We've seen him on television nearly every Sunday since 1987. His five o'clock shadow, beer belly and catchphrase "D'oh" have turned him into an animated celebrity.Homer Jay Simpson has become the TV dad that, despite his downfalls, zany schemes and shortcomings, has shown a love for his family that is missed by some modern animated TV parents.

Of course, animated fathers such as Peter Griffin of Seth MacFarlane's "Family Guy," Stan Smith of "American Dad" (also by MacFarlane) and Hank Hill of Mike Judge's "King of the Hill," also face family situations.

After suffering two consecutive losses, the Frogs are looking to rebound and regain something the team has not had for two years: the Iron Skillet.As SMU comes to Amon Carter Stadium on Saturday, the Frogs face an opponent they have not faced since their 21-10 loss in 2005 - the first win for the Mustangs against the Frogs in seven previous games.

With the team being in a situation similar to the one it was in last season when it lost to BYU and Utah in back-to-back weeks, head coach Gary Patterson said the team has experience in having to overcome consecutive defeats.

Students strutted their stuff in a fashion show Thursday to help the TCU Guild raise money for seven scholarships.TCU Guild president Shirley Baird said of the 174 people who paid to attend, 159 people...

As the volleyball team prepares for its home match tonight against conference foe Wyoming, the team will look to extend one of the best starts in the program's history.Head coach Prentice Lewis has helped lead the squad to a 13-2 start, highlighted by three tournament championships. Although the team is off to a strong start, the Horned Frogs are still trying to secure the first conference victory of the season. The team stands at 0-1 in Mountain West Conference play, losing to Colorado State in a 3-0 sweep.

Recruiting and competition restrictions placed on the track and field program two years ago will come to an end Saturday as the team's probation period ends.The team was put on probation for a series of NCAA violations, which centered on monetary and academic help given to track members and recruits.

Former head coach Monte Stratton, who was head coach during the team's violations, instructed three former assistant coaches to assist prospects with entrance essays.

The equestrian team will look to build off its inaugural season when it starts up its second season this weekend against a trio of nationally ranked opponents. The team is looking at a busy weekend with a Friday match against the Auburn Tigers and Sunday matches against the South Carolina Gamecocks and the Georgia Bulldogs.

South Carolina, the defending varsity equestrian national champions, beat the Horned Frogs 5-3 in the first round of the western tournament, knocking them out of that event.

This year's Homecoming week will be without the annual group talent show Frog Follies because of students' busy schedules, the homecoming director said.Homecoming director Blake Billings said the reason Frog Follies was not scheduled during Homecoming was because of the lack of time student groups have to prepare for the event. Billings said, since Homecoming falls early in the year, it would just make things more difficult.

The Neeley School of Business is nowhere to be seen in the most recent rankings from the Wall Street Journal, but that's not necessarily a bad thing.A technicality - the fact the university didn't graduate 50 MBA students, a requirement for the Wall Street Journal/Harris Interactive Business School Survey - meant the school didn't qualify for the list.

The class size decreased from 55 to 40, said Bill Cron, associate dean of graduate programs at Neeley.

The criteria evens the field for the schools in the survey and are obviously necessary.

In today's world of travel, cultural pluralism is everywhere. The world is truly a small place. The number of different ethnic groups present in countries and communities today is amazing compared to 50 years ago - take TCU for example. America is the least nativistic country in the world. A poll in 2000 indicated that 10.4 percent of the U.S. population is foreign-born. So it's not a surprise TCU has more than 7,000 students enrolled and just more than a quarter are international students.