Students and families in the community will have an opportunity to celebrate the holiday season in another way this December, an Interfraternity Council official said.

IFC President Evan Berlin said the Interfraternity Council, Panhellenic Council, National Pan-Hellenic Council, Inc., the National Multicultural Greek Council, Inc. and Programming Council are working together to create an event called "Winter Wonderland."

The event will be a safe and fun alternative way for children in the local community to see holiday lights, Berlin said.

Dining Services is collecting canned foods today in a nation-wide attempt to set a Guinness World Record for collecting the most non-perishable food in a 24-hour period. Cans can be dropped off at the entrance to Market Square in the Brown-Lupton University Union, said Kelly Raw, marketing manager for Dining Services.

Today is the fifth annual Guinness World Records Day, according to the Guinness World Records Web site. Guinness World Records encourages people across the world to take part in the day, which celebrates record breaking.

Students will no longer be able to pick up newly released movies at any time of the day near campus.DVDNow rental boxes, the automated DVD rental machines, will be moving farther from campus, said Tobi...

Fort Worth Mayor Mike Moncrief said he supports the university's football program and encouraged city residents and employers to show their pride this Friday as part of the first-ever "Go Purple Day."

As part of the day of Horned Frog awareness, Moncrief said people should go casual and wear purple to work to recognize the team.

Moncrief said he hoped the day of celebration would help increase the city's and the team's presence on a national scale.

I hear them silver bells ringing, and the bright snow's glistening shroud can be seen on the distant horizon. That's right, the Christmas holiday nexus has arrived. This, of course, includes all wintry festivities from tacky sweater parties to all additional excuses to drink eggnog, and believe me, they are plenty. But alas, along with this glorious arrival comes the derogatory remarks that by hosting such other secular activities in the name of this religious holiday, we are in fact demeaning its true value. I argue not so.

Students and faculty ate spicy food, dressed in saris and danced to Indian music at the Students for Asian Indian Cultural Awareness Mela carnival on Saturday.

More than 110 students and faculty members attended the carnival, said Nitesh Kalwar, the organization's president.

Kalwar said the booths with henna tattoos and authentic South Asian dress were the most popular attractions.

The carnival also had booths with foods from different cultures, cricket demonstrations and rangoli, a popular Indian art form, he said.

To many students, student body officer elections are just a time for campaign stickers and free food that candidates sometimes offer.

However, the importance of the elections should not be lost on the student body. Student Government Association represents every student on campus.

While taking free breakfast tacos or rocking a fashionable campaign sticker might be nice for a day, students shouldn't forget what all of the fanfare is about.

Harriet Cohen, an associate professor of social work, will present her research on Holocaust survivors Thursday as part of the Dallas Holocaust Museum's 12-part series of programs and seminars, "Holocaust Legacies: Shoah as Turning Point."

The university is co-sponsoring the series along with Southern Methodist University and the University of Dallas.

Cohen said her research focused on Holocaust survivors who used memory as a way to survive. The presentation, titled "Holocaust Survivors: Stories of Resilience," will show at SMU at 8:30 a.m. Thursday.

This story was edited for accuracy to reflect the author's original opinion.

The moment I found out ESPN's College GameDay was coming to our city, I knew the likelihood of me accomplishing anything academically this week was about as likely as the BCS letting the Frogs into the National Championship Game. It just wasn't going to happen.

What we have this weekend is a once-in-a-college-career experience. Some alumni never would have imagined this day coming when they walked this campus many years ago.