Many people, even those considered to be American citizens, can trace their origins and ancestry to other parts of the world. There are those like myself, however, whose parents came from another country and were immigrants to the United States.As a second-generation child with Polish parents, the differences between immigrant parents and citizen offspring can be great, as can the differences felt between immigrant children and second-generation children in the United States.

When a loved one back home is hospitalized, if a student loses his or her job or if there is a death in the family it can be especially difficult to continue financially.But these ones in need can now turn to TCU for the extra money to fly home or cover that month's rent because an anonymous donor has provided money to restart the student emergency fund, said Angela Kaufman, university minister.

After the recent hurricanes the donor saw some students struggling and wanted to help by donating $50,000 to restart the "frog family crisis fund," Kaufman said.

TCU Police will soon be installing a new camera system in some parking lots to help combat crime on campus, a TCU Police sergeant said.In several cases this semester, police have been unable to use security footage from the existing cameras to identify suspects.

Saturday morning, the cameras were unable to help police when freshman Brownie Porterfield's blue Chevy Blazer was broken into in the freshman parking lot, said TCU Police Sgt. Kelly Ham.

The Collegiate Entrepreneurs Organization has found a way to advance its field around the world.TCU CEO is supporting two entrepreneurs in Mexico through Kiva, an organization that allows people to lend money to help entrepreneurs in Third World countries. Their motto is giving "loans that change lives," according to Kiva's Web site, and that is just what CEO is seeking to offer.

CEO board member Jeff Livney said a fellow member read about Kiva in the news and introduced CEO members to the idea of getting involved.

For three freshmen, a service-learning project did not just end with a grade for class; it spurred the creation of an on-campus AIDS awareness organization.Freshmen Ellen Munsterman, Susan Harz and Ellie Neuhaus brought the AIDS Outreach Center on campus to coordinate free HIV testing last semester as part of a class project.

The event was more successful than they expected, said Munsterman, a nursing major, as they had to turn people away due to the lack of supplies.

It's a miracle.It only took three weeks of therapy for former U.S. evangelical leader Ted Haggard to go back to heterosexuality, according to a Feb. 9 Reuters article.

Haggard, the former president of the National Association of Evangelicals and senior pastor of New Life Church in Colorado Springs, Colo., resigned last November amidst a scandal caused when a male prostitute went public with their affair, according to the article.

It is three minutes until the puck drops at the Dallas Stars' game versus their division rivals, the Anaheim Ducks. As the lights go out and a giant star is lowered onto the ice for the players' entrances, half of the seats in the American Airlines Center are still empty.This is part of the reason the Dallas Stars have started their college rush program, said Jason Rademan, media relations and team services manager.

The program will allow students with a valid and current college ID to purchase tickets at a lower price just before game time.

Do you take this man to be your lawfully wedded husband to love and to cherish ...Sounds familiar, right? That's because for most of its history, the definition of marriage has been confined to a man and a woman. And by passing laws that allow same-sex marriage, states are redefining what a marriage was meant to be. For me, marriage is still defined as a promise between a man, a woman and God.

The last time that the Horned Frogs baseball team faced the Oral Roberts Golden Eagles, one team was sent home without a chance to compete in the College World Series, while the other lived to play on another postseason day.The then No. 22 Horned Frogs (3-1) were defeated by the Golden Eagles (2-0) in the 2004 NCAA Regional, and Friday will mark the first time these two teams will face each other since that postseason matchup.

Both squads bring different teams to the field than those who played in 2004.

For the first time in four years, the Pell Grant value will be increased for low-income college students. The rise in funding for the grant is an advantageous situation for college students who finance their way through college.The Pell Grant is a federally funded form of financial aid given to college students that does not need to be paid back unlike the federal subsidized and unsubsidized loans and Stafford loans.