The university is sitting on a gold mine.Administrators are involved in negotiations with local companies to tap into a pocket of natural gas sitting below campus.

The same situation is occurring across Fort Worth as companies hurry to tap into the Barnett Shale, a natural gas resource that stretches through several Texas counties.

Companies hope to not only purchase mineral rights from the university, they hope to utilize unused space on campus as drilling sites.

Students and faculty were able to eat their lunches while watching dancers perform in a student choreography showcase Monday.Brown Bag Dance is sponsored by the dance honor society, Chi Tau Epsilon, and is produced entirely by students.

The informal dance recital is open to all dance majors and happens once every semester. The hour-long performance is open to all students and faculty.

Dance faculty members were not required to attend but many lined the first two rows to show their support, said Allie Stevens, a modern dance major and choreographer for the show.

Students from all four fine arts departments are presenting an AIDS benefit concert to convey one message: it's here in the United States.Alpha Psi Omega, the theater honor society on campus, has teamed with Chi Tau Epsilon, the dance honor society, to present the TCU Arts Collaboration Benefit Concert benefiting the Tarrant County AIDS Outreach Center.

AIDS can affect anyone, said Marisa Doerfler, a senior theatre major and chairwoman of Alpha Psi Omega.

Skiff staff writer Kimberly Burton had the chance to interview Gaspard Ulliel, the star of "Hannibal Rising." Ulliel plays a teenage Hannibal Lecter in the newest prequel to the Hannibal movies. French actor Ulliel has also starred in the 2004 international film "A Very Long Engagement." This is Ulliel's first major American film.

Q: What was it like stepping into this role?

A: It was scary. Coming after Anthony Hopkins is not an easy thing. It is also frightening, being French. It (the character) is very addictive.

Ladies and gentlemen, start your blenders.Women and men alike from organizations across campus joined together Thursday for Alpha Delta Pi's seventh annual Mardi Gras Mocktails Blend-Off philanthropy.

The event, which raises money for the Ronald McDonald House, comprises 20 Greek and non-Greek organizations dressing up as part of a group's collective theme and making "mocktails" to be judged later in the evening.

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The Lady Frogs are building another conference winning streak after pulling away with a win against Colorado State on Wednesday.Despite a losing road record this season, the win in Fort Collins, Colo., increased the team's Mountain West Conference record to 7-3 as the Frogs start looking toward the conference tournament in March.

"We had another roll game, which is big for us," said senior forward Hanna Biernacka.

Human bones, muscles and skin all preserved by plastic for the sake of science and art. It may seem unlikely that people donate their bodies to have them displayed in a museum, but they do - making Body Worlds as real as both you and I.Gunther von Hagens' Body Worlds turns science and anatomy into an educational art form, fascinating for all ages. The exhibit is currently on display at the Museum of Nature and Science in Dallas.

The Duke lacrosse team was accused of a heinous crime last March involving the alleged rape of a stripper at a party.Three players were indicted on charges of rape, sexual offense and kidnapping.

Because of this, the nation was thrown into an uproar, and the team canceled all of its games after March 21, 2006, last season.

Now, 10 months later, the team is preparing to take the field once again, and I am imploring all of you to drop everything that has happened and let the athletes play.

Gov. Rick Perry crossed the party line during Tuesday's State of the State address, and he did so in favor of women's health.Perry ordered that beginning September 2008, sixth-grade girls should be vaccinated for the human papilloma virus. The vaccine can prevent HPV virus types that cause 70 percent of cervical cancer, according to the Gynecological Cancer Foundation.

But some of Perry's conservative Republican base is up-in-arms about the mandate.

Some legislators argue that the order encourages girls to be sexually promiscuous and strips away parental rights.