Monday started a weeklong book drive for Hurricane Katrina and violence-stricken John McDonogh Senior High School in New Orleans. The TCU five-member chapter of Chi Upsilon Sigma National Sorority, Inc. is sponsoring the book drive that will end Friday, Feb. 16.

Senior Narcely Ruiz, cultural events coordinator for CUS, said her sorority was inspired to hold a book drive after a member at the University of Delaware wrote a letter describing her experience of volunteering at the predominately black high school. The letter was e-mailed to all chapters across the country.

Pending approval from the Faculty Senate, the Student Government Association may soon launch an honor code system, which has been in the works for two years. The SGA Honor Code Task Force, which has...

The stress of college can be overwhelming. Classes require massive amounts of readings, writing papers and studying. Outside of the classrooms, there are nonstop organizational meetings, entertainment and other various campuswide programs. With a combination of trying to succeed academically and becoming an active participant in campus activities, college life is a constant whirlwind of activity from the first day of the semester through the end of finals week.

Though the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo is over for this year, the controversial debate over whether cloned livestock will be allowed in the competition in future years continues to escalate. Trigger,...

After playing basketball for a year in Germany, a former TCU star has returned to Fort Worth and is doing what he loves.Corey Santee, 23 and native of Flint, Mich., is playing basketball for the Fort Worth Flyers.

Santee had been playing professional basketball in Germany for the Nuremburg Baskets from 2005 to 2006. Following his one year stint, Santee felt Germany was not the place for him.

After 41 seasons, the Frogs' quarterbacks coach Dick Winder is hanging up his whistle. Head coach Gary Patterson announced Winder's retirement Wednesday night at the Frog Club Recruiting Reception. Winder, 65, spent the last five seasons coaching quarterbacks like Tye Gunn, Brandon Hassell and most recently Poinsettia Bowl offensive MVP Jeff Ballard.

"I don't think you replace a Dick Winder," Patterson said. "He's very unique."

Winder said he had thought about it last year but he wanted to stay with Ballard and end on a winning note.

Some students are hoping to gain professional experience by submitting their artwork to the annual student art competition Monday.The Cross/Talk 15th annual student art competition opens Monday.

Cross/Talk refers to an ongoing dialogue between the art and the students, said Chris Powell, a ceramics and 3-D design instructor.

"The dialogue crosses and engages different types of works within the show," Powell said.

Provost Nowell Donovan says the university is still in "limbo-land" over whether to allow drilling for natural gas on its property, but a landman representing Four Sevens Resource Co. told members of the...