As the deans of the business and communication schools step down, a search committee is being formed to fill their positions.Daniel Short, dean of the M.J. Neeley School of Business, has decided to step down from his position by the end of the 2008 academic year.

Short said he believes he has done a good job as dean for four years and now he wants to give someone else an opportunity do a better job.

"I will miss being a dean," he said. "It is the greatest job in the world to work with other deans and alumni."

Student Government Association passed legislative resolution 94-3 at its meeting Tuesday to support research into distinguishing the rows of the university's parking lots.College of Communication representative Christina Durano said she thinks certain parking lots are so big students can have difficulty finding their cars, and clearly marking the lots students would save time and confusion.

The Interfraternity Council proposal outlining sanctions against the four fraternities involved in a bid-night fight was not addressed during the weekly IFC meeting Tuesday.IFC president Matt DiLeo said...

The Neeley School of Business did not make it as one of the top 50 regional business schools in a Wall Street Journal ranking this year because of a discrepancy in the university's qualifications.The business school did not qualify this year because it did not graduate 50 MBA students, one of the criteria to be considered for the Wall Street Journal/Harris Interactive Business School Survey, according to a Wall Street Journal article.

The university seems to be sending mixed messages to its students.For the first year ever, both freshmen and sophomores are required to live on campus. With two new residence halls and two more under construction, TCU is pushing the idea of a more residential campus for its students.

Increasing the required minimums for on-campus meal plans goes along with this idea - the more money students have on their ID cards, the more they'll eat on campus. It's pretty simple.

For years now, administrators have pushed the idea of a more residential campus, and the Board of Trustees approved a two-year residency requirement last spring. With the opening of Carter and Samuelson halls, the vision has started to materialize.So with two more residences and about 700 more students around, one might think TCU would offer more food options and keep the dining spots open longer.

My return last December from a semester-long study abroad stint in Spain was bittersweet. As I boarded that America-bound plane, I wasn't sure whether to be happy or sad about leaving the life I had made in Spain and returning to my American friends and family.

But there was one advantage to coming home that I hadn't anticipated: the absence of that cloud of secondhand smoke that seemed to stalk me wherever I went in Europe.

Everybody smokes in Europe. Everybody. It's as ingrained in their culture as Monday Night Football is in ours.

The month of September is not only bringing a new season of ABC's "Grey's Anatomy,", but the Department of Theatre is also presenting the play, "The Anatomy of Gray," which has more differences than just the A and the E.The play, which lead actress, Sydney Baumgart, said is a "great piece of creative writing," will be performed Sept. 25 through Sept. 28 and Sept. 30 in the Hays Theatre.

Last week marked the beginning of Hispanic Heritage month, and, in celebration, Inclusiveness and Intercultural Services is bringing a pop-culture leader in the Hispanic community to campus.Peter Mellado,...