Nothing demonstrates TCU students' collective apathy toward social issues more than the "Fair Trade coffee cycle."It's a cycle where a small group of idealistic student activists known as the Frogs for Fair Trade, bug TCU Dining Services about the absence of Fair Trade coffee on campus to the point where you can actually buy it in Frog Bytes or the Main.

A few months later Dining Services will stop buying Fair Trade coffee due to low demand and shortly thereafter it becomes unavailable again and the whole process starts over.

Not so very long ago in a country far away, an aspiring writer pondered truth in fiction.Although this writer knew that recent books like "The Da Vinci Code," "Labyrinth" and "The Historian" were written...

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.

Dining Services announced Tuesday at the Student Government House of Representatives meeting that the dining plan will rise in cost fall 2008 and representatives expressed concern about how it will affect the student body. Rick Flores, general manager of Dining Services, told representatives the cost has not yet been determined, but he thinks the new plan for on-campus residents will cost between $1,900 and $2,100. The current plans offered range from $1,400 to $1,800.

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.