The men's golf team will travel to the Third Annual Memphis Intercollegiate Tournament to play in a 54-hole tournament Monday and Tuesday.The team has already had a good start to its season with a second-place finish in its first tournament and a 12th-place finish in the Carpet Capital Collegiate.

The team is currently ranked No. 13 by Golf Digest, which, the players said, has given it confidence and focus to succeed.

Popular music has lost its soul. I don't mean that it's no longer good or appealing; I simply mean it's lost its sense of revelation.Modern radio has successfully emasculated the heart and soul from a song. The few times I do feel that apocalyptic sense of danger in popular music is when one of the greats from the past, such as Bob Dylan with his new album, "Modern Times," reminds us of what has been missing.

Nowadays, however, hearing an entire album of heart-revealing music is becoming just as rare as hearing such a song on the radio.

There are 5,000 student seats reserved for this evening's football game, but students also paid for about 1,000 seats in classes during the same time.The 5 p.m. kickoff tonight against Brigham Young University has created a dilemma for many students - will they choose to attend their classes or the game?

Provost Nowell Donovan said students must make that choice for themselves. Donovan also addressed faculty members' attendance in an e-mail Monday morning.

His message: No classes are to be canceled because of the football game.

For the first time, students are evaluating Career Services' biannual Career Expo, said the assistant director for career advising. Students were handed evaluation sheets upon entrance to yesterday's Career Expo, an event that gave students a chance to meet with up to 107 potential employers.

"We value students' input and want to know how we can improve future expos," said Jenny Cureton, assistant director for career advising.

Forty-three percent of 5,610 undergraduate TCU students transferred credits from fall 2002 to spring 2005, most of which were from community colleges, and 68 percent were from juniors and seniors, said the dean of AddRan College of Humanities and Social Sciences.After a task force evaluated TCU's summer school policy, it decided to amend the transfer policy so 12 hours can be transferred in from a community college before a student reaches 54 hours at TCU, said Mary Volcansek, dean of AddRan College.

Motivational speaker Allen Fishman spoke to around 120 business school students, faculty, alumni and local business owners about his new book "The Seven Secrets of Great Entrepreneurial Masters."He also talked about his company The Alternative Board, the largest franchise system in the world, which provides coaches for small business owners.

"Move a business to the next level," he said "and also your personal life to the next level."

Students had their chance to express their opinions on the plus/minus grading system last week, and now, it's the faculty's turn. All faculty members may assemble today to debate and vote on the plus/minus grading system.

Faculty can discuss the issue for as long as necessary, said David Bedford, chair of the Faculty Senate Student Relations Committee. After the debate, all members present will vote on it, Bedford said.

TCU football: not just a sport, a tradition. Weekends are often planned around tailgating, watching the game and taunting the opposing team. Not only is this a chance for students to socialize and make...

Wednesday's career fair serves as a stark reminder that the real world looms ahead of us. Whether you aim for graduate school or a job, interviews and applications for life after college will inevitably become necessary - but that coveted 4.0 might not be enough.Attaining and succeeding in the real world requires relational skills and team-working abilities, not just book smarts or a degree earned with minimal effort.

TCU sports clubs have new guidelines to follow when it comes to travel and coaches.Among these changes are the need for driver application forms and proof of insurance for cars and drivers. Also, a trip check, which involves getting the car checked by Ewell's Automotive (paid for by TCU), is now required before every trip, said Cristie Carpenter, assistant director of intramural sports.

If the sports club has a coach, he or she has to go through a background check, Carpenter said.

"You never know these days," Carpenter said.