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T C U DAILY SKIFF DAILYSKIFF.COM ∙ THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 2010 ∙ VOL. 107 ISSUE 118 NEWS NEWS The School for Classical and Con- University starts peer temporary Dance will celebrate its education group to 60-year anniversary with a Gala inform students about Spring Concert this weekend. alcohol and health issues. Tomorrow Tomorrow HEALTH INSURANCE CAMPUS LIFE MEAT ‘N’ GREET Officials review overhaul The No. 5 baseball team heads to Colorado for a effects weekend series against the Falcons. By Marshall Doig Sports, page 6 Staff Reporter The university will work with ben- TODAY’S HEADLINES efits consultants to determine the ef- News: Calif. voters to fects the recently passed health care decide whether to legalize reform legislation would have on fac- marijuana, page 4 ulty and staff members’ health insur- ance plans, a human resources official Opinion: New law has said. many drawbacks, page 3 It is too early to determine what ef- Sports: Meet Frog fects, if any, the legislation will have on football’s newest QB, page 6 employees’ plans, said Tracy Thomp- son, benefits manager for the human resources department. The bill was CONTACT US signed into law by President Barack Send your questions, CHANCE WELCH / Multimedia Editor From left, Student Development Services administrative assistant Laura Shaw, TCU Police Officer Pam Christian and hall director Libby Obama on Tuesday. compliments, complaints Woolverton serve hot dogs to senior music major John Stone at “Hot Dogs for Top Dogs,” a faculty and staff meet-and-greet event Thompson said she did not think or news tips to news@ in front of the Mary Couts Burnett Library on Wednesday afternoon. there would be a huge impact on the dailyskiff.com. Follow us university, but added it was still too on Twitter at twitter.com/ early in the process to make any de- tcudailyskiff or look up finitive evaluations. “DailySkiff.com” on Employees’ health care plans are Facebook. STUDENT TALENT provided by Collegiate Association Resource of the Southwest (CARES), but employees are not required to Buzz grows for campus musician have health insurance or adopt a uni- By Paige McArdle versity plan if they do not have one, Staff Writer Thompson said. Under the new legislation, busi- nesses with more than 200 employees A 7-year-old brown-haired boy would be required to provide health took the stage, anxious to perform insurance to their employees auto- his first solo. The boy’s parents had matically, but employees would be been told that their son had a great able to opt out of the plan. ear and could carry a tune, but they Thompson said she did not yet weren’t sure what to expect as their know what the effect of that provi- second-grader began to sing “Star sion would be on the university or its Light, Star Bright.” More than a decade later, Tim SEE INSURANCE · PAGE 2 Halperin looks back on his debut performance and laughs, remem- bering how he felt like a girl as he strained to hit the high notes that COMMUNICATIONS were just out of his developing vocal range. His father, Howie Halperin, tells a different story. Speaker: “We were flabbergasted,” he said. Courtesy of SHAILEY ROE “We were just surprised he could Senior marketing major Tim Halperin performs at the coffee shop Common Grounds in Waco stand up in front of all these people on Feb. 14. Halperin has been performing throughout Texas and Arkansas promoting his as a second-grader with no fear.” most recent album, “Make or Break.” Internet Now, 22-year-old Halperin has cases piano playing skills that show released two CDs, has eight songs hints of his primary influences of Upcoming on iTunes and has played numerous Folds and Coldplay, but he sets him- Tim Halperin Shows concerts. His fan base has expanded self apart by creating a hybrid of bal- access a Homosexual teens have it TCU Spring Show, hard enough; they don’t from an Omaha, Neb., elementary lads and up-tempo songs with a hint headlining artist TBA deserve to have their peers, school gym to college campuses of what he refers to as “funky jazz.” When: April 16 schools and courtrooms throughout Texas and Arkansas. Halperin and his four-man band Where: Campus Commons necessity make it more difficult for With the help of three guitar- have become familiar enough to col- them. ists and a drummer, the senior can lege students that crowds now sing Delta Jamma By Thomas Koenig When: April 22 Opinion, page 3 croon out a tune that causes him to along at local shows. Staff Reporter be mistaken for singer-songwriter Where: The Aardvark Ben Folds. Halperin’s music show- SEE HALPERIN · PAGE 2 Free access to in- PECULIAR FACT formation is a