Citing budget restraints, RealWorld, the first student-run nonprofit advertising agency in the nation, announced it would close its doors unless the university raises $100,000.

RealWorld aids the advertising needs of nonprofit organizations in the community at a significantly discounted price. For years, students participating in the program have been gaining valuable experience working with clients and developing advertisements.

The program serves both students and the local community, and every possible effort should be made to keep it from going under.

Weekend match a preview of things to come for club tennis

The club tennis team will be playing at the Baylor Warm-Up in Waco on Saturday in what will be a preview of sectionals later this spring season.

The events include men's and women's singles and doubles with TCU challenging three different colleges in match play.

This weekend's tournament lives up to its name, said junior Megan Dewar, as a lot of the same teams like Texas A&M University and the University of Texas at Austin will face off against TCU at sectionals.

It may have been Valentine's Day, but the men's basketball team didn't get cards or chocolates from the Brigham Young Cougars. All the Horned Frogs received was an extension of their losing streak, which is now six games long.

The Horned Frogs led for less than two minutes early in the first half, but BYU quickly turned the tables and never looked back, going on to win 79-63.

Head basketball coach Jim Christian said the Cougars are a very good offensively and overall a well-disciplined team.

Dining services employees pulled peanut butter sandwich crackers off the shelf at Bistro Burnett on Wednesday morning because of a previous recall on the crackers issued by Kellogg Co., a university official said.

Frank Horak, manager of retail units for Dining Services said he took the Austin brand crackers off the shelf as a precaution after someone phoned in the tip.

"I called the Bistro and said, 'There seems to be a problem,'" Horak said. "I had them take the crackers off the shelf just to be safe."

Students who download music illegally no longer have to fear being taken to court, but they are now much more likely to get caught and receive minor punishments from the university, a university official said.

Brooke Scogin, assistant dean of Campus Life, said that to enforce its new policy the Recording Industry Association of America has dramatically increased the number of reports it issues notifying Internet service providers of Internet piracy.

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More than 500 students and alumni will receive reimbursements from the university-provided health insurer Aetna after New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo found that the claims system had not been receiving the frequent updates it needed.

The reimbursements for the 517 TCU students and health care providers will total more than $34,000, but this amount represents a small portion of the total claims for the university, said Marilyn Hallam, coordinator of the Brown-Lupton Health Center office.

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The Asian Studies program's guest speaker described the practice of meditation with an example the 115 audience members could relate to Wednesday afternoon in the Geren/Beck Room in the Brown-Lupton University...