• SPORTS: TENNIS ASSISTANT MAKES A WHIRLWIND BACK TO FORT WORTH, PAGE 5 | • NEIGHBORHOOD: TORNADO AFTERMATH — A PICTORIAL ESSAY, PAGE 10 Wednesday. April 17. 2002 __^^^^ TCU DAILY SKIFF **C In its 100th year of service to Texas Christian University • Vol. 99 • Issue 103 • Fort Worth, Texas • www.skiff.tcu.edu 1 i Today'sNews STATE NEWS Tornadoes blast Fort Worth, Arlington DALLAS — Thousands of parishioners at St. Thomas BY ANGELA h. BROWN the administrative building, and no three areas of the city. Eighteen to homes in a subdivision in Arlington, hail and rain, was moving toward the Associated Press Aquinas Catholic Church in East one was injured. 20 mobile homes were damaged in as well as some buildings near a town of Cleburne, where officers were Dallas have turned to their FORT WORTH, Texas —Torna- But the tornado left a gaping hole a mobile home park in south Fort power plant in Arlington. urging residents to take cover, he said. beloved pastor in times of tribu- does and strong storms slammed in the high, peaking roof of the 1961 Worth and at least six houses were Arlington police Sgt. James DFW airport spokesman Ken Capps lation over the last 13 years. into parts of North Texas Tuesday church, leaving the sanctuary visible damaged in another area. Hawthorne said police were check- said the airport halted incoming and The Pulse on Page 2 night, demolishing homes, ripping from the outside. As word spread of Svacina said 25 vehicles were in- ing for damage. He said there were outgoing flights for about 45 minutes, the roof from a church and snarling the damage, about 50 members gath- volved in a chain reaction accident no reports of injuries. and people working in two business DALLAS — A mild case of air and ground traffic. ered to nail plywood boards over on West Freeway where high water "I know that we had officers say towers at the airport were moved the flu has delayed a journey for Roofs were ripped off houses and holes where stained glass windows was reported. there were tornadoes down, debris downstairs as a precaution. Passengers Egyptian conjoined twins who businesses, debris covered yards, had been and put plastic tarp over Fort Worth Police Department flying," he said. in all four terminals were safe, he said. are coming to Dallas so doctors telephone poles slanted downward, naked patches on the roof. spokesman Duane Paul said police Hawthorne said he didn't know how No estimates for the cost of the can determine whether they can and power was out in some areas. Pat Svacina, spokesman for the city blocked several roads due to concerns much damage might have occurred. damage were available Tuesday night. be separated. Ten children in daycare at Hand- of Fort Worth, said a few people were of gas leaks. He said there were few Two tornadoes touched down The storms began to develop late The Pulse on Page 2 ley United Methodist Church in Fort transported to the hospital, but no life- injuries because many people in the briefly in Johnson County, but no dam- in the afternoon south of Fort Worth Worth got a scare when the storm threatening injuries were reported. area weren't home during the storm. age was reported, said Sheriff Bob Al- and took aim on the metropolitan NATIONAL NEWS hit. They crouched in the hallway of He said damage was reported in Tornadoes also flattened some ford. The storm, marked by intense area during the rush hour. WASHINGTON — The gov- ernment went too far in trying to ban computer simulations and other fool-the-eye depictions of teen-agers or children having sex, Rah Digga the Supreme Court ruled Tuesday. News Digest on Page 4 BUILDINGS FALL, LIVES SPARED spreads the OnCampus message Campus safety procedures Performer among features followed with tornado threats Hall directors and resident at Culture Shock assistants shuffled students into secure locations at about 6 p.m. BY AUSHA WASSENAAR Tuesday as tornadic thunderstorms Shift" Ile|.„r1er rolled through the area, said TCU Police Sgt. Ramiro Abad. RolIingStone compares her to Queen Latifah Residence hall employees fol- and says she's a twist on the traditional bad girl. lowed university procedures and Blaze Magazine called her the. "Emancipation moved residents to first-floor Proclamator." locations and basements when TCU students will be able to tornado sirens sounded to alert form their own opinion about Tarrant County of a tornado Rah Digga when she performs 11 warning, he said. a.m. today at Culture Shock 2002 Moncrief Hall Director Kyle in the Student Center Lounge. Sherer said his residence hall was According to her official bi- notified by TCU Police of the ography. Rah Digga, the only warning