grow- FAIRFIELD, Conn. – Police ing need for the na- in Connecticut say they had BOOK SIGNING tion’s changing society, ample warning of a bank said Alberto Ibargüen, robbery because the two president and CEO of suspects called the bank Bounty hunter highlights faith in book the John S. and James Ibargüen ahead of time and told an L. Knight Foundation. By Wyatt Kanyer expect Chapman to present a speech employee to get a bag of “We need to be a Staff Reporter during the hour and half he will be Duane “Dog” Chapman money ready. leader in broadband access to all Ameri- signing books. Witt said staff mem- Book Signing cans,” Ibargüen said. — The Associated Press As the saying goes, a dog’s bark bers will hand out about 1,000 tickets When: 6 p.m. tonight Ibargüen spoke to more than 100 can be bigger than its bite. Students to those awaiting Chapman’s arrival. Where: TCU Barnes & Noble students, faculty and staff Wednesday at the university said Even though Chapman will prob- TODAY’S WEATHER afternoon as the Schieffer School of they think the “Dog” ably not give a speech at the event, the Journalism’s Cecil H. and Ida Green coming to campus bookstore’s staff is looking forward to on campus could contribute posi- Visiting Chair for 2010. He previously today fits that adage’s his appearance, Witt said. tively to the university’s public image, served as publisher for The Miami Her- description. “We haven’t had a large number of Orebaugh said. ald and El Nuevo Herald in Miami. The Duane “Dog” these types of events,” she said. “We’ve On his A&E television series, “Dog Knight Foundation provides grants for Chapman, the boun- had a couple, but nothing as big as this.” the Bounty Hunter,” Chapman often journalism efforts that promote com- ty hunter-turned- Amber Orebaugh, a senior general hunts down criminals with arrest war- 63 40 munity information and may lead to HIGH LOW television personality, Chapman studies major, would like to see Chap- rants and attempts to impart wisdom transformational change, according to will sign copies of his man speak because, she said, he works after apprehending them. Many times, Mostly Sunny the organization’s Web site. new book, “Where Mercy is Shown, hard and demonstrates a genuine con- he uses his personal experiences to Tomorrow: Sunny Ibargüen said the country needs to Mercy is Given,” today at the univer- cern for those he encounters. teach criminals life lessons. 70 / 51 utilize new technology to spread infor- sity bookstore. Although he seems to “He gets a lot of criminals off the Omni Bush, a sophomore biology mation access to people throughout the Saturday: Chance of have a rough exterior on television, a streets, and he really cares about major, said she thinks Chapman’s de- country, no matter their location, wealth Thunderstorms synopsis for his book describes Chap- them,” she said. sire to help criminals is important in or age. Today’s technology changes are 76 / 47 man as a hard-working man of faith Orebaugh said she thinks Chap- their recovery process. comparable to the invention of the print- who acknowledges his flaws and “has man could impart lessons of equality “If we don’t facilitate (criminals) ing press in the 1400s and the spread of been through the fire again and again, to those who attend the book signing back into the country, they’ll com- Please radio in the 1930s, he said. Both of the remember to and come out the stronger for it.” and could teach others not to judge so mit more crimes,” Bush said. “If you recycle this Taylor Witt, event coordinator at quickly. Because Chapman is a prom- don’t give them positive guidance, newspaper. the bookstore, said the staff does not inent public figure, his appearance they’ll be negative.” SEE IBARGÜEN · PAGE 2 PAGE 2 · THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 2010 DAILYSKIFF.COM NEWS doesn’t hold back anything,” very confident in who he is… hopes it will continue to open HALPERIN Kiltz said. that comes out in the way he doors for him as he pursues continued from page 1 Even in his teen years, be- treats people.” music after graduation in The musician said he is fore Halperin had really be- Grigsby said she’s really May. still getting used to the rec- gun to develop his own style, seen Halperin develop the Although Halperin’s par- ognition and recalls the first his Westside High School most during the past couple ents support his decision, time a fan approached him choral director, Doran John- of years. He’s finally come they still remind him with e- on campus with a chuckle. son, said a certain honesty into his own style and a con- mails and articles from time On his way to his introduc- came out in his songs.

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