THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2011

Volume 108 • Issue 76

TCU DAILY ENTERTAINMENT 2 Find out how TCU alum- nus Tim Halperin fared on ‘American Idol.’ Est. 1902 SKIFF www.DailySkiff.com FRESH CHANGES

Dining Services moves toward more in-house food preparation, page 2

Lawrence Davis serves food at the Cook House station in Market Square on Wednesday evening. The selection was barbecue-smoked chicken with potatoes. REBECCA PHILP / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

STUDENT LIFE 3 FROG FEATURE 7 Students mix feathers and Union Grounds employ- hair with new business. ee helps keeps students awake. 2 Thursday, February 24, 2011 www.dailyskiff.com ENTERTAINMENT DINING Halperin advances to top 40 Market Square cooks up fresh changes Staff Report nations began to establish the on the show to increase local By Landon Haaf top 24. However, viewers must viewership and support for the Staff Reporter As judges narrow the num- tune in Thursday night to see if live shows and public voting. ber of remaining “American Halperin made the cut. Each person on the team Market Square is mak- Idol” contestants, TCU grad As the suspense of Halperin’s will have a different assign- ing an effort to enhance the Tim Halperin took the stage “Idol” journey continues to ment including campaigning dining experience for TCU Wednesday night in Las Vegas rise, campus support for Hal- through social media, sending students by preparing more to compete for his spot in the perin has grown. e-mails to alumni and orga- foods in-house rather than show’s top 24. To support Halperin’s run nizing “Idol” watching parties, buying canned versions Halperin accompanied on American Idol, Chancellor’s she said. If Halperin continues from Sysco, Executive Chef “Idol” contestant Julie Zorilla Associate for External Rela- to advance, the team would Charlie Guajardo said. vocally and on the keyboard, tions Ann Louden has worked ratchet up its advertisement, To improve food for stu- singing The Beatles’ “Some- to gather students, faculty and she said. dents, foods such as the thing” on The Beatles’ “LOVE” staff members close to Hal- Members of the group in- hummus, mashed potatoes, stage at the Mirage Hotel. perin to form what she called clude Honors College Dean marinara sauce and salsa In the show’s first hour, the “Team Tim.” Ron Pitcock, Neeley School will now be made on-site at 60 contestants were narrowed Louden said the team will of Business Senior Associate Market Square, he said. to 40, and in the second, elimi- advertise Halperin’s presence Dean Bill Moncrief and Col- “What we’re trying to do lege of Education Dean Mary is veer away from constitu- Patton, she said. tional cooking,” Guajardo Halperin was a Chancellor’s said. “We’re trying to make Scholar at TCU and gradu- homemade, fresh foods for ated in May 2010 with a degree the students.” in marketing. He returned to Freshman business major campus in the fall of 2010 to Erin Terry said she has been participate in TCU’s “Frogs a fan of Market Square, lo- for the Cure” by recording the cated in the Brown-Lupton song “We Fight Back” and cre- University Union, since she ating a music video of the song. got to TCU and that she had Halperin also is scheduled noticed the improvements. to appear on Thursday’s show, She said she enjoyed Market COURTESY OF TIM HALPERIN which airs from 7-9 p.m. on lo- Square even more with the Tim Halperin advanced to the American Idol top 40 Wednesday. cal Fox Channel 4. new options, such as stir fry and homemade foods. “I’m pleased to hear that REBECCA PHILP / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER they are starting to make Senior lead Maria Castro experiments with different display presen- foods in-house,” Terry said. tations of several desserts and baked goods. “It makes the BLUU seem less like a cafeteria.” Guajardo said TCU part- matter of fact, we’re going to he said. Both programs pro- nered with Sodexo, a food implement more [changes].” mote the cleanliness and service and facilities man- Sodexo’s District Marketing safety of dining facilities agement company, to oper- Coordinator Kelly Raw said through classes and certifi- ate Market Square. the effort toward homemade, cation, he said. Sodexo employees, in- higher quality food was a re- Freshman biology major cluding Guajardo, meet sult of the change in manage- Tanner Campbell said he with the TCU Dining Ser- ment in October 2010. Ste- was generally pleased with vices committee every phen Miller, a 25-year Sodexo the food in Market Square week to discuss potential employee, became the general and that he planned to pur- changes. The move toward manager in October and im- chase the same unlimited in-house preparation, how- mediately saw things that meal plan next year. Camp- ever, is one change that will could be improved, Raw said. bell said he did not know not go away, Guajardo said. about the employees’ clean- “It is something that “I’m pleased to hear liness training requirements but that he was pleased to should have been done be- that they are start- fore,” Guajardo said. “As a hear about them. ing to make foods “It’s definitely a good in-house. It makes thing,” Campbell said. “It makes me more comfort- the BLUU seem less able seeing the food pre- like a cafeteria.” pared or knowing it is pre- pared here.” Erin Terry Guajardo said other recent Freshman business major changes in Market Square included smoking brisket and chicken on-site. He said Guajardo said Sodexo also he also had a list of all the goes to great lengths to ensure food Market Square pre- a clean, safe environment. pares and that he was in the Every employee in Mar- process of deciding which ket Square is certified under foods were feasible options a Food and Drug Admin- to be prepared in-house. istration program called Guajardo said students HACCP (Hazard Analysis and customers would see & Critical Control Points), more foods being prepared and goes through a pro- in-house and that new op- gram specific to Market tions would likely be of- Square called “Pride Stride,” fered in the near future. www.dailyskiff.com Thursday, February 24, 2011 3 CAMPUS POLITICAL Business offers students a new look US ends defense of anti-gay marriage law

