FEBRUARY 21, 2019 . VOLUME 112 . ISSUE 20 . TCU360.COM PAGE 4 T HE TENNIS PLANS TO CONTINUE SUCCESS SKIFF IN NEW SEASON A STUDENT MEDIA PUBLICATION OF TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY FORT WORTH, TEXAS BANE’S BIG 12 AWARD FROM PLAYING WITH HIS GREAT GRANDPARENTSS TO THE BIG 12 PAGE 7 PHOTO BY CHRISTIAN ARGUETASOTO BASEBALL RECAP WARRANT FORGIVENESS Horned Frogs rally to victory February is warrant in ninth inning forgiveness month PAGE 9 PAGE 2 2 February 21, 2019 · The Skiff · tcu360.com Warrant Forgiveness Month encourages Fort Worth residents to right their wrongs BY NICOLE HAWKINS STAFF WRITER, THE 109 More than 300,000 arrest warrants are outstanding in Fort Worth, but a new city The Skiff program seeks to help people settle those TCU Box 298050 warrants without going Fort Worth, TX 76129 to jail. [email protected] Chief Judge of the Fort Phone (817) 257-3600 Worth Municipal Court, Fax (817) 257-7133 James “Danny” Rodgers, and Court Director Editor RICHARD EDGEMON Theresa Ewing founded Warrant Forgiveness Design Editor Advertising Manager Month last year after Jenna Dukes Dorothy Anderson deciding the statewide Associate Editor Business Manager warrant program, Great Drew Mitchell Leah Griffin Texas Warrant Roundup, PHOTO BY NICOLE HAWKINS no longer represented Attendees await their court hearings to absolve outstanding warrants at Southside Community Center. Director of Student Media the values of Fort Worth Jean Marie Brown of working with citizens, rather than against them. Chair, Department of Journalism Rodgers said his office Uche Onyebadi, Ph. D didn’t like the imagery of the “roundup, particular- Distribution: Newspapers are available free on campus and ly being in Fort Worth, of surrounding locations, limit one per person. Additional copies sending out the cowboys are $.50 and are to round up the herd and available at the Skiff office. bring them in for justice. The Skiff is an official student publication “It just didn’t feel like of Texas Christian University, produced by students it fit anymore -- it’s not of TCU and sponsored by the an appropriate. So, we TCU Department of Journalism. came up with the idea of It operates under the policies warrant forgiveness,” he of the Student Media Committee. said. The Skiff is published Thursdays during fall Rodgers said the court and spring semesters except finals week and holidays. waives both warrant and collection fees, which can COPYRIGHT All rights for the entire contents of this newspaper add about 30 percent to shall be the property of the Student Media.No part thereof may the original amount of a PHOTO BY NICOLE HAWKINS OF GOFROGS be reproduced or aired fine for a misdemeanor, Those with outstanding warrants can visit the Fort Worth Municipal Court, pictured above, during without prior consent of the Student Media Director. The Skiff for those with the month of February without fear of arrest. does not assume liability for any product outstanding warrants Rodgers said. court and to give it a Rodgers said warrant and services advertised herein. all year, but “highlights” Those with warrants more “human face,” forgiveness benefits the Liability for misprints due to our error is limited to the this during Warrant can either visit the court Rodgers said. Through city by “demystifying the cost of the advertising. Forgiveness Month. at its downtown location this program, two judges court.” The Skiff The warrant or attend one of the and other court staff set “We don’t want Circulation: 2000 forgiveness initiative mobile courtrooms set up court in community people to be afraid of us,” Subscriptions: 817-257-6274 is for people who have up throughout the city centers throughout the Rodgers said. Rates are $30 per semester. received Class C misde- during the month of city on eight different meanors, meaning those February. dates during the month. Moudy Building South who have violated city The “Court in the “[We] go out into the News Room, Room 212 codes or traffic laws, Community” initiative community,” Rodgers and have not paid the was founded to lift said. “[We] go out to fines for those offenses, people’s fear of the where people live.” February 21, 2019 · The Skiff · tcu360.com 3 Women’s golf looks to build on successful fall season BY BRANSON NELSON ments we had as a team.” STAFF WRITER, TCU 360 Seniors Annika Clark and Yeji Shin, Bruner The TCU women’s golf and sophomore Grace team is looking to return Do are the squad’s to NCAA postseason play returning players along after missing out last with two freshmen who year. shined in their first few The Horned Frogs