No paddling, branding, drugs, forced drinking, theft, screaming or scavenger hunts. Wait? Scavenger hunts?

While an anti-hazing policy is essential to the success of Greek and student life, some of the specific restrictions may be a bit extreme.

TCU's general hazing policy mirrors Texas state law stating that situations cannot cause new members of student organizations any mental or physical discomfort, embarrassment, harassment or ridicule. However, some specifics of TCU's policy, although created with good reason, may need to be periodically re-examined.

DJ Shadow made a name for himself with "Endtroducing...," his 1996 debut which flows so perfectly it's hard to tell when one track ends and another begins. Six long years later, Shadow finally issued his official sophomore effort, "The Private Press." Equally as moody as the first album, "Press" also showed Shadow could do more than just dark, instrumental hip-hop. Tracks like "Walkie Talkie" and "Mashin' On the Motorway" revealed an appreciation for the cocky and the comical, respectively.

Since 2004, faculty members have volunteered to trap, neuter and release feral cats living on and around campus, as part of Frogs and Cats Together, a project aimed at controlling the feral cat population.Cari Alexander, TCU librarian and founder of Frogs and Cats Together, began the organization after 34 cats were captured in Worth Hills, taken to animal control and euthanized during summer 2004.

People "don't understand, you can't take them somewhere else - there is nowhere else to take them," Alexander said. "They go to animal control and die."

Q. How long have you been running competitively?A. This is my second year running competitively. I've been training the last two years back at home with both track and cross country. I started in 2005, now it is 2006. I have been running at TCU for only one month though.

Q. Did you run in high school?

A. I used to run in meets, but I was not serious in high school. I used to run in the class, but that was all.

Q. Would you like to have an Olympic Trial?

A. I would like to have that at some point.

Remember the days of "Sesame Street" teaching us our ABCs? Everyone knows the tune "next time won't you sing with me?" But in any college where Greek life prevails, that's out the door - and in prances Alpha, Beta, and Chi.Freshmen are forced to learn the alphabet again, given the prevalence of Greek life on campus. Every other car has a bumper-sticker that associates the drivers with one group or another, and a majority of people wear at least one Greek T-shirt a week.

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The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth is offering a retrospective exhibit of one of Japan's most famous artists for the first time.The exhibit titled "Hiroshi Sugimoto: End of Time" displays 30 years of Sugimoto's photographs including his series "Seascapes," "Dioramas," "Theatres," "Architecture," "Portraits," "Conceptual Forms" and "Sea of Buddha."

The majority of Sugimoto's photographs are taken in black and white.

"People can project their own imaginations with black and white photographs that they can't do with color photos," Sugimoto said.

Sophomore Kriegler Brink said this season will be one of learning about each other and transition."We are starting from scratch - new coach, small team, new guys coming in," Brink said.

Head coach Dave Borelli said he is approaching this season as multistep process to improve every player's individual game.

Seeing how the players hit the ball at the Baylor tournament, where there will be 30 Intercollegiate Tennis Association ranked players, will be the initial step, he said.

Students with an opinion on the plus/minus system will soon have an opportunity to voice it, said the Student Government Association speaker of the house Tuesday.Tori Hutchens, SGA speaker of the house,...