The draft for a new faculty tenure appeal policy, designed to resolve grievances in a quicker way, has reached its final stages and is expected to reach the board of trustees for approval later this year, a former Faculty Senate representative said.

Stuart Youngblood, professor of management and former faculty senator who is working on the draft, said the Faculty Reappointment, Tenure and Promotion Appeal Policy will speed up and clarify the process of submitting grievances. The document is intended to replace the current Faculty Grievance Policy, which was revised in 1998.

A group of students is hoping to add belly dancing to the university's recreational activities for a fun workout and an interesting cultural experience.

The TCU Belly Dancing Club will try to be up and running by the spring semester, club creator and junior middle school education major Farhin Hasan wrote in an e-mail.

So far the club has two advisers from the music department, administrative assistant in the School of Music Sue Ott and Web services coordinator Kristi Kolpanen, who are belly dancing enthusiasts, Hasan wrote.

Senior Lizzy Karoly has taken on a leadership role as one of just three seniors on the Horned Frog soccer team. Karoly took the school's all-time goals scored record on Sept. 6 in a match at Rice, when she netted her 25th career goal in a 2-1 win. The soccer team won two home games last weekend, 5-2 against Stephen F. Austin and 4-0 against Texas Woman's University.

Q: Because there are only three seniors on the team, how does that affect the team makeup and the seniors' roles as leaders?

Dressed head-to-toe in purple, white and black, performing what they have practiced for weeks, these Horned Frogs know what it's like to sweat.

No, not the football team, but our beloved band. Long sleeves, gloves, dress pants, furry hats and a relatively heavy instrument are the perfect elements for an uncomfortably hot experience. Yet they are there in full, every home game, to make it noisier, louder and more spirited.

They lift school spirit for free, yet no one could pay to give them a lift to the football game at Clemson University this past weekend.

Join sports editor Travis L. Brown for a live chat during the TCU vs. Clemson football game. Come chat about the game and give your commentary on the Frogs' performance. The chat will open at 2:30 p.m....

The Programming Council is banking on the success of smaller programs to create more interactive events on campus.

The Programming Council is trying a new concept this year - small-scale programs at the Brown-Lupton University Union - to promote a sense of community on campus, a representative from Student Activities said.

Brad Thompson, student activities coordinator, said the concept was designed to create smaller, more interactive and engaging programming for students in the BLUU on a regular basis.

The university was ranked No. 149 out of 258 schools surveyed in this month's The Washington Monthly magazine report on social mobility, research and service within national universities.

Paul Glastris, the magazine's editor-in-chief, said the annual survey, which received funding from the Lumina Foundation for Education this year, aimed to estimate each institution's contribution to the country by examining publicly available data.