1The Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo boasts that it has the "World's Original Indoor Rodeo." Held nightly, the rodeo features everything from barrel racing to bull riding. Although the livestock competition is always the centerpiece of the show, the in between event entertainment, such as Tijuana stud poker, in which four men play a game of poker with a wild bull on prowl in the ring, providing both laughs and thrills. Oftentimes, the rodeo clowns steal the show with their sarcastic in-between bull banter.

You were at a crossroads.Fresh out of high school, immature, dazed and confused. Confronted with the overwhelming task of selecting a university to attend, you drifted through piles of flyers and brochures with little clue as to what to care about and what to bypass. But there is one thing we too often forget when organizing our applications: culture.

Too often college students lose themselves in the hustle and bustle of academia, desperately striving for a certain grade or graduate school acceptance, and in the process, completely miss their surroundings.

Three days after giving up 38 points in the paint and a minus-21 rebounding margin to San Diego State, the Frogs will face forward Jason Smith and the Colorado State Rams Saturday at Daniel-Meyer Coliseum.Head coach Neil Dougherty said Smith, a sophomore, is the best interior player in the Mountain West Conference.

"He's a legit 7-footer," Dougherty said. "They have the best post-player in the league."

Americans and members of the TCU community everywhere have taken sides regarding the legality of the Bush administration's domestic wiretapping program.The New York Times reported Dec. 16 that the Bush administration has been wiretapping phone conversations between the United States and abroad without a warrant.

Austin Uebele, a sophomore psychology major and member of TCU College Republicans, does not agree with the program.

Some TCU faculty members agree with a federal judge's ruling that teaching intelligent design in science classrooms violates the separation of church and state. Although the ruling only applies to the Dover Area School District in Pennsylvania, the Texas State Board of Education will address the issue when they revise the science curriculum later this year, said Pat Hardy, State Board of Education member for District 11.

When the Horned Frogs take the baseball field again this spring, they will have a new scoreboard to enhance their fans' experience.Athletics administration has entered an agreement with Colorado Display...

Members of the athletic department say last semester's high cumulative student-athlete GPA is a great achievement, but expectations will remain high."We are very pleased with the academic performance of our student-athletes in the fall semester," athletics director Daniel Morrison said in a press statement. "It's a great tribute to the teamwork between our athletic academic services office and our coaching staff."