WEATHER FORECAST High 90s Low 70* Mostly sunny Cheerleader tryouts Inside moved to coliseum FRIDAY Tryouts for cheerleading VolleyFrogs, star ready AUGUST 29, 1997 squads scheduled for for sophomore season. Saturday in the Rickel See page 7 Texas Christian University Building will be held in 95th Year • Number 5 Daniel-Meyer Coliseum instead, said cheerleader sponsor John Finke, the assistant athletic director for marketing and promotions. Finke said the tryouts were originally scheduled in the Festivities planned No-tolerance law Rickel Building Gym 3 because the coliseum floors were to be refinished this weekend. to celebrate TCU's stiffens penalties "We decided since they're going to cheer in Daniel- Meyer anyway, tryouts should give them a chance to 125th anniversary for teen drinking get familiar with the home- team advantage," Finke said. By Danielle Daniel will be a celebration on the lawn," she SuperFrog, the 30-foot inflatable Punishments include license suspension Tryouts for the coed squad SKIFF STAFF said. "We are going to have finger Homed Frog and the Frog Horn. will begin at 9 a.m. Saturday. The university community will kick foods and punch, and the Jazz Food will be a part of the festivities By Jennifer Longley meanor and comes with a fine of up Candidates will be required off a celebration of its 125th academic Ensemble will play. It will he a place with Riscky's barbecue and Frog DESIGN EDITOR to $500. attendance at an alcohol to perform a standing back year starting Sept. 1 I with a lawn for snacks and fellowship." Chill, a grape-flavored cool treat creat- Minors across Texas will face awareness class. 20 to 40 hours of tuck, a toe touch, a party, a pep rally and the dedication of Kelly said she is planning for a ed by a TCU alumnus, on hand. stiffer penalties for alcohol viola- mandatory community service and a running/tumbling pass and a the F. Howard and Mary D. Walsh crowd of 1,200. On that night, the event will move to tions, including an automatic driver's 60-day driver's license suspension. single-base liberty. Center for the Performing Arts. "I hope that a lot of people will the Stockyards as FrogFest '97 ensues. license suspension after a first Second and third offenses come All-girls squad tryouts will Chancellor William E. Tucker said show up. and hopefully the weather Later, a $ I O-per-plate barbecue din- offense, starting Sept. I. with increased community service begin at 11 a.m. Saturday. it is important lo celebrate anniver- will cooperate," Kelly said. ner will be held at 6:30 p.m. in Rodeo Senate Bill 35, known as the "zero hours and longer license suspensions. Requirements are the same as saries at the university, especially However, if it does rain, she said, Pltza and a reservation is required. tolerance law." was authored by state If a third-time offender is al least 17 the coed squad, except for the TCU's 125th, because it "encourages the festivities will be relocated to the Country dancing will begin at 9 p.m. Sen. Royce West (D-Dallas) and the years old. he or she can receive a fine single-base liberty. us to know the past, confirm the pre- Student Center Ballroom. Other celebratory events include the Senate Committee on Juvenile of up lo $2,000 willi possible jail Between eight and 15 new sent and lean into the future." To mark this achievement, a com- celebration of the accomplishments of Driving While Intoxicated Laws. It time. cheerleaders will be chosen. "It reminds us of those who preced- memorative logo has been designed to the Next Frontier campaign — the uni- became law June 19. Lcanne Fondren. a substance Tryouts are open to all stu- ed us and our debt to them," he said. use throughout the anniversary year. versity's five-year fund-raising effort, "The philosophy behind the legis- abuse counselor for the Alcohol and dents, and candidates should "We stand on the shoulders of great "As events take place we are going which has raised nearly $110 million lation is that the state of Texas will Drug Education Center, said the new bring proof of health insur- men." to continue to bring up the 125th seal to date. In addition to the Walsh Center have a zero tolerance for underage law removes the mixed message ance to the tryouts. For more The first scheduled festivity, whenever we can," Kelly said. dedication. Tucker's 18 years as head drinking," said Lou Brite. genera] about alcohol abuse and driving thai information, call John Finke "Celebration on the Lawn," will unite Festivities will move downtown of the university will be celebrated. counsel for the Texas Alcoholic many young people receive. at 