Former Student Charged with Arson
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/"H TCU Daily Bright Future Turmoil in Tulsa The utilitarian approach so often is used to keep the majority The TCU men's basketball team continues to struggle happy. For TCU, the utilitarian approach is often weighing with its Tulsa foes. whether the students or the community is the greatest number. SPORTS, page 8 OPINION, page 3 ServingSKIFF Texas Christian University since 1902 Thursday, January 18,2001 Fort Worth, Texas Former student charged with arson By Ram Luthra found tire tread marks on the lawn STAFF REPORTER Fire damages to fraternity house, car are estimated at $10,000 by the building. Fire officials and A former TCU student and an- police authorities confirm that the other individual have been Although both Rowe and Taylor which caused about $1,000 worth was hampered because the suspect formed in a haphazard manner and tracks are from a truck that had charged for arson in connection were charged and posted $5,000 of damages, according to the po- is a member of a close-knit frater- questions the tactics used by the been intentionally driven over the with the fire at the Sigma Alpha bail, as of Wednesday, the district lice report. nity. TCU law enforcement authorities. lawn. Epsilon and Delta Tau Delta fra- attorney's office has not accepted Rowe and Taylor were both ar- "This case was harder because "The investigation has not been The fire started when a com- ternity house, according to a Fort the case yet. rested in December. Investigation of the nature of fraternities," performed in a professional and bustible liquid engulfed the porch Worth police report. At the time of the incident. of the arson was prolonged be- Vasquez said. "All the people in- thorough manner," Lane said. of the building and was later Vernon Rowe III, 21, and Rowe was the president of the cause of lack of cooperation from volved showed a great amount of Fire officials said a fight that sparked with matches, fire offi- Matthew Taylor, 19, are suspects Sigma Nu fraternity. Sigma Nu is the suspects and witnesses, fire of- loyalty and camaraderie to each took place at a bar and continued cials said. The police report cited in connection with an Aug. 11 fire a fraternity located off campus and ficials said. other, which made it harder on us to a gas station near the TCU cam- that a large rock was thrown at the Martin-Moore Residence is not officially recognized by Sabino Vasquez, arson investi- to gather facts." pus prior to the fire was the main through a glass doorway. Hall on 3504 Pond Drive on the TCU. gator for the Fort Worth Fire De- Mark Lane, Rowe's attorney, catalyst for the blaze of the frater- TCU campus. No one was injured in the fire. partment, said the investigation said the investigation was per- nity house. Officials at the scene See FIRE, Page 4 Tooting his own horn BRITE GOES HI-TECH Lilly Endowment Inc. provides Brite Divinity with a $300,000 grant By Carrie Woodall classroom, and faculty may eventu- STAFF REPORTER ally have course manuals to assist in Students stepping into one of the the process. classrooms at the Brite Divinity He said proposed components for School this semester may notice a the Lilly Endowment grant included few high-tech changes. the creation of a position in instruc- Technological resources, includ- tional technology. ing a large video screen, projectors Faculty and staff will be trained in and specially-installed lighting for a workshop setting to learn how to multimedia, are allowing the use the multimedia equipment that school's professors to redesign their may involve online interactive re- teaching methods. The Lilly En- sources that students may use for dowment Inc. provided Brite with a ministry tools. Poynter said. $300,000 grant for these improve- Jeff Pool, assistant to the president ments, said Jeremy Poynter. assis- in development, said Brile's size and tant to the dean in instructional monetary resources have disallowed technology. it to be as advanced in technology as "There are advantages any time some of the largest seminaries. students are taught through multi- "(However). Brite Divinity is in sensory methods," Poynter said. many ways ahead of some smaller "The technology will give faculty the seminaries because other schools are opportunity to utilize multimedia re- just now acquiring personal comput- sources to achieve this result." ers for the faculty." Pool said. Tori Waller, a Brite Divinity Poynter said students and faculty School student, said these new re- will begin using the multimedia sources will allow students to have technology this semester, but the more interactive learning experi- grant includes a three-year imple- ences. In the past, students relied on mentation