Lauren John did not ever see herself joining a sorority before coming to college.

"I wasn't ready for the stereotype they're going to place on me just because I'm a sorority girl," she said.

The senior mathematics major considered joining a sorority after being encouraged by her mother and a friend from church.

"It also makes me laugh at myself because I nonchalantly went through sorority recruitment and got more out of the experience than I ever thought I would," she wrote in e-mail.

Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Mike Schultz is officially the new offensive coordinator at the University of Illinois, and no decision has been made regarding his replacement, an athletics...

The men's and women's swimming and diving squads will take on the University of Utah on Friday in a Mountain West Conference match up.

The meet will begin at 6 p.m. in the University Recreation Center.

Both the men's and women's teams are looking to add to the win column after losses at the University of Nevada Las Vegas on Tuesday.

Head coach Richard Sybesma said the squads are happy to be home and are looking forward to Friday's meet.

Voice performance major Suzanne Vinnik probably isn't the only 22-year-old who dreams of making it big as a singer in New York.

But Vinnik doesn't want to write the next chart-topping single or see her face on MTV. In fact, the Las Vegas native said she barely follows pop music.

"I pretty much listen to opera constantly," the soprano said. "Sometimes I need a break from it, so I'll just listen to whatever's on the radio, but it's pretty much all I listen to."

One of the greatest football players ever, Sam Baugh, who led TCU to a national championship and the NFL out of the dark ages, died Wednesday of natural causes. He was 94.

Baugh made his position into a focal part of the offense, escalating the sport into the passing age. He was an All-America at TCU and charter member of the NFL Hall of Fame after a 16-year career with the Washington Redskins, which ended after the 1952 season.

The honors didn't mean all that much to him, though.

Karen Daleiden will graduate this December with a geography major and a history minor and plans to continue her education in graduate school. But had you talked to her just three years ago, she said you...