Not everyone who lives in the TCU area is a TCU student. Many families and other homeowners also call the area home, and unlike students, tend to stay longer than two to three years.So it's understandable...

Food is a big issue for college students. As leaders of college organizations well know, attendance at meetings or functions of any kind may double by simply offering free pizza, not least of all because...

There is a huge problem with spirit at TCU. I'm not talking about our attendance at sporting events or even the amount of purple and white being worn around campus. I'm talking about our mascot, SuperFrog.In...

Pandemic Studios returns to the forefront with its new title, "Mercenaries 2: World in Flames." Mercs 2 serves as a loosely tied sequel to the original, which made its premiere back in January 2005. This re-entrance into the sandbox genre for Pandemic was highly anticipated by fans of the previous release. With revamped gameplay and controls, and a much richer, tropical habitat to destroy, Mercs 2 has all the flash needed to draw a crowd.

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...

After almost two years of construction, the Brown-Lupton University Union, or the BLUU, is finally here. As the administration line tells us, it was planned with the students in mind.Unfortunately, the...

Dining Services is looking for a company that can supply organic food for Market Square next year, a dining services official said.

Legia Abato, Sodexo district marketing manager, said it is unknown if meal plan prices would increase if organic food was offered at Market Square because Dining Services is still in the planning and research stage. She said Dining Services is looking for organic suppliers in the area.

In a couple of weeks, students who live on campus might find parking a little easier after the addition of 55 new parking spaces, a university official said.

The parking lot, located on the corner of West Berry Street and Wabash Avenue, is scheduled to open Sept. 19, said DeAnn Jones, coordinator for parking and transportation services.

The university currently has about 7,300 parking spaces on campus, said Harold Leeman, associate director of major projects.