The Staff Assembly has formed two new ad hoc committees, Community on Campus and Mission and Vision, to help further the group's goal of building community on and off campus and ensuring all voices on campus are represented, an assembly official said.

The Rev. Angela Kaufman, Staff Assembly chair and minister to the university, said the changes were brought about in light of the Staff Assembly's 10-year anniversary.

The university should review its policy concerning its e-mail account system. The lack of a policy regarding unsolicited political messages sent through TCU e-mail accounts opens the door for possible...

At the close of every college football season the rumors start flying, the coaches shuffle around and sports fans everywhere are on the edge of their seats hoping their coach won't be next.

At the end of the 2009 season, the news at the forefront of college sports was Pete Carroll's resignation at USC.

Carroll's new coaching position with the NFL's Seattle Seahawks left a big hole for the Trojans to fill and a lot of nervous college football fans across the country.

TCU Connect has upgraded the cable system on campus to the 5.1 Dolby Digital system, an audio system that allows users to experience surround sound.

Travis Cook, director of business services at TCU, wrote in an e-mail that the upgrade was necessary "to accommodate the ever-growing number of sets that are coming standard with 5.1."

Cook wrote that the old cable system had to be upgraded for newer TVs to process audio, and TVs with 5.1 should now be able to receive audio.

The university is reviewing about 15 applications for the director of Fraternity and Sorority Life position, which was vacated in September, a university official said.

Mike Russel, executive director for student affairs administration, said he posted a listing on the university's human resources Web site at the end of last semester, and the applicant pool is growing. He said he will let the applications accumulate before making his recommendation.

The university will not take action against a student who sent unsolicited political propaganda to several students and staff members from her TCU e-mail account because university policy does not prohibit...

The Daily Skiff is introducing some changes this spring that we hope will grab your attention.

You'll notice that the front page is now full color Tuesday through Friday instead of twice a week. The Skiff has made a shift by replacing the features editor position with that of projects editor, whose job is to produce packages that highlight news features and take advantage of the splash of color on the front page.

Updated at 4:39 p.m. Jan. 19.

Test results to determine the cause and manner of death of a 20-year-old female student found dead in her off-campus residence are pending, according to the Tarrant County Medical Examiner's Office.

"We don't have any published information at this time," said Linda Anderson, public information officer for the Medical Examiner's Office.