Going to college is becoming increasingly expensive with the rising cost of tuition, but tuition is just one financial obstacle for undergraduate international students who need to have enough money for the first year of school and prove an ability to pay for every year of college before even entering the country."Some families in Third World countries might live quite comfortably, but their entire yearly income is still less than the cost of our tuition for a year," said Karen Scott, director of international admission.

Fall is here and consequently, so is the seven-month flu season.Luckily, this bug that comes with the change in seasons is being handled during this year's Mini Health Fair.

For 500 students and 500 faculty and staff members, flu vaccines will be made available on a first-come, first-serve basis enabling some people to prepare for sickness that may come during the winter months. This is the first year students are included in the heath fair vaccine group. Last year, faculty and staff were the only ones privy to the treatment.

After a solid performance at the Baylor Fall Tournament, the equestrian team rested with a week off and is ready to jump back into action.The team will face Metroplex rival SMU in Mansfield on Saturday.With...

The first 500 students and 500 faculty and staff to the University Recreation Center special events room Wednesday will receive a free flu shot compliments of the Rec Center.The flu vaccination will be free of charge on a first-come, first-serve basis at this year's Mini Health Fair, said Steve Kintigh, director of Campus Recreation.

The Rec Center purchased the vaccination doses with money from a special fund, Kintigh said.

Today is the first Tuesday in November. Guess what that means? It's election day.It seems people claim to be patriotic, politically active and have national pride long before they either vote or step into...

It's November, and the smell of ballots is in the air.Campaign teams have been formed, stickers have been handed out and front yards have been decorated with candidate endorsement signs.

Don't let it go unnoticed - exercise the much-envied freedom to vote.

Whether it's for city council members, state representatives or Student Government Association officers, students have a say, so they should use it.

If you had the choice of letting the president of Iran or the former president of Harvard University speak at your school, whom would you choose?Maybe before you make a decision, you should know that the former president of Harvard is Lawrence Summers. Summers resigned from his post at Harvard last year after a lengthy spat with faculty that began when he suggested women may not have the same natural abilities as men in some fields.

Another meet and another big day for head coach Richard Sybesma's swimming & diving teams came Friday.The men's and women's teams swept Air Force by scores of 131-112 on the men's side and 127-102 for the women.

The men's team rolled behind strong outings from seniors Scott McCracken and Jonathon Berrettini, with first-place finishes in the 50-freestyle, 100-freestyle and 200-backstroke events.

Freshmen Nikki Pappas and Jessica Miles would help pace the women with wins in the 50-freestyle, 100-freestyle and 200-freestyle events.

Beating almost 6,000 schools and more than 1 million professors, TCU secured sixth place for having the highest-rated professors in the nation on RateMyProfessors.com, the largest professor-rating Web site."It is certainly a testament to what great professors you have at TCU, and how much students value them and think of them," said mtvU General Manager Stephen Friedman. MtvU bought RateMyProfessors.com in January.

Following an overtime loss to cap off its regular season schedule, the soccer team found out it will go on the road for the first round of the conference tournament.With an 8-10 record, the Horned Frogs will travel to Provo, Utah, on Wednesday to take on the nationally ranked No. 24 BYU Cougars. In the season's lone matchup between the two teams, the 14-3 Cougars defeated TCU 4-1 in an Oct. 11 match in Provo, Utah.