A Thursday loss had little effect on the volleyball team in its Saturday match.Head coach Prentice Lewis' squad bounced back to sweep the Utah Utes (34-32, 30-25, 30-24) on Friday at the University Recreation...

A motivational speaker will be speaking on living a compelling and ethical life today during the Martin Delta Gamma Memorial Lecture in Values and Ethics, a faculty member said.Natasha Chapman, associate director of the TCU Leadership Center, said the lecture is an endowed biennial event that bring speakers from disparate fields to speak on campus.

This year's speaker Jim Jacobus, president of Champion Education Resources, will be relating his talk to TCU's theme semester, "Rights, Respect and Responsibilities," Chapman said.

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.

A court date has been set for a former TCU athlete indicted on a charge of aggravated sexual assault by threat, according to the Tarrant County District Clerk's Office.Shannon Monroe Behling, 20, is set to appear in court Nov. 19 at 9 a.m. Behling, a former basketball player, was indicted Tuesday on a charge of aggravated sexual assault by threat, according to the Tarrant County District Attorney's office.

Beginning Nov. 3, people across the state will have the opportunity to experience more than 400 years of Texas history through maps, as a result of TCU's partnership with the Museum of the Big Bend at Sul Ross State University in Alpine.The exhibit, titled "Going to Texas: Five Centuries of Texas Maps," consists of 64 historic maps from the Yana and Marty Davis map collection dating from 1548 to 2006.

The opponent's team name may have been the All-Stars, but for the Lady Frogs, one player rose above the rest to be their all-star.Behind the 23-point, 12-rebound performance by senior forward Lorie Butler-Rayford, the Lady Frogs ran away with Thursday night's exhibition game against the All-Stars, cruising to a 78-47 win. The All-Stars are comprised of players from around the WNBA.

Butler-Rayford shot 8 for 15 from the field, chipped in four steals and finished as the only TCU player with double-digit points.

The post positions for the 2007-08 women's basketball team are loaded with experience heading into this season, the head coach said.Head coach Jeff Mittie said veterans and freshmen will help at both positions.

Mittie said he has found a group of four players - senior Jenna Lohse, juniors Micaela Younger and Lauren Roberts and freshman Micah Garoutte to play center. Garoutte and Roberts are new additions to the squad for this season's campaign.

The School for Classical and Contemporary Dance is presenting its fall concert Friday through Sunday in Ed Landreth Auditorium.Elizabeth Gillaspy, associate professor of ballet, said the dance department plans a fully produced concert every semester that is choreographed by faculty and guest artists.

"It is a concert of five different works," Gillaspy said. "They are all very different and present a wide range of dance styles and techniques."

Thaddaeus Williams had a dream.At 5 feet 11 inches and 280 pounds, Williams, an 18-year-old freshman from MacArthur High School in San Antonio, had enrolled in Hartnell College in Salinas, Calif., with plans of extending his football career.

"When he got there, his personality stood out," said Matt Collins, Hartnell's head football coach. "Just a real happy person, full of energy."

This is where it gets good: After his two years at Hartnell, he wanted to put on the purple and white.

Williams aspired to be a Horned Frog.