In January, NCAA officials will vote on a controversial proposal that, if passed, would allow commercial companies to use pictures or images of collegiate athletes to advertise their products. The specific players whose pictures are used would still not be allowed to endorse a product, and would still not be allowed to receive compensation.

Though colleges could receive compensation for the athletes featured, the players would have little control over how their images were used. As it seems, this is simply exploitation.

Freedom. Freedom of speech, freedom of the press.It's nothing for us to turn on the news and hear that things aren't going well in Iraq or to write a letter to the editor arguing the point of a story that seemed one-sided.

In Russia, however, that freedom is slowly being pulled from the grasp of its citizens.

Russian president Vladimir Putin took office in 2000 touting a sense of liberalism and a belief in a market economy.

Sadly, part of Putin's agenda has been adding increased government control in subtle, and not so subtle ways.

The Horned Frogs soccer team may have outshot the Colorado College Tigers 16-5 Friday, but ultimately, it was the Tigers who walked away with the 1-0 victory. During a second-half corner kick, freshman...

In Saturday's Cowboy Jamboree at Oklahoma State, the men's and women's cross-country teams finished in 15th and 13th place, respectively . Sophomore Festus Kigen finished in 10th place in the men's 8K...

My cousin was married in Philadelphia on Sunday and I felt like the face of death the following day.Maybe it was the Justin Timberlake-style dance party I put on at the wedding reception that did me in. After seeing my father trying to conjure up the spirits of 1981 in his attempt to dance, I'm still trying to figure out how I was able to bring sexy back to the city of brotherly love.

The volleyball team lost 3-0 (25-30, 27-30, 30-32) to the New Mexico Lobos on Friday night, falling to 15-4 overall and 2-2 in Mountain West Conference play. Freshman outside hitter Irene Hester established a new career-high with 13 kills, but it wasn't enough to lead the Horned Frogs to victory against a New Mexico team with a 12-4 overall record and 3-1 record in conference. The Frogs came back in the second game with a 7-0 run behind the serving of junior setter Nirelle Hampton before bowing out.

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After hearing from more than 30 applicants nationwide, the TCU Counseling Center selected the top two candidates to join its staff this fall, the director of the center said. The Counseling Center, located next to the Health Center, hired psychologists Elizabeth Koshy and Eric Wood, to provide more counseling, outreach and education programs to students.

Linda Wolszon, director of mental health services, said she was looking for people with good clinical skills, who are active in outreach and programming and can relate to college students.

RealWorld Integrated Marketing Communications, an advertising agency staffed by TCU students, celebrates its first anniversary this month.

The student-run advertising agency worked on 68 projects for 28 clients in its first year of operations, said the director of RealWorld IMC.

The agency works only for nonprofit organizations.

"We're giving back to Fort Worth by giving the nonprofits a lot for their money," said Claudia Butts, director of RealWorld.