After falling to No. 6 Baylor on the road at the beginning of the month, the No. 40 Horned Frogs (3-1) are looking ahead to their home opener against the No. 41 Texas Tech Red Raiders (5-1).

It has been more than two weeks since the team last competed, and although time has passed since the Horned Frogs last contended with an opponent, the team is optimistic.

"We are feeling pretty good and positive," junior Christopher Price said. "We've practiced really hard and have had some good wins."

Normally I am not one to have a problem with controversial television shows, especially a show like "Family Guy" that I watch regularly. I believe censoring these shows would take away a lot of the humor that makes them so popular. However, after Sunday night's episode, which featured one of the main characters, Chris, dating a girl with Down syndrome, I think there is a line that should not be crossed in mainstream entertainment when it comes to people with special needs.

Violence is not the only answer to frustrations with bureaucracy. Peaceful protesters like Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. managed to get their messages across without flying a plane into a building. Many citizens in the country are coping with financial hardship and bare mistrust toward a system that is lacking in transparency and accountability, but there are other outlets for anger. Although Austin plane crasher Joseph Andrew Stack may have felt he had no other option, there is an alternative to threatening or taking the lives of others.

Hollywood, since its inception, has captivated the hearts and imaginations of millions.

Almost everyone at some point has fantasized about his or her shining moment. Whether you're partial to Tom Hanks, Vin Diesel or Nicole Kidman, somewhere deep inside is a fantasy about being a star. As Hollywood has certainly taught us, we know that anything's possible in the land of movie magic.

Consequently, Hollywood moguls have to have some way of separating the haves from the have-nots.

Faculty and staff members will soon have access to more child care options because of a partnership between the university and a third party facilitator. The university is working with Camp Fire USA in...

So another celebrity got plastic surgery. Excuse me, 10 plastic surgeries. A reality TV star who isn't happy with her life and tries to change it in a superficial way? Huge shocker!Although I'll give it...

Editor's note: This article was revised for accuracy and clarification at 2:55 p.m. Feb. 19.

For students living in Foster Hall, recycling just got a little more personal.

The Foster Hall Council started a program that provides residents with free recycling bins for their rooms. The goal of the program is to get students more directly involved with recycling and increase overall awareness of the benefits of recycling, said Katie Poe, Foster Hall assistant hall director.

The recent Christmas Day attempted terrorist attack has once again raised the proverbial red flags in question of the nation's domestic safety. Amongst heightened fears comes a report from a commission to analyze U.S. defense mechanisms and proposed responses to an attack threatening national security. The report rates a variety of areas in its rubric, but most shockingly (or perhaps not so), the government earned a failing grade in its efforts against bioterrorism.

She is not a top university administrator or a sports coach, but most students and staff at the university know Lieu Nguyen.

Her claim to fame? A good memory and an endearing smile.

Nguyen, a cashier at Market Square, is well known on campus for her sweet disposition and her ability to remember everyone's name. She has now been recognized for her hard work by Sodexo, the university's food service provider that offers services to hundreds of colleges and universities nationwide.

Since their inception as an expansion franchise in 1961 as the Washington Senators and their subsequent move to the Dallas-Fort Worth area in 1972, the Rangers have been more of a Greek tragedy than a baseball team.

Like the Greek warrior Achilles, the Rangers have had to battle through their opponents with brute force by out-hitting everyone. However, like the Greek hero, the Rangers are often undone by a rather anti-climactic and devastating weakness: pitching.

Each night as she pulls into her off-campus driveway, senior Merillat Pittman asks her roommates to look out and see that she makes it from her car to the door safely."I've generally always felt really...

Swiping cards at Market Square doesn't sound like an exhilarating job, but Lieu Nguyen does it every day with a smile.Kudos to Sodexo for honoring Nguyen's hard work and dedication to what would otherwise...