Features

Winter 2001

C is for community

What does the “C” in TCU mean? Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Don Mills ’72 offers his view.

Winter 2001

C is for Christian beliefs

What does the “C” in TCU mean? Junior John Mark Day explains.

Winter 2001

C is for critical thinking

What does the “C” in TCU mean? Religion Instructor and Assistant to the Dean of Admissions Jim Atwood ’70 weighs in.

Fall 2001

Sign language

More than 20 years after the tradition got started, calls still come … “What is that curled-up-fingers thing people are doing?”

Fall 2001

Horned Frog defined

It’s been the mascot of the University longer than Texas Christian University has been the school’s name. And that’s just the first reason why the Horned Frog is more than a mascot.

Fall 2001

Baptism by Frog

Four Zetas set out on a simple Frog hunt — and became born-again Horned Frogs. We do not apologize for the religious metaphor: a conversion experience is exactly what all TCU fans desire — and deserve.

Fall 2001

Frog of ages

One of the most endearing college mascots, the Horned Frog has changed forms many times but remains an integral part of the TCU tradition and experience.

Summer 2001

In the Green Chair

It’s not the color of the chair but the tint of who sits in it that continues to make the Green Honors Chair something special.

Summer 2001

English Green Chair: Dove Season

While the Green Honors Chair in English warned students that making a living in the arts is a brutal existence, he also proves it is still quite possible.

Summer 2001

Astronomy and Physics Green Chair: Star Struck

Astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson, the director of the Hayden Planetarium and a researcher at Princeton University, carries the periodical table of elements in his Palm Pilot. He is prone to quirky moments of “nerd-dom,” such as the time he calculated how many times around the world all the hamburgers McDonalds has served would wrap (13). But this Green Honors Chair for astronomy and physics also spoke frankly to Honors students about his love for the heavens and his second mission … his role in erasing societal stereotypes.