When was the last time you went to a museum? What about a play? Visit any art galleries lately? Read any poetry? If you answered yes to any of these questions give yourself a pat on the back, you just earned yourself some "Culture Points."

If our colonial ancestors caught a glimpse of the ways we entertain ourselves, they'd pull off a glove finger by finger and slap our collective face, Bugs Bunny style.

There's one four-letter word constantly causing problems for Americans: love.This word may send many screaming for their "Moulin Rouge" soundtracks as evidence of all that is good in the world, but the sad truth is that there are people in the United States whose love makes them second-class citizens.

When U.S. citizens marry, they fall under the protection of 1,138 federal laws.

Sounds pretty sweet, except for one tiny detail: not all U.S. citizens can get married.

After a 30-year career with the Fort Worth Police Department, a retired police sergeant and TCU alumnus published his first book, which chronicles the history of the Fort Worth Police Department.Dale Hinz, 58, retired from the department in 1999, but returned to work as background investigator in 2001. This is when he began the six-year process of researching and writing "Panther's Rest: History of the Fort Worth Police Department 1873 - 21st Century," which was published by AuthorHouse in July.

Editor's Note: The Daily Skiff was not allowed to interview the coach or players for this story.The Horned Frogs will come off the starting line Saturday at the 15th Annual Chile Pepper Cross Country Festival at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, Ark.

The Frogs are coming into this meet following the Cowboy Jamboree in which the women and men finished 13th out of 18 teams and 15th out of 17 teams, respectively.

The word "parking" carries only one connotation at TCU - negative.That's because our automobile-obsessed culture isn't conducive to college campuses, places built for aesthetics and walkability. Campuses do not accommodate the mammoth frames of our beloved F-350s and Hummer H2s.

So those who believe they must drive everywhere are understandably frustrated about parking problems.

But what if we didn't drive everywhere we went?

The halfway point of the football season has arrived for TCU, and it heads into the second half of the season with a few problems it hopes to take care of, head coach Gary Patterson said.After losing at Wyoming on Saturday, the Horned Frogs returned to an even record with all three losses coming on the road.

Patterson said two of the main reasons TCU has struggled out of the gate have been injuries and tough play from the opposition.

The injury of sophomore running back Joseph Turner limits the Frog's ability to pound the ball in the red zone, Patterson said.

One team is coming off a heartbreaking loss, while the other is on a high following a win against the No. 2 team in the nation. The Frogs will look to bounce back as the Cardinal hopes to avoid a letdown. Here are the probable starters for Saturday's game between TCU and Stanford.

QUARTERBACK

TCU: Andy Dalton, redshirt freshman

Stanford: T.C. Ostrander, senior

Advantage: Stanford

TCU beat Southern Methodist University and Baylor once again, but this time the victories may have some mixed consequences.TCU employs significantly more adjunct instructors than both SMU and Baylor.

Most adjuncts teach one to two classes and make much less money than tenured professors, making them financially enticing alternatives to a tenured faculty member who would be a six-figure hire.

The House of Student Representatives passed a bill Tuesday to standardize candidate election signs, by a vote of 22-4 with 10 abstentions. Perry Cunningham, Neeley School of Business representative and...

Not only are Latino immigrant churches changing the culture, they are impacting the religious climate of America, said a theology professor from Puerto Rico on Tuesday night."The world of Latino immigrant congregations is diverse, challenging and changing," said Luis Rivera, director of the Center for the Study of Latino/a Theology and Ministry at McCormick Theological Seminary in Chicago. "They have changed the face and faith in this country."

All dogs go to heaven, but first they must be blessed.Members of the TCU community can bring their animals to the 3rd Annual Blessing of the Animals service Wednesday.

The Rev. Angela Kaufman, minister to the university, said the Blessing of the Animals is a service that goes on at schools and churches as well as many other places of worship all over the world.

Kaufman said this service usually takes place around the Feast Day of St. Francis, the saint of animals. All animals are welcome from dogs, rabbits, chickens, even lizards have been known to attend.