T C U EST. 1902 DADAILYSKIFF.ILCOM ∙Y TUESDAY, JANUARY S27, 2009 ∙KIFF VOL. 106 ISSUE 63 WestBend shopping development halts Cable change in dorms causes construction until economy improves. students to miss about half the Tomorrow in News channels they had last semester. Tomorrow in News FACULTY REWARDS Student feedback won’t affect pay raises By Elle Cahalan said Rod Davis, manager of communica- Dorraj said a drawback could be the temp- The A&M system implemented the Stu- Staff Reporter tions media at Texas A&M. Davis said he tation for professors to make their courses dent Led Awards for Teaching Excellence and the university’s student government see easier to cater to the students because faculty last semester at its main College Station Some public universities in Texas plan to this as a positive way to acknowledge pro- whose classes are more difficult are some- campus in addition to its Kingsville and reward professors who receive high marks fessors. Others, however, including some times evaluated negatively by students who Prairie View campuses, Davis said. on student evaluations, but TCU will not faculty members, are skeptical of students are just looking for an easy A. Students were responsible for making join these efforts anytime soon, Chancellor evaluating professors and worry that this A peer-review process could help decide questionnaires, distributing them to faculty Victor Boschini said. system could encourage professors to make whether a faculty member should receive and evaluating them. The professors volun- The university is always willing to con- their courses easier. the bonus, he said. tarily chose to participate, Davis said. sider new ways to reward faculty, Boschini Manochehr Dorraj, professor of politi- “I like to think most of our students are “We purposely set this up so that it would wrote in an e-mail. However, he would like cal science, said he sees positives to A&M’s mature enough to distinguish between a be student-run,” Davis said. to see research on the subject, he added. policy, crediting the institution for rewarding good professor and an easy one,” Dorraj The student senate voted to approve At Texas A&M University, up to $10,000 good teaching and encouraging faculty to said. “But at the same time, I have come the system, while the faculty senate voted will be awarded to professors who rank invest more time in their work. However, he across faculty who get poor evaluations be- Get a recap of the men’s highest on end-of-semester evaluations, remains wary of potential dangers, he said. cause they teach a demanding course.” SEE EVALUATIONS · PAGE 2 weekend loss against New Mexico. Sports, page 8 SAT TOP 10 MOVIES (millions of dollars) Policy lets 1 Paul Blart: Mall Cop 22 2 Underworld: Rise of 21 In ‘n’ out the Lycans students 3 Gran Torino 16 4 Hotel for Dogs 12 5 Slumdog Millionaire 11 pick scores 6 My Bloody Valentine 10 3-D 7 Inkheart 8 by test date 8 Bride Wars 7 9 The Curious Case of 6 University’s policy remains Benjamin Button despite College Board option 10 Notorious 6 — Media by Numbers By Lizzy Karoly Staff Reporter A new SAT score-reporting option that allows students more flexibility in the college application process will not affect TCU, a university official said. The College Board option, Score Choice, allows students to decide which scores — by test date — universities will be able to see, said Wes Waggoner, di- rector of freshman admissions. Waggoner said the university will continue to use its policy of accepting applicants’ highest scores from each section, regardless of test dates. Students applying to TCU may use Score Choice to submit their scores, but it might not be in their interests to do Eric AndersON / Staff Reporter so because the admissions office will Sophomore social work major Shelly Newkirk uses her meal plan to get breakfast at Market Square. A new meal plan option allows students to use their only be able to see scores from one test meal plan swipes at Bistro Burnett in the library and Sub Connection in the Neeley School of Business. date, Waggoner said. This means the university might not be seeing students’ best scores from all three sections of the test, he said. However, students will also History will remember Official: To-go option widely used have the option of using Score Choice Bush as a leader with good to send scores from multiple test dates, By Chilton Tippin will have to pay with Frog Bucks. Frank Horak, supervisor of Sub Con- intentions. he said. Staff Reporter “We’ve heard consistently that there nection, said his staff had to adapt to the Opinion, page 3 Alana Klein, a communications and was a need for food service on the east newfound sandwich