Carrying 13 pitchers, the baseball team has many choices for the mound, but no definite decisions have been made, head coach Jim Schlossnagle said.

While those decisions will be based on performance in practice over the next two weeks, Schlossnagle said he expects four freshmen - Kyle Winkler, Kaleb Merck, Erik Miller and Walker Kelly to contribute significantly.

Freshman pitchers will contribute a great deal of playing time, Schlossnagle said.

A recent study by UCLA's Higher Education Research Institute has shown that almost 50 percent of freshmen planned to work their way through college to pay for expenses.

Working undoubtedly adds more commitments to a schedule already filled with classes and exams, but it's a sign of maturity.

Handling finances and taking responsibility is a rite of passage that prepares students for the world awaiting them after graduation.

With the House of Representatives recently passing the $819 billion stimulus package, people believe that this piece of legislation somehow will lift the United States out of a recession.

The main purpose of the bill is to increase spending on infrastructure. The term "infrastructure" is used vaguely though. For instance, the bill would spend $355 million to fund programs for the education and prevention of sexually transmitted diseases. Projects such as this and numerous others in the stimulus bill are not only irresponsible but can harm the economy.

The anonymous college gossip Web site JuicyCampus.com, which stirred controvery at campuses across the country, shut down Thursday after a year and a half of operation, according to a press release from the company's founder.

Matt Ivester, founder of JuicyCampus, wrote in the release Wednesday that the Web site's "exponential growth outpaced our ability to muster the resources needed to survive this economic downturn, and as a result, we are closing down the site as of Feb. 5, 2009."

Last season ended on a sour note as a walk-off home run by the then-No. 5 Oklahoma State Cowboys sailed over the left field wall and sent the Horned Frogs back home to Fort Worth.

Now, the baseball team has reloaded with the No. 9-ranked recruiting class in the nation, according to Baseball America, and head coach Jim Schlossnagle said this year's recruiting class speaks to the team's past success.

The difficulty of the home portion of the women's tennis season should serve as an opportunity to improve the team's ranking, the head coach said.

By improving that ranking, the team will improve its chances of playing host for an NCAA regional event.

"Hopefully, we end up hosting a regional event, meaning we finished in the top 16 or 17 at the end of the season," head coach Jefferson Hammond said.

But hosting a regional isn't the only thing the coach wants for his team.

Coming off a benchmark season in which the men's tennis team won the Mountain West Conference and finished No. 34 nationally, the Horned Frogs want to build confidence by playing against tough competition.

After three games, the team's record stands at 1-2, with losses coming from No. 24 Rice University and the No. 2 University of Texas. The Horned Frogs first win of the spring season came against the University of South Florida, the 28th-ranked team at the time.

For a program that at once went 41 seasons without a bowl win, TCU has rebounded nicely to become one of the elite teams in the country.

Once forced to stock a team full of players that the University of Texas, Texas A&M University and Texas Tech University didn't want, the football program has become more than just an afterthought in the world of Texas recruiting.

On Wednesday, 20 players signed National Letters of Intent to play here, including a handful of four-star recruits.

Wednesday night was not a good one for University of Utah star center Luke Nevill.

But it was a great one for guard Carlon Brown.

The Ute sophomore put in 14 points and a career high 12 rebounds as the University of Utah used a strong second half performance to hand the Horned Frogs a stinging 62-54 loss at Daniel-Meyer Coliseum Wednesday night, their third straight.