The first-year Connections program, which became mandatory this fall, is receiving mixed reviews from students.

Carrie Zimmerman, director of the First Year Experience, said the Connections class changes were put in place because shorter orientation sessions this summer made it difficult to get necessary information to students. When students are given information throughout the year it is more helpful and retained, she said.

"The information is important for all first-year students, not just the ones who think they need it," said Zimmerman.

Can we all just stop kidding ourselves? The student tailgate issue isn't about underage drinkers crashing the party, it's about the safety of the student body. As weird as it seems, allowing drinking on...

The campus' Christian sorority, He Is Sufficient, turned down an offer to have on-campus housing because of little demand from sorority members, the sorority's president said.

Jackie Quisenberry, president of HIS, said the sorority did not get a house because of a lack of commitment from active members.

"We couldn't get enough girls to commit to it for us to go forward with it," Quisenberry said. HIS was offered ten rooms to house 20 members at Wiggins Hall last semester in the section next to Gamma Phi Beta, a Panhellenic sorority.

A $50,000 scholarship award in the name of TCU alumna and author Sandra Brown will start taking applications this November, said the chair of the English department.

Dan Williams, English department chair, said the scholarship is intended to award one incoming junior each year by paying his or her full two-year tuition at TCU. English majors or minors interested in fiction writing and active in the English literary club at TCU will be eligible to apply for this award.

The university will include a debating chamber in the construction of Scharbauer Hall at the site of the former student center, a university official said.The chamber will allow faculty and students to...

A Fort Worth City Council ordinance aimed to keep duplexes from popping up in the Paschal neighborhood east of TCU may hurt a few student renters now, but in the long run it will be good for the TCU community,...

College is expensive. This is normal. TCU is exorbitant. That is not.

Tuition has been hiked twice since I arrived two years ago.

With a marked increase in the price of meal plans ($1,200 per semester last academic year to $1,799 this semester for the minimum plan), and more expensive dormitories becoming prevalent ($3,450 per bedroom per semester for a four-bedroom suite in Wright Hall), working class collegians like myself are beginning to feel the strain.

What do you want done?

With that simple phrase, the creation of a walking, talking, screaming Horned Frog spirit machine begins.

To join in, you don't have to be crazy, and it doesn't hurt.

Here are some steps on how you can become part of this living tradition.

STEP 1: Gather supplies

To transform yourself from a regular fan to a super fan, you will need a couple of items:

Washable paint - It comes in 16-ounce containers in various colors and will cost about $5.

The women's tennis team will hit the courts today at the Bulldog Invitational in Athens, Ga. for its first tournament of the fall season.

The tournament, hosted by the University of Georgia, will be a round robin event of singles and doubles matches and will feature the women's tennis teams of Georgia, Duke, Mississippi, Indiana, Virginia, Wake Forest and TCU, according to the University of Georgia's Athletics Web site.

Doubles matches will begin today at 10 a.m., and singles matches will follow at 12:30 p.m. The tournament will last through Sunday afternoon.

As the house lights dimmed, a commanding voice came over the crowd announcing cast changes, condemning photography, cell phones and food and drink, and warning, "platform boots and white spandex are featured...