Some hate the distraction iPods create in the classroom, but podcasts are quickly becoming a tool in the 21st-century classroom..

According to business magazine FastCompany.com, psychologists studied students who listened to lectures on podcast versus lectures in class to see who performed better on a test.

The study resulted in 72 students performing better after listening to the podcast, while 61 performed better after attending the in-class lecture.

The university will be more proactive in alerting students of future safety issues, a university official said Thursday.

University officials sent out a campuswide alert via e-mail Thursday informing students of the tainted peanut butter cracker packages removed from Bistro Burnett on Feb. 11.

Shawn Kornegay, associate director of communications, said the alert was sent out of an "abundance of caution."

After reading "University not reflective of 'Christian' in name," I felt compelled to address an issue that has been bothering me for a while.

When I am walking in the hallway, I hear people saying "pop" instead of "Coke." In the library, I hear people greeting one another with "Hello" instead of "Howdy" after talking about a night spent at Purgatory instead of Billy Bob's. After observing these attitudes and actions on campus, I have to wonder about the significance of attending a Texas university.

Senior forward Kevin Langford gave himself five more minutes to cement his legacy at Daniel-Meyer Coliseum. Unfortunately, the referees only gave him four minutes and 57 seconds.TCU fell to San Diego State...

Junior Nina Munch-Soegaard will lead the No. 21-ranked women's tennis team against the University of Alabama on Saturday after their match at Texas Tech University on Thursday night.

The team dropped to 4-3 in the spring season with a loss to a No. 10-ranked University of Miami squad last weekend.

Head coach Jefferson Hammond said that Munch-Soegaard, the No. 6-ranked player in the country, is one of the best players on the tennis team because of her ability to step out on the line.

With both teams cheering on the final match from the sidelines, the women's tennis team lost a nail-biter Saturday afternoon at the Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center, falling to the Alabama Crimson Tide 4-3.For the Horned Frogs, it was the second straight event that came down the final singles match, as sophomore Idunn Hertzberg fell to the Tide's Taylor Lindsey, 4-6, 4-6. The matches marked the team's third straight loss.

Worries about finding a job after graduation and the economic crisis are just a few of the reasons why more students are seeking help from the university's mental health center, a university official said.

Linda Wolszon, director of Counseling, Testing, and Mental Health services at the counseling center, said the number of counseling appointments has increased about 8 percent since this time last year, and the number of walk-in appointments is up about 16 percent from this time last year.