University officials want to raise the number of students registered to receive campus alerts through text messages, a university official said.

The number of students enrolled in the TCU ALERT system fluctuates as new students enroll each year, but about 78 percent of faculty and staff and 69 percent of students have registered their cell phone numbers, Lisa Albert, director of communications, wrote in an e-mail.

"I expect an increase in registration because of our marketing efforts encouraging the system," she wrote.

The Horned Frogs' dreams of finally succeeding to the second round of the Mountain West Conference championship tournament were crushed Wednesday as the Utah Utes defeated the team 3-1 in the opening round of tournament play in Provo, Utah.

Just over mid-way into the half, the Utes took their third corner kick of the game. The ball was deflected to Ute sophomore defender Lauren Dudley, who then passed to senior forward Kelly Isleib, who proceeded to take a few touches before shooting into the upper right corner of the net for the first goal of the game.

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With No. 14 Utah looming in the distance, Horned Frogs head coach Gary Patterson said in his weekly press conference Tuesday that it is important to focus on what is in front of them as the team prepares for this week's road game against a "resilient" San Diego State Aztecs team.

"I don't think anyone's looking forward to Utah," Patterson said. "I think the fans are, but as far as our kids I don't think so. I think if they would have done that you probably would have seen a little of that against UNLV."

Members of the TCU Environmental Club worked together this semester to revitalize the group after it nearly died out last year.

The club lacked leadership after its president left to study abroad, said Macy Zander, senior environmental science and political science major. That, combined with members' hectic school and work schedules, caused club involvement to dwindle. As meetings became more sporadic, Zander said, attendance at meetings dropped to as low as four or five people on average.

Here's a shocker. Television doesn't improve learning skills for children under 2. If that seems like common sense to you, it apparently didn't for the makers of the "Baby Einstein" DVD series. Apparently the movies were sold under the guise of "learning" devices since 1997 and have been under fire since the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission about the product making false claims to enhance children's learning, according to the South Florida Sun Sentinel.

Members of the Student Government Association House of Student Representatives passed a resolution to increase attendance at the university's home football games during Tuesday's meeting, said.

Brent Folan, a freshman pre-business major, and Matt Dietrichson, a junior political science major, co-authored the bill after learning that attendance plays a factor in which universities are chosen to attend a Bowl Championship Series game, Folan said.