The voices of Horned Frogs cheering for the home team will soon be silent around Amon Carter Stadium, only to be followed shortly by the sound of natural gas drilling.Brian Gutierrez, vice chancellor for finance and administration, said meetings were held last spring with the neighborhood association leaders around the TCU campus to address their concerns and suggestions about the drilling, which is set to begin next semester in the stadium's remote parking lot.

The Lady Frogs dropped two games over the break to SMU and to California. TCU's Adrianne Ross was the high scorer in both games with 17 points against SMU and 14 points against California. The Lady Frogs...

This semester, the resident assistant information session will combine with other leadership programs on campus to increase awareness of the various leadership opportunities available to students, said the hall director for Carter and Samuelson halls.Rachel Siron, hall director for Carter and Samuelson Halls, said students who are interested in becoming an RA, Frog Camp facilitator, orientation leader or Connections mentor can attend an information session today or Thursday from 9 to 11 p.m. in the Student Center.

The volleyball team ended its season with an overall mark of 22-12 after falling to the Utah Utes Thursday in Las Vegas. LaMeita Smith led the Frogs with a team-high of 14 kills and posted a .375 hitting efficiency, but it was not enough to grant a victory. TCU was ranked fourth seed in the Mountain West tournament, and the 22 victories won by the Frogs was the second-most in school history.

I get paid to wake up at 2:30 a.m. three times a week.The news never sleeps and, as a TV news production assistant, I don't get to either.

What I cannot understand is why anyone who isn't making a buck would get up that early just to save one?

Known to savvy shoppers as Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving is rumored to be the busiest shopping day of the year.

Let the madness begin.

In preparation for Black Friday, Best Buy held a nationwide dress rehearsal for all employees, according to an article in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

When King Juan Carlos of Spain told Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez to "shut up" at a summit this month, many people wanted to buy the monarch a drink.

What prompted the king's outburst at the Ibero-American Summit was Chavez's persistent interruptions of Spanish prime minister Jose Luis Rodríguez Zapatero as he chided Chavez for calling former Spanish prime minister and free-market advocate Jose Maria Aznar a "fascist."

Well, it is that time of the year again.Yep, a time where Christmas lights go up faster than the start of searches for new football coaches at Baylor and SMU.

You know, a time when people will get a head start on buying whatever Hannah Montana apparel is available, hoping to avoid any confrontation with the Suburban-driving soccer mom on her second Starbucks grande caramel macchiato.

It definitely sounds like Thanksgiving.