TCU prides itself on recruiting students of high standards to develop them into future leaders in the global community.These are the same people that businesses hope to attract upon their graduation.

The issue is the changing face of business leadership and the concern about whether the student population is reflecting that demand.

As the consumer market in the United States becomes more diverse, whether that be ethnic, religious or gender diversity, businesses are taking notice and adjusting their ideals.

Gregory Weaver didn't plan to join a fraternity.In fact, Weaver was moving into Milton Daniel Hall before his freshman year when members of Pi Kappa Phi helped him carry boxes. He recognized most of them from orientation and Frog Camp, and before long, Weaver signed a bid to join Pi Kap.

"I decided that I only wanted a Pi Kap bid," Weaver said. "It became something I really wanted to do."

he said getting to know the Pi Kaps outside formal recruitment made him want to join.

College students are prime tartgets for advertising about clothes, electronics, clubs and even alcohol promotions. College students ranked drinking beer as their favorite activity in a recent survey taken by the Student Monitor spring 2005 Lifestyle and Media survey of 1,200 full-time undergraduates from 100 campuses.

Alcohol producers and distributors see college students as their most valuable consumers, said Kim Miller of the Center for Science in the Public Interest based in Washington D.C.

Being president of the TCU Student Government Association is not necessarily a stepping stone into a political career, but it is a pathway to learn time-management, to sharpen people skills and to learn a great deal about yourself, say two former SGA presidents.Jay Zeidman, SGA president in 2004, said being president while juggling 15 hours of class taught him a lot about time-management, discipline and himself.

"You find out what you're strongest and weakest at," Zeidman said.

A decade worth of battles in regular and special session state legislative sessions have yet to yield a solution for financing our Texas public schools.But now, the environment has changed.The Texas Supreme...

As a basketball player, Sheryl Swoopes has won three gold medals, four WNBA titles and is the reigning WNBA MVP, but all that seems to matter now is that she is a lesbian.In a recent article in ESPN The...

The TCU Lady Frogs will face 20th-ranked Oklahoma on Wednesday night in Norman.TCU head coach Jeff Mittie said the Sooners were led by a good freshman inside player.

Oklahoma freshman center Courtney Paris is averaging 21.7 points and 12.3 rebounds a game, according to www.soonersports.com.

Paris was recently named Big 12 Rookie of the Week.

Mittie said Oklahoma also had veteran perimeter players.

"They are a good, hard-nosed basketball team," Mittie said.

He said Oklahoma has played more games than the Lady Frogs.

Too often ladies tell me the dating scene here at TCU is dead or dying, that it is lost forever to modern society's preoccupation with sex and alcohol and that nothing can bring it back.Well, guess what:...