tournaments last fall. won two of their four fall “The freshmen played tournaments and placed great,” head coach Angie second and eighth in the Ravaioli-Larkin said. others, earning them “Both of them played in a No. 21 rank by the every tournament in the Women’s Golf Coaches fall, so we really couldn’t Association in its latest have asked for anything rankings last November. more. They continue to “I felt like we played get better, and they really really well in the fall,” made a huge impact right junior Greta Bruner said. away.” PHOTO COURTESY OF GOFROGS “It was a pretty successful The Returners Greta Bruner won Big 12 golfer of the month last November. semester. We had so Clark, a four-year much fun and there was contributor and team T-4 finish at the Maryb strong group of veteran one of three Horned and finished third in the so much excitement captain with eight top-10 S. Kauth Invitational returners. Frogs to play in all 10 2016 and 2017 Florida because of the achieve- finishes and a career-best last October, headlines a “Annika is our tournaments last season. High School State captain and she has In four tournaments in Championships. Justin T. Holt, Managing Attorney really done a great job the fall, Do recorded two “Our two freshmen in that role leading the top-10 finishes. have been amazing and Mallory, Lollar, Holt & Associates, P.C. team,” Ravaioli-Larkin The Newcomers have given so much to said. “She has made Sabrina Iqbal, a the team,” Clark said. “It 817-924-3236 sure that everybody first-year from San Jose, has not just been their 3024 Sandage Avenue knows the standards Calif., joins the Frogs play on the course but and the traditions of the after a decorated high also their personalities.” Fort Worth, TX 76109 program. Both of the school career. Tabbed the The solid balance Mon - Fri 8:30AM - 5PM seniors have done a great Junior Tour of Northern between veteran and job of upholding our California Player of the young players, along with www.TrafficTx.com mission statement.” Year four times, Iqbal a coach who has proven Bruner began her also competed at the to be one of the best in career at Tulsa where 2018 U.S. Women’s Golf the business over more she picked up five Amateur Championship than two decades, puts top-10 finishes and her last August. the Frogs in a position to lone career win. In 11 In her second career make a serious run in the tournaments so far at tournament at TCU, Big 12 and beyond. TCU, she has finished in Iqbal won the Maryb S. “After the selection the top-10 four times. Kauth Invitational as one show last year when Shin, another transfer of three players overall to we didn’t make the who joined the Frogs shoot under par for the postseason, I was after a two-year stint tournament. devastated,” Clark said. Traffic Tickets at Georgia Southern, Joining Iqbal is fellow “I don’t want to feel that Drug Offenses has competed in just first-year Valeria Pacheco again so thankfully we five tournaments in a out of Hallandale Beach, have worked so hard, and Alcohol year and a half with the Fla. A member of the we’ve been very excited Speeding Tickets Frogs but matched her Puerto Rico Junior to build on our success career-best round of 72 National Team since from the fall.” Accident Citations at the Battle of the Beach 2011, Pacheco captured The team will begin Assault Cases last fall. medalist honors at the the spring portion of Do, a DFW native 2018 Caribbean Amateur their season on Feb. 10 School Bus Citations and Coppell High Golf Championship at the Lady Puerto Rico School graduate, was with a final-round 66 Classic. 4 February 21, 2019 · The Skiff · tcu360.com SPORTS Tennis loses first match, looks to ITA Kickoff Weekend tournament BY JACK WALLACE Martín, Max Kurzban, match of the season was STAFF WRITER, TCU 360 and Bertus Kruger, and a surprising loss to Tulsa, freshmen Sander Jong 4-2. The men’s tennis and Luc Fomba. Head coach David team will look to remain Out of the nine, only Roditi was disappointed a staple of spring three are US-born, with in the loss but is ready to athletics as they look international students reload for the long season to win their third Big coming from as far as ahead. 12 regular season title South Africa. “We just gotta be and fourth-straight Big Star senior Rybakov better, it’s gonna be a 12 tournament title this remains undefeated long year otherwise. We season. in singles this season, gotta put the work back The squad will have winning Big 12 Player of in,” Roditi said. a total of 22 matches in the Week after his 8-0 The team is currently 2019 with 14 of those at start on January 15th.