Despite reports from GoPowercat.com that Head Coach Gary Patterson was headed to Kansas State, both TCU's and Kansas State's athletics directors have denied the allegations.

The site reported Friday afternoon that multiple sources said Patterson had signed a five-year contract worth $2 million to coach in Manhattan, Kan., but later reported that Patterson's agent, George Bass, denied the initial report.

TCU athletics director Danny Morrison has also denied the rumors through director of media relations Mark Cohen.

People can buy some strange things on the Internet.

When author and New Mexico resident Doug Fine wanted to change his life to live more sustainably, he went online to search for ideas.

"I bought my goats on Craig's List, and when I went to get them, I realized I did not even know if that was legal," the author of "Farewell, My Subaru" told about 50 students Thursday at the Kelly Alumni Center.

"Farewell, My Subaru" describes the challenges Fine overcame to make his life more green on a goat ranch in New Mexico.

The Lady Frogs pulled off a 56-55 come-from-behind win over the Oklahoma City University Stars in the closing seconds of the team's final tune-up before the start of the regular season."We're going to...

As a journalist who has worked for the Associated Press for more than 30 years, John O. Lumpkin has seen the industry change several times.

In the midst of staff cuts and layoffs, Lumpkin said it is time for his industry to change its business model.

Lumpkin, a candidate for the open director position of the Schieffer School of Journalism, spoke to students and faculty in the school Thursday in Moudy Building South.

Both candidates for president of the Student Government Association sat down with the Skiff to talk about their platform.

Kelly Barnes is a junior political science major who wants to improve student participation at sporting events, and Kelsie Johnson is a junior political science and advertising/public relations major who hopes to have all organizations come together for large tailgates during the 2009 football season.

Johnson:

Q: How long have you been in SGA?

Most TCU students do not get the chance to study abroad in Japan. But thanks to the School for Classical & Contemporary Dance and Fort Worth Sister Cities, students can experience a piece of Japanese culture here on campus.

Instructors from the Fujima Dance School in Nagaoka, Japan, will teach students at the School for Dance how to perform two traditional Japanese dances and lecture on the importance of dance in Japanese history and culture next week, said Ellen Page Shelton, chair of the School for Classical & Contemporary Dance.

When history professor Jodi Campbell first read a National History Center report calling for the revamping of undergraduate and graduate history curricula in schools nationwide, she thought the history department would have to play catchup. But after reading it, she found that the department was ahead of the game.

Campbell, who is also on the department's undergraduate committee, said the changes the report is pushing, such as focusing on broader ideas instead of names and dates, are exactly the things the department has been stressing.

A report released by the National History Center has shed light on the status of the university's history department. It appears it is keeping up with comparable programs; however, there is still room for improvement.

The report suggested that history departments nationwide focus on broader ideas instead of solely names and dates, and the university's history program has already been emphasizing this concept.

This week is historic. Not only have we elected the first black president, but for the first time in history, two top-12 teams will meet on the turf at Rice-Eccels Stadium. Let's hope the outcome will be as satisfying as the one Tuesday.

There have been a lot of big games played at Rice-Eccles. I was a boy in 1994 when the ranked BYU Cougars came into the old stadium and lost 34-31. It was the first time Utah achieved consecutive wins against BYU since 1972.

Usually, I try to defend the Bowl Championship Series ratings because it is the only system we have right now, and there is nothing we can do about it until everyone can agree on something better.

But having Utah at No. 8 is ridiculous.

Look at the schedule for the Utes and you will find no ranked teams, a couple of narrow wins over Michigan and New Mexico, both terrible teams, and an overall boring schedule.