and proceeded to direct female member of Busta students to the first-floor bath- Rhymes' Flipmode Squad, trav- rooms and laundry rooms. Some D1GGA els across the country rapping students were also directed to the basement of Milton-Daniel and speaking about issues that affect minorities. Residence Hall, Sherer said. Pepe Cisneros, chairman of the Student Gov- "TCU Police called us and told ernment Association Multicultural Committee, us there was a warning and that said Culture Shock was created to give minor- we needed to get our students ity students an open forum for expression. secure," he said. "We took a "1 chose (Rah Diggal because she's not only foghorn and went through the a good female rapper and performer, but she's wings," he said. 'The RAs went also a multicultural speaker." Cisneros said. through and knocked on the Dm id Dunai/STAFF REPORTER Each minority organization will have a chance doors and then we just directed Eliza Cook, 77, stands amongst the aftermath of a tornado that ripped through a room in her house Tuesday. Cook said she jumped on her bed and covered to come to the stage, state their values and per- herself with the comforter when she realized the tornado was coming. She endured minor injuries. everyone downstairs." form a skit to show what their organization Robert Livingston, a sopho- stands for, Cisneros said. more e-business major and Rishad Gandhi, presidenl of Students for Milton-Daniel resident, said he injured with minor cuts and bruises. The storms left a swath of destruction in Asian-Indian Cultural Awareness, said that in was one of the students sent to Southeast Fort Worth Though the roofs of houses were ripped off the Fort Worth neighborhood. Parts of the basement for safety. and large signs were uprooted, police said roofs laid in the streets. Trees and power (More on CULTURE SHOCK, page 7) "(Residents) were more bored residents shaken, but no one died. lines slouched over. The living rooms of than anything," he said. "They Wilborn and two co-workers were box- homes were caved in. wanted to get back to their rooms." thankful to be alive ing worms when they heard a loud noise. Hundreds of people stood in the streets Event Information Livingston said he and the James Foreman, who works for Wilborn, with blank stares. Some cried. A family other residents were not scared. tried to look outside. hugged in their front yard. Who: Rah Digga Sherer said Moncrief residents BY BRANDON ORTIZ Staff Reporter A woman runs past the house. What: Culture Shock 2002 remained in secure locations for He couldn't open the door. about four or five minutes, until The sheet metal roof of James Wilborn's "It felt like a vacuum," said Foreman, 29. "I've got to find my mom," she says. When: 11 a.m. TCU Police notified them that bait and tackle shop is gone. The air con- Then it happened. Another woman, 77-year old Eliza Where: Student Center Lounge they were safe. ditioner that once stood atop the building "There was brick falling everywhere," Cook, stands outside of the home she has Police said no damage or lays in the swampy field behind the bait Wilborn said. "1 tell you what, you talk owned since 1957 on the corner of Ramey. injuries were reported on campus shop. Glass is shattered and the heavy door about praying and begging, that's exactly her eyes red. Tuesday night. Classes resumed is unhinged. what 1 was doing. I kept looking up and Inside, broken glass and the shredded Chinese Student as scheduled. Wilborn, 59, began cleaning up the mess seeing parts of the roof and big bricks foam padding of her sofas blanket the car- left by Tuesday's tornado as blackish- fly by." pet. A relative tries in vain to sweep glass green clouds moved away in the distance. Wilborn and Foreman and his girlfriend off a couch with a pillow. The sun shines Organization aims Wilborn and a co-worker loaded fishing hid in the back comer of the building for into her bathroom through the hole the tor- InsideSkiff poles into a truck at his damaged store on the remainder of the storm. nado left in her roof. to promote diversity 2631 E. Loop 820 near Ramey Avenue in Less than 20 yards from where they When she realized the tornado was com- The Pulse/Campus Lines 2 southeast Fort Worth. They were a few of huddled together and prayed for their ing, Cook said she jumped on top of her Opinion 3 the thousands who survived the tornado lives, the tornado knocked over a con- bed and covered herself with the com- Group hopes to increase National Digest 4 that swept through the surrounding area crete building. forter. It is covered in glass but she only International Digest 4 late Tuesday afternoon.