms end of the Schieffer Symposiums 10 & 11 INSIDE : SAFETY CHECKS 2 - REC PROGRAM 4 - TUNNEL OF OPPRESSION 5 - NEW COFFEESHOP 7 - WEEKEND SPORTS ROUNDUP 11 - PUZZLES 14 2 skiff x 360 · www.tcu360.com all tcu. all the time. january 28 · 2016 campus life riff ram, instagram! Holiday break safety checks result in alcohol violations By Zoe Zabel [email protected] Several TCU students were issued alcohol violations over holiday break after alcohol was discovered in their dorm rooms during safety checks. More than a dozen violations for alcohol possession were issued over the break, said Craig Allen, the director @TCU_VOLLEYBALL of housing and residence life. TCU VOLLEYBALL The volleyball team welcomed team member Anna Walsh with an Instagram post. To see Maggie Cohen, a sophomore, said she and her your picture featured, hashtag your photo #skiffx360. suite-mates were issued violations after empty wine bottles were found. The Skiff by TCU360 “We had wine in our room leftover in the trash can,” TCU Box 298050 Cohen said. Allen said alcohol violations can be issued even when Fort Worth, TX 76129 students are not present. [email protected] “If you’re not 21, then it’s against the law to have alcohol in your room,” Allen said. “If we happen to see Phone (817) 257-3600, Fax (817) 257-7133 it when we enter a room, we aren’t going to ignore a Skiff Editor: Jocelyn Sitton violation of Texas state law.” He said students can talk to their hall directors for Associate Editor: Victoria Knox guidance if they are held responsible for committing a Design Editor: Malia Buthe violation. Multimedia Editor: Abbie Maynard and Evan Watson Resident assistants and hall directors perform safety checks in residence halls before prolonged breaks. Student Publications Adviser: Robert Bohler Selina Rodriguez, a senior who has been an RA for four Business Manager: Leah Griffin semesters, said safety checks are performed two to three times a year. Advertising Manager: Abigail Yonker She said RAs check for prohibited items, such as Director of Student Media: Kent Chapline candles, and make sure students are using the right type of extension cords. Sometimes, they even find miscella- Chair, Department of Journalism: John Tisdale neous items that have been stolen from the campus. www.tcu360.com “We have caught and prevented some pretty significant problems by going in and checking rooms,” she The Skiff by TCU360 said. Circulation: 2000 Subscriptions: Call 817-257-6274 Rates are $30 per semester. Location: Moudy Building South Convergence Center, Room 212 2805 S. 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DORM CHECKS The director of housing and residence life Craig under the policies of the Student Media Committee, com- Allen said alcohol violations can be issued even when students posed of representatives from the student body, staff, faculty Liability for misprints due to our error is limited to the cost of are not present in the room. and administration. The Skiff by TCU360 is published Thurs- the advertising. january 28 · 2016 all tcu. all the time. skiff x 360 · www.tcu360.com 3 events calendar east coast blizzard Sweet Escape Billy Bob’s presents Stoney LaRue th28u Where: Brown-Lupton University Union sa30u Where: 2520 Rodeo Plaza Texas ‘weather nerd’ u When: 7:30 p.m. u When: 10:30 p.m. u Cost: Free u Cost: $16-22 visits NYC to see storm firsthand ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — Texans Steve and Kathleen Yarborough weren’t quite like the other travelers stuck in New York this weekend: They came to the city because of the big snowstorm. “I’m a weather nerd,” the husband said in an upbeat Sicario Movie Viewing tone Monday as the couple waited for a return flight to sa30u Where: Brown-Lupton University Union Houston. “I came out to see the storm.” u When: 10 p.m. Steve Yarborough, a Texas born and bred aviation data u Cost: Free specialist, said that in Houston, the closest he gets to Billy Bob’s presents Green River Ordinance snow is on the aviation maps he pores over. f29u Where: 2520 Rodeo Plaza When he saw the weekend storm building up, he said u When: 10:30 p.m. he and his wife booked a flight to see it firsthand. They u Cost: $12-18 got onto the last United Airlines flight to leave Houston for New York. “People thought we were crazy,” he said. “We played in the snow all day Saturday. Walked down Park Avenue in the middle of the storm. We walked all over the city.” On Monday, the couple waited at LaGuardia Airport. Their morning flight was canceled but they were able to get booked standby on an afternoon flight. And it was worth it. “I just like snow, because we don’t see it,” he said. “I just think it’s incredible.” Kenan Thompson Live at TCU f29u Where: Brown-Lupton University Union Poetry Slam Ballroom tu02u Where: Campus Commons u When: 10 p.m. u When: 6 p.m. u Cost: Free u Cost: Free Location: Moudy Building South Convergence Center, Room 212 2805 S. University Drive Fort Worth, TX 76109 KATHLEEN YARBOROUGH / ASSOCIATED PRESS EXTREME WEATHER Steve Yarborough (pictured) and his wife booked a flight to see the winter storm firsthand. 4 skiff x 360 · www.tcu360.com all tcu. all the time. january 28 · 2016 campus community ‘Do More Be More’ aimed to inspire Rec members By Luke Morand [email protected] The TCU Recreation Center recently launched its new campaign for the spring semester called “Do More Be More.” The Assistant Director of Campus Recreation Michael Warren started the campaign. He said he hopes it will help promote and maintain healthy lifestyles for the people who visit the Rec Center. Warren said this campaign is not about teaching people how to be healthy, but what being healthy can do for your life. Warren said the campaign was started to impact HANK KILGORE/ TCU360 the new faces at the Rec Center. REC CAMPAIGN The “Do More Be More” campaign was launched by the TCU Recreation Center for the Spring Semester. “There’s always an increase in traffic after the new year mostly because of people making their create for each campaign are very popular. He Drummond said she is going to try to maintain New Year’s resolutions,” Warren said. “We are said people often approach him and ask if they can her New Year’s resolution and enjoys all the hoping that we can help curb the drop off that take a poster home after they take them down. resources the Rec has to offer. traditionally happens in February.” Junior Maggie Drummond said one of her New The Rec Center is constantly updating its The campaign has multiple images lining the Year’s resolutions was to start working out more. resources for students and members. This semester, Rec intended to be motivational posters for people “I feel better when I come here and work out,” the building has gained new equipment in the as they walk through. Drummond said. “The poster with the muscular weight room, installed a new set of cycles for the Warren said the motivational posters they minon makes me laugh.” cycle studio and refinished the gym flooring. international news Pope Francis answers questions from children in book treated to a long and personal answer from the pope who are interested only in money and would sell himself. So were 29 other children who posed questions everything for it. They would even sell other people,” he to Francis in letters from around the globe for a new wrote. book poignantly illustrated with their own artwork. More to Mohammed’s point, Francis answered: “No, The book, “Dear Pope Francis,” is out March 1 when the time comes, the world will not be as it was. It from Loyola Press in Chicago. It’s a project that likely will be far better than it was in the past.” wouldn’t have materialized without the help of Father Once the pope agreed to participate in the project, Antonio Spadaro, a Jesuit like the pope and the director Loyola reached out to priests and lay people around of La Civilta Cattolica, a Roman Catholic journal the world to connect the publisher with children to published in Rome. write the letters. Tom McGrath of the Jesuit-founded publishing The 30 kids in the book range in age from 6 to 13. CLIFF OWEN / ASSOCIATED PRESS house co-edited the book with Spadaro after reaching In all, about 250 letters were received in 14 languages LOYOLA PRESS Pope Francis is coming out with a book, out to the priest for help.