By Natalie Smith Briana Wucinski, a sopho- group, seven feathers costing By Nancy Benac ately welcomed by gay rights As well, the social land- Staff Reporter more strategic communica- $20, but can range depending and Pete Yost organizations and vilified scape has changed. tion major, said she found on the quality of the feather, Associated Press by those on the other side. Since the law was passed Three members of Alpha out about Frog Featherheads she said. Although color Some Democrats in Con- in 1996, five states and the Delta Pi sorority are giving at a sorority meeting where dyed feathers cost one dollar President Barack Obama gress praised the decision, District of Columbia have TCU students the opportu- Torgerson came in to talk more, she said she thought it ordered his administration while it drew criticism from approved gay marriage, and nity to accessorize their hair about the business. She had was a good way to add a little on Wednesday to stop de- some Republicans and the others allow civil unions. with colorful feathers with- an appointment Feb. 14 and color to any hairstyle. fending the constitutional- office of their leader, House An Associated Press-Na- out emptying their pockets. has received many compli- Blakely, a biology major, ity of a federal law that bans Speaker John Boehner, all tional Constitution Center Sophomore Erica Torg- ments on her feather acces- said there is a process when recognition of gay marriage, surely a preview of coming Poll conducted last August erson and her two business sories, she said. it comes to putting the exten- a policy reversal that could political debate over the lat- found 52 percent of Ameri- partners, juniors Kiran Ru- “They are really easy to sions in the hair. They first have major implications est development in the long- cans saying the federal gov- pani and Katie Blakely creat- style.” Wucinski said. “I can take a round crimp bead and for the rights and benefits running national conversa- ernment should give legal ed Frog Featherheads, a new blow dry, straighten and curl slide it over a few strands of of gay couples and reignite tion about gay rights. recognition to marriages business that uses feathers to them without any kind of hair. They then add a feather an emotional debate for the The outcome of that de- between couples of the give students a unique look damage to the feather or my to the hair and crimp down 2012 presidential campaign. bate could have enormous same sex. and act as a great conversa- hair.” the bead, without damaging Obama still is “grappling” impact because federal laws Thirty states have con- tion starter, Torgerson said. Rupani, a neuroscience ma- or tearing the hair, she said. with his personal views on and regulations confer more stitutional amendments Their business was origi- jor, said the hair extensions Rupani said that they had whether gays should be al- than a thousand rights or banning gay marriage. nally run out of their soror- could be straightened, curled over 30 clients since they lowed to marry but has long benefits on those who are Same-sex marriage is legal ity dorm room, but when or even washed without com- began and have made over opposed the federal law as married, most involving in Connecticut, Iowa, Mas- they found out that running ing out of the hair and last up $400. They plan to give half unnecessary and unfair, taxpayer money — Social sachusetts, New Hampshire, a business out of a university to two months. However, she of their proceeds to the Fort said spokesman Jay Carney. Security survivors’ benefits, Vermont and Washington, residence was against TCU said constantly pulling or tug- Worth Ronald McDonald First word of the change family and medical leave, D.C. student code of conduct, they ging on the extensions could House and hope to expand came not from the White equal compensation as fed- The White House framed changed their location to a cause them to fall out. their business if it attracts House but from the Justice eral employees and immi- Obama’s decision as one friend’s house located at the The extensions are sold as a enough attention. Department. Attorney Gen- gration rights. brought on by a legal dead- intersection of Granbury and eral Eric Holder announced “Much of the legal land- line in one of several federal Seminary Road, she said. that Obama had concluded scape has changed in the 15 court cases challenging the Torgerson, a business the 15-year-old Defense of years since Congress passed constitutionality of the law major, said she got the idea Marriage Act, or DOMA, DOMA,” Holder said in a which defines marriage as while at home over the win- was legally indefensible. statement explaining the only between a man and a ter break. The decision was immedi- decision. woman. “I got my hair done over winter break in San Diego and when I came back ev- eryone loved the extensions,” Torgerson said. “The normal rate was $30 for one feather, and we thought we could do it for a lot cheaper.” The feather hair extensions use real, multicolored bird feathers and are inexpensive and easy to apply, she said. The feathers can add subtle NATALIE SMITH / STAFF REPORTER or dramatic highlights to ones Three members of Alpha Delta Pi sorority have started sell- hair without damaging or al- ing decorative hair feathers as an affordable alternative to tering it in any way, she said. expensive hair styling. 