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The Student News Site of Texas Christian University

TCU High School Journalism Workshop

The Student News Site of Texas Christian University

TCU High School Journalism Workshop

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Voting rates of millennials don’t reflect their numbers

By Bianca Escamilla | Jun 22, 2017

Millennials are nearly even with Baby Boomers when it comes to the ability to influence an election, but they lag behind their elders because they don’t vote. Less than half of eligible millennials...

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Colleges work to raise first-year retention rate

By Alesha Davis | Jun 22, 2017

Finances, rather than academics, are what usually prompts first year college students to drop out. Among 2,142 students surveyed by the Pew Research Center, 57 percent said they dropped out to work and...

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TCU works to keep the campus safe

By Vanessa Rodriguez | Jun 22, 2017

TCU has a police department dedicated to keeping the campus and surrounding area safe. In recent years, video cameras have been installed across campus to help deter crime. There are also more than 1,500...

Newscast: Angelina Alcantar & Victoria Jackson

Newscast: Angelina Alcantar & Victoria Jackson

By The Leap | Jun 24, 2016

Alcantar and Jackson discuss the Brite Divinity school vigil for the Orlando shooting victims, the gun control filibuster, SAT changes and other news.

TCU posts gains in student diversity

By Victoria Jackson | Jun 24, 2016

TCU is expecting one of its most diverse classes this fall. “The incoming freshman class is going to break every previous record with respect to students of color,” said Dean of Admission Raymond...

TCU fraternities hope to emphasis leadership

By Samantha Fisher | Jun 24, 2016

Students considering joining a Greek organization is college should expect to learn about leadership, connection and belonging to a group. Being involved in greek life is a great way to learn a lot about...

TCU nearly split evenly greek to non-greek

TCU nearly split evenly greek to non-greek

By Joanna Westwood-Booth | Jun 24, 2016

Almost 50 percent of the TCU community is involved in one of the 39 on-campus sororities or fraternities. TCU Junior Brooke Morrissy is a member of Eta Iota Sigma (ΗΙΣ) Sorority. “I wanted to find...

Facts behind the first year weight gain

Facts behind the first year weight gain

By Zhana Woodard | Jun 24, 2016

Many first year college students expect to gain weight, but instead the “freshman 15” most gain 2.5 to 6 pounds, and experts say there are ways to keep from putting on pounds. Some weight gain is...

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Hollywood takes on classics with this year’s remakes

By Alyssa Alanis | Jun 24, 2016

This year’s crop of summer remakes includes several movies that are getting more than update. The redux of the 1984 classic, “Ghostbusters” has a gender switch. While Disney’s “The Jungle Book,”...

Curiosity remains key for journalists

Curiosity remains key for journalists

By Jared Gonzalez-Yapp | Jun 23, 2016

Despite all of the technology that influences 21st century journalism, a long-time newspaper editor said curiosity is still a key ingredient to success.  Curiosity drives journalists to find new...

Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Ill., left, Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., and Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., listen as Minority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada, center, speaks during a media availability, on Capitol Hill, Monday, June 20, 2016 in Washington. A divided Senate blocked rival election-year plans to curb guns, eight days after the horror of Orlandos mass shooting intensified pressure on lawmakers to act but knotted them in gridlock anyway - even over restricting firearms for terrorists.  (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Orlando shooting spurs gun control debate

By Sophie Ryland | Jun 22, 2016

Congress is struggling to reach consensus about gun control after the Senate again Monday defeated an effort to ban people from the “no fly list” from purchasing weapons and rebuffed universal background...

KTCU offers listeners variety

KTCU offers listeners variety

By Katelyn Keenehan | Jun 22, 2016

  KTCU, which is owned by TCU, tries to attract all ages with a mix of music genres, feature local bands and political talk shows, and TCU sports. The station has about 1.5 million listeners every...

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