To many people, vegetarianism is just a fad and has no real benefits. When most think of a vegetarian they see a hippie or a left-wing animal activist when in fact anybody could be and should be without meat in their diet.

While I personally am not a vegetarian anymore, I did give it a try when I was in high school for about a year and a half, and I loved every second of it. Turning back from it was a decision to get rid of the label that accompanied my lifestyle.

Editor's note: This story was edited for accuracy on Sept. 17 at 5:40 p.m.City Councilman Joel Burns, who represents the university and surrounding neighborhoods, will be on campus Thursday to discuss...

Editor's note: The headline for this story was revised for accuracy at 10:31 p.m. Sept. 16.

Ray Brown, dean of admissions, made it his goal for the past nine years to raise the percentage of minority students in the freshman class to 20 percent.

With 19.4 percent of students in the freshman class being minorities, Brown missed his goal this year, but the figure remains the highest number of minority freshmen in university history.

The University of Wyoming will name its international center after former Vice President Dick Cheney. To be frank, it's a bad idea.

His name only signifies the poor policy decisions of the Bush administration. This is the man who allegedly authorized the use of harsh interrogation techniques, otherwise known as torture, on Guantanamo Bay inmates after Sept. 11. It is hard to see any positive effect from naming a building after him.

The volleyball team opened conference play with a 3-1 (25-18, 16-25, 25-22, 25-22) win over New Mexico in Albuquerque on Wednesday night.

Senior middle blocker Kourtney Edwards became the university's all-time blocks leader early in the game and ended the night with 446 career blocks.

The Horned Frogs' first-ever win at New Mexico was aided by an offense that produced 51 kills. Junior outside hitter Christy Hudson had 13 kills against the Lobos, Edwards produced 12 kills and sophomore middle blocker Kristen Hester tallied 11 kills and seven blocks.

The Dallas Holocaust Museum will feature the research of Harriet Cohen, associate professor of social work, as part of a series called "Holocaust Legacies: Shoah as Turning Point." Cohen's research focused on the use of memory as a survival aid for those who experienced the Holocaust.

What makes a somber topic a bit more hopeful is that TCU, Southern Methodist University and the University of Dallas are co-sponsoring the 12-part series.