Despite prior warnings, some students had their first taste of alcohol violations before ever stepping foot in a classroom.There were six on-campus alcohol violations since the first day of move-ins, but Sparkle Greenhaw, associate director of alcohol and drug education, said this is not an unusual occurrence.

"Just as soon as students get back on campus, we start getting alcohol violations," Greenhaw said. "The majority of violations come from first-year students."

Though the implementation of the plus/minus grading system might give a more accurate representation of students' grades, the lack of consistency in mandating it could create problems for students and...

The president of the Brite Divinity School said he hopes through his background in the history of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) he can help the church evolve with the changing times instead of dwelling in the past. President Newell Williams was elected as moderator of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) this summer at the church's biennial general assembly in Fort Worth.

Andy Dalton was hanging out with friends, watching the No. 1 movie in America when he got the news he was named the No. 1 quarterback at TCU."I was actually told in a movie ... but I came up here on Sunday and that's when they told me," Dalton said. "I went and saw 'Superbad.'"

The redshirt freshman beat out sophomore Marcus Jackson in a contested battle for the starting quarterback slot, opened by the graduation of Jeff Ballard.

Last semester's online course evaluation trial proved unsuccessful because of low student participation.Before the online course evaluations get a second trial, students must first understand the implications of course evaluations.

Forty-one percent of the student body responded to the online evaluations compared to 75 percent who filled out the paper-and-pencil Student Perception of Teaching evaluations during class, said Catherine Welhburg, executive director of the Office for Assessment and Quality Enhancement.

After last semester's online course evaluation pilot test, the faculty evaluation committee reported the study was unsuccessful because of a low student response rate found.Catherine Wehlburg, executive director of the Office for Assessment and Quality Enhancement, said, "A reason we had unsuccessful rates was because over 1,000 evaluations were caught in the TCU spam filters so by the time the e-mails were sent back out, the timing was off due to finals week."