4 Thursday, February 24, 2011 www.dailyskiff.com PERSPECTIVES The Skiff View More food prepared in-house benefits all arket Square is preparing more foods in-house instead of buying canned versions, and that is something every- Mone can cheer. Homemade, fresh foods should taste better, be healthier and, as one student said, make “the BLUU seem less like a cafeteria.” The effort toward homemade, higher- quality food came from new Dining Services General Manager Stephen Miller, who was appointed in October and immediately saw room for improvement, Executive Chef Charlie Guajardo said. Currently hummus, mashed potatoes, Nate Beeler is an editorial cartoonist for The Washington Examiner. marinara sauce and salsa will be made on- site and brisket and chicken will be smoked on-site. Guajardo said more foods will be prepared on-site in the future. IPad’s competitors still trying to catch up Dining Services’ commitment to change hints at a next-gen iPad with A large number of the tab- they couldn’t afford to offer and improvement should be commended. words, “Come see what 2011 lets competing with the iPad anything larger than a 7-inch will be the year of.” run Google’s Android soft- screen at the same cost as Students also have the opportunity to be a Other technology compa- ware. These tablet manufac- iPad’s 9.7-inch screen. part of that change and voice their opinions nies have tried unsuccessfully turers are among the popular Indeed, Samsung chose to guess what Apple’s next Android phone manufactur- to use a 7-inch screen for its and ideas at weekly Dining Services commit- move would be and intro- ers, such as Samsung and Galaxy Tab while offering tee meetings, which are attended by Market Varun Pramanik duced products both before Motorola. its product at a price higher Square employees, including Guajardo. and after Apple product A major problem for these than the iPad, though carrier launches, only to fail in stop- manufacturers has been subsidization lowers the price Students should take advantage of this When Steve Jobs an- ping Apple. Microsoft tried the marketing of Android with a contract. The Galaxy chance to voice what new foods they would nounced the iPad in January this with its PlaysForSure phones because of the lack Tab has a return rate of 16 2010, he joked about the technology, with which it of a difference between the percent while the iPad has a like to see available and what changes they following line from The Wall failed to kill the iPod. brands, one of the reasons return rate of 2 percent. would like to see made. With Dining Ser- Street Journal: “Last time Microsoft used the tech- Nokia cited for choosing Since their introduction, there was this much excite- nology to launch the Zune, Symbian, and later Windows iPads have been deployed vices’ commitment to change and improve- ment about a tablet, it had which also failed to steal the Phone, over Android. With in a variety of sectors. Some ment and its availability at weekly meetings, some commandments writ- iPod’s more than 80 percent the imminent launch of schools and colleges have ten on it.” portable music player market Android tablets, they face the given their students iPads students have a great opportunity to shape What many people didn’t share. same dilemma — each offers or have required students to future dining at the university. know was that the iPad Today, Samsung, Mo- the same set of software ca- have them to supplement or would become the first suc- torola, Toshiba, Acer and pabilities with a comparable compliment classwork. As cessful entry in a decade-old Managing editor Mark Bell for the editorial board. HP, among others, are trying set of hardware features. the year goes by, we’ll see the tablet market, with Apple to compete with the iPad. Another problem for com- introduction of more tablets, having sold at least 15 mil- The problem is that they’re peting manufacturers is the including those by RIM and The Skiff View represents the collective opinion of the editorial board. lion iPads to date. competing with last year’s cost of development and the HP that don’t run Android. On Wednesday, Apple iPad and that their tablets cost at which they can afford In the end, the consumers EDITORIAL BOARD invited news media and tech offer an experience compa- to sell their tablets. benefit because competition Libby Davis, Editor-in-Chief Andrea Drusch, Web Editor bloggers to an event March rable to the iPad, though not In October 2010, Jobs drives innovation. Mark Bell, Managing Editor Rebecca Jeffrey, Associate Web Editor 2. The tech world is already specifically unique enough commented on the up- Ryne Sulier, Sports Editor Matt Coffelt,Multimedia Editor buzzing with excitement to substantially differentiate coming iPad competitors, Varun Pramanik is a sophomore Katey Muldrow, News Editor Marshall Doig, Associate/Opinion Editor strategic communication major Patrick Burns, News Editor and speculation, primarily themselves from either Apple saying they would be “DOA because the e-mail invitation or each other. [dead-on-arrival]” because from Mumbai, India.

