On a defense full of question marks and new faces, the only group that even comes close to resembling how it looked last season will be the Frogs' secondary.Thanks to the team's unique 4-2-5 alignment,...

Women on campus will be able to buy cookies, brownies and other bakery items for 75 cents, while men will have to pay $1 if they want a bite at a campus bake sale, a member of the TCU Women's Network said.

Megan O'Brien, president of the TCU Women's Network and senior art history major, said the Women's Network and Women's Studies Program will be hosting a bake sale to illustrate the gap between women's and men's wages on Thursday.

If the name Susan Boyle is not already familiar to you, you are not one of more than 30 million viewers that have been touched by the pure voice of this 47-year-old Scottish singer.

Boyle stepped onto the stage of the TV show "Britain's Got Talent" with the audience laughing at her appearance as she introduced herself and her dream. As the camera panned across the audience, people could be seen snickering as she told the judges that she wanted to be as successful as singer Elaine Paige.

Dining Services is developing a value menu that it hopes will attract more students to on-campus eateries, a Dining Services official said.

The 1873 Café & Sports Grill will be the only location offering the new value menu, said Legia Abato, marketing manager of Dining Services. The value menu pricing would be significantly lowered to the $5 range rather than the normal price range of $7 to $9, she said.

A pair of dark blue $180 Citizens of Humanity jeans, a magenta $75 Ralph Lauren polo, and a pair of blue $45 Converse low top tennis shoes would cost me $300 together, right? Wrong! I paid $50 for the...

It won't be Friday and there won't be any cold beer, but the Zac Brown Band will be singing about it.

To celebrate the end of the semester, the Programming Council arranged for the popular country music group to put on a free concert for students on Thursday, said Kennedy Stewart, Programming Council chair and sophomore advertising/public relations major.

Stewart said she saw the band at a convention some of the Programming Council members attended.

When I order a coffee, I always tell the cashier my name is Isabelle. The daunting task of pronouncing and spelling out Naheil several times becomes shockingly unrewarding once the clueless barista offers up a beverage for Michael, Miguel, or "NNNN. Umm. Nile. Whose drink is this?"

I figure I'm not selling anyone short because the transaction lasts all of two minutes and let's be honest - the overworked and underpaid Starbucks guy doesn't really care what my name is.

Viewers of a commentary show don't tune in to hear canned statements contrived to please certain parties. All value of the show would be lost if the said commentator acted and talked like a puppet and didn't honestly delve into his or her unique opinions.

Apparently, Mark Cohen, director of athletic media relations, disagrees.

Senior broadcast journalism major Brian Smith was asked to go on a talking-heads style show on the MountainWest Sports Network to share his thoughts on the football team. The only mistake Smith made was offering them.

Talented team posed to surpass 2008 season, reach BCS bowl

It's always football season in Texas.

Once the regular season ends, bowl season begins. Once bowl season ends the spring season begins. Once the spring season ends it's summer and you would think there is no football going on, but the players are constantly working out. Then two-a-days begin and the whole cycle continues.

Editor's note: A response from Chesapeake was added to this story at 8:14 p.m. April 29.

Drilling for Chesapeake Energy Corporation's master development plan could begin sometime before the end of the calendar year, a university official said in an e-mail.

Brian Gutierrez, vice chancellor for finance and administration, wrote in an e-mail that the university views the plan as a positive agreement between campus, Chesapeake and the community.

Brite Divinity School's new Episcopal Studies Program will be geared toward those who are seeking ordination from the national Episcopal Church, which leans toward ordination of women and acceptance of gays, said the Rev. Fred Barber, acting director of the Episcopal Studies Program.

Barber said there was much talk about the formation of the Episcopal Studies Program and how it might be beneficial toward the church, especially since Brite already has several other denominational programs.