We are concluding the eighth week of classes for the Fall semester.

Fall break blessed us with a short three-day week, the football team has yet to do anything less than impress and the first round of tests are only memories. Whether it affects those with graduate school only a year away, those only months out of high school or anyone in between, the same schedule and inexorable pile of homework can leave many in a state of ennui.

After suffering a 2-1 overtime loss against Wyoming last week, the Horned Frogs will be fighting for a win in Provo, Utah on Saturday against BYU.

BYU is currently ranked No. 11 in TopDrawerSoccer.com's weekly poll and brought a nine-game winning streak to the match against New Mexico on Thursday.

BYU has recorded seven shutouts this season, as well as beating both Utah and UNLV. The Cougars carry an 11-2-2 overall record and a 2-0-1 conference play record.

Universities have the ability to offer students valuable services that they would otherwise not have access to, but unfortunately many of these resources are overlooked by the student body.One such resource...

Frogs should blow past Rams despite good start

TCU's final test in conference, this side of BYU, comes to Fort Worth this weekend in a trail of green and gold. A traditionally bad Colorado State team has put together a fairly good season this year with three non-conference wins, including an upset over in-state rival, the University of Colorado.

In a terrible weather game last year, the Frogs narrowly beat the Rams 13-7.

A bill that would increase funding for higher education via the Federal Pell Grant and the Federal Perkins Loan programs, if passed, would not have a significant impact on the university, a financial aid official said.

Michael Scott, director of financial aid, said the bill, which awaits Senate committee action, would help some, but the overall impact at the university would be minimal because only 10 percent of the student body received Federal Pell grants last year.

Reality TV shows truly are the bane of our modern society. Have we as modern, mostly boring, humans reached the dénouement of our glorious civilization where we are now voyeuristically watching other pathetic humans going on about their daily lives? The fact that wastes like "K-Fed" and other social leeches now have their own shows because they were hanger-ons to a more famous and just as uninteresting celebrity is truly mind-boggling. It is also disturbing that people kill themselves slowly by watching these shows, and they do not even know it.

Technology resources implemented two new services on Oct. 1 to help improve customer satisfaction and service, a technology resources spokeswoman said.

The new self-service allows students and faculty to create a service request ticket for any technology problems online through my.tcu.edu, said Lenelda Pennington, associate director of technology resources customer services. Once a ticket is entered into the system, it will be added to other pending tickets and answered by the Computer Help Desk, Pennington said.

Katie-Rose Watson, a junior German major, might have been saved some legal trouble if she had known about the free legal service offered to all students by the Student Government Association. After being run over by a car on Stadium Drive in November, Watson felt she had nowhere to turn for legal advice.

"I rolled on top of the car's windshield and the car didn't even stop," Watson said. "When I got back from the hospital, I didn't know who to contact or what to do. I wish I would have known that there was free legal advice available at TCU."

Campus police will increase security at night following the campus sexual assault of a female student Tuesday, according to a campuswide e-mail sent by Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Don Mills on Wednesday.

TCU Police Lt. Abad Ramiro said the increased security would last as long as university officials think it is needed and could result in some officers being asked to work overtime.

"This is something that's a high-priority-type deal," Ramiro said. "It's just about the safety of the students."