The street was jammed with cars and pedestrians jogging across the road to avoid oncoming traffic. Many men and women were waiting in their cars, listening to the radio while switching out placeholders in the seemingly-endless line. Those waiting in line talked of the crisp, cool air and the need for a little more security. Shouldn't there be police?

Inside the cramped, stuffy one-story building, confusion was apparent and frustration threatened to surface. More than 100 people crammed into the space within minutes, wondering aloud where to go and what to do.

Years from now, when I think back about my college campus, my first thoughts will not be beautiful, spread-out green lawns or the sounds of students conversing and laughing. My thoughts will be the loud buzzing of jackhammers, the beeping dump trucks, construction workers yelling at traffic and heaps of fresh soil piled on the lawn where I would leave our touch football games early to head across the street to the bars luring me in with their bright, neon lights.

The closing of two campus dining locations will cause employee layoffs, but future jobs at the university are possible for the workers, the general manager to Dining Services said.

Meetings with Edens and Deco Deli workers will take place during Spring Break to determine which of the 11 employees will fill four open positions at The Main, said Rick Flores, the general manager to Dining Services. The jobs are available depending on the employees' schedules, and certain employees cannot work with the new shifts at The Main, he said.

About a month and a half after Tim Halperin created a song about why he wanted his room renovated, he said he got a grand room makeover prize he couldn't be more happy about.The sophomore prebusiness major...

At about 2 p.m. Thursday, the TCU ALERT program notified students that because of weather all classes were canceled for the rest of the day.

All students who are signed up for the alert system received text messages with the news, in addition to the usual e-mail notification.

The message, while possibly too late for some students traveling to their 2 p.m. classes, was timely and efficient in informing students of the dangerous traveling conditions and class cancellations.

The Lady Frogs basketball team reached two university milestones Wednesday with its 400th victory and 12th conference win on the season, beating the Air Force Falcons on senior night.

The win over the Falcons (10-17, 4-11) was TCU's 12th Mountain West Conference win of the year, beating last year's team record of 11.