Editor's Note: The Daily Skiff was not allowed to interview the players for this story. The volleyball team is heading west this weekend to take on two conference opponents in the lower half of the Mountain West standings.

The Horned Frogs will play an Air Force team that is 0-8 in conference play Thursday at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo. The last time the Horned Frogs faced Air Force, the match ended in TCU's favor.

After a two-week break, the men's tennis team will head to Austin for a tournament featuring regional opponents.Head coach Dave Borelli and the team return to the court Saturday for the third tournament of the season at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association South Central Regional at the University of Texas' Penick-Allison Tennis Center.

Teams from across Texas and Louisiana will be at the tournament. Notable opponents include the hosting Texas Longhorns, Texas A&M, Baylor, SMU, UT-Arlington and Centenary.

The dreaded dining plan, which could cost students up to $2,100 a semester, will be implemented next fall despite student opposition.Rick Flores, general manager of Dining Services, announced details of the new plan at the Student Government Association meeting Tuesday.

Myra Mills, a sophomore music education major, said she thought the price increase of the new meal plan was a bad idea.

"I really like the idea of more community dining, but the price was a big deal for me," Mills said.

The Center for Civic Literacy will host a discussion on major issues in South Africa for TCU and the Fort Worth community at 7 p.m. tonight at University Christian Church.Eric Cox, associate director of the center, will speak about South Africa's economy, life after the apartheid and the effect of AIDS, and will lead a discussion on how to deal with those issues.

Donald Jackson, director of the center, said the event is part of the Foreign Policy Association's Great Decisions Global Affairs Education Program 2007.

PepsiCo's Performance with Purpose strategy has made them more than just a soda and chip company, the company's vice president of human resources told Neeley students Tuesday.Ron Parker, TCU graduate and 24-year PepsiCo veteran, said one of the company's greatest skills is its "intellectual agility," that is, its ability to adapt to changing market trends to improve performance.

"It has allowed us to go from a soft drink company, to a total beverage company, to a full food and beverage company," Parker said. "That's how we transformed ourselves."

Hi, Annoyance? It's me, Common Courtesy. If you were getting coffee Monday morning in the Mary Couts Burnett Library, you might have heard what could have been the voice of your nightmares.

Well, if your nightmares include a petite girl outfitted in sorority letters screaming into a cell phone, then you would be right.

This girl should win an Oscar for the loud argument, dramatic hand gestures and grimaces.

If only she were acting.

Almost every little girl dreams of the flowers, the white wedding dress and Prince Charming standing beside her. Then comes the happy ending. A relationship that holds fast to the vow "to love and to cherish from this day forward until death do us part." But, according to a new census survey, that happy ending is unobtainable for the majority of Americans.

More than 50 percent of Americans who would have celebrated their 25th wedding anniversaries since 2000 did not because of death, divorce or separation.

The athletics department fell short this week of its obligation to preserve the university's image.A member of one of the most notable groups on campus, junior wide receiver Walter Bryant, was allowed into the spotlight this weekend as TCU took on Stanford University despite the fact that he'd been arrested only days earlier when police said he assaulted his wife.

The way the athletics department has handled the situation involving Bryant is the opposite of how it should have been handled.

Coming off a game that could have turned their season around, the Frogs have a quick turnaround against an opponent on a three-game winning streak. For the most part, it looks even heading into Thursday night's game against Utah. Here's a list of probable starters for Thursday night's game between TCU and Utah.

QUARTERBACK

TCU: Andy Dalton, redshirt freshman

Utah: Brian Johnson, junior

Advantage: TCU

Back-to-back days of racing can be taxing for swimmers, and this week, the H20 Frogs will undertake this task with three consecutive days of competition for the women's team and two for the men's squad. The meets coming up will take place at Colorado State as part of a head-to-head meet Thursday for just the women's team, and Friday and Saturday will be a joint meet with both teams in the CSU Early Bird Invitational.