Posts Tagged ‘tcu’
Night & Day
KRISTIAN LINWED ▪ 17 Like his contemporary George Gershwin, Vincent Youmans was a successful Broadway songwriter before his career was cut short — he left show business in 1934, at the age of 36. You can hear his talent for songcraft w...
Atheists Get Something to Believe In at TCU
Eric GriffeyIt sounds like it could be a lame joke: A group of atheists walk onto a predominantly conservative Christian campus. A students affairs administrator says, “I can’t believe this.” Believe it or not, it’s...
Night & Day
KRISTIAN LINWED ▪ 6 Joining the Big 12 was a football decision for TCU, but it has had a severe impact on the men’s basketball team. The Horned Frogs are still looking for their first win in conference play, and they’ll have their wo...
T. Boone Pickens’ Grandson Dies In Fort Worth
Jeff PrinceTexas Christian University student Thomas Boone “Ty” Pickens IV died this morning. He was 21. Pickens was the grandson of billionaire oil and water tycoon and hedge fund guru T. Boone Pickens. The death reportedly o...
Tuesday Talks
BIG TICKETA whole string of interesting lectures are being given this Tuesday, and some astute scheduling will allow you to attend more than one of them. TCU art history professor Mark Thistlethwaite continues his lecture series American...
Don’t You Forget About Mimir
Kristian LinDue to an oversight, I neglected to mention the Mimir Chamber Music Festival in this week’s print edition, so I’m here on Blotch to redress that. The festival starts on Thursday and runs through the 13th at TCU̵...
TCU Students Earn First Jay Milner Awards
Jeff PrinceDallas Morning News arts columnist Michael Granberry could have gone to just about any college in 1969 when he was an 18-year-old kid bound and determined to become a working journalist. He chose Southern Methodist University f...
TCU In Clutches Of Devil’s Music
Jeff PrinceThe video below makes it clear why Texas Christian University is sliding off a moral precipice and plummeting into hell’s fiery clutches. After last week’s drug raid resulted in the arrest of four TCU football playe...
Cops Harsh TCU’s Mellow While Booze Flows
Jeff PrinceTCU360, the online publication Texas Christian University, published an interesting story in today’s edition, seeing as how it comes in the midst of a highly overblown drug bust. “Study Says Alcohol No. 1 Substance ...
TCU Drug Busts Have Silver Lining
Jeff PrinceThe national news media is all over the big drug bust at Texas Christian University, where police reportedly arrested 17 students (and counting) for selling marijuana, cocaine, ecstasy, and prescription pills. The bright side i...