KTCU was shut down Tuesday at about 8:45 p.m. after a threat was phoned into the station, according to police.TCU Police Sgt. Alvin Allcon said the threat against the station, located on the first floor of Moudy Building South, came from an unidentified person who had called a number of times over the past couple of weeks to complain about the format of the station.

Allcon would not release details about the nature of Tuesday night's threat.

OK, I am going to be frank for a minute: I do not know what to do for the next two weeks. No TCU football for two weeks? After Thursday night's performance, that might be a good thing - but that's beside the point.

There has to be something to distract everyone from the 24-hour, vomit-inducing coverage of the Boston Red Sox's return to the World Series, the New England Patriots' run toward an undefeated season and the thought of Ohio State and Boston College at No. 1 and No. 2 in the BCS standings, respectively.

Editor's Note: The Daily Skiff was not allowed to interview the coach or players after the match.It took 97 minutes and 19 seconds before the first goal was netted in Sunday's soccer match, but instead of an uproar from the home crowd, there was silence.

A free kick in the overtime period made it past the outreached arms of freshman goalkeeper Kelsey Walters and gave the conference-leading UNLV Running Rebels a 1-0 win Sunday at Garvey-Rosenthal Stadium.

A Peruvian chef will be on campus today to cook up South American dishes as part of Sodexho's 2007 Global Chef Program.Chef Juan Carlos Barzola, from TCU's meal provider Sodexho, will prepare unique dishes from Peru and other South American countries. He will conduct demonstrations of meal preparations that students can get involved in. Students will have an opportunity to interact with him and get a 'hands-on' cooking experience.

Legia Abato, marketing manager for TCU Dining Services, said Barzola was chosen from a group of global chefs.

There were 15 citations issued Friday night at a fraternity party when a Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission officer followed the buses to the event, a TABC officer said.TABC officer Tana Travis, who followed the buses to Phi Gamma Delta's Yellow T-Shirt Party on Oct. 12, said four of the citations were for misrepresentation of age and 11 were for minor in possession.

Fort Worth police officer C.A. Lewis said the citations are Class C misdemeanors and carry a fine of up to $500. Travis said nobody was arrested.

The unusual amount of injuries and surprising disappointments of this season has sparked some interesting trades that are making waves in the fantasy world.The faces in new places to watch are Michael Bennett in Tampa Bay, formerly of Kansas City and Chris Chambers in San Diego, formerly of Miami. One would think Chambers' value would skyrocket now that he has a legitimate quarterback and high-powered offense to fit into, but be wary. He won't see near the number of targets he did when he was the only option down in Florida.

About 80 percent of students surveyed said they would take an Academic Service-Learning integrated course again.The course would allow students to be involved in community service, according to a survey in spring 2007.

The survey was sent out to 69 students in four Service-Learning courses and had a response rate of 40.6 percent.

Rosangela Boyd, director of community involvement and service-learning, said the Academic Service-Learning program intends to give students an opportunity to get involved in community service while learning about their profession.

Musicarte, a three-day visual and performing arts festival, will celebrate the multiple facets of Latin culture this weekend in downtown Fort Worth.

Veronica Villegas, spokeswoman for the festival, said she hopes Musicarte will create awareness about diversity within the Latino culture - differences one might not normally think about.

Musicarte will feature the artwork of Fort Worth native Manuel Pulido.

An eighth -inning miscue on a ball hit to right field allowed five unearned runs to score and led the Purple team to a 7-2 victory in the first game of the Purple-White World Series at Lupton Stadium on Friday. Head coach Jim Schlossnagle, who serves as an observer during the Series, said he thought the defense was solid despite the error.

"I thought what was positive was that, with the exception of the one ball in the outfield, we played really good defense," Schlossnagle said. "We made some really good plays in the outfield."