There is always something new cooking on our campus. One of the newest is the revival of a program with a varied history at TCU. In the Campus Life office, Shelley Story, along with two interns, Krystin Peters and myself, are working to re-establish the Allies program at TCU.For those of you who are unfamiliar with Allies, the main goal is to educate participants about the ways in which homophobia and heterosexism impact everyone, and to teach participants how to be an ally to gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered persons.

I can't help it, I'm plugged in.I check my e-mail when I wake up in the morning, and I listen to podcasts in my car on my way to school via my iPod, which I plug into an FM transmitter to play on my stereo. Later in the day, I call home on my pocket-size cell phone and pick up movies I rented online via Netflix. As much as anyone, I'm part of the digital age.

But I'm also a late techno-bloomer. I can remember my family's first computer and spending hours (illegally) downloading Wallflowers on Napster.

Imagine leaving everything you know, traveling thousands of miles, only to arrive in a place full of uncertainty. Just to play a sport that you love. You know nobody, and nobody knows you. This is a taste of what two players on the TCU men's tennis team have been experiencing recently. They have had to learn an entirely new culture different from their own, a new language and even a different style of tennis.

House Bill H. R. 4437 has created a wildfire of protests across the nation and has led many to question what exactly makes one worthy of living in this country. There is no doubt that some immigration reforms need to be made in the interest of national security and that border protection needs to be tightened in the face of increased violence and drug trafficking. However, this bill not only goes too far in its measures to accomplish these goals, but it also places severe penalties on individuals who violate immigration law.Now, you may be saying to yourself, "Gee, how hard can it be?

The TCU Flyin' Frogs are about to begin their biggest outdoor match this season - or at least three of them, anyways.Senior Katrina Zielinski, junior McKale Davis and sophomore Cassie Hostick will be TCU's only three representatives on the first day of the 79th Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays track meet in Austin.

Both Zielinski and Davis will compete in the women's 10,000-meter invitational run and Hostick will race in the 1,500-meter run.

Like they have so many times this season, the Frogs found themselves facing an early deficit with the bat in their hands and men in scoring position. This time, however, TCU showed a little timely hitting can go a long way - a long, long way.The Frogs downed Baylor Tuesday night 18-8 after an explosive first inning that not only clinched the game early but may prove to be a turning point in what has been a disappointing season so far.