The Horned Frogs got off to a fast start in the 2011 baseball season opener at Lupton Stadium.

The Frogs scored five runs in the first inning and went on to beat the Kansas Jayhawks 8-2.

Frogs' sophomore starting pitcher Matt Purke had a strong outing, throwing four shutout innings on a limited pitch count.

It was predetermined that Purke was going to throw around 60 pitches in tonight's start, head coach Jim Schlossnagle said.

Schlossnagle will keep Purke fresh to start the season. Purke didn't throw all summer or during the fall.

TCU sophomore forward Nikola Cerina scored 12 points and grabbed seven rebounds and junior guard J.R. Cadot added 12 points, but it wasn't enough for a win as Colorado State downed the Horned Frogs 69-55...

I'm a student here at TCU and read the Skiff on an almost daily basis. Wednesday morning I was surprised, however, as I read through Jack Enright's article "Science behind evolution should be priority." I am a Christian, and while I see some valid points made by Enright, I also had some serious issues with his argument.

To say that teaching creationism is unconstitutional is accurate enough, even though that law is a whole separate issue of itself. Regardless, that was a reasonable excuse for promoting creationism as the only option for high schools.

The Internet Protocol version 4 is a code that each device connected to the Internet possesses, but the numbers to be assigned for that particular version could run out as soon as six months from now. Considering...

The brain is a curious thing. Different brain regions perform different functions. It's small, yet complex. It's sensitive in certain situations and hardy in others.

And although the brain is versatile and complex, when it faces a new obstacle, it is not always successful.

Such a scenario played out recently when University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill students were required to take introductory Spanish classes 8212; strictly online. According to Inside Higher Ed, UNC-CH is just over two semesters into the language experiment.

A total of 111 candidates applied to replace Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Don Mills after he announced he would step down to join the faculty of the College of Education May 31.

A committee has now narrowed that field down to five or six candidates, Provost Nowell Donovan said.

William Spelman Executive Search, the company who conducted the initial search for a replacement, advertised the position and then narrowed the candidates down to 15 based on criteria such as salary and job duties, Donovan said.

The World Wide Web is running out of Web, but TCU should be spared from any future problems the change might bring.

Currently, every device connected to the Internet has its own unique code called an IP version 4 number, according to encyclopedia.com. The IPv4 numbers are scheduled to run out in the near future 8212; similar to a situation where a city would run out of phone numbers, according to a wallstreetjournal.com article.

Some news sources reported IPv4 addresses will run out in as little as six months, and others say it could be as long as 18 months.

With Brigham Young University's departure from the Mountain West Conference this season in a bid to go independent in football, it turns out the Frogs will still have a chance to play the Cougars before the Frogs depart to the Big East Conference in 2012.

The Frogs will play BYU next season at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington on Oct. 28 8212; this time BYU will fill a nonconference void Texas Tech left in the Frogs' schedule after the Red Raiders backed out of their game with TCU for the second straight year.