Near the beginning of the Earth's history, the first cell arose from the primordial ooze; oxygen-breathing bacteria took more than a billion additional years to evolve. Eventually, fish began to swim and grow eyes and jaws. They pulled themselves onto swamps as amphibians, and after awhile, mammals came to be: their brains growing larger, larger, larger. Finally, life evolved beautifully self-aware humans. So do we, after all this effort, allow our minds to be sucked into sitcoms instead of books?The answer, unfortunately, is "yes."

Over the years, student consciousness toward the environment has fluctuated from low, to very low and back up to mediocre. It has never been something to brag about, especially since January when a national survey of 100 universities rated TCU as having a "D" in its recycling practices.Until this sub-par grade was issued, very few visible changes have been made to campus. Recently the Styrofoam cups in The Main have been replaced with biodegradable cups and organic straws.

Here's a position-by-position breakdown of Saturday's game against the University of Texas Longhorns: QUARTERBACK (Probable Starter)TCU: Andy Dalton, redshirt freshmanTexas: Colt McCoy, sophomoreAdvantage:...

Coming off arguably the most successful season in TCU baseball's history, head coach Jim Schlossnagle signed a contract extension Monday that will take him through the 2014 season. During his tenure as Horned Frogs head coach, Schlossnagle has compiled a record of 167-84 in just four seasons - good for a .665 winning percentage. He has managed four consecutive conference championship teams and has racked up the four winningest seasons in school history during the past four seasons.

After a three-match sweep at the Maine Invitational that helped the team earn its first tournament championship of the season, the volleyball team returns home for a contest with the University of Texas at Arlington at 7 p.m.The team is coming off an impressive performance in Maine, beating Cincinnati in five sets on Saturday and sweeping Maine in the opening and championship rounds to complete the weekend. Senior deep setter Calli Corley and sophomore outside hitter Lauren Otto led the weekend attack, pacing the barrage with double digit performances in digs and kills.

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While head coach Gary Patterson recognized the magnitude of Saturday's match-up with the University of Texas Longhorns during Tuesday's media luncheon, he said the game is just one of 12 games on this year's schedule.

After falling to the No. 9 University of Texas Longhorns in its Friday opener, the soccer team was able to pull to .500 on the young season after downing Utah State Aggies on Sunday. During the 3-1 loss...

In the hours following quite possibly the ugliest 27-point shutout win one might ever see, I sent out text messages to some high school friends of mine who go to the University of Texas. The message was sent out at 11:13 p.m. and read "See you in a week." At 11:14 p.m., I got replies from two of my friends with the same response: "Prepare 2 die."

Oh, no you didn't.

My response? "TCU is not Arkansas State."