Posts Tagged ‘students’
The (South) Fort Worth Blues
Changing demographics bring challenges for schools and residents along the Fort Worth-Crowley border.TASHA HAYTON
The Sycamore Center Villa Apartments, a few blocks west of I-35 in South Fort Worth, is a nice-looking complex, with newish brick residential blocks behind a controlled-access gate, a large community center, a pool — and a bi...
Powder Keg at Arlington Heights High
Widespread attendance fraud is only one in a long list of allegations at the Westside school.BETTY BRINK
The teacher was stunned at what she saw at this year’s Arlington Heights High School graduation — and not in a good way. “I saw at least 22 kids get their diplomas who I knew had missed so many days that there was no way ...
Sing It Out
Big TicketCollege campuses are supposed to be dead in the summer, but UNT isn’t holding to that this week. The school’s dance, theater, and opera students will all be taking the stage this weekend only, so you may want to head up to ...
Gallery
Drawing From the EtherealGallery
It’s back to basics for the art show at UNT. Drawing is usually one of the first classes that art students take, because it’s the foundation of visual arts.
Upsetting the Apple Cart
Challengers could shake up the Fort Worth school board.BY BETTY BRINK, PHOTOS BY MATTHEW BLAKE
Fort Worth school board members currently up for re-election will tell you that after years of struggle and scandal there are now more things right with this district than wrong. Credit goes to Superintendent Melody Johnson, no...
Students on Stage
Big TicketIt may be August, but if you think the colleges have gone quiet when it comes to performing arts, UNT is going to prove you wrong.
Geeks Get Respect
KRISTIAN LIN AND COLE WILLIAMS“At Southern Methodist University, you can now major in video games. Finally, a degree more useless than political science.” – Jay Leno
A Fine Education
SHOMIAL AHMADTarleton State University officials learned recently that underreporting campus crime could be expensive. The ultimate source of that lesson? Their own journalism students, who started investigating the Stephenville university&...
Night and Day
KRISTIAN LINTHU ? 24 TCU’s theater students have been busy. In addition to the school’s production of Doubt this week, they’re also putting on Steve Martin’s Picasso at the Lapin Agile in conjunction with Circle The...
Infinite Jest
Kristian LinIt’s high time that America discovered Steve Coogan. The 43-year-old needle-nosed native of Manchester, England, is hugely popular in the U.K. as the star of several TV shows and smart, funny postmodern comedy films (Tris...