Today the Star Telegram reported, the Scrabulous application was removed from Facebook after Mattel formal requested it be removed because it is eerie similar to the game, Scrabble.
The application will be removed from the U.S. and Canada, but it will remain available in India, where the developers live.
One of the developers, Jayant Agarwalla told the Asscicated Press, “It surprises us that Mattel chose to direct Facebook to take down Scrabulous without waiting for the (Indian court’s) decision.”
Aragwalla and his brother and co-developer, Rajat Aragwalla have created a new verison of their application which is now called Wordscraper while Hasbro and Mattel are working to create a Scrabble application for Facebook.
As of today, the AddRan College of Humanities & Social Science will be known as the AddRan College of Liberal Arts.
A series of focus groups targeting students, faculty, staff and alumni were used to define what aspects made the college unique.
Changing the name of the college was suggested in order to more accurately define the college and its strengths.
In addition to the name change, updates of the colleges’ mission, vision and value statements were also suggested.
The state appeals court rejected an appeal Wednesday regarding the January 2004 robbery and slaying of a former TCU professor, the Associated Press reports.
Edward Lee Busby Jr., the man convicted of killing the 77-year-old Laura Lee Crane, was sent to death row.
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Studies show that women get paid less because they allow it to happen.
“Women are concerned about damaging the relationship,” said Laura Browne, a Phoenix program manager with Women Unlimited, in an artcicle in the Arizona Republic. “They are concerned that if they ask for more money, thier boss will be mad at them.”
TCU has offered several seminars geared toward women teaching them how to negotiate thier salary.
Earlier in the semester Tammy Hughes, a modivational speaker talked about the differences in men and women at work. She said that women are more timid than men and their salaries reflect that.
Also, the women’s studies department did a three part series on women in the work place in conjunction with the Neeley School.
The university is doing what it can to make sure TCU women are confident negotiators and get what they are worth.
High School seniors expecting to graduate and enter college next semester, are facing the stiffest competition Texas has ever seen.
According to Dallas Morning News, Texas’ growing population, which is being fueled by an increase of Hispanics, is making it harder for students to recieve scholarship money from their home state.
In Texas, the top 10 percent law, which guarantees admission to state universities for top students, provides assurance for some seniors, but makes it even tougher for others to score seats in the strongest schools.
About 81 percent of Texas students accepted at the University of Texas at Austin this year were admitted through the top 10 percent law.
The competition has also helped prompt application surges at several other Texas schools.
The high rejection rates at top-tier schools have also put a damper on senior year for many students and guidance counselors are now recommending students to apply to 10 schools instead of preciously advised 5-7 schools.
Gov. Rick Perry will make a booksigning appearance on campus at 6:30 p.m. today.
Perry is promoting his new book “On My Honor: Why the American Values of the Boy Scouts Are Worth Fighting For,” which is centered around the Boy Scouts of America’s progam. So far, the bookstore has sold under 100 books.
The book focuses on the values of Scouting in America and the right to asemble, said Andrea McCormick, a department manager.
Perry uses personal experiences in his book to explain his point of view.
The booksigning will be upstairs in the reading room.
With an overhauled starting rotation that includes two freshman, a sophomore and a junior, the Horned Frogs have been able to post an improved staff ERA through just over half the season.
After 36 games, the ERA has improved from 3.95 to 3.18. The team’s three regular starters from the 2007 campaign are no longer with the team due to graduation and the draft. Junior Seth Garrison made three starts last season before going down for the year with injury. Though still looking for his first win of the season, Garrison has settled into the rotation with a 3.27 ERA.
Sophomore Tyler Lockwood has led the rotation with a 1.50 ERA and a 3-0 record. Two out of his four starts have been complete games. Last year, Lockwood posted a 4.09 ERA with a 5-2 record in 3 starts. He had 23 appearances out of the bullpen.
Freshmen Sean Hoelscher brings a 3-2 record and 3.13 ERA into the weekend. This week, he earned athlete of the week honors from gofrogs.com after getting his third win of the season Saturday against the University of Nevada-Las Vegas. Hoelscher took a no-hitter into the seventh inning and set down 16 straight Runnin’ Rebels while accumulating a career-high 8 strikeouts.
Freshman Greg Holle rounds out the rotation. He leads the team with 9 starts and has a 4.20 ERA.
Strong winds and have rain damaged several parts of the DFW area.
Damage can be seen on the TCU campus as well. A tree on the corner of Cantey and Cockrell was split in half. The branches of the tree are still in the front yard of the home and are blocking the majority of the road on Cockrell. The branches also bent the road signs and damaged part of the lamp post.
More damages were reported outside of Foster Hall, where branches and debris from another tree on campus broke off and landed on a bicycle rack.
Students can expect to see trucks from the TCU Physical Plant transporting tree branches off campus for most of the day.
Today’s weather is expected to reach a high of 80 degrees, sunny most of the day with partly cloudy skies, according to weather.com Web site.
Almost every incoming college student has heard of the “Freshman 15”, the 15 pounds supposedly gained in the first year of college because of poor food choices and lack of exercise. According to a new study by Auburn University in Alabama, the figure may be significantly less.
A pilot study of 36 freshman at Auburn measured changes in weight and body composition at the beginning of the school year, the end of the fall semester and the end of the spring semester, said Sareen Gropper, associate professor of nutrition at Auburn and the study’s author, and found that the median weight gain for the participants was about 4.8 pounds.
“It’s not the freshman 15; it’s more like the freshman 5,” Gropper said.
The average weight gain for females was 3.2 pounds, while the average weight gain for males was 5.4 pounds.
Gropper said she would conduct a larger study of 200 students to see if the findings were consistent.
Stacy Cintron, assistant director of campus recreation, said further study would have to be done to see if the findings of the original study are applicable.
“That’s a rather small sample to make a huge inference out of,” Cintron said.
Cintron said students can avoid extra weight gain not only by staying physically active and making wise food choices, but also by managing stress, including time managment and spiritual support. She said there were little ways for students to stay physically active, like taking the stairs instead of the elevator, which burns an average of 35 calories.
“Be creative with how you bring physical activity into your life,” Cintron said.
Cintron said college was an important time to learn these activities.
“This is the time in students’ life to pick up healthy habits so that they can pass it on to future generations,” Cintron said.
According to a study by Victoria Brescoll of Yale University and Eric Uhlmann of Northwestern University, women cannot afford to be angry.
The study shows that women lose credibility when they get angry in the work place, while angry men get rewarded.
“It pays to stay emotionally neutral or at least explain what ticked you off in the first place,” Brescoll said.
The study shows that people think angry women are too emotional and irrational, though, it is expected of men to be angry.
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