2 T C U EST. 1902 DADAILYISKIFF.COML ∙ YWEDNESDAY. OCTO BERS 8, 2008 KIFF∙ VOL. 106 ISSUE 25 A political science professor and a finance professor weigh in on tuesday’s debate. page 4 Fee added for paying tuition with plastic By Chelsie French changes that other universities experienced and American Express — do allow the mer- the money to my account so I can write a Staff Reporter when similar policies were implemented. chant to charge a convenience fee for credit check,” Noack said. “Card users who want to avoid the con- card transactions while not charging a fee Michael McGraw, junior accounting and Credit card payments of student accounts venience fee are now paying with checks,” for other payment methods, Wilson said. finance major, said the new policy is not have decreased by more than half after the she said. The Visa rules for convenience fees ideal. university implemented a new credit card According to a letter mailed to students were considered but were not the reason in “I don’t believe it was necessarily fair,” policy this fall that card users are required late in the spring, TCU paid $1.4 million in changing the university’s credit card policy, McGraw said. “My parents have to pay for Sustainability grade to pay a convenience fee for student account credit card processing fees last year, a pay- Wilson said. processing fees, and I don’t see the benefits should be higher. payments, a university official said. ment the university will discontinue this “That decision was made to reduce the of more money for financial aid because I Opinion, Page 3 Cheryl Wilson, associate vice chancellor year to move those funds to the financial university’s expenses by over $1 million an- don’t receive financial aid.” and controller, said credit card payments aid budget. nually,” Wilson said. Wilson said when the announcement accounted for 54 percent of student account In addition to requiring credit card us- Sophomore radio-TV-film major Sean was made, she received half a dozen com- TOP iTUNES DOWNLOADS payments in August 2007 as opposed to 12 ers to pay convenience fees, the university Noack said the new payment system is a plaints from people who were upset about percent of payments in August this year. no longer accepts Visa for student account nuisance. Noack said his family lost the the change, but since then hasn’t received 1 Live Your Life (feat. Check and automated clearing house pay- payments. ability to gain airline miles when TCU any. Rihanna) T.I. ments rose from 44 percent of student ac- Visa doesn’t allow merchants to charge a stopped accepting Visa, and now his fa- Students like McGraw are getting used count payments to 82 percent in the same convenience fee only on credit card transac- ther has to remember to write a check and to the new rules. 2 So What time span, Wilson said. tions while not charging fees on other pay- mail it to him each month. “My parents still use a credit card to pay P!nk Wilson said the decrease in credit card ment methods, Wilson said. Other credit “It takes time out of my dad’s day for tuition bills, but they are making the best 3 Whatever You Like payments was expected after reviewing card companies — MasterCard, Discover him to write a check and mail it or transfer of it,” McGraw said. T.I. 4 Let It Rock Kevin Rudolf & Li... 5 Hot N Cold Katy Perry KTCU adds — iTunes QUIET MINDS high school football to schedule Radio station to report on one high school game weekly By Brian Smith Staff Reporter As the College of Communication con- Head football coach Gary tinues to work toward developing a sports Patterson says the team needs broadcasting degree, the college’s radio energy for weekend road game. station is ahead of the curve. Sports, page 8 KTCU FM 88.7 “The Choice” has added a high school football game-of-the-week broadcast to its PECULIAR FACT weekly lineup, TOKYO — Police have said Russell KTCU FM apprehended a Western man Scott, director 88.7 Sports who went skinny dipping in of the station. a moat ringing the Imperial Radio-TV-film Programs Palace in a busy Tokyo business students are re- What: High district, attracting a huge crowd, sponsible for the school football officials said Tuesday. on-air content, game of the week broadcast — Associated Press Scott said. “Instead of When: Fridays at just going into 7:15 p.m. the classroom What: “The and talking Cheap Seats” talk about it, now we show can give them When: Wednes- experience,” days at 7 p.m. AlliE BROwn / Multimedia Editor Scott said. Buddhist monk John Freese demonstrates a traditional sitting pose Tuesday during his class on meditation at the Brown Lupton University