It seems Latin Americans are putting their money to work; it's just taking a little trip first.The Inter-American Development Bank, a bank set up primarily to monitor and aid Latin American economies, reports that Latin American immigrants sent $62 billion from the United States to their native countries last year.

These payments, known as remittances, are part of the ongoing political debate surrounding immigration in the United States.

Rob Garnett, associate professor of economics, sees these remittances as a positive sign.

The university orchestra and choir will perform Verdi's "Requiem," which was written by Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi, for a sold-out crowd Monday at Bass Performance Hall.The choral and orchestral masterpiece will be performed by the 150-member Fort Worth-TCU Symphonic Choir and the 75-member TCU Symphony Orchestra, and conducted by Ronald Shirey. Shirey is the director of choir for the School of Music and the University Christian Church.

Although the show has been sold out since April 5, a waitlist has been set up on the music school's Web site.

The Horned Frogs defeated the UNLV Rebels 4-3 in a spirited performance Saturday evening at the Friedman Tennis Center's indoor courts. The Frogs swept the Rebels in doubles play, clinching the match when Cosmin Cotet and Kriegler Brink overpowed Brett Hunter and Elliot Wronski 8-6. Coet and Brink are currently ranked No. 36 in the nation as a doubles team.

Although the Rebels had an upset victory Friday over New Mexico, head coach Dave Borelli said the Frogs were not overly worried about today's match.

Every year, more females participate in college sports, yet one aspect of female athletics becomes more male-dominated every year: coaching.Out of the 10 women's teams at TCU, men coach seven of them.

TCU is actually part of a national trend.



THE RESEARCH

Female coaches represent 42.4 percent of the coaches of women's teams in the National Collegiate Athletic Association compared to 58 percent in 1978 and 90 percent in 1972, according to the latest edition of a longitudinal study by R. Vivian Acosta and Linda Jean Carpenter.

From a young age, we were taught that if we cannot think of something nice to say, we should bite our tongues and say nothing at all. Mean personal comments were meant to remain private and unspoken. With the introduction of blogging, we can anonymously release all of our thoughts through MySpace, Facebook and Xanga. We practically live in the technologically advanced world known as the blogosphere. However, leaving hateful, threatening comments on another blogger's post has evolved into a major controversy.

The TCU men's tennis team will return to action this Friday when the team plays Mountain West Conference opponent Air Force. The Frogs played their last match 10 days ago, dropping the contest to No. 45 Wisconsin, 5-2.

Head coach Dave Borelli said the time off was needed and has helped the players get ready for the third part of the season.

"We needed to take the time off to get fresh legs," Borelli said. "It's been a long year, and now the guys have been able to focus on school."

What began as a class project now has six students striving to make a better impression on the lives of Fort Worth community children who have incarcerated parents.The students in Cara Jacock's Group Discussion class commanded the attention of about 35 students Monday night in a presentation about the M.A.T.C.H. Program, short for Mentoring Adolescents Together Creating Hope.

M.A.T.C.H. was founded in 2004 to enrich the lives of children with incarcerated parents by providing positive role models.

To keep up with nationwide trends, TCU will launch a Doctorate of Nursing Practice to help improve the state's health care system.This program will help students gain additional skills in leadership, information processing, innovation, translational research and health policy, said Paulette Burns, dean of the Harris College of Nursing and Health Sciences.

It is a new national program that is concerned with quality and safety issues, and is the first doctoral program in the Harris College of Nursing and Health Sciences, said Linda Harrington, director of the DNP.

Nothing is as it seems, and the truth can be made up of lies. "Perfect Stranger" is a myriad of complex lies, secrets and the constant changing of identities. How far do people really go to protect themselves, their pasts, and their futures?

Rowena Price (Halle Berry) goes undercover to investigate Harrison Hill (Bruce Willis), in relation to her friend's murder. Miles Hailey (Giovanni Ribisi, "Gone in 60 Seconds") plays Rowena's Guy Friday, and he lends his support, friendship and technical savvy - along with some creepy sexual innuendo.