In most states, teenagers younger than 18 can be punished with serious consequences, including being charged with felony production of child pornography and having to register as a sex offender, for "sexting" to other teenagers. Sexting is identified as sending risque messages or photos of themselves via computer or cell phone. According to The New York Times article "Rethinking Sex Offender Laws for Youth Texting," lawyers and legislators in various states are now trying to lessen the punishment for teenagers guilty of sexting, and I agree with them 100 percent.

Fort Worth Police arrested a 21-year-old male student on suspicion of driving while intoxicated after the student's car struck an electrical pole and spun out of control on the 3500 block of Bellaire Drive North late Thursday night, police said.

TCU Police Cpl. John Thornhill said no passengers were in the car, also adding that no pedestrians were injured. The student driver was not injured, Thornhill said.

The student was driving a black Lexus westward on Bellaire Drive North when he hit an electrical pole and lost control of the vehicle, police said.

The university's football program was awarded the Dateline Award by the American Advertising Federation's Fort Worth chapter at a luncheon Thursday.

The award pays tribute to positive media attention brought to Fort Worth by the Horned Frogs' performance in the 2009 season, according to the AAF-Fort Worth Web site.

Jason Byrne, director of athletics marketing, said the award was a reflection of TCU football's impact on Fort Worth.

The university's Alcohol and Drug Education Center is developing a new peer education program starting this spring called Frogs CARE to increase alcohol and drug awareness across campus.Yvonne Giovanis,...

Journalism is a process, not a product, and just because newspapers may become extinct doesn't mean journalism will as well, said one of three industry entrepreneurs Thursday afternoon as part of the Schieffer School of Journalism Green Chair "Far Out: The Frontiers of Journalism" panel.

"I think too often we equate journalism with the newspaper...journalism is a process, it is a series of things we do," said David Cohn, founder and director of the Web site Spot.us, a nonprofit open source project to pioneer community powered reporting.

What do Lindsay Lohan and the E-Trade babies have in common? They're both babies.

The 23-year-old actress filed a $100 million lawsuit against the financial services company, claiming that an ad aired during the Super Bowl and Olympics pokes fun at her substance abuse.

The ad features three talking babies, one of whom is referred to as a "milkaholic," a crack that Lohan says was a shot at her alcoholism.

The Faculty Senate hopes to strengthen community among staff, faculty and students with its first All-Faculty Picnic on Saturday through live music, a Faculty Senate official said.The picnic for faculty...

Currently, students pay a $24 student body fee each semester. This fee covers:

 Major events such as Homecoming, Howdy Week and Family Weekend

 Limited funding for student organizations and sport clubs

 Student services such as airport shuttles during Thanksgiving break

 SGA operating expenses

The fee has remained constant since 2005 - BEFORE the creation of the Campus Commons and the two-year residential living requirement, which changed the culture of our campus.

The university will have a new radio provider for the upcoming football and basketball seasons, an athletics official said.

Mark Cohen, director of athletics media relations, said the university made an agreement Thursday with WBAP 820 AM/96.7 FM in Arlington.

"WBAP has long been a pillar here in Fort Worth," Cohen said, adding that it was Fort Worth's first radio station and was established by Amon G. Carter.

Sophomore Edgar Crespo is set to compete this weekend in the 100-yard breaststroke at the 2010 NCAA Men's Swimming and Diving Championships in Columbus, Ohio, at the Bill and Mae McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion on the campus of Ohio State University.

After at least 18 swimmers and one coach were hospitalized for gastrointestinal problems, each division of the men's championships has been postponed one day. Saturday marks the new day when Crespo will become the second Horned Frog to compete at the NCAA Championships since 1997.

When taking advice on alcohol and drugs, students are probably more likely to listen to other students than professors or parents. That's the thought behind the creation of a new peer education program called Frogs CARE. The purpose of the group is to increase alcohol and drug awareness.

The university hasn't had a program like this in recent years and, given the prevalence of underage drinking both on and off campus, it's a good idea.