It is not unusual that measures taken for safety also prove to be an inconvenience.Anyone who has stood in line barefoot for three hours while trying to catch a plane would agree. And while we have to acknowledge that we'd rather be inconvenienced than wind up in a worst case scenario, at times it doesn't seem worth it.

For example: the new fence going up around Worth Hills.

Kyle Eastwood's third release entitled "Now," scheduled to be released Oct. 10, seems to be the album that will put Eastwood's name forward. While most people know of his father, Clint Eastwood, most have...

A couple of weeks ago, I did something I've never done before. I went country dancing at Billy Bob's Texas. I know you're thinking that, as someone who was born and raised in the great state of Texas, I should've been raised dancing to country music.

For some reason, however, I've never felt the urge to go out to country dancing venues. I'm not saying I never went to these places because I don't know how to dance. On the contrary, if you've ever seen me on a dance floor, you know that I definitely know how to "cut a rug," so to speak.

Facebook has gone Big Brother.More than one year ago, before you could add photo albums to Facebook and tag images of your friends, before you could change your status to let the entire Internet world know when you were "in class" or "eating a sandwich," professors were calling the online phenomenon "Stalker.com."

Students dismissed such warnings and remained loyal to the global communication network, and now Facebook has gone too far.

All across the country, millions of children are rushing to the nearest pharmacy to pick up certain prescription medications. Once they have the medicine in hand, they must take it religiously every day, never forgetting a single dose. After all, their doctors did deem it necessary, so it must be of the utmost urgency.What could this all mean? An outbreak of bubonic plague? Tuberculosis? Lyme disease? No. It's just another case of America's favorite little "ailment that could," ADD.

TCU is not the only campus in the nation spending money to renovate the campus to fit student needs, said the Residential Services director. Craig Allen, Residential Services director, said the housing shortage issue is a common problem on college campuses as student populations continue to increase.

Allen said the University of Texas at Arlington, Baylor University, Southern Methodist University, the University of North Texas and Texas Woman's University are all adding or have recently added new residential halls to accommodate students.

"Comatose", the seventh full-length album from Christian rock band Skillet, set to be released Oct. 3, produces a whole new direction from Skillet's history. Throughout the album, Skillet attempts to leave...

There is a new book available that contains material several members of the faculty and staff may recognize."Ninja Verses: Old School" is a collection of the cartoons that ran in the Skiff in the late 1990s.

The thing that makes "Ninja Verses" stand out as more than just a book full of comics is that one of the co-creators gives insight on many of the cartoons and the origin of the strip itself.

P.D. Magnus and Chris Mag Uidhir are the co-creators of "Ninja Verses." The strip is penned under the name Don Frederic, the middle names of Magnus and Uidhir.

Members of the Student Government Association expressed concern during Tuesday's meeting after professors addressed specifics of the plus/minus grading system, which will be instituted next fall.David Grant, professor and chair of the religion department and Bob Neilson, a chemistry professor, received many questions from SGA members after they made a presentation to SGA about TCU using a plus/minus grading system.

From the first round of auditions to the final curtain call, students involved in a Theatre TCU production find they have time for very little else - but few seem to mind."I'm basically studying as I'm walking to class, I'm studying as I'm eating and whenever I get the chance," said Kal Anderson, who has worked as a stage manager on numerous Theatre TCU productions. "Working on a show takes up most of my time."

"Texas heart, Mexican soul" is the core song of the McKay Brothers' CD, "Cold Beer & Hot Tamales." While listening to the CD, it sounds like most Texas country artists, but the McKay brothers, Noel and...

Even though the idea has been on the back burner for more than a year, students will have to wait longer for Residential Services to make a decision about using TCU ID cards as a form of payment at off-campus restaurants, said the director of Residential Services. Craig Allen, director of Residential Services, has been at TCU for a year and said he knows that while the issue of off-campus dining has been discussed before, staff members agree that it is not an issue to be addressed immediately.