There are two Horned Frogs' teams currently in their respective No.1 spots in the Mountain West Conference. Both the men's and women's tennis teams are tied for the lead in the conference and these Horned Frogs have done so in undefeated fashion.

See photos of the football team's spring training

Where the Brown-Lupton Student Center goes, orientation shall not follow.

The Student Center is scheduled to be demolished at the beginning of June, said Harold Leeman, associate director of major projects at the Physical Plant, but Carrie Zimmerman, director of first year experience, said the demolition will not slow down the upcoming freshman orientation sessions.

Future accountants should take notice: they no longer get the mulligan the university offers through its course-retake policy.

The university's current retake policy allows a student to try as many times as they please to improve their grade in any course. However, the accounting department recently announced that next fall, once accounting majors have taken an upper-level accounting course, they will not be able to retake lower-level accounting classes, financial accounting and managerial accounting, to raise their GPAs.

At age 74, an advertising/public relations professor is calling it quits after 40 years in education.

Doug Newsom, professor and director of the College of Communication's advertising/public relations graduate program, is retiring next spring, saying she always thought 75 would be a good age to retire.

"I never intended on teaching for so long - it just happened," she said.

Newsom said she loves teaching simply because it is rewarding, and she loves helping students.

Students trying to create a new campus organization hope the group's partnership with a North Texas nonprofit will provide opportunities for students to become more aware of world affairs.The World Affairs...

Correction: Frederica "Flicka" von Stade was the featured performer at the opening ceremonies of the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.

The opera singer said she can't play the piano. The pianist professed her inability to sing opera. Together, however, their long-lasting friendship has given the duet the ability to travel the world.

Injuries to running backs on the football team have not slowed down spring practice, but rather have given the Frogs a glimpse at a new option.With sophomore Joseph Turner out for an undetermined amount...

The Sacramento Bee wire opinion article about Social Security, published April 2, has some interesting points, but I would like to look at Social Security from another perspective.

Social Security was enacted during the 1930s under the Roosevelt administration. Although Social Security was intended to provide people relief during periods of unemployment and to retired workers, it has become one of the most expensive government entitlement programs. President Roosevelt didn't understand the unintended consequences that are presented today.

Some of the more renowned talking heads chose to waltz with the 2008 presidential campaign at Wednesday's Schieffer Symposium. The discussion drifted to and fro with insight, wit and humor and got especially...