Pouring with sweat, runners toiled Wednesday to get closer to their goal of completing a triathlon. TCU faculty and students began the first day of training at the Lowden Track and Field Complex for the 4th Annual Tri-Benbrook Sprint, a triathlon that will take place in May, where participants will swim 300 yards, bike 13.8 miles and run 3.1 miles without stopping.

Participants signed up for the TCU training program as a group but will compete in the triathlon on an individual basis.

When Wednesday nights game between the Horned Frogs (6-23, 2-13) and the Utah Utes (12-14, 5-10) was just about to get underway, everything looked familiar, except for one senior from nearby Grapevine who was about to make his first collegiate start.With just 1:34 gone by in the first half, senior David Markley spotted up on the left arc and nailed a three pointer, making him 1-1 on the night as the Frogs beat the Utes 69-65.

TCU may have moved to the Mountain West Conference instead of the Big 12 last year, but Horned Frog football seems not to have noticed.The football team announced its 2006 schedule Wednesday - and weeks...

Armed with larger-than-life names (Dick Valentine, The Colonel), fake moustaches and thrift-store suits, Electric Six beg the question "Are they for real?"As it turns out, they are.

Electric Six can negotiate that fine, balancing act between over-the-top presentation and actually making music worth listening to.

Electric Six had a big year in 2002. With the single "Danger! High Voltage," Electric Six helped usher in a new wave of music: a throwback to disco, punk, rock and everything in between.

The Bass Performance Hall has never been rocked so hard.Iceland's Sigur R¢s lit up the Bass Performance Hall on Monday in a triumphant display of orchestrated sound.

As the last show on the American leg of its current tour, Sigur R¢s played an inspiring 15-song set augmented by light and sound.

Standing in stark contrast to a more traditional Bass show, Sigur R¢s dressed the stage with a pair of translucent screens, ample lighting and a generous helping of fog.

Lent season begins today, and University Ministries is hosting on-campus activities and devotionals for students celebrating this religious period.An Ash Wednesday service will be held at noon in the Robert Carr Chapel, where participants can worship to Christian music as well as receive the imposition of the ashes on the forehead, said Ann Smith, a University Ministries intern for worship, spiritual life and pastoral care.

Although the appeal process that followed last semester's dismissal of cheerleading coach Jeff Tucker came to a close, both sides of the issue are still refusing to discuss the specifics surrounding the initial removal.Tucker was dismissed from his coaching capacity in October, but the reasons behind the dismissal were not made available because of an appeal process Tucker invoked to contest the action.

Graham may not be the ideal breeding ground for wine enthusiasts, but it's good enough for Chris and Deedra Keel.The Keels are the owners of Put a Cork In It, a new shop devoted exclusively to wine sales. Located in the Park Hill Shopping Center between the Park Hill Cafe and Park Hill Hair Designs, Put a Cork In It brings a unique taste to the Fort Worth wine scene.

"I try to stock wines from smaller vineyards that you can't find anywhere," Keel said, who married his high school sweetheart, Deedra Keel, in July.