The payments TCU receives from a lending company under investigation by the New York attorney general's office are given back to students through grants and scholarships, an administrator said Monday.The university has a one-year-old revenue sharing partnership with Education Finance Partners, the loan company that finances the recommended Private Loan for Horned Frogs, said Michael Scott, director of scholarships and student financial aid.

EFP, one of the companies under investigation by the attorney general, has paid TCU about $12,000 under its arrangement, Scott said.

The board of trustees will vote next week on a resolution that proposes the removal of one of the last remaining vestiges of the anti-communism McCarthy era from the Faculty and Staff Handbook.Provost...

The Fort Worth Public Library is considering adding filters to regulate Internet access at public libraries, according to an article in Tuesday's Fort Worth Star-Telegram. The filters would be implemented to help control the material users under 17 could have access to on public computers.Our libraries should remain free of restrictions, despite concerns from parents and watch-dog groups about obscenity and what young people should be allowed to explore.

TV commercials. Most people hate them with a passion only surpassed by their ire for Satan's favorite confection: candy corn. In fact, we all know someone, possibly even ourselves, who begins compulsively flipping channels the microsecond advertisements grace the screen.But why? As sacrilegious as it may sound, commercials play a much bigger role in everyday life than most people think.

First of all, commercials give us pop culture icons who can define generations. Who among us wouldn't be able to pick out Jared?

For Jeff Roet, the best way to explain the world is by looking down.The geography lecturer said he was "born with a spatial hardwiring and 3-D awareness" that enables him to envision the world as a map.

"By the time I was 6, I could read a map better than anyone," Roet said. "I could glance at one that was upside down and still understand what it all meant."

Although Roet showed an early propensity for geography, it took a sudden change for his gift to evolve into a near-obsession.

While many college students used Spring Break as a chance to go visit exotic locations and just get away for a couple of days, I spent the break in a small town with some of my best friends, watching a lot of college basketball.The March Madness tournament is the greatest sporting event of its kind, giving 65 teams the chance to become this year's national champion.

The only part of this grand event that needs some improvement are the commercials that run during the games.

The Horned Frogs (16-6) began a five-game road trip Tuesday night against the UT Arlington Mavericks (9-15) with a win thanks to some timely two-out hitting and a comedy of errors.Freshman pitcher Tyler...

TCU Police officers said they are searching for a man who exposed himself to a female student around 5 p.m. Sunday in front of Sherley Hall. The student said she observed the man walking between Colby and Sherley halls talking with female students.

Sgt. Kelly Ham said he did not know who those students were.

Ham said the student reported that the suspect said a crude comment, exposed himself and began masturbating.

The suspect then walked away toward the Starpoint School.

TCU Police apprehended a suspect after he was seen by a TCU groundskeeper harassing a female student behind Smith Entrepreneurs Hall on Monday.The suspect was held by TCU Police officers and issued a criminal trespassing warning for being on campus and not having any business with the university, TCU Police Cpl. Brad Murphey said.

Murphey said the warning means that if the suspect is seen on campus again, he will be arrested on sight.

TCU Police described him as a 17-year-old male.

American Idol hopefuls won't be the only contestants singing for a live audience tonight. Like the popular national singing competition, TCU students will sing in front of a panel of judges and audience members. However, in a unique twist, contestants will have the opportunity to sing songs in different languages.

Roland Guerrero, president of Lambda Theta Phi, Latin Fraternity Inc., said he came up with the idea of hosting a karaoke-type event after watching American Idol and hearing about the British, Australian and Mexican idol competitions.