Connections will be a mandatory program for incoming freshmen next year in an effort to improve freshman retention rates, said an assistant dean of Student Development Services.

According to the 2007 TCU Fact Book, the university lost more than 15 percent of freshman students. Carrie Zimmerman, assistant dean of Student Development Services, said this is a sign that there are programs that can be improved.

Citing high voter turnout in the rest of the country and down-to-the-wire races for both major political parties, many Texas officials anticipated the higher-than-normal voter turnout in Tuesday's primaries.

This led the Texas Secretary of State's office to issue a memo Feb. 15 with a list of protocols for election judges and clerks to follow to deal with the flood of Texans at the polls.

A new deal to broadcast the Mountain West Conference's sports network on satellite doesn't mean more money for conference schools, but TCU's athletics director said the deal will result in more national...

It is the beginning of the season. Start things off slow and take it easy by scheduling light-weight teams that won't cause too many problems.

The wins pad the overall record, allow players to ease into a season and could help provide a boost in the rankings.

For a team like the TCU baseball squad, lower-level ball clubs could have been an ideal way to start the season.

In the recent decade, tattoos have become the hottest fashion trend, especially during the summer months.

People want to show off their body art. According to an article on AOL.com, a study by the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press reports more than a third of 18- to 25-year-olds have a tattoo.

I can't help but feel disappointed about the Dallas Mavericks trade involving Jason Kidd. At first, I was more upset about losing point guard Devin Harris and center DeSagana Diop. We also lost Maurice Ager, Trenton Hassell and retired forward Keith Van Horn. New Jersey also received two first-round draft picks and $3 million.

What did we get? Jason Kidd - the same guy we let go 11 years ago. Mark Cuban, Dallas Mavericks owner, thought this was the man of our team's future.

Prison is the last place most people would expect Neeley School of Business graduates to end up, but it is exactly where Andrew Kramer, a 2007 graduate of the Neeley MBA program, wanted to be.

Kramer works as a grant writer for the Prison Entrepreneurship Program, which aims to help prison inmates change their lives for the better through education and a passion for entrepreneurship.

Across the world, Texas is known for its cowboys, cattle, tall-tales, two-steppers, swaggers and braggers, barbeque, the infamous "don't mess with Texas" mentality and of course, that Texas drawl.

Texans are famous for having a distinct accent, one that seems to be fading.

In 2003, linguistic experts from the University of Texas at San Antonio set out to observe what seems to be a fading dialect and discover what it is that makes the accent unique.

Texas primary day is no longer approaching - it's here. But from being on and around campus lately, this shouldn't be a surprise to anyone.

That's right, students have not only made it known that primary day has been approaching, they've taken an active role in the campaigns.

From creating Facebook groups to working with area party officials, students have worked to prove the candidates should take the youth vote seriously.

In a year that Texas voters' opinions matter, TCU students are taking full advantage of their democratic voice.