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Government doesn’t have right to tell women what to do with their bodies Bill will force women to make an educated decision about their abortion funds to incorporate safe sex America President Nancy The number of abortions have little understanding seminars and similar-minded Keenan said in a Monday occurring for reasons other of their bodies and start events and programs. article in the Huffington Post. than incest, rape or fetal having sex before knowing Approaching the problem Chances are that women abnormalities speak for about methods to prevent from its root will have a much having an abortion have themselves. According to pregnancy. greater effect than dealing with thought about the choice they The Center for Bio-Ethical Being young and unwed its consequences. People are are making. Chances are they Reform, 93 percent of all will likely make it emotion- Andrea Bolt going to have sex no matter know the term abortion means Bailey McGowan abortions occur for social ally and financially harder what — make sure they’re they are aborting a life. Trying reasons, like when the child to support a child, but informed of the ramifica- to guilt trip women undergo- is unwanted or inconvenient. there are other alternatives, The never-ending cycle of tions and are making the best ing an already psychologically The third time’s the charm, “Can we not at least give such as adoption, for these the age-old abortion debate decisions they can rather than damaging and exponentially or at least, it may be for the baby at least one more women rather than abor- was pushed into one more attempting to control their free difficult, life-altering proce- Texas Senate Bill 16. chance for survival by giving tion. circle of argumentation last will. dure isn’t helping anyone. It’s The Texas Senate finally that mother that informa- It is unclear where the Thursday when the Texas insulting and degrading. approved the bill Thursday. tion?” state Sen. Bob Deuell state will get funding for Senate passed a bill requiring The endgame is to make the The bill was passed by the (R-Greenville) said. these ultrasounds. While women undergoing an abor- I do believe that the woman have the child and give senate in 2007 and 2009 but the state struggles to find tion to get an ultrasound. designation of pro- it a chance at life, but the gov- died in the House. The bill money for education, If someone truly wants The measure, if passed, will choice is an apt one. My ernment has no would require school districts such as Fort force women to submit to an business deigning a doctor to an abortion, the infor- Worth and Arlington are argument is not about ultrasound and then “…to to tell her what is perform an mation given to her af- looking at a grim future of listen to an explanation of the condoning the killing of and isn’t accept- ultrasound on potential layoffs, according ter her sonogram won’t images, except in cases of rape anyone or anything — able concerning women before to Feb. 15 articles in the or incest or if there are fetal her own body. they have an sway her decision. Fort Worth Star-Telegram. abnormalities,” according to a it is about the choice a “It’s the most abortion, and But this bill is still neces- Reuters article last Thursday. woman has to do what serious decision the doctor would sary for Texas women to I do believe that the designa- she wants with her own they’ll ever make have to describe What is so wrong with make an educated decision tion of pro-choice is an apt in their lives, the images and informing someone of what’s about their children’s lives. one. My argument is not about body. and now you’re trying to put explain the progress of the going on in her own body? The decision to end a life condoning the killing of any- government in the middle of fetus’ organs and limbs. The If someone truly wants affects more than just the one or anything — it is about that decision,” state Sen. John ultrasound would not be an abortion, the informa- subject. Abortion is ending the choice a woman has to do More recently, the Re- Whitmire, D-Houston, said. required if the reason for the tion given to her after her a life. what she wants with her own publican-controlled House The designation of pro- abortion was for incest, rape sonogram won’t sway her Ultrasounds offer the body. The government should voted to cut all funding for any choice is an apt one — it’s or fetal abnormalities. decision. opportunity for women to never, ever have the explicit purpose to Planned Parent- about the choice to choose This time, the bill has been The majority of women reconsider other options power to tell people what they hood. “Women and Planned what decision is right for what designated an “emergency” having abortions in Texas that would spare their chil- can and cannot do concerning Parenthood are under attack woman in what situation. The measure by Gov. Rick Perry, are in their 20s — 58 percent dren’s lives and spare their their own bodies. by Republicans who want to government should never be and an emergency it is. to be exact, according to the consciences from possible As a state already in the red, make government smaller able to say what choice that is. The idea of making such a Guttmacher Institute, and 85 repercussions. Texas faces a hefty shortage by making government ‘just life-altering decision without percent are unmarried. And on the state budget to fund small enough to fit inside our Andrea Bolt is a senior understanding