As history has progressed, the Christian church has used various schemes to get people to go to church. Damnation. Cured ailments. Trendy praise bands. Free Wi-Fi and a coffee bar.

One church in Ohio, however, is cutting straight to the chase. For the second year in a row, Lindenwald Baptist Church will hand out $1,000 in hopes of boosting its Easter service attendance.

According to an article on UPI.com, the congregation plans to randomly draw the names of both a congregation member and a guest and award them $500 each.

F riday night. Bass rhythm. Tight jeans. Dim lighting. Perfect. Cold beers, smooth shots. One after another8212;after another. The room spins faster and faster. ... And then it fades away. From dead sleep...

Sex and spike heels sound like the signatures of an infamous HBO show starring Sarah Jessica Parker and her quartet of cosmo-slinging girlfriends, not a stage play at TCU.

But the theatre department is putting on a show in April that is a little bit edgier than most.

The show, "Spike Heels" by Theresa Rebeck, follows a former prostitute named Georgie, and details her contemporary, real-life encounters with sexual harassment, complicated relationships and power. It has the equivalent of an R rating for sexual content and language.

After accepting an invitation to be a part of the regional spelling bee, TCU's College of Education will join the Fort Worth Star-Telegram to co-host the Star-Telegram Regional Championship Spelling Bee.

Mary Patton, dean of the College of Education, said the Star-Telegram invited TCU to participate, and the university accepted the offer.

"When we were approached with it, we were very excited about it," Patton said. "We think this is one way to support our young readers and writers and spellers in the state."

Members of the TCU Department of Theatre have spent 20 to 25 hours each week for over two months preparing for this year's spring musical, Richard Rodgers' and Oscar Hammerstein's "Oklahoma!", a classic story about prairie life, the Oklahoma land run and the settling of the West.

Harry Parker, chair of the theater department, said the cast has rehearsed, the costume studio has built over 100 costumes, the scenic studio has created scenery and props for the show and the lighting and sound designers have worked on the lights and tuned microphones.

TCU outfielders shine in 9-1 victory Sunday

For a Jim Schlossnagle coached team, its lifeblood is its defense. Sunday afternoon his players put on a clinic in a 9-1 victory over University of Houston.

This season the Frogs' defense is best in the outfield. Juniors Brance Rivera (right field), Aaron Schultz (center field) and Jason Coats (left field) combine to make one of the best defensive outfields in the country.

Sunday afternoon, Rivera and Schultz both made diving catches to save at least one run each.

TCU students in the CEO Club and BNSF Next Generation Leadership Program in the Neeley School of Business are reaching out to a program that assists adults with autism.

Seniors McCall Grimes and Grant Eason are hosting "A Night With nonPareil" tonight as part of their legacy project in the Next Gen Program to raise awareness and support for nonPareil . The Next Gen Program sponsors the event.

I play TCU Rugby. Rugby is a bit like this article: Hard-hitting and not always pretty 8212; but hopefully by the time it's over, generally entertaining .

Yes, we are a "club" sport, but we're not JUST a club sport. We are soldiers wearing purple and black, defending TCU. And in a combative white-knuckle sport like rugby, pain is as much a part of the game as the field or the ball. Your classmates on the rugby team have suffered blown knees, broken collarbones, cracked ribs, concussions and more on the rugby field. But it's for a sport that we love and we've chosen to play.