Suicide kills more people worldwide every year than war, and college-age students are among the most vulnerable, said Monica Kintigh, a licensed professional counselor in the TCU Counseling Center.Statistics show that suicide is the third leading cause of death for 15- to 24-year-olds, according to the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.

Kintigh presented SuicideTALK, a community forum based on ways to help prevent suicide, on Sept. 15 in the Huguley Fitness Center.

Though some might call it tough, the MBA program in the School of Business is a far cry from where Capt. Marc Ortiz was last year.That's when Ortiz - a 1999 graduate of the United States Military Academy and a captain in the 1st Squadron, 7th (US) Cavalry Regiment - was in Iraq.

Ortiz decided to go back to school after getting back from Iraq on March 15.

"I went back to school to get some experience in the business world since all of my work experience has been in the Army," Ortiz said.

After much debate, the House of Representatives passed a bill Tuesday night to re-authorize the emergency relief to members of the student body affected by the Gulf Coast disaster.The bill appropriates $10,000 to establish the Hurricane Katrina Emergency Relief Fund.

One opponent, Thomas Guidry, a representative of the College of Science and Engineering, said it would go against a previous bill in effect.

Quinn Donahue landed an internship working for Charles Attal Presents, one of the country's biggest independent promotion companies, and learned the ropes of talent buying for the Austin City Limits music festival, among others.Donahue, a fifth-year senior, took a semester off of school in order to secure a future in the Austin music industry when he graduates in December.

"This is what I want to do in the future and there was no other way to gain the experience," Donahue said.

In the beginning of the semester, we, the staff at the Skiff, said we wanted to implement some changes to incorporate the reader more into the paper.We started an entertainment page focused on weekend highlights.

We are working on consistently publishing Campus Lines on Tuesdays to give an overview of the week's events and important information.

And now we want to hear from you.

Our new implementation is an occasional Readers' Corner on the Etc. page.

Inspired by Austin's live music scene in the early 1970s, Austin City Limits, three decades later, still offers the mix of musical styles that has made it a television music program standout. "Austin City Limits seeks a balance of music genres encompassed by regional, national and international performers," Terry Lickona, the series' producer who books the talent, said.

The award-winning TV series showcase is recorded in KRLU studios, located on the University of Texas at Austin campus, and is featured on PBS throughout the country.

A monthlong celebration of Hispanic heritage and culture is underway to educate the TCU community on the significance of the Hispanic community and to recognize influential Hispanic figures.Friday marked "el dieciseis de septiembre," or Mexican Independence Day, and the kickoff of Hispanic Heritage Month.

Co-sponsored by the Programming Council, Intercultural Services led the celebration of Mexico's independence from Spain with food and music on the lawn of the Brown-Lupton Student Center.

Sandya Klein is a familiar face to Intercultural Services, but this time around, she's helping to promote diversity through her position as program coordinator.Monday was the first day on the job for Klein in the newly renamed and restructured office of Intercultural Services.

"I think it will be a wonderful opportunity to implement all the things I thought TCU needed to work on when I was there," Klein said.

I stand my ground as another TCU student in favor of a non-Greek way of life. I have nothing against any particular sorority group, I simply value other organizations and my academics over a forced sense of "sisterhood." I pity the fact that a majority of students at this school view going Greek as the only means to a social life. Greeks may seem prevalent on campus, but in reality, only 40 percent actually pledge. Students have the skewed perception that TCU is mainly Greek, causing certain others to believe that non-Greeks have nothing to do on campus.