the full according to the National Bailey McGowan is a sophomore non-negotiable programs like bedrooms and our medicine news-editorial journalism major consequences that it has on Abortion Federation’s web- broadcast journalism major education, and it may have cabinets,’” NARAL Pro-Choice from The Woodlands. both parties is absurd. site, many of these women from Burkburnett. to slash pre-kindergarten programs, vaccines and health insurance. According to Parenting Magazine, the average cost of an ultrasound is $200. In 2007, a total of 81,079 abor- tions were reported to the Texas Department of State Health Services. This number includes all induced abortions performed in Texas plus those obtained in other states by Texas residents. Two hundred dollars multiplied by 81,079 ul- trasounds for those abortions would be $16,215,800. Gov. Rick Perry says the bill is to ensure “that women are fully, medically informed before they make the life- changing decision to terminate a pregnancy.” What about treating the problem at its source and not its effects? That $16,215,800 could be put toward sex educa- tion and awareness programs in high schools. Use those ILLUSTRATION BY LIZ RECTOR 6 Thursday, February 24, 2011 www.dailyskiff.com POLITICS Obama sharpens critique of Libya By Matthew Lee shed is outrageous and it is diplomats and family mem- in Egypt.” Associated Press unacceptable,” Obama told bers along with an unknown Before Obama spoke, Clin- reporters after meeting with number of private Americans ton participated in an online The Obama administration Clinton at the White House. was to have left Tripoli for the discussion with young Egyp- on Wednesday sharpened its “So are threats and orders to Mediterranean island of Malta tians who spearheaded the condemnation of a bloody shoot peaceful protesters and on Wednesday but was delayed rebellion that ousted Presi- crackdown on Libyan op- further punish the people of due to poor weather. dent Hosni Mubarak, a major position demonstrators as it Libya. These actions violate Fearing an anti-American recipient of U.S. aid over the broadened its outreach to gov- international norms and every backlash elsewhere from pro- past three decades. Her Inter- ernment officials, dissidents, standard of common decency. testers who toppled two long- net appearance came as the rights activists and youth in This violence must stop.” time U.S. allies and are threat- administration’s third-ranking other Arab nations across a ening other friendly Arab diplomat visited Tunis after a Middle East that is seething “The suffering and regimes, Obama urged the several-day stop in Cairo and with unrest. region to embrace reforms. the top U.S. diplomat for the Amid the tumult rocking the bloodshed is outra- His comments signaled the ad- Middle East opened a five- region, Obama condemned the geous and it is unac- ministration is seeking to align nation tour of the Persian Gulf. violence in Libya in the sharp- ceptable.” itself with reformists in post- U.S. Adm. Mike Mullen, chair- est terms Washington has yet revolt Tunisia and Egypt and to man of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, used and directed his admin- be seen as a force for democrat- is already in the Gulf region vis- istration to prepare a full range Barack Obama ic change in Bahrain and other iting U.S. allies. of options, including possible President Persian Gulf states to blunt a Mullen’s trip along with the sanctions that could freeze the possible rise of extremism and dispatch of Undersecretary of assets and ban travel to the U.S. Obama did not, however, lay preserve U.S. influence there. State for Political Affairs Wil- by Libyan officials. He said he out specific measures he would “Even as we are focused on liam Burns to Egypt and Tuni- was sending Secretary of State take if Gadhafi did not respond the urgent situation in Libya,” sia and Assistant Secretary of Hillary Rodham Clinton to to the appeals. In part, U.S. of- Obama said, “our efforts con- State for Near Eastern Affairs Geneva for international talks ficials said, this was because of tinue to address the events tak- Jeffrey Feltman to Qatar, Ku- aimed at stopping the blood- fears that Gadhafi might order ing place elsewhere, including wait, Bahrain, Oman and the shed and formulating a unified reprisals against Americans how the international commu- United Arab Emirates come as CAROLYN KASTER / ASSOCIATED PRESS global message to Libyan leader and other foreigners still in nity can most effectively sup- Washington tries to prevent a President Barack Obama, with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Moammar Gadhafi. Libya if threatened with sanc- port the peaceful transition to rise in anti-U.S. sentiment in Clinton at right, speaks about the situation in Libya in the Grand “The suffering and blood- tions. A ferry carrying 35 U.S. democracy in both Tunisia and the region. Foyer of the White House, Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2011, in Washington. www.dailyskiff.com Thursday, February 24, 2011 7 Frog Feature Getting to know Cheryl Tucker, Union Grounds employee By Sarah Greufe Staff Writer

Students at TCU can enjoy Union Grounds’ selection of Starbucks coffee and treats, but what many appreciate most is that it is open into the late hours of the night when caffeine is often needed most. Cheryl Tucker has been working at the establish- ment for the past three years. She takes the night shift starting at around 6 p.m. until 2:15 or 3:15 a.m.

