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.

Staffs of the TCU Daily Skiff newspaper, the DailySkiff.com Web site, and Image Magazine received four national awards in design and multimedia storytelling from the Associated Collegiate Press and College...

Frog failures can now be shared among the Horned Frog community through frogmylife.com, a Web site designed to anonymously relate daily mishaps, the site's creator said.

Brandon Corcoran, a sophomore finance and entrepreneurial management major and creator of frogmylife.com, also manages the site, which launched Oct. 19. He said the site is loosely based on fmylife.com, a blog where people share unfortunate happenings, but is aimed at TCU students. This makes the stories more relevant since many stories involve campus and places nearby, he said.

The Interfraternity Council approved a proposal to add an extra day to the formal recruitment process, which will give potential members more time to learn about each fraternity next fall, the IFC president said.

IFC president Evan Berlin said members voted on Oct. 22 to add an extra day. IFC members discussed the addition of the extra day for a few weeks before voting on it, he said. The new day will be a part of the fall 2010 recruitment schedule, Berlin said. The formal recruitment process will start on a Saturday and Tuesday will be bid day, he said.

The Interfraternity Council's move to approve the addition of an extra day to the rush process to give potential members more time to review fraternities should be applauded.Joining a fraternity is not...

Regardless of one's stance on the United States' involvement in warfare, there is a widely accepted and universally understood policy of inherent respect for veterans. These men and women have subjected themselves to what many of us will never be able to imagine, all in the name of guaranteeing the safety and welfare of citizens at home. We revere the efforts of these soldiers on our behalf with two days of national holiday, Memorial Day and Veterans Day. After all, it is through the continued defense provided by these people that we have enjoyed the liberties we experience today.

With all the blown calls in the Major League Baseball postseason this year, the league should expand its use of replay to improve the quality of the game.

Currently, the MLB only uses replay for "boundary calls," which are calls that focus on whether or not a home run had gone over the fence or whether a home run was fair of foul. This new rule was only introduced to the game in August 2008 after a plethora of missed home run calls that season. Baseball is the only sport that seems to be resistant to using replay to get the call right.