Fort Worth bar church a hit with college students

This article was originally published at the109.org on Sept. 1, 2014. Photo by Karen Gavis. Each Sunday at 10:30 a.m., college students file into the Aardvark bar on Berry Street. But they aren’t there to drink. They’re going to church. Impact, the college ministry of Christ Chapel Bible Church, started meeting in the popular TCU watering […]

Special report: Guilty until proven innocent

This article appeared in the May 15, 2014 edition of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. This article was my senior Capstone project at TCU. I did background research and online elements for it. The full story can be viewed here, and the other parts of the package can be viewed here, here, and here. Here is a Google map […]

Pope Francis’s call to serve already being acted out in 109 churches

This article was a homework assignment for my Public Affairs Reporting class at TCU during the spring of 2014. It was never published on the109.org, TCU’s community news site, but this is the final story. Recently, CNN Vatican correspondent John Allen Jr. visited TCU’s campus to speak about Pope Francis and his call to serve […]

Former student indicted for murder in the case of Ty Pickens’ death

A former TCU student has been indicted for murder in the case of Ty Pickens‘ death. Brennan Trainor Rodriguez had four counts brought against him by a Tarrant County grand jury on Friday, including one count of felony murder, a second count of manslaughter, a third count of tampering with physical evidence and a fourth count of delivering a controlled substance […]

Alpha Phi Omega event benefits children of West, Texas

Members of the Alpha Phi Omega fraternity and other students made cards and donated items for the children of West, Texas Monday night as a part of the Hope For West service event. APO service assistant Elizabeth St. Laurent organized the event. St. Laurent said she wanted to offer a different type of relief than […]

Students attempting to name student section “Hell’s Half-Acre”

This article originally appeared at TCU 360 on Oct. 6, 2012. Nicknaming stadiums has long been a college football tradition. Any team looking to beat the University of Florida Gators must wade through The Swamp. Louisiana State University’s opponents must make their way through Death Valley for a victory. Now, teams that want to beat […]