Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Super Bowl XLV Kick-Off Concerts to feature Faith Hill, Sting

Super Bowl XLV Kick-Off Concerts to feature Faith Hill, Sting
By Jeff Mosier / The Dallas Morning News

Details about two of the three Super Bowl XLV Kick-Off Concerts have finally been made public.

Host committee officials said country singer Faith Hill will perform March 6 at Bass Performance Hall in Fort Worth, and pop star Sting is booked for May 22 at the Winspear Opera House in Dallas.

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Tarrant County College serves record number of students

Tarrant County College serves record number of students
Star-Telegram
September 20, 2009

In 1965, when Tarrant County voters were going to the polls to decide whether they should create a "junior college" and a taxing entity to support it, they probably didn’t envisioned the institution that today rivals major universities in terms of enrollment.

After starting with just one campus, Tarrant County College opened its fifth campus last month, and the combined enrollment now makes it the sixth-largest college or university in Texas.

In recent years, the college district was embroiled in controversies about cost overruns on its new downtown campus, an ambitious and controlling chancellor who changed gears on the location of that campus, and a board that did not always conduct business with the transparency and accountability that taxpayers desired and deserved.

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