Features

Summer 2000

Questioning faith

Dr. Kenneth Cracknell, a Brite distinguished professor-in-residence, presents a broad view of Christ–and of salvation.

Spring 2000

In the running

As Heisman talk abounds, TCU halfback LaDainian Tomlinson looks eagerly to next season — if only to be the man Jesus wants him to be.

Spring 2000

A Heisman life: Remembering Davey O’Brien ’39

For a time, he captivated a nation. The Frogs were voted National Champions for the 1938 season, and Davey claimed nearly every honor available, including the Heisman, the Walter Camp and a unanimous first-team All-American.

Spring 2000

Heisman history

The Heisman dates back to 1935 when the Downtown Athletic Club of New York City wanted to create an award to honor the nation’s outstanding college football player for each year.

Spring 2000

Mobile-ity

The Frogs bowl ’em over once again.

Spring 2000

Calculating success

We ask the questions — Paul Kennedy, the director of TCU’s new Institute of Math, Science and Technology Education — gives us the answers.

Spring 2000

On Davey’s knee

Joan Hewatt Swaim ’56 remembers Davey O’Brien ’39 as a personable guy and modest man who seemed to be everybody’s friend.

Winter 1999

When love is not enough

Foreign orphans have flowed into American homes over the past decade, each clutching the dreams of the adoptive family. But not everyone lives happily ever after. Sometimes, the children are simply broken.
But there is hope. In TCU’s psychology department, researchers are fast becoming national leaders in understanding how to repair these precious lives.

Winter 1999

Capturing Budapest

Twenty students participated in the summer’s latest TCU in Hungary program, eleven of them photographers. Their task? To define a city on film.

Fall 1999

Higher cost education

It doesn’t take a college degree to see that earning one grows more expensive every year. Yet, while a TCU degree isn’t cheap, it may be more justified (and competitive) than you think.