Frogs cross bridge in Selma

TCU students and staff on spring break walked across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala., to mark the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday on March 7. On that date in 1965, armed policemen attacked civil rights demonstrators who were attempting to march to the Alabama state capital in Montgomery.

Twenty-two Horned Frog students took part in the observance, which was part of a six-day, five night bus tour covering the civil rights movement for a class taught by TCU history professor Max Krochmal. Students kept a journal of the trip, which counts for 10 percent of the grade for the course HIST 40873 The Civil Rights Movement in America. Pictured above are (left to right) Adam Powell, Christy Smith, Timeka Gordon, Samantha Koehler, Rochelle Harris, Jarrod McClendon, John Cogswell and Mitchell Simmons.

Students also visited Medgar Evers home, Emmett Till Historic Intrepid Center and other civil rights movement sites in Tennessee, Mississippi and Alabama. The group also spoke with veterans of the civil rights movement at each stop. 

The tour was sponsored by the TCU Center for Community Involvement and Service Learning and TCU Inclusiveness and Intercultural Services.

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TCU snowman in Roanoke

Future Horned Frogs Elijah (age 10) and Emma Canafax (age 8) show their TCU spirit with the snowman they built in front of their home in Roanoke, Texas. They are the children of Matt '01 and Rachel Canafax.

Excellent job! Love the TCU stocking cap!

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Snowman with school spirit

Michael Capps '04 of Keller, Texas, sent us this photo of the TCU snowman he built near his home. "This is a picture of what a TCU alum does on a snow day in Texas - make a snowman with school spirit!," he wrote.

We love it! Go Frogs!
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Awesome Horned Frog groom's cake

During their senior year, Celene Cortney '11 and Brad Lyddon '11 saw the TCU football team win the 2011 Rose Bowl, finish 13-0 and ranked No. 2 in the country. They'll never forget it.

So when they got married in July in San Diego, it only seemed natural to commemorate the historic victory during their wedding reception.

The result was Brad's outstanding groom's cake: a purple square with white border and the TCU logo. But the best part sat on top — an edible horned lizard with a rose in its mouth. (Although, it wasn't served.)

"The guests all loved it and complimented it through out the night," Celene said. "Many took pictures.

"I have seen many horned frog cakes, but I thought ours was exceptional! Especially considering the bakery was in San Diego and hadn't heard of TCU!"

Turns out, (and many of our readers have asked) the cake maker is Grove Pastry Shop.

Fittingly, the couple now resides in Pasadena, Calif. Members of the wedding party included Bryan '07 and Katelin Cortney '08, Mary and Ryan Forrest '11, Hayley and Andrew Boaz '13, Jadrien Grimes '11, Jillian Szalay '11, Laura Fanta '11 and Meredith Griffin '11.

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Watching the Peach Bowl from the Arabian Gulf

Ensign S. Taylor Franklin '08, (right) an intelligence officer with the U.S. Navy, is currently deployed on the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson in the Arabian Gulf. But that didn't stop him (and Ole Miss buddy U.S. Army Capt. Hunter Weiss) from watching the 2014 Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl aboard the ship.

Franklin is deployed in support of Operation Inherent Resolve, a combat operation in Iraq and Syria against ISIS.

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Putting TCU on the map ... in Virginia

"What is TCU?"That's a question Roger Spence '73 (MBA) has heard for a while driving around his Richmond, Va., hometown.

"After years of being stopped in parking lots, at traffic lights, toll booths, etc., and asked that question, the rest of the country finally knows," Spence wrote us. "Thank you, Gary Patterson, for putting TCU firmly on the map!"

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Serve the Lord, cheer for the Frogs!

Ryan Gosney '95 received this framed message as a gift from the receptionist at his office.

"I think she made it! The Gosney family is ready for the Frogs to rock the Peach Bowl!!" he wrote. "Hope you get to be at the game!!"
Ryan is the chief financial officer for Denver-based Dorado & Partners, LLC.

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