I am a huge sports fan, and I always try to keep a keen eye on the game. But at the last home football game against BYU, I wasn't able to cheer the Horned Frogs out of a deficit, because I couldn't take my eye off of what was going on next to me - people smoking.The smoking continued as I expected a security officer to come stop the man who - from what I could see - didn't even have to be in the disabled section where I was sitting. After no one approached, I went back to the gate and questioned the security officer.

Remember the good ol' days of scripted TV? You know, back when CBS had to shell out $1 million an episode for Ray Romano to give us a few chuckles. Back when anniversary dinners and little-league games were missed thanks to the latest episode of "Dallas." Back when television studios actually tried.Nowadays, television is saturated with a parasitic phenomenon that threatens to draw us away from the more important things in life and make our nation more stupid as a result.

Instead of sleeping late for one more day of Fall Break, five TCU journalism students spent Sunday morning at a simulated train wreck.Three students played the roles of victims and two students simulated reporters at the scene of the mock train collision, hosted by the Trinity Railway Express, said Amiso George, associate professor of journalism.

George said she thought a full dress rehearsal of a crisis situation would be relevant for students in her public relations principles and international and intercultural communication classes.

More than 600 tickets have been sold for tonight's Fogelson Honors Forum where a CNN medical correspondent who has written medical segments for "ER" will discuss his experiences.Sanjay Gupta, a practicing neurosurgeon in Atlanta, will share his background in covering issues such as Hurricane Katrina, the tsunami in Sri-Lanka and battlefield hospitals throughout Iraq as part of the TCU Honors Program's annual Fogelson Honors Forum.

Today is the deadline to register to vote in Texas' Nov. 7 general election, a process students can complete online. Students can visit the Texas Secretary of State's Web site, sos.state.tx.us, and click on the link for "Elections and Voter Information" on the home page to print a voter registration form.

The next step is to mail the completed registration form to the voter registrar in the voter's county.

Official applications to register to vote are postage-paid by the state of Texas, meaning a voter won't need a stamp to submit his or her registration.

With 13 1/2 semester hours and 3 1/2 hours of piano practice every day, Sam Hong has more to do than most 12-year-olds."Some people thought it would be ridiculous for me to come to college, but I'm happy," Hong said. "I love it."

Although Hong has adjusted to college life, TCU made some changes to help him adapt better, said Susan Adams, associate vice chancellor for student affairs and dean of campus life.

College instructors are discovering more ways to catch cheaters, and students are finding more and elaborate ways to cheat. But the cheaters are just hurting themselves and those around them.People come...

Even though HIV cases are increasing nationally, the university will not be following a new federal recommendation to routinely test people ages 13 to 64.The federal government now recommends routine HIV-testing for people ages 13 to 64 without requiring pretest counseling or signing a patient consent form, but TCU will continue to give HIV tests only upon request, said Marilyn Hallam, the assistant to the director of Health Services.

The Center on Healthy Aging is a new program within the Harris College of Nursing and Health Sciences, according to the dean of the Harris College.The Center for Healthy Aging will provide support for older adults, their families and their care-givers by bringing together academic research and community focus efforts in the area of gerontology, said Paulette Burns, dean of the Harris College.

Plans for the center began in June 2001 when it received a Vision in Action strategic fund grant. The center is not expected to be finished until early 2007, Burns said.

You've heard all about her lady humps and how her "London Bridge" goes down, but there is something you might not know about Stacy Ferguson, aka Fergie. She actually has a set of pipes on her.While her voice isn't on the level of an Aretha Franklin or even a Christina Aguilera, she can hold her own with a Pink-like voice.

On her new solo CD, "The Dutchess," Fergie displays the versatility in her voice going from rapping in "London Bridge" to belting out a slow love song on the closing track, "Finally."

The Horned Frogs will look to redeem themselves after the disappointing loss last week to BYU when they go on the road to face the Utah Utes."BYU played with more purpose than we did," said head football coach Gary Patterson. "We got banged around because I didn't think we played with a lot of passion."

The Frogs and the Utes have met three times before, including the 23-20 overtime win for the Frogs last season at Amon Carter Stadium.

That was TCU's first win against Utah, who had lost to the Utes twice while members of the Western Athletic Conference.