Grab your gloves, buy your peanuts and Cracker Jacks and make your way out to the ballpark.The ladies of Chi Omega are hosting their annual spring fundraiser, Frats at Bat, at the intramural fields today and Saturday. Frats at Bat is a two-day campuswide men's softball tournament benefiting the North Texas Make-A-Wish Foundation.

According to its Web site, the Make-A-Wish Foundation grants wishes to children with life-threatening medical conditions to "enrich the human experience with hope, strength and joy."

A year of fundraising will be rewarded Friday night during the Up 'Til Dawn finale party.Up 'Til Dawn is a student-run organization that has been raising money for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tenn., for more than six years. Last year, the organization raised more than $50,000.

The finale party is a reward for students who supported the organization throughout the year by participating in projects, such as letter-writing campaigns where participants write to inform friends and family about the hospital and ask for donations.

The stereotype of men being the only ones who shoot guns has been as dominant as the association of seeing John Wayne in a cowboy hat; it's just natural. With that being said, there is a growing trend of women having more and more staying power in the world of competitive shooting. Here at TCU, senior Celeste Green has proven she is not only one of the best female shooters in the country, but she is also one of the best shooters in the country period.

When Becky Bittle, a senior lecturer in the engineering department, earned her bachelor's degree at Oklahoma State University about 30 years ago, she was the only woman in a class of more than 100 engineering majors.In 2005, women comprised 20.3 percent of undergraduate engineering majors nationally, up from about 3 percent that were enrolled when Bittle graduated, according to the National Center for Education Statistics.

A group of TCU students is determined to raise awareness and funds for the Invisible Children campaign, an organization that provides financial assistance to abducted children in Uganda, said a student involved in the campaign.Kelly Krammer, a sophomore social work major, said she helped create TCU's chapter of the League of Nations, an organization devoted to raising awareness for the Invisible Children campaign. The League of Nations also operates at Texas Tech University and Texas A&M University.

Recently there has been a lot of buzz about coffee on TCU's campus. As co-coordinator of Frogs for Fair Trade I am ecstatic about the commotion. It was reported March 8 that we, Frogs for Fair Trade, would soon be part of a national campaign aimed at converting all Jazzman's Caf‚ locations to provide 100 percent fair trade coffee, cocoa and tea. This is true; however, some facts regarding the campaign must be cleared up.

Another year at the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships means a new mindset for TCU men's diver Kelly McCain, who will compete today in the NCAA Championship Meet.McCain, a senior, made history last...

The disappointing TCU men's basketball season came to an end a few days before Spring Break. And it is obvious Danny Morrison, TCU's Athletic Director, must fire Neil Dougherty, TCU's head basketball coach. The future of the program hangs in the balance.Dougherty, a lifelong assistant coach at Kansas, Vanderbilt and Cameron University, was hired in 2002 to win games, lead the Frogs to the top of the conference, land recruits who can be developed to fit and progress in the TCU system and recruit talent similar to the talent he allegedly recruited at Kansas and Vanderbilt.

College graduates will walk across the stage in May, confident their education has provided them with the knowledge and wisdom needed to be successful in the future; however, there is one area in which young professionals are less savvy - consumer credit.Bud Hibbs, a consumer credit expert in Fort Worth, says the biggest problem facing recent college graduates and young people in general is ignorance.

This year I devoted the better part of my Spring Break to Austin's colossal South by Southwest music conference.In past spring breaks, I've returned home to spend time relaxing with family and friends. This year, however, my experience at SXSW left me feeling more exhausted than rested.

Held annually, SXSW features more than 1,400 bands over four consecutive nights at 60-plus venues, all within about six blocks of one another.