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...

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.

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.

Men's Tennis

The TCU men's tennis team suffered a 4-3 loss to No. 33 Rice in Houston Saturday. TCU took a 1-0 lead after taking the doubles point. TCU's doubles pair of seniors Christopher Price and Emanuel Brighiu got the doubles point for TCU after winning the third and final match in a tiebreaker. The other two points came from Price, who was playing in his hometown, and No. 74 Brighiu in their respective singles matches.

Swimming & Diving

As President Barack Obama spoke to the nation last night about the nation's involvement in Libya, he commented on how Americans cannot turn a blind eye to atrocities and disasters around the world when we have the opportunity to provide assistance, and he's right.

Even though we have an economy that is in a recession, a housing market on a shaky foundation, high unemployment, numerous social issues like abortion and gay marriage and the constant threat of terrorism, American citizens still have a pretty good life.

When TCU moved to Fort Worth it was a fledgling university of less than 500 students in a city of 73,000. In the century since, the two have grown hand-in-hand to more than 9,000 students in a city of almost a quarter-million people.

Rocky Deutscher has lived in the TCU community for more than 20 years. Her husband recently retired from the university and the couple is very active at the university and with their neighborhood association in University West.