Union. The show airs Fridays from about 7:15 p.m. to 10 p.m. In addition, Scott said radio-TV-film Monk hosts weekly meditation classes students are also responsible for a pre- game show before TCU football home By Katie B. Martinez tor for religious and spiritual life, said ing slowly in a circle.” games and for a weekly sports talk show, Staff Reporter the program has been well-received on Freese said he began his journey into “The Cheap Seats,” which airs Wednes- campus. Buddhism at a campus session just like days from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Sitting in the garden of his family “We have a core group of several stu- these. As a film major at Vassar College “Sports radio, in general, is explod- home in West Fort Worth with the sun- dents that come every week, and then we in New York, he came across a flier for ing all over the country,” Scott said. “It’s light shining on his light brown hair, he have a few newcomers who come just to a meditation group. He went, he liked it amazing to think that 12 to 15 years ago, is not what one might expect when going check it out,” Gamwell said. “I think it’s and it started him on a path to enlight- sports radio was barely being born.” to meet a Buddhist monk. great because it shows that TCU cares enment that more than a decade later, The City Council shouldn’t Although KTCU’s sports broadcast- But John Freese is just that. about educating the whole person, not he still follows. just target saggy pants. ing program just recently began, it has A Fort Worth native who now lives just their intellectual side.” “The first time I meditated nothing Tuesday in Opinion produced alumni who now work in the in India nine months of the year, Freese Akshay Kakar, a second-year interna- really spectacular happened, but I did field professionally. is hosting Tuesday evening meditation tional student from India, attended the come away from it with a sense of peace One of those is Trey Fallon, who pro- sessions on campus throughout October session as part of an outside assignment and well-being that made me believe duces “GameNight with Choppy & Greg- and is planning a half-day retreat and for his world religions class. there was something to it,” Freese said. go” on 103.3 FM ESPN radio. Fallon also picnic during Fall Break. “I had meditated before, but this He began attending monthly sessions produces pre- and post-game shows for The sessions include 30 minutes of was the first time I practiced medita- at Zen Mountain Monastery near the the Dallas Mavericks and Dallas Cow- sitting meditation followed by a few tion while being in motion,” he said. “I college and doing a daily meditation in boys. minutes of walking meditation and then thought it was very important to be still his dorm room. Fallon said he supports an expansion Will the rising cost of a discussion. in order to calm the mind, so it was re- SEE MEDITATION · PAGE 2 construction materials Adam Gamwell, program coordina- ally interesting to find peace while walk- SEE KTCU · PAGE 2 affect work at TCU? Tuesday in News STUDENT GOVERNMENT TODAy’S WEATHER 82 55 Member raises questions about diversity of judicial board HIGH LOW By Matt Syme Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity and is the third ation will not impair them in making fair support the expansion of the storage space Sunny Staff Reporter board member from the fraternity. decisions. for students’ e-mail accounts. The resolu- Tomorrow: Sunny During the meeting, Student Relations The nominees were approved with one tion, written by Brown and Science and 84 / 59 The Student Government Association chair Justin Brown raised questions about opposition vote from Brown and nine ab- Engineering representative Ido Farhi, sup- Friday: Sunny House of Representatives approved two how the majority of board members is part stentions, which is more than double the ported the university’s efforts to increase 84 / 64 new members of the Judicial Board in Tues- of Sigma Phi Epsilon. Brown questioned number of abstentions in a single vote the the current 100 MB capacity for each stu- day’s meeting despite reservations about what would happen if a conflict with an House has seen all semester. dent’s e-mail account. how three of the five board members belong outside member of the fraternity were to Pressly also nominated representative Two other bills passed unanimously. The to the same Greek organization. come before the board. Rusty Roeger to be appointed as the Judicial House passed a bill to make changes to the Please President Thomas Pressly nominated Pressly said the selection of Dresser had Board’s Chief Justice.