process lor completion of the religion department for any video the project. equipment they needed. David Dunai/SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHER Poynter said students will have Carrie Woodall Zach Collins, sophomore tuba performance major, practices his tuba in Ed Landreth Hall Wednesday. online access for laptops to use in the a&npnitS aol.com Installation of disputed lights begins after dark. ing lots and patching roofs." they wouldn't go up at all. Despite concerns, Don Mills, vice chancellor for Mills said the high cost has to "We didn't even look at esti- student affairs, said the lights are do with the consideration of mates for 35-foot lights." Mills $400,000 lights expected to be installed midway TCU's residential neighbors. In said. "We knew (the lights) had to through the semester. order to reduce glare into nearby be 75-foot to work." to be up by March "We're aiming for mid-March, yards, the City of Fort Worth During community meetings but the weather has been slowing Board of Adjustments granted held throughout the fall semester, By John Weyand progress," Mills said. TCU a variance in November 2000 many of TCU's neighbors ex- STAFF REPORTER Mills said the lighting project allowing the maximum light pole pressed concerns about disturbing In a debate that has many stu- will cost about $400,000, but no height to be raised from 35 to 75 light pollution at late-night hours. dents feeling left in the dark, the special allocation was needed to feet. The increased pole height With the help of lighting engi- intramural sports program will fund the project. will allow the light to be more di- neers, Mills assured TCU's neigh- soon be bathed in light. "The money comes from a por- rectional, preventing the light bors that little light will go beyond Construction has begun around tion of the annual budget set aside from spilling into nearby yards. the edges of the intramural fields. Spe> Skiff the TCU Intramural Fields to in- for general projects," Mills said. Despite the extra cost for taller Mills also said an agreement made Over the Winter Break, construction to provide lighting around the stall lights atop 75-foot poles, al- "That money is present every year shielded lights. Mills said the perimeter of TCU's Intramural Fields began. Seven, 75-foot poles wi I be lowing intramural play to continue and is sometimes for paving park- lights' height had to be raised or See LIGHTS, Page 4 placed around the sports fields. The Texas Seven TODAY IN HISTORY In 1778, Captain James Cook Seven Texan ESCAPE TIMELINE of the British Navy, thought IMAGE UPGRADE he was the first to find a group of islands in the Pa- Dec. 13 — cific now known as the SGA looks to improve visibility on campus escapees still "Connally Seven" escape Hawaiian Islands. from the John B. Connally By Jonathan Sampson be more visible on campus and sec what it Jr. Prison Unit near Kenedy STAFF REPORTER is doing directly for the students. She said a in a stolen prison vehicle. WEATHER Bland. Inclusive. Political. Inefficient. communication committee will only be ef- on the loose These were some of the words used by fective if all SGA representatives partici- Dec. 24 — TOMORROW Student Government Association officers to pate, not just the president and vice TCU Police are taking Irving police officer, Aubrey describe students' opinions of SGA during presidents. Hawkins, murdered during the leadership retreat last weekend, said "It's a good idea," Cowdery said. "I'll just a cautious approach the robbery of an Oshman's Chelsea Hudson, chairwoman of the Perma- be skeptical until I see it directly affecting Super Sports USA. High 39 C* \ nent Improvements Committee. me as a student." By Ram Luthra STAFF REPORTER Low 20 QTlJ As students begin classes, a new set of Hudson said the officers want to see SGA SGA officers is beginning to look at plans communicate with the students in new ways TCU Police, like other law enforcement agencies Jan. 12 — Showers /^T and examining how they can change nega- and utilize other groups on campus such as across the stale, are continuing a cautious and careful ap- Houston-based Oshman's tive student views. Student Developmental Services and the proach in light of recent reported sightings of the seven Sporting Goods, Inc. an- "I think a lot of times students feel like Residence Hall Association. She said offi- Texas prison escapees, Kelly Ham, TCU detective of nounced the $25,000 Osh- SGA doesn't do a lot for them. ... hut the cers want to speak with on-campus organi- criminal investigations, said. man's Aubrey Hawkins Memorial Fund to benefit neat thing is that student government is very zations about SGA activities at limes other The seven men face capital murder charges in the aware of this," Hudson said.