• SPORTS: FROGS SWEEP THREE-GAME SERIES AGAINST EAST CAROLINA OVER PAST WEEKEND, PAGE 8 | • FOOD: HOW TCU'S MEAL PLANS COMPARE, PAGE 5 Tuesday, March 26, 2002 ^__^^^tb TCU DAILY SKIFF iX- In its 100th year of service to Texas Christian University • Vol. 99 • Issue 91 • Fort Worth, Texas • www.skiff.tcu.edu I j I 1 Today'sNews Warrant sought for assault suspect Campus NATIONAL NEWS BOSTON — A cousin of Pres- ban in connection with an aggra- unity focus ident Bush, insurance consultant 18, was attacked with a baseball there were at least two people vated assault that left a TCU stu- bat after the suspects damaged the Jamie Bush, says he's consider- Investigation continues in the Suburban, but more may dent and TCU police officer with Jetta by smashing out the win- be involved. ing a run for lieutenant governor injuries, according to a Fort Worth dows. Grubbs suffered a concus- of meeting of Massachusetts. in Friday car chase, The Suburban rammed into the police report. sion and incurred an injury to his Jetta at the corner of Berry Street Nam Digest on Page 4 collision David Grubbs, the injured stu- chest after the attack, the report and Bellaire Drive, Ham said. dent, was driving his 1996 silver cited. He was taken directly to a The Jetta was on its way back to- First Faculty Senate, WASHINGTON — Relatives BY ANTHONY K1RCHNER Volkswagen Jetta with three other hospital by Medstar ambulance ward main campus before they of the 40 passengers and crew Staff Reporter students early Friday morning af- services, but no other details were called the police with a cell Staff Assembly, SGA ter leaving Scooners, 3051 S. disclosed in the report. phone, he said. The Suburban re- killed Sept. 11 aboard hijacked Fort Worth and TCU police were United Airlines Flight 93, which University Drive, TCU detective The students were followed peatedly continued to hammer joint meeting today crashed in rural Pennsylvania, working together Monday to get a Kelly Ham said and the police re- by the suspect and another male the Jetta as it returned to main will be allowed to hear the cock- warrant for a male who was driv- port cited. who were in the Suburban. Po- BY BRANDON ORTIZ pit recordings during a single, pri- ing a 1998 green Chevrolet Subur- According to the report, Grubbs, lice officials confirmed that (More on ASSAULT, page 6) Staff Re|M)rter vate listening session next month, Chelsea Hudson isn't exaggerating the FBI says. when she calls today's joint meeting be- Newt Digest on Page 4 tween the Faculty Senate, Staff Assem- bly and Student Government Association "historic." It's never happened before. The first meeting between the organi- zations will focus on ways students, fac- OnCampus LANDING THE 'RIGHT MAN' ulty and staff members can come together to improve TCU. Rise School, Staff Assembly "I think a lot of people would agree sponsor school egg hunt that TCU needs to constantly work on building this community," said Hudson, Students in the Rise School a junior political science major and pres- will take part in an egg hunt ident of SGA. "We do a good job of get- sponsored by the Staff Assembly Wednesday March 27 in the ting faculty and staff involved with playground behind the school. orientation and Frog Camp but it kind of The Staff Assembly's commu- stops there. This meeting is making a nity service committee suggested statement for us all coming together." sponsorship of an egg hunt Carolyn Spence Cagle, an associate because its members wanted to professor of nursing and chairwoman of promote interaction between the Faculty Senate, said she hopes the meet- Rise School's teachers and stu- ing will trigger greater collaboration dents and the Staff Assembly, from the three groups. She said that col- said Mary Lane, chairwoman of laboration hasn't been lacking between the committee. the three groups, but could be improved. "We did this because we want "We are hoping we will see common to support on-campus organiza- issues we can all address next year," Ca- tions and because the children gle said. "Certainly we might develop are so wonderful," Lane said. As the kids search for the some agenda items for the Faculty Sen- candy-filled, plastic eggs around ate from what comes out of this forum the playground, the Easter and the same thing will happen in the Bunny also has plans to hop onto student house and Staff Assembly." the scene. — Colleen Casey Event Information What: Joint meeting between Faculty U. Virginia tuition rises Senate, Staff Assembly and Student follow national trend Government Association CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. When: today at 4 p.m. (U-WIRE) — While students at Where: Faculty Center in Reed Hall Virginia's colleges and universi- ties face mounting tuition