921-5462. students, faculty and staff for a casual Sept. 12 for "Paint the Town Purple Tucker said the university has come Beverage Commission. "Under the current law, they are afternoon of entertainment in front of Weekend,"she said. a long way since its inception in The new lav. makes it illegal for nol permitted to dnnk. hut they are Reed and Sadler halls. A featured event will be the 4th l8(X)s. when it had 13 students. He minors to drive with any detectable not legally drunk until iheir blood Margaret Kelly, director of special annual Downtown Pep Rally at said great strides have been made in amount of alcohol in their systems. alcohol level is at .07." Fondren said. Tickets for sale in projects, said the hourlong event, Sundance Square scheduled for noon the last JO years. Driving under the influence by a "The new legislation makes the law Student Center which starts at noon Sept. 11. will fea- Sept. 12. The rally will feature Mayor "I think TCU, having made it 125 minor is a new offense in Texas. Brite very clear" Tickets for the Sept. 15 ture party tents and entertainment. Kenneth Barr. Tucker, the Homed years, is going to make it another 250." said. Margaret Collins, director of the Texas Rangers-Kansas City "Following the convocation there Frog Band, TCU cheerleaders. he said. A first offense is a Class C misde- Royals baseball game can be Please see DRINK, Page 6 purchased at the Student Center Information Desk for $4. Students report two The baseball tickets are just one of many ticket offers Weekend warrior sold at the location. Other choices include Six incidents of flashing Flags over Texas tickets for $23, Hurricane Harbor tick- Women approached in computer lab. outside hall ets for $19 and Omni theater tickets for $5.25. SKIFF STAFF The student said she left the room and went Movie tickets to the AMC Two incidents of indecent exposure across the hall to the TCU Daily Skiff office. A movie theaters are priced at occurred in the past week, according to a stu- Skiff staffer went to the computer lab and saw $4.25 while United Artist, dent who said she was flashed and Campus the young man. who then left the building. General Cinema and Sony Police reports. Campus Police officer Bryan Goode and theater tickets sell for $4.75. A senior student was working in a Moudy Sgt John Drake soon arrived, bul the suspect "It's just a benefit of being Building computer lab at about 9 p.m. Tuesday had already left a student at TCU," said when a young man exposed himself, she said An earlier incident was reported at aboul Information Desk supervisor The student worker was on the phone in the 2:30 p.m. Sunday. Campus Police dispatched Dianne Rubenkoenig about lab, she said. She set the phone down and officer David l.uttrell to the north parking lot the ticket sales. approached the man clad in a blue denim shirt of Sherley Hall lo answer I complain! of inde- Another arrival soon to be over a white T-shirt and plaid shorts alter he cent exposure. sold at the Information Desk spoke to her. According lo the police report, a woman is a passport book, which "He had his shorts raised." she said. "His was walking along the north side of Sherley contains a collection of dis- legs were raised in a way that he was showing Hall when I man approached her m I white counts to various restaurants me his ... " in the area. Please see FLASHER, Page 6 Auditions set House officers to adjust for four plays The theater department will hold auditions for its for overestimated budget three fall semester plays and a spring semester production By Julie Redwlne Calloway later discovered thai the $100,000 beginning at 7 p.m. Friday. SKIFF STAFF had been credited to the wrong account he Sue Ott, administrative The House of Student Representatives starts said. assistant for the theater the fall semester with a new budget of There was an error in communication department, said any student $235,000 but will save as much as possible to between Mark and (House adviser) Larry who wants to audition is wel- avoid dipping into its General Reserve Fund. Markley." Calloway said. come, and theater experience House officials said. House Treasurer Mark Irish said ihe budget is not necessary. The budget, passed by the House in April, is wasn't adjusted alter Ihe mistake was found Each student must read based on a conservative .estimate of the total because it was too late to change the plan. The one dialogue from before amount of government fees paid by studenls House was two months into the budge! process 1900 and one contemporaiy Officers had originally expected to receive when Ihe mistake was found.