TCU football recruitment is gearing up for the 2006 season with three recent high school commitments.Jimmy Young, a wide receiver from Ouachita Parish High School in Monroe, La.; Wayne Daniels, a defensive end from Kilgore High School; and Clarence Leatch, a defensive end from Tatum High School, have all made verbal commitments within the past week to attend and play football at TCU.

According to NCAA rules, head coach Gary Patterson is currently barred from commenting on the Horned Frogs' recruitment progress.

Returning to the court after tearing the anterior cruciate ligament, most commonly know as the ACL, has proven to be a difficult task for some athletes.Tennessee redshirt freshman Candace Parker suffered through two tears, the second while trying to come back from the first one. TCU senior forward Chudi Chinweze has yet to recover fully from his tear.

But TCU sophomore Adrianne Ross doesn't want to hear those stories.

In times of war, the troops receive the support and backing, and deservedly so, from the American people; however, there are numerous other noncombat roles that seem to fall under the radar. We often hear in the news of journalists being captured and killed but then nothing more. Where are the national tributes and memorials for them? Their families and friends are the only ones left to remember. In the most recent case, Jill Carroll, a freelance writer for the Christian Science Monitor, was captured Jan. 7 in western Baghdad, according to CNN.com, and is still missing.

The drought in the Dallas/Fort Worth area has caused many widespread wildfires, but the region could soon face more serious effects even after Sunday's rain, said representatives from the National Weather Service.Steve Fano, a representative of the National Weather Service's Fort Worth office, said that aside from the apparent wildfires, the region is beginning to see other major problems caused by the drought.

"Ranchers are being forced to move their cattle out of the area or truck in hay," Fano said. "Without rain, they can't grow an adequate food supply."

Paying to get stuck with a needle may seem far from enjoyable, but experts say the benefits of the flu shot are worth the initial sting.According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Web site, 5 percent to 20 percent of Americans get the flu each year and the best prevention from getting the bug is to get a vaccination every fall.

Laura Crawley, assistant dean of Campus Life for health promotions , said students need to get a yearly flu shot.

Despite the fact that several Texas universities make undergraduate online courses available, TCU decides not to offer them, said a coordinator for electronic learning.Public schools such as the University of Texas, Texas A&M University and the University of North Texas all offer online courses to undergraduates.

Many private universities, including TCU, have chosen to keep their universities personal by only offering on-site classes, said Romy Hughes, coordinator of eLearning in the Center for Teaching Excellence.