Cult and religion are synonymous for some religious sects within Roman culture, an adjunct anthropology professor told students and faculty Monday.

Over a catered lunch, students and faculty listened to a lecture by Jennifer Lockett, adjunct anthropology professor and classical archaeologist, titled "Ancient Roman Cults and Mystery Religions," organized by Chi Delta Mu , an academic religious student organization. Chi Delta Mu is open to all students and organizes weekly lectures in different disciplines every Monday.

"Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!" was one of my favorite books as a child. Considering Hollywood's recent tarnishing of "Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas" and "Dr. Suess' The Cat in the Hat," I did not look forward to "Horton's" film debut with much enthusiasm.

However, "Horton" was magnificent in capturing the creativity, innocence and delight found in Dr. Seuss' stories.

The NCAA is a business. We are constantly reminded of this when annual talks of a college football playoff system come up. When the intelligence of a play-in game for the NCAA basketball tournament is...

On Sunday, three days after the men's basketball season closed, so did something else. Neil Dougherty's tenure as head coach is over.

Dougherty will not return to fulfill the last year of his contract for obvious reasons - empty stands and loosing streaks.

Since leaving his position as assistant coach to Roy Williams at the University of Kansas to come to TCU, Dougherty has had six years of ups and downs.

A speech today by an expert in Catholic social thought will help students understand religious diversity on campus, the university minister said.

Georgetown University professor Peter C. Phan's work on global Christianity and ecumenism, promoting the union between religions, will help the TCU community understand the Christian and religious diversity on campus, said Angela Kaufman, minister to the university.

"His work is immensely relevant for all of us today to hear because it's a reminder about how large God's world really is," she said.

The president of the NCAA will be speaking about the current condition of college athletics in America at 7 p.m. today in the Ed Landreth Auditorium.

Following NCAA President Myles Brand's speech, TCU's NCAA Degree Completion recipients will be recognized.

Degree Completion recipients are former student-athletes who left school before earning their degrees and now are receiving a grant from the NCAA to return to finish school.