Few things are so difficult that a group of people can prepare for weeks in the national spotlight, do everything in its power to achieve success and still only have a 50-50 chance of victory. College football bowl season is one of those things.

Despite the Fiesta Bowl's disappointing outcome, the university deserves huge credit for creating an incredible bowl experience for its students and fans. The effort the Athletics and Campus Life offices put forth regarding travel and event organization was exponentially better than last year for the Poinsettia Bowl.

After a convincing win against conference rival Utah, No. 22 TCU, now 12-3 for the season, is looking to defeat a 10-4 Wyoming in Laramie tonight. The Lady Frogs hope to extend their seven-game win streak, which marks the fourth longest in program history, with a victory over the Cowgirls.

"The biggest challenge is that they're a good basketball team," said associate head coach Brian Ostermann. "Any time you're playing a good team on their floor, you have to overcome the challenges."

The glory days of flying are now over. Long gone are the days of beautiful, cheery flight attendants and bright-eyed, young pilots who earned their stripes in World War II or any other military conflict. The flight attendant job has been relegated to older women who look like one of the members of ZZ Top without the awesome beard. Pilots have turned into exhausted, worn out older men who always regale us with the weather at our destination in the same, monotonous pilot tone.

Fox sponsored a viewing party at Union Grounds for the first episode of the new season of American Idol.

Fox contacted Student Affairs to see if TCU was having a watching party, then selected the university to air live during the show.

Fox provided prizes such as blankets, sweatshirts, iTunes cards and a poster signed by the show's cast.

Student affairs leaders Kennedy Stewart and Emily Hensley organized the event, complete with the American Idol Nintendo Wii game set up for viewers to play during commercial breaks.

After three weeks of holiday comfort food and home cooking, the first stop on my list after I got back to TCU was the campus Rec Center. I was looking forward to finally snagging a great parking space with almost no competition.

Unfortunately, once I arrived at the site, I was greeted, not by a practically empty parking lot, but by a fenced-off mound of dirt and gravel.

I was even more chagrined to learn that the lot wasn't just temporarily closed for paving: it was being replaced with a new administration building.

While the option was open for students to relocate out of converted lounge spaces or tripled rooms in university dormitories this semester, some students like Alison Deathe chose not to leave.

Deathe, a freshman fashion merchandising major, lived in a tripled room in Foster Hall last fall and was contacted during the fall about available vacancies, but declined the option to move.

"I was e-mailed about vacancies, but chose to stay where I am," Deathe said. "Space is an issue, but I love living in a triple and living with my friends."

Junior electrical engineering major Eddie Udegbe had never had problems flying back to Fort Worth from his home in Nigeria.That changed Friday.Udegbe underwent questioning and was held by immigration officers...

The Frogs' 17-10 loss to Boise State in the 2010 Tostitos Fiesta Bowl changed the team's record from unscathed to tainted, as they finished 12-1, giving them a No. 6 ranking in both the USA Today Coaches' Poll and the Associated Press Poll.

While this unsavory record change might be the most obvious result of the game to most fans who either traveled to Arizona or watched the game on national TV, the game should be appreciated for its record-breaking qualities, which extended from team selection to trophy presentation.

Inspiring an Ivy-League feel, Scharbauer Hall opened its doors on Monday to become the home of the John V. Roach Honors College and the AddRan College of Liberal Arts.