Ben Folds is growing up, sort of.Since his days with the three-man Ben Folds Five, Folds married, had two children, took up photography as a hobby and released two rather mature solo albums.

Folds' latest record, "Songs For Silverman," finds the 39-year-old ivory-tickler much more selfless and composed than on past records.

At the album's release, Folds said in interviews he wanted to make his "grow a beard, lock myself in the studio and play for a couple weeks album."

A TCU associate professor is now a member of an NCAA committee responsible for ruling on the eligibility of athletes.Rhonda Hatcher, an associate professor of mathematics, has been named a member of the NCAA Division I Initial-Eligibility Waivers Committee.

Hatcher said the committee looks at athletes coming out of high school and determines if they meet a wide range of NCAA requirements for competing in college.

Hatcher said she had to first want to serve on the committee and then apply for the committee.

TCU officials and former track and field team member Jacob Hernandez are negotiating out of court to settle a lawsuit filed by Hernandez following TCU's refusal to grant his release for a transfer to the University of Texas, a court official said.On Nov. 8, Hernandez filed an agreement, a Rule 11, to negotiate the lawsuit he filed, according to the Tarrant County District Clerk's Office.

Hernandez is suing TCU for his release to compete at Texas and for necessary attorney fees and costs, according to the lawsuit.

Trevor Heaney was elected student body president with 56.9 percent of the votes in a run-off election Tuesday, said Sebastian Moleski, elections and regulations committee chair.A run-off was held between Heaney, a junior management major, and Ryan Panno, a junior accounting finance major, because no candidate received 50 percent of the total votes in last week's election. There were originally five candidates that split the vote.

About 1,516 students voted in Tuesday's election, which is roughly 400 less than the election Nov. 8, Moleski, a senior economics major, said.

Students questioned Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban on topics ranging from personnel decisions to the NBA dress code, and Cuban answered them all Tuesday in the Brown-Lupton Student Center.Cuban, promoting the Mavs U college ticket program, which allows students to purchase $10 tickets the day of a game, told a crowd of students no subject was off-limits during a 30-minute question-and-answer session, and the audience ran with it.

The United States has traveled a long road toward our diverse population. Such growth has been accompanied by growing pains.Our history is marked with bouts and fits of xenophobia against new immigrant groups and repressive laws against minorities. Even in 2005, we have issues with immigration and respecting the rights of minority groups.

France's geographical location enables people to immigrate to France from North and sub-Saharan Africa in effort to have more opportunities in life, such as better jobs and higher education.

College is a time of change, choices and independence, and many students add one more thing to that list - stress.When students use all their time working on projects or tasks they are not passionate about and forget to take time out to focus on what they really care about, stress can become an issue, said Dr. Monica Kintigh, a licensed professional counselor at the TCU Mental Health Center.

"A lot of stress is created because our values and what we care about is not what we're spending our time on," Kintigh said.