When does the general crowd come in just part of me.” like coming in for everything.” during those times? Are you more of a night person? Do you enjoy talking with the “Usually from about 8 [p.m.] to 10 students? [p.m.] and then I get another crowd about 12 [a.m.] to 1 [a.m.].” “Yes, I am. I like that because it’s “Yeah, I enjoy talking to them, I really a night shift I can do more of the do. Some of them they have me laugh- Do you ever encounter any intoxicated necessary things in the morning. I ing, but I still enjoy talking to them.” students? get most of my sleeping done during the day.” “Of course, they usually just laugh What is a popular drink choice? and talk saying, ‘Oh Ms. Cheryl, forgive Are most of the students that come me.’ They are not a problem usually.“ in taking a study break or just stop- “The most popular thing that ping in after a night out? people come in to get is either going Do you struggle to be patient that late to be the white mocha or creme ice at night? “They like coming in and stocking of some kind. They call them the up for the next day. They like coming frappuccinos but we call them the “No, it’s not a struggle. I guess that’s in to get coffee, and to study. They creme ice here.” SARAH GREUFE / STAFF WRITER 8 Thursday, February 24, 2011 www.dailyskiff.com

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See Friday’s paper for sudoku and GET TIPS AND MORE SOLUTIONS crossword solutions. AT WWW.SUDOKU.COM www.dailyskiff.com Thursday, February 24, 2011 9 10 Thursday, February 24, 2011 www.dailyskiff.com SPORTS OPINION Making Feliz starter a risky move for Rangers arm to be able to cope with at least two more pitches. into a starter. Chamberlain the strain from throwing that He will also need to have the came into the majors in much, and this isn’t a feat that confidence to use them to get 2007 and was unhittable as a can be done in a short time- major league hitters out con- reliever. The Yankees needed frame. It also poses a major sistently. This will probably quality pitching early in the risk to Feliz’s arm. The risk of take at least a full season, and game, so they tried to con- injury becomes much higher if his confidence is shaken he vert him into a starter during Allen Kellogg the more innings he throws. may lose his ability altogether. the 2008 season. The Yankees Feliz would have to adjust formed the “Joba Rules.” his mental game in order to The fact that Feliz only These guidelines were in It has happened before; become a starter. As a closer, place to protect his arm from an All-Star fireball-throwing Feliz will only have to face has two dominant injury. The limitations placed closer is converted into a each hitter once. If converted pitches poses a risk in on Joba by the Yankees ham- starter. The result is usually to a starter he will have to the starting role. pered his efforts as a pitcher. the same; closers are just not make adjustments while going The inning limitation meant as dominant when they move through the lineup multiple he could not go deep into to the starting rotation. The times. After every at-bat, Red Sox closer Jonathan games and this burned out reasons for converting Neftali hitters make adjustments. Papelbon and New York the Yankee bullpen. Cham- Feliz are obvious — Feliz has a This makes facing batters Yankees reliever Joba Cham- berlain suffered an injury in 100 mph fastball and an elec- multiple times much harder. berlain were both regarded as August 2008 and has since tric curveball, he was named He will also have to lower his two of the best relievers in been returned to the bullpen. the 2010 American League velocity so his arm will be baseball. In 2006, Papelbon However, he is no longer the Rookie of the Year, and he led able to make it through the was a phenomenal closer. same pitcher he was when he all rookies with 40 saves in 43 entire season. This is a risky He had a 0.92 ERA and 35 first broke into the league. attempts. While the Rangers proposition. Pitchers like Feliz saves in his rookie year. The The Rangers need start- need more depth at starting rely on a power fastball to get Boston Red Sox decided to ing pitching, but risking the pitching, converting Feliz into strikeouts, and if he loses even convert him into a starter the best closer in the AL just isn’t a starter would compromise a few miles per hour off his next year. The experiment worth it. Even if it works out the Rangers’ excellent bullpen. fastball, major league hitters didn’t last long. Papelbon it will leave the bullpen vul- The biggest problem with will make him pay. was unable to adjust to the nerable. In previous years, a converting Feliz would be the The fact that Feliz only has mental challenges of starting weak bullpen was the Achil- additional innings he would two dominant pitches poses and he asked to return to les heel of the Texas Rangers. have to pitch. Feliz pitched 69 a risk in the starting role. He his position as the closer. In Feliz solved that problem 1/3 innings last season. Com- has a filthy fastball and an hindsight, this was the right and now the Rangers risk pare that to the average MLB excellent curveball. He keeps decision for both Boston and throwing it all away. starter who throws at least 150 hitters off-balance because Papelbon. Chamberlain is innings. Converting Feliz to they only get to see him in an example of what can go Allen Kellogg is a sophomore CHARLIE RIEDEL / ASSOCIATED PRESS a starter means the Rangers select opportunities. If he con- wrong when a team tries to journalism major from Texas Rangers pitcher Neftali Feliz throws a pitch during baseball would have to condition his verts to a starter he will need convert a top bullpen arm Alexandria, Va. spring training. www.dailyskiff.com Thursday, February 24, 2011 11 