A student admitted Thursday to throwing away more than 1,300 copies of Tuesday's edition of the Daily Skiff.

Charles Beecherl, an entrepreneurial management major, said the Skiff went overboard in publishing the picture of a professor in a news story about a dispute between two professors. The student said he is an avid reader of the Skiff but did not like what the paper published, so he threw away the copies.

Oklahoma's sophomore quarterback Sam Bradford is widely considered to be a candidate to win this year's Heisman Trophy and he did nothing against TCU that would make anyone think any different.

Bradford opened the No. 2 Sooners' first game against a ranked opponent by throwing for 199 yards in the first quarter, a school record, on his way to a 411-yard and four-touchdown performance in the 35-10 victory.

"You got to give it to Bradford," senior linebacker Jason Phillips said. "He made some great throws."

While taking a needed nap, my phone dropped off my bed. When I woke up, I looked for my phone. I had to have my phone.

I finally saw it on the floor by my bed and as I reached for it, I chuckled at what I was thinking about. That's when I realized what needed to be called to our attention; not only mine, but every student on campus.

First, let me state that I had to do a lot of observation on campus.

Cigarettes can kill. Now smoke away.

The SGA House of Representatives defeated a resolution Tuesday that would propose a smoking ban from the Campus Commons and surrounding buildings. The resolution was defeated 22-16 in the House, with three members abstaining.

It's no secret cigarettes cause lung cancer, ruin teeth and ultimately cause the premature death of thousands of Americans each year. But banning smoking outside dorms and in the Campus Commons would have been a tremendously unnecessary inconvenience for a fairly large number of smokers on campus.

Although still preliminary, admission numbers for the new school year are in.

The figures do not indicate any serious change in admission trends, said Wes Waggoner, director of freshman admission.

Here are the numbers:

Selectivity

According to unofficial figures from the admission department, TCU admitted 6,170 students, or 50.56 percent of students who applied this year, compared to 5,802 students, or 48.97 percent of students who applied in fall 2007, decreasing the university's selectivity rate.

Friday afternoon, I was sitting on my couch and catching up on the latest sports highlights from the week when I noticed a shocking story scroll across the bottom of the screen. Apparently Tennessee Titans...

The university has partnered with three independent media outlets to publicize campus news and information, an official for the Center for Instructional Services said.

Jess Price, media producer for CIS, said the university has officially adopted Web sites with YouTube, Twitter and iTunes U to keep people connected to the school.

Twitter is a free social networking and blogging site.

Price said people can go to the Web site to sign up to receive university news either through the Web site or through their cell phones.

For senior communication studies major Floyd Hernandez, a Pell Grant made a TCU education a reality.

Without it, he said, he probably wouldn't be here.

Bush administration officials warned Congress the most important federal aid program, Pell Grants, may need up to $6 billion in additional taxpayer funds next year due to the record numbers of college students seeking federal financial aid, The New York Times reported last week.

This has Hernandez and others worried.

In the world of prestigious academic scholarships, top performing students are competing with other top performers for these few coveted awards. Students like Justin Brown, a senior music, political science...

With the opening of Brown-Lupton University Union and the introduction of Frog Bucks, Pond Street Grill's business could be slow enough to merit its closure, a dining employee said.

Ernest White, supervisor at Pond Street Grill, said he is not sure what the future of Pond Street will be.

"I don't know," White said, "I really don't know. That's out of my hands.

"It's up to the school on what they want to do. I'd really hate to see it go. It's a good place."