It's not uncommon to sit in the Main and hear students complain about Student Government Association. I suppose they have every right to when they spend enormous amounts of money to attend a school like TCU. Part of a student's tuition goes toward events put on by Programming Council and improvements proposed by the House of Student Representatives. I've been a member of House for two years, and I see everything that goes on, and it's a ton.What irritates me is when people don't know or care to know what SGA does.

Students can vote to fill 23 of 26 vacant seats in the House of Student Representatives between 7 a.m. and 9 p.m. today at my.tcu.edu, the Student Government Association elections and regulations chairwoman said.Tori Hutchens, chairwoman, said seats are available because they were not filled initially or the previously elected representatives could no longer hold their positions for varying reasons.

"Between this semester and last, class schedules and time commitments have changed, so many seats are open for new representatives," she said.

The TCU psychology department is researching the prevention of diseases such as Parkinson's, said an expert of human behavior.Tim Barth, chairman of the psychology department, said that by creating the...

Low sales, profits and student traffic have led to an uncertain future for Jazzman's Caf‚.TCU Dining Services and the dining committee, a group of students and faculty members interested in the dining options on campus, have been meeting in recent weeks to discuss the possible options to increase business at Jazzman's Caf‚, located in the basement of the Tucker Technology Center, or move it to a new location, said Rick Flores, general manager of Dining Services.

Following a severe drop earlier this decade, the TCU endowment has nearly recovered to its peak level of $1 billion.Although the endowment reached $1 billion in 2000, economic troubles in the stock markets and 9/11 led to a dramatic decline throughout the early part of this decade, assistant treasurer Dick Hoban said.

Despite the continuation of the war, the stock markets and, in turn, the endowment have experienced recovery, said Mauricio Rodriguez, chairman of the department of finance.

With the speakers blasting Lil' Jon's "Snap ya fingers," that's exactly what the performers did Saturday evening at the first annual Funkytown Stompdown step show competition.The show raised more than $1,700 in ticket sales, which will be donated to charities decided on by the Eta Psi chapter of the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity and the sorority members of Zeta Tau Alpha, the event's hosts, in the coming weeks.

Jerret Holmes, a senior Alpha Phi Alpha member, said he was pleased with the success of the event and the positive response of the people in attendance.

Although early season struggles have slowed down the men's golf team, the Horned Frogs look to rebound by starting the spring season with a trip to Hawaii for the Waikoloa Intercollegiate Invitational.After coming off a fall season, which saw the Horned Frogs enjoy success in several national polls, head coach Bill Montigel said TCU is working harder than ever to ensure success in its new home, the Mountain West Conference.

TCU students, like their college counterparts in a nationwide survey, are reluctant to report sexual harassment to school authorities, said Susan Adams, associate vice chancellor for Student Affairs and sexual harassment officer at Campus Life.Almost two-thirds of U.S. college students experience sexual harassment, but less than 10 percent report it to school authorities, according to a survey by the American Association of University Women.

At TCU, students hesitate to report sexual harassment because of the fear of being labeled or magnifying the situation, Adams said.

The women's golf team, having already completed a portion of its season, is ready to move to the culmination of the year's efforts. Head coach Angie Ravaioli-Larkin said the team is looking forward to the new semester.

"Going into the spring, we are coming off some good momentum from our tournaments in the fall," Ravaioli-Larkin said. "Everybody is confident and feelings for the spring are really high. I think we are expecting some great things for ourselves, concentrating on what we are capable of doing."