Programming Council and Hyperfrogs will host a luau today to encourage students to have an exciting and safe spring break."The reason why we are having the luau is for students to have a good time responsibly and promote safety for the week ahead of them," said Hyperfrog member Jessica Tremillo, a freshman education major.

According to a 1998 survey of students on spring break in Panama City Beach, Fla., from the Journal of American College Health, the average male finished 18 alcoholic drinks a day while on break and the average female had 10.

Being a veteran classical ballet dancer of nine years and an avid 25-mile-a-week runner, I was immediately intrigued when I heard some women describe a free-form aerobic dance class they had taken, having mistaken it initially as Yoga.Their voices were animated and full laughter over the enjoyment and release this class provided. I am always looking for new ways to get a good workout and continue my love of dance, so this was something I had to try.

For the average consumer, coffee-buying habits are determined by taste and price.But Frogs for Fair Trade wants us to have other concerns when buying coffee. The group wants us to consider the workers who are producing the coffee and the fact that they are not being paid fairly, and it wants us to change our buying habits accordingly.

That is why fair trade organizations are attempting to convince Jazzman's Caf‚s nationwide to switch entirely to Fair Trade Certified coffee.

The Horned Frogs tried to find some type of March magic to extend their season Tuesday against Colorado State in the opening round of the Mountain West Conference tournament, but this Cinderella wasn't meant to be, as TCU fell to the Rams 64-60. Despite a career-best, 28-point performance from senior guard Nile Murry, the Horned Frogs (6-25) couldn't find a way to overcome a pesky CSU squad (16-14) that featured four players in double figures. Senior forward Judson Stubbs added toughness by scoring 12 points and pulling down 6 rebounds before fouling out.

The volunteers of the Naturist Action Committee commend Skiff opinion editor Stephanie Weaver for her well-written and perceptive piece on naturism. The reasonableness of choosing to be comfortable with our own bodies would seem indisputable. Sadly, others are trying to criminalize the very skin into which you were born.Lawmakers have, of course, risen to the task. A local ordinance in Florida uses more than 300 words to describe the human buttocks in geometrical terms, so that enforcement officers may determine more precisely when it is properly covered.

The experiment of using senior reliever Shawn Ferguson as a starter Tuesday night went about as well as could be expected - it was the rest of the game that did not go according to plan. The Horned Frogs lost 10-5 to No. 21 Oklahoma (13-5) Tuesday despite a decent performance by Ferguson, who made his first TCU (8-7) start after spending last season in the bullpen. Head coach Jim Schlossnagle said what was at first a trial run may become a routine.

A new chief justice was sworn in Tuesday at the House of Student Representatives meeting, filling a position that has been open since the end of last semester.Trevor Heaney, president of the Student Government Association, said after a month of reviewing applicants, Christina Ruffini, a senior news-editorial journalism and international communication major, was best to fill the position.

Tori Hutchens, elections and regulations chairwoman, said the committee "grilled her thoroughly and passed her through."