With only 16 teams left in both the men's and women's NCAA Tournaments, March Madness is well under way. But for the Horned Frogs and Lady Frogs, basketball season fizzled out in a most disappointing fashion.

Early in the season, the men's team appeared to find new life under the guidance of new head coach Jim Christian. The team jumped out to a 13-6 record, just one win shy of the 14 wins it accumulated during the 2007-08 season.

Many college football fans across the country screamed for change during the bowl season. The Mountain West Conference answered and will direct the battle against the current Bowl Championship Series system.

The conference presented an eight-team playoff proposal to the BCS, said Javan Hedlund, associate commissioner for communications of the Mountain West Conference. The nine university presidents known as the Mountain West Conference Board of Directors prompted the decision, Hedlund said.

While Spring Break is a time for leisure for most students, Horned Frogs athletes were working hard over the week.Several teams were in action last week while students were away. Three squads saw their...

The Present

Sitting in the back of the room of his fifth-grade physics class, 12-year-old Kiril Tochkov was just another number at his school in Sofia, Bulgaria. Literally.

The teacher would ask a question and call on No. 17 for the answer. Or maybe it was No. 22's turn.

One of the teachers liked to play games.

"What day is today?" the teacher would ask. "Today is the 29th, minus four, plus three, divided by two. That number will be answering the question."

Ruth Lopez, sophomore radio-TV-film major, is a first-generation college student. Her parents never made it past high school. That is the case for the majority of the growing Hispanic population enrolled...

In a recent study conducted by Virginia's George Mason University, known as the index of personal and economic freedom, Texas ranked as the fifth most free state in the nation. The index took into account...

ABC has moved on from the recently concluded hit reality show "The Bachelor," and gracefully began the eighth season of "Dancing with the Stars" with a familiar face in the crowd of celebrity dancers.

"Dancing with the Stars" is a reality-based show in which celebrities are paired with ballroom dancers and compete for a disco ball trophy and the bragging rights. One couple is eliminated each week until the final three pairs compete for the title. One of the three is knocked out and the remaining two compete in a final freestyle dance routine.

A summer study abroad program in London has been cancelled, the latest in a string of eight terminated programs scheduled for this summer, a university official said.

"The History of the Industrial Revolution in London," a summer study abroad course, is one of the programs that has recently been cancelled due to low enrollment, said Jane Kucko, director for the Center for International Studies. This was the first time the program was offered through the university.

The third-seeded women's basketball team lost to the seventh-seeded UNLV Lady Rebels 84-75 Wednesday night in the second round of play in the Mountain West Conference Championships.

The team had secured a first-round bye after finishing the regular season with a 12-4 conference record, but the loss in the second round ended the team's hopes of winning the conference tournament title.