Once again, the Student Government Association's new task force is working to institute an honor code at TCU. This time, a pilot program is targeted for next semester.SGA President Trevor Heaney said the council has never given up on the idea of an honor code but has been re-evaluating past efforts.

Heaney said the task force was created to research individual TCU honor codes it could expand on to ensure the honor code will be schoolwide.

The men's tennis team will travel to Midland Friday to compete in the Racquet Club Invitational this weekend.The Horned Frogs will be tested as they get a taste of Big 12 and Big 10 competition. Some notable teams include the Texas Longhorns, the Baylor Bears and the Illinois Fighting Illini, all of whom appear on the Intercollegiate Tennis Association's list of top 25 teams for 2006.

To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven ... a time to break down, and a time to build up. ... A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together, according to Ecclesiastes 3:1-15. The university is breaking down and building up, casting away stones and gathering them together at a breakneck pace. As the horned frog is slowly losing its status as the TCU mascot and the construction crane is slipping into its place, many students might feel separated from their on-campus identity.

A new movie opened a few weeks ago titled "The U.S. vs. John Lennon." It is about the Nixon Administration's attempt to essentially kick John Lennon and Yoko Ono out of the United States for their views on the Vietnam War. The parallels between the early 1970s and now are obvious, which makes the film all the more relevant. What is not as obvious, however, is the contrast between Lennon the hero figure of the movie and Lennon the real human being.Since his murder in 1980, Lennon has attained mythic status in rock history.

The Frogs soccer team will be hungry and determined for revenge when it hosts the Wyoming Cowgirls tonight at 7 in the Garvey-Rosenthal Stadium.Although the Frogs (5-6-2, 0-1-1) fell to the Cowgirls (6-5-2, 1-0-1) in the 2005 season 2-0 in Wyoming, senior defender Breanne Kaldheim and senior goalkeeper Katy Buchanan said they have high hopes that the team can come away victorious against the Cowgirls in this early season conference showdown.

The TCU Muslim Student Association is hosting TCU's first annual Fast-A-Thon today to raise money for the West Africa Food Relief Fund.Participants will fast from sunrise to sundown, meaning they will abstain from consuming all types of food and beverage.

Danielle Richter, president of the Muslim Student Association, said fasting is an opportunity to practice self-discipline and a reminder to not take for granted our privileged way of life.

"You fast so that you feel the pain of the hungry so that you contribute more to charity," Richter said.

In January 1993, when International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors were rejected by North Korea with the threat that the North Koreans would process spent nuclear fuel rods into plutonium - a crucial ingredient of nuclear weaponry.The scare was that even while the threat of North Korea could easily be extinguished by the combined militaries of the United States and South Korea, North Korea had the capacity to launch several bombs into nearby South Korea.

A senior cornerback was dismissed from the football team earlier this week due to a violation of university policy, said the director of athletics media relations.Because of privacy laws, further information on Salvage's dismissal cannot be released, said Danny Morrison, athletics director.

Also, due to university policy, TCU football players are not allowed to comment on Salvage's dismissal, said Mark Cohen, director of athletics media relations.

This year for the first time, students were able to sign up online for TCU Leaps - an annual one-day community service event taking place this Saturday, said the TCU Leaps adviser. Peter Thompson, Leaps adviser and program coordinator in the Center for Community Engagement and Service-Learning, said the online sign-up, which allowed students to pick their top three site choices for community service, was offered so more people would show up for the event.

Five members of the men's golf team left Thursday for Tennessee to play in its fourth tournament of the season.Players will participate at The Ridges Intercollegiate tournament this weekend at the Ridges Golf & Country Club in Jonesboro, Tenn.

This is one of the better courses of the year and the players are always excited to compete at this tournament, said Bill Montigel, head coach of the men's golf team.

This year for the first time, students were able to sign up online for TCU Leaps - an annual one-day community service event taking place this Saturday, said the TCU Leaps adviser. Peter Thompson, Leaps adviser, said the online sign-up, which allowed students to pick their top three site choices for community service, was offered so more people would show up for the event.

"In the past, our biggest issue has been attrition," Thompson said. "We would have over 1,000 people sign up, but on the day of, only 600 would actually show up."

These days, it seems like there are prescription drugs for every ailment one can imagine. While I am still not in favor of heavy drugs to treat attention deficit disorder, I'll admit prescription medicines will do wonders for afflictions such as paranoid schizophrenia and debilitating migraines. However, when it comes to the nature of most medications Americans are using, we're barking up the wrong tree.How is that, you ask? Quite simply, the major pharmaceutical companies are pumping all kinds of money and time into frivolous medications or off-brand versions of popular types of drugs.