Students might soon be able to take extra classes and receive credit for them in a miniterm just before the start of spring semester.The idea is called a January term, and members of the Student Government Association are researching the possibility of implementing one at TCU, though Keith Whitworth, secretary for the Faculty Senate, said the idea needs more research before it could be considered.

"It is a great idea to explore, but we do not have enough of the details figured out yet," Whitworth said.

Despite busy college lives, students said they're still making time in their schedules to volunteer at the 15th annual Boo at the Zoo. Nicole Barendt, senior economics major, said about 15 Alpha Phi Omega members planned on attending the Fort Worth Zoo event.

"Its a fun way to get community service hours," said Barendt, service vice president of Alpha Phi Omega, a community service fraternity.

The Fort Worth Zoo festival provides fun that's not too scary for children, said Lyndsay Nantz, the Zoo's public relations and development director.

The Horned Frogs, 4-2 overall and 0-2 in conference, look to build a brand new winning streak and get their first Mountain West Conference win of the season Saturday when they host the Wyoming Cowboys for Homecoming.In last year's game, the Frogs won the first interconference clash between the two teams.

"We had seven takeaways last year and still only won 28-14," said Gary Patterson, head football coach, about last year's game.

One of the biggest changes from last years game to this year's will be where quarterback Jeff Ballard is in his maturation as a starter.

The School of Nurse Anesthesia exceeded national accreditation standards on the first try and received 10 years of accreditation.Kay Sanders, the director of the School of Nurse Anesthesia, said she discovered the school received 10 years of accreditation Tuesday after talking to the director of the Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia.

Paulette Burns, dean of the Harris College of Nursing and Health Sciences, said a 10-year accreditation is the maximum amount of years a program can be accredited.

The women's golf team will travel to Las Vegas next week for the Las Vegas Founders Collegiate Showdown.The tournament is a three-day affair lasting from Monday, Oct. 30, through Wednesday, Nov. 1.

Last season the Frogs took 13th in the tournament. This year TCU will be facing three other Mountain West Conference opponents.

Included in the field of competitors will be top 100-ranked teams No. 23 BYU, No. 34 UNLV and No. 92 Colorado State, who are all Mountain West Conference teams. The Frogs are ranked No. 35.

Students are encouraged to attend the 12th annual Major/Minor Fair on Monday, organizers from the Center for Academic Services say.Students of any major and classification can benefit by attending, said Donna Schonerstedt, an academic adviser for Academic Services.

Freshmen and sophomores can learn about all the majors TCU offers, and juniors and seniors can benefit if they want to add a minor to their degree plan, Schonerstedt said.

Little Bo Beep has lost more than her sheep. Where is the other half of her costume? Judging from what's on the costume shelves this Halloween, a woman may be out of luck unless she is ready to push up, tape up or bare all.

I'm not the modest type, but I have to admit that I blushed even in the privacy of the dressing room at a local costume store as I attempted to squeeze into a white nurse's outfit - one of this season's best selling costumes.

Do people really wear this stuff? In public?

For better or worse, athletes are the face of a university. They draw national attention to schools and attention to themselves faculty and other students do not get.But there is another side that goes with being the center of attention. It is the added level of responsibility and behavior expected and required of these men and women.

Because of the importance the media places on athletics, athletes must adhere to this level of responsibility and show respect for the university.

The rifle team will head to Austin today to face the Nevada-Reno and UTEP on Saturday.The team has already competed against both Nevada-Reno and UTEP, said Karen Monez, head coach for the rifle team.

The team came in second at its last tournament in Nevada on Oct. 15.

"All shots will be fired on paper targets this weekend," Monez said. "Our tournament a week and a half ago, shots were fired on electronic targets, so that has been a change in our training this week."

One of three former student-athletes accused of sexually assaulting a student on TCU's campus hired an attorney Wednesday, according to court records.Gwinda L. Burns, of Fort Worth, was hired Wednesday to represent Virgil Allen Taylor, 19, against sexual assault charges filed Tuesday in Tarrant County Criminal District Court No. 2, according to court records.

Shannon Monroe Behling, 19, and Lorenzo Labell Jones, 20, are also charged in the case but had not hired attorneys as of Wednesday afternoon, according to court records.

It happens at the end of every semester: Students wait impatiently in front of a computer, constantly refreshing my.tcu.edu's academic home page to see if final grades have been posted. Inevitably, someone will be dissatisfied with his or her grade. Disgruntled students can present their cases to the Academic Appeals Committee about discrepancies concerning a specific grade. Currently, a student has until the drop date of the next semester to appeal a grade, but a proposed appeals process would limit the time frame to appeal a grade to 10 days.