Campus News: Alma Matters

Summer 1999

Caring 101

Experience, as well as empathy, are two byproducts of the psychology department’s outreach internship program.

Summer 1999

Croaking frogs

Across the globe, frogs are dying or showing up with deformities. And as canaries in coal mines once warned miners of danger, frogs may be delivering a message to humans.

Summer 1999

Looking for a few good women

Five-member panel at TCU’s fifth annual Women’s Symposium discusses the conflict between family and career.

Spring 1999

Scared speechless

Public speaking affects everyone differently — but perhaps not in the ways that you think.

Spring 1999

Stream of thought

The Danube River may be known for its romance, but its ecology also holds a few real-world lessons.

Spring 1999

Spring 1999: Alma Matters

El Frogs TCU and the State of San Luis in Argentina signed an agreement in late fall to establish a graduate scholarship at TCU for scholars from the South American state. Up to 20 students may come to campus each year for the next five years. At the signing ceremory, from left to right, are

Spring 1999

“Positive Perseverance”

Though none has taken place on campus, six rapes in the last year prompted a candlelight vigil and a reward to nab the perpetrator.

Spring 1999

Technology @ tcu

Even in concept, the William E. and Jean Jones Tucker Technology Center isn’t complete, so the drawings of the much-needed facility may change, but what you see is close to what the TCU community will receive as early as 2002.

Spring 1999

Downloading the language

For non-native English speakers, the latest learning lab on campus is helping out in some high-tech ways.

Winter 1998

Winter 1998: Alma Matters

Home sweet housing Tom Brown Residence Hall will be razed in January, but the soon-to-be displaced juniors and seniors were given first choice to move into the first phase of the new Tom Brown/Pete Wright Residential Community. Some 213 students will begin moving in Jan. 13. Each apartment includes a refrigerator with ice maker, dishwasher,