With two independent candidates running for Texas governor who might actually attract more than 2 percent of the vote each, the state's gubernatorial election sets up a rare possibility - the next governor of Texas could win without a majority vote.Nov. 7, the candidate with the most votes wins, even if that person has less than 50 percent of the votes.

But a former independent presidential candidate has a better idea.

On Tuesday, I opened my three-part series on campus health with a look at smoking. Now, it's time to shift to what I believe is the biggest culprit behind TCU's substandard rating for consumption of unhealthy substances: alcohol.This simple, ethanol-based drink is a mainstay at college campuses nationwide. However, the consumption of alcohol is often taken to irresponsible and dangerous levels. TCU drinking is no exception.

The executive director for a civic engagement group at Harvard University discussed the importance of social communities to a crowd of more than 275 students, faculty and visitors at the 5th Annual Jim Wright Symposium on Thursday. Tom Sander, executive director of the Saguaro Seminar: Civic Engagement in America at Harvard University, said human socialization is beneficial to many.

"Social networks have value for a broad range of individual and collective human activities," Sander said.

Sadler Lawn will transform into a live music venue 4 p.m. Sunday for Programming Council's Battle of the Bands.Five out of nine bands that applied will perform. In order to participate, the bands have to have at least one TCU student, submit a photo, a sample of their music, a brief history of the band and a $25 application fee, said Vanessa Flores, vice chairwoman of the Programming Council.

"We wanted to bring together a group of bands that each had their own style, experience and originality," Flores said.

As our techniques of communication become increasingly efficient, we, as a society, are also becoming increasingly isolated - shrinking back into dark caves, so to speak, retreating from person-to-person...

A milestone event comes to the Harris College of Nursing and Health Sciences this weekend. The school of nursing will hold its 60th Anniversary celebration Saturday, October 21 and follow the theme "TCU Nursing: Connecting to the Past, Creating the Future."

The event will take place all day, beginning at TCU and ending with a sit-down dinner at the Fort Worth Club in the evening, according to the press release.

A female TCU student was sexually assaulted in a residence hall between 8 p.m. and 7 a.m. last Friday, according to a Fort Worth Police report filed Wednesday.The student was sexually assaulted by a known acquaintance after being incapacitated by a nonalcoholic beverage, which may have been contaminated by a drug, according to a crime alert e-mail sent from TCU Police Detective Kelly Ham to all TCU students and faculty.

A black bra valued at $30 and $100 were stolen during the incident, according to the police report.

For the Rev. Angela Kaufman, minister to TCU, a hive of bees was one of the best wedding gifts she said she received. Nine months ago at Kaufman's wedding, social work professor Tracy Dietz donated a hive of honey bees in Kaufman's name to Heifer International, a non-profit organization.

Kaufman said Heifer International appealed to her because it is not just about providing temporary relief to people in need, but it is also about creating sustainable development.

The Horned Frogs volleyball team opens up its second round of conference play as it hosts the Colorado State Rams and the Air Force Falcons this weekend at the University Recreation Center.The team, which is 16-6 overall and 4-4 in conference play, heads into this weekend after two consecutive wins against New Mexico and Texas Pan-American last weekend.

Freshman middle blocker Kourtney Edwards said the team felt good coming off of last weekend's performances.

"We all came together as a team," Edwards said. "We really seemed to put everything together."

Coming off of a winless weekend against the Wyoming Cowgirls and the UNLV Rebels, members of the soccer team, 5-7-3 overall and 0-2-2 in conference, said they are determined to come out on top this weekend."I'm...

One of the most recognizable late 1980s and early 1990s TV characters will be making a stop in downtown Fort Worth today and tomorrow.Dustin Diamond, who played Samuel "Screech" Powers in "Saved By The Bell," will be performing some of his stand-up comedy at the Hyena's Comedy Night Club.

Diamond's stand-up is said to be similar to another popular sitcom star, Bob Saget, because it reflects back on his TV past and can become very dirty with jokes.

Everybody is obsessed with the Facebook feature allowing users to list their favorite TV shows, music, movies and hobbies, but there is one field that seems to be missing from many students' profiles - favorite book.There is a field for it, and it is either magically left off the profile or filled with responses such as "I don't read" or "I read pop-up and picture books."

There appears to be a solid reason why this little category is so often left off of people's profiles.