demand. marketing director for the College Students are making good use of a side of campus that would be part of the “We’ve had to bring in more sandwich- Board, said colleges and universities new to-go dining option, campus offi- meal plan,” Abato said. “It seems to be es every day as the business has increased WASHINGTON — Illinois Gov. have always set their own admissions cials said. well-received thus far.” tremendously,” Horak said. Rod Blagojevich, charged with policies and with Score Choice, they Simply To-Go, which opened Jan. 19 Abato said students with the Frog Rick Flores, general manager of Din- trying to sell the U.S. Senate will continue to do so. at Sub Connection, allows students on Pass Limited plans currently cannot use ing Services, said the university decided seat formerly held by President “With Score Choice, the College any of the Silver, Gold or Platinum Frog them at Simply To-Go. The initial talks to offer Simply To-Go because students Barack Obama, considered Board is giving colleges and universi- Pass plans to purchase a pre-packaged between the university and Dining Ser- needed a convenient eatery that was both offering it to talk show star ties the opportunity to clearly express sandwich or salad meal that includes a vices did not plan for the inclusion of the on the east side of campus and covered Oprah Winfrey. their score-use practices to students on fountain beverage and the choice between Frog Pass Limited plans, she said. by the Frog Pass. — Reuters CollegeBoard.com,” Klein said. a cookie, fruit or a bag of chips for the Some students have expressed interest “We had about 32 participants on the Klein said Score Choice was designed cost of a swipe, said Legia Abato, market- in Dining Services allowing the limited first day, and it has steadily grown,” Flores CORRECTION to reduce student stress and enhance the ing manager of Dining Services. plans to function at Simply To-Go, Abato said. A story in Friday’s Skiff test-taking experience for students. The pre-packaged meals are not made said. If Simply To-Go is successful, the Amanda Simmons, freshman business excluded a step in the But Score Choice will probably not by Sub Connection, she said, and if stu- Frog Pass Limited plans will probably be process of ratifying a dents want to order off the menu, they added to the program, Abato said. SEE SIMPLY TO GO · PAGE 2 proposed sports broadcasting SEE SCORE CHOICES · PAGE 2 major. The proposal must first be approved by the Undergraduate Council, which reviews the proposal to NEW YORK TIMES Magazine “Year in ideas” verify it meets the minimum standards, including hours required and the specific path 17th-century economics inspire professor’s proposal for the major, before it goes By Curtis Burrhus-Clay Quinn said. greatly indebted from borrowing money before the University Council. “Having your picture Staff Reporter The online auction for wars before implementing the concept site eBay is a good way taken in the ‘New York of common assets to create a set price that TODAy’s weaTHER Economics professor Stephen Quinn has to illustrate this point, Times‘ without being everyone could agree on, he said. a theory about saving the economy, and Quinn said. “They took something they couldn’t sell 30 27 The New York Times Magazine noticed. “EBay makes its liv- indicted will make and turned it into something they could HIGH LOW The magazine published Quinn’s theory ing on learning to sell your mom happy.” sell,” Quinn said. “The thing is, it works. — the Quinn Solution — in its “Year in Quinn one-of-a-kind things,” They did it in 1697 and again in 1711, and Freezing Rain Ideas” issue last month. Quinn said. “No one re- Stephen Quinn they took 80 percent of the British national Quinn proposes to set up a government- ally knows how much to sell a unique salt debt and reorganized it this way.” Tomorrow: Wintry Mix sponsored corporation that would swap and pepper shaker for, so you put it on eBay economics professor Quinn said getting his idea published in 39 / 32 debt for ownership of the corporation’s and find out.” The New York Times Magazine was not his Thursday: Mostly Sunny stock by putting all U.S. mortgage-backed The ultimate goal of taking these differ- get a lot of the same thing out there, the original intention. He was approached by 55 / 34 securities in one pot that would be distrib- ent assets and putting them together is to whole market can pop up fast because then Stephen Mihm, a writer for the magazine, uted in equal shares to the banks contribut- create a price that can be bought and sold, people will buy and sell because they know after Quinn posted his idea in a blog on the ing to the pool.