"Go Purple" Fridays have become a tradition all over Fort Worth, and many local businesses are jumping on the bandwagon.

The official days, as declared by Mayor Mike Moncrief, occur every Friday during football season. Citizens are encouraged to wear purple and display TCU memorabilia.

Many businesses around the area offer discounts to those who wear purple on Fridays.

On campus, students and fans can enjoy discounts at Yo! Frozen Yogurt Lounge and the TCU Bookstore. Yo! offers a 15 percent discount and the bookstore offers 20 percent off a purple T-shirt.

Head coach Gary Patterson said he has been preparing his defense all season for Air Force's triple option offense, and that experience will be necessary against the nation's best rushing attack.

Patterson said this is probably the best Air Force offense he's seen since TCU joined the Mountain West Conference in 2005. The Air Force Falcons are averaging just under 350 yards per game rushing this year and rank second in rushing touchdowns.

The Air Force offense is led by junior quarterback Tim Jefferson, a fast quarterback who knows the system well, Patterson said.

One of the things New York City is known for its road rage. The sounds of New York City are always portrayed by loud horns and expletives yelled out of car windows.

This representation of New York causes people to view city residents as being not only angry but also outright aggressive.

Recently, Dallas-Fort Worth was named as having the second-worst road rage in the United States, according to a survey by AutoVantage. What does this mean for the DFW area?

As college students, we see a steady barrage of volunteer and community service opportunities. We are told by peers, faculty and staff that it is important to make a difference while we are at TCU, and...

The Horned Frog football team's success will not be the only thing to celebrate this weekend.

This year's Homecoming Celebration commemorates the university's 100th anniversary in Fort Worth. The university was relocated here in 1910 after a fire in Waco destroyed the campus.

Student Activities Coordinator Brett Phillips said this year's events will focus on the anniversary by trying to promote it visually with the logo "TCU Homecoming: A Century of Partnership."

College 8212; the word ringing through every high schooler's mind as he or she approaches the land of freedom and self-responsibility. Mark Zuckerberg mobilized this magical place to a virtual space called Facebook. The exclusive college website was used to create a network of college students who were all in a stage in which their independent minds could create, share and get to know one another.

Richard Oliver wanted to give cell phones to homeless children.

So, he and his wife spent one week searching the streets of Weatherford for homeless children in need of cell phones and found 12 children he wanted to offer the phones to, Oliver said.

Oliver, assistant director of facilities for Housing & Residence Life, has since been collecting cell phones for children and families through Staff Assembly, he said.

The TCU football players and head coach have a personal side to them besides their game day personas, and their true personalities are shown at the weekly Gary Patterson Radio Show, the host of the show said.

Host Brian Estridge and head football coach Gary Patterson hold a weekly radio show live on Thursdays from Railhead Smokehouse in Fort Worth.

President Barack Obama told the American people during the 2008 campaign, "I want you to hold our government accountable. I want you to hold me accountable." A couple of months later, the St. Petersburg Times responded with, "Okay, we will" and created PolitiFact.com, a website that checks the legitimacy of claims made by politicians.

The Pulitzer Prize-winning site rates claims made by politicians based on accuracy and validity into one of six categories from true all the way to pants-on-fire.