costs, institutions of higher learning After a keynote speech from Paul throughout the country also are Harral, vice president and editorial di- charging their students more rector of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, money to attend school. David Dunai/ STAFF REPORTER participants will split up into groups. Tuition increases have aver- Neil Dougherty walks down the steps from a plane at Fort Worth Meacham Airport Monday shortly before he is officially named as the head coach for the Each group will come up with two ways aged 4 percent at public colleges men's basketball team. to bring students, faculty and staff over the past five years, accord- closer together on an ongoing basis to vout basketball followers, some players and ing to the Chronicle of Higher Kansas assistant coach picked piece of the basketball net that he had cut down cooperatively improve the quality of Education. after the Kansas Jayhawks defeated Oregon many of his family members. education and promote the wellness of "This is a lot more than I expected," Two schools most affected by to head men's basketball Sunday in the NCAA Midwest Regional in the TCU community. tuition increases are University of Madison, Wis. to advance to the Final Four. Dougherty said referring to the large audience Hudson said Harral's experience at the North Carolina-Chapel Hill and That small piece of the net was matched by that welcomed him to TCU. "There were two Star-Telegram and as an adjunct journal- University of Iowa. North BY RAM LUTHRA TCU with a new pair of leather cowboy boots, things that I told myself that I would never ism professor makes him a good choice Carolina's tuition will increase Sports Editor a purple silk tie and the men's basketball head do in my life. That would be wear orange or by 20.9 percent for in-state stu- When Neil Dougherty took the long stride as keynote speaker. coaching job. purple, but I am very excited to wear purple "He has the background of coming dents, while Iowa will charge 19 to step off the twin-jet airplane at Meacham Dougherty was announced the new men's right now." from the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, percent more for in-state students Airport Monday, he came with a small piece basketball head coach by Athletics Director Dougherty, who is replacing Billy Tubbs, next year. which gives him a community outlook," of memorabilia in the pocket of his jacket. Eric Hyman at the John Justin Athletic Cen- Last week Texas A&M Dougherty, 40, arrived in Fort Worth with a (More on COACH, page 8) University announced it will ter in front of university administrators, de- (More on MEETING, page 6) charge $30 more per credit hour, the largest tuition increase in the school's history, while University of California is considering a 10 percent tuition increase. Alumni return to campus with — Cavalier Daily Two Sodexho employees children for Easter egg hunt InsideSkiff fired after investigation it, it appears more people decided to come." Kelly Mooney, president of the Fort The Pulse/Campus Lines 2 the student who used his ID then gave the ID card back to Eighth annual hunt Worth Young Alumni Chapter, said the Opinion 3 Video system card without authorization. the Sodexho employee. attracts approximately Easter egg hunt is a great opportunity for Later that day, the employee National Digest Sanders said he left his ID 550 children former TCU students to come back and International Digest catches ID misuse; card in the Worth Hills dining gave the ID card to another em- visit their school. area Feb. 24 and went to the ID ployee to buy two cases of fruit "This event has nothing to do with ask- Features no charges filed Card Center two days later to drinks for $71.52. BY RAUL MARTINEZ IV ing alumni to give money to TCU," Etc. get a new ID card. It wasn't un- "Since every location on Staff KrjHH-trr Mooney said. "We have this hunt because Sports BY ANTHONY K1RCHNER til more than two weeks later campus with a cash register has It was his fourth Easter egg hunt at we want all of our alumni to feel like TCU Staff Reporter that Sanders said he noticed a a video camera, these transac- TCU and 4-year-old Bainbridge Allen Two Sodexho employees significant amount of money tions were all recorded on said it was the best one so far. (More on EASTER, page 6) were fired after an investigation missing from his card. videotape," Ham said. "Now Bainbridge Allen, son of TCU alumni theWeather by TCU Police connected them Sanders said he asked the ID with this video-monitoring sys- Cyrena Alien, was one of approximately to the unauthorized use of a stu- center to trace the purchases tem, it's virtually impossible to 550 children at TCU's 8th Annual Easter WEDNESDAY dent's ID card to make pur- made.