SPORTS FOOTBALL OPINION Johnson not defined by football Mavs must improve defense for playoffs By Myka D. Williams junior and senior seasons at pus activities that have made pened to the defense? now. For the next few weeks, Staff Writer safety. him better as a player.” The Mavericks have been they’ll play terrible teams like The 6-foot-1-inch safety The success Johnson had on slowly regressing back to a the Minnesota Timberwolves, During his final year on ranked third on the team in the field guided him to play a team that thinks “A good the Washington Wizards and campus, former Frogs safety 2010 with 66 tackles. The leadership role off the field. It offense is the best defense.” the Toronto Raptors. With the Tejay Johnson doesn’t want to Frogs led the nation in total was always about getting in- Instead of making opponents exception of the Los Angeles be recognized solely as a foot- defense for the third straight volved in a myriad of campus slow down and take fewer Lakers on March 12 and the ball player. The senior wants season with 232.2 yards al- organizations, he said. John- J.D. Moore quality shots, the Mavs are San Antonio Spurs on March colleagues to perceive him as lowed — all three years John- son has shown commitment becoming more carefree about 18, Dallas has no real tests in a leader who continues to give son has been a starter. to the National Association letting other teams take a shot the foreseeable future. back to campus life. Johnson was also named for the Advancement of Col- There are a lot of reasons to at the basket. It’s a good time to ex- “I never wanted people to one of the three finalists for ored People, Alpha Phi Alpha believe that the Dallas Maver- This strategy is a killer in periment with little defen- assume that I was a football the 2010 Jim Thorpe Award Fraternity, the university’s icks are NBA contenders. the playoffs. sive changes. Dallas should player,” Johnson said. I’ve al- by the Jim Thorpe Award gospel choir, Black Senior The offense is completely Case in point, the Mavs lost, seriously slow down the game ways had a passion for help- Screening Committee, which Weekend program and TCU operating with no hiccups. In 121-120, in a potential playoff tempo when playing the ing others. I know where I annually recognizes the na- Access Granted. the past month, the Mavericks preview against the Denver lesser teams of the NBA. They came from and how I got tion’s best college defensive “My freshman year I didn’t have scored fewer than 100 Nuggets Feb. 10. should go back to a Tyson here. It was that need, want back. get involved much,” Johnson points only twice. Over the It’s become a common Chandler-focused defense, and desire to give back that But Johnson credits his said. “I just played football course of those 30 days, Dallas theme for the Mavs to go up one that utilizes big men to always played a big role in my achievements to two key and went to class. Toward the has averaged 104 points a big and rely on offense to close force teams to pass the ball. life.” teammates on his football end of my freshman year, I game and has gone 13-1. out a game. But as the Denver The Mavs should see what Johnson talked about his squad. Juniors Johnny Fobbs started noticing things and With the career resurgence game showed, a capable of- works and what doesn’t in potential to enter the NFL and Greg McCoy were instru- knew what I wanted to do and of Peja Stojakovic and the re- fense will run with Dallas all their “tune-up” games on the Combine, but he said football mental to Johnson’s life as a where I wanted to be. I started appearance of Rodrigue Beau- the way into the final posses- stretch and then implement would not be in his future. Horned Frog. getting to know people who bois, the Mavericks’ offense is sion. Offensive powerhouses the effective defensive strate- Johnson is particularly inter- “They kept me focused and weren’t athletes.” only getting stronger as they like San Antonio and the gies in the playoffs. ested in leaving TCU with a kept my drive going,” Johnson One of Johnson’s main as- move down the stretch. Dirk Lakers will be able to stay neck There are many options degree in habilitation of the said. “Whenever I was down pirations was to help boost Nowitzki continues to put up and neck with the Mavs for an for the Mavericks but defense deaf and hard of hearing with and had pressure built up on the diversity on campus his MVP-like numbers, and the entire playoff series. needs to be one of them in minors in education and in me, they were always there sophomore year with the Dallas bench is exceptionally It’s clear that the Dallas de- order for them to go deep in social work. to calm me down. Those two Black Senior Weekend pro- deep. fense needs addressing. How- the playoffs. “I think mainly TCU will kept my ground and really gram. He has served on its Why then should Mavericks ever, if there is ever a perfect help me with the magni- gave me an outlook on life.” committee ever since. The fans be concerned? Dallas’ window of opportunity for J.D. Moore is a freshman journalism tude of the name [Texas Fobbs and McCoy talked South Garland High School defense is quickly becoming a get their defense together, it’s major from Honolulu, Hawaii. Christian University] on a about how Johnson has en- graduate attended programs gigantic weakness. degree,” Johnson said. “The couraged many players and that led to intellectual con- Don’t let recent winning networking, connections African-Americans at TCU versations about things other streaks fool you. Despite the and relationships with the with his success. than sports entertainment. victories, the Dallas defense people I’ve built here will “The guy’s a great person to “I wanted to be in the eyes has turned rancid. Over the help me and extend my be around,” McCoy said. “Te- of the TCU community,” past five games, Dallas has luck in the future.” jay has always led and people Johnson said. “I wanted to somehow gone 4-1 while With more than 41 Divi- always tend to follow. He has stand out, and I’ve felt success allowing 105.8 points on 47.8 sion I football scholarship been a major influence and in doing that. It was challeng- percent shooting from the offers his junior year in high got me involved.” ing to balance sports and sev- floor. By comparison, it took school, Johnson said he chose Fobbs added, “Tejay is not a eral organizations that I was 36 games for the Mavs to give TCU for his collegiate career. one-dimensional person. He’s a part of and held leadership up its fifth 100-point outing He started his sophomore, gotten involved in many cam- positions.” earlier this season. What hap-

Track & field head to conference

TCU’s track & field team tional earlier in the month. will set its sights on the On the women’s side, Mountain West Confer- senior Jessica Young set ence Indoor Track & Field a MWC record in the 60 Championships today with a time of 7.18 seconds. through Saturday in Albu- At the Tyson Invitational, querque, N.M. Young’s time in the 60 also On the men’s side, senior was tied for the fastest time Mychal Dungey will aim for in the nation, according to his second MWC 200-me- tfrrs.org. ter dash title. Dungey won the 200 in 2008. Dungey Check DailySkiff.com recorded a league-best 21.38 for updates on TCU seconds at the Tyson Invita- track & field. Mountain West Conference Indoor Track & Field Championships When: Thursday through Saturday Where: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, N.M. Live updates can be found on themwc.com. 12 Thursday, February 24, 2011 www.dailyskiff.com

TCU star safety will Rangers’ Neftali Feliz FOOTBALL hang up cleats BASEBALL should stay out of after college. PORTS starting rotation. TENNIS S No. 47 TCU falls to No. 14 A&M at home By Ryne Sulier lin Hoover, 9-8, while Frogs’ Sports Editor junior Slah Mbarek and senior Cameron Nash lost, 8-5, to Ju- A record crowd of 867 fans nior Ore and Alexey Grigorov were on hand at the Bayard on the No. 2 court. H. Friedman Tennis Center “There was just one point and Bartzen Varsity Courts here or there, it just turns out to watch No. 47 TCU’s match that way,” Price said, when re- against No. 14 Texas A&M, but flecting on his doubles match. the Aggies shut out the Frogs “It’s all right, I mean they played 7-0 to give TCU its fourth- well. They are number one in straight loss. the country. “ TCU (2-4) also dropped its In singles play, A&M’S No. home record against the Aggies 29-ranked Krajicek defeated to 12-6 all-time, while Texas Brighiu on the No. 1 court, 6-2, A&M (7-3) won its second 6-4. A&M’s Dadamo, ranked match in a row. No. 49 in singles, defeated Mbarek 6-4, 6-3. Nichols fell “It was a great match, to 121st-ranked Alexis Klegou, 6-4, 7-5, in the No. 3 position, I really think we had while Price fell to Grigorov, 6-2, our chances, I think 6-4. they just came up “We can play doubles with anyone, it’s proven, I think we with some big shots.” just need to improve our games in singles, but we think we Christopher Price battled hard. There were some Senior Tennis Player really close matches,” Price said. “I think we are just going to keep getting better throughout “I thought we fought re- the season.” ally hard, I thought we lost to Sanchez couldn’t shake Bau- a better team today, I thought tista, 6-4, 6-4, at the No. 5 court, we gave it everything we had, while Nash rounded out the I couldn’t be more proud as a singles on the No. 6 court, fall- TCU tennis alumni to see the ing to Naill Angus, 6-3, 6-3. kind of support we got from “That was so much fun, the crowd today,” head tennis doubles especially, playing on PHOTOGRAPHER NAME / STAFF coach David Roditi said. “To the center court, I could just Open the photo in Photoshop. Find the cutline copy in file > file me that’s the best crowd I’ve feel all the people yelling, it info. Remember to export the cutline. ever seen, especially just for a felt unreal,” said Price, while regular match. If we continue wearing a wide grin on his face to do this, this program is going after the match. “I didn’t really to do very well. “ look up, but I could feel like it Even though the Aggies really helped a lot. You could swept the Frogs in doubles, tell A&M was feeling it, they junior Emanuel Brighiu and were getting tight. Because at senior Christopher Price stayed their home matches that’s what competitive against Jeff Dada- we feel like, everyone’s yelling mo and Austin Krajicek — the at you. I thank the crowd for No. 1-ranked doubles team in coming.” the nation. Brighiu and Price bested Dadamo and Krajicek Up next last season, but the top-ranked tandem knocked off Brighiu TCU will continue play at and Price, 8-5, Wednesday. the Bayard H. Friedman Ten- “It was a great match, I re- nis Center and Bartzen Varsity ally think we had our chances, Courts against Mississippi State I think they just came up with Friday at 2 p.m. some big shots,” Price said. “Austin (Krajicek) hit one of Injury update the best shots I’ve ever seen. I mean, good players come up TCU sophomore Soren with big shots, and it was just Goritzka was pulled before their day.” Wednesday’s match due to a Senior Zach Nichols and ju- shoulder injury. Roditi said he nior Daniel Sanchez fell to the hopes Goritzka will be ready No. 57 doubles team in the na- for Friday’s home match against CAROLINE HARDWICK / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER tion, Alberto Bautista and Co- Mississippi State. Junior Slah Mbarek moves to the ball against Texas A&M Wednesday. The team lost 7-0 and will face Mississippi State Friday at home.