TCU officials and former track and field team member Jacob Hernandez are negotiating out of court to settle a lawsuit filed by Hernandez following TCU's refusal to grant his release for a transfer to the University of Texas, a court official said.On Nov. 8, Hernandez filed an agreement, a Rule 11, to negotiate the lawsuit he filed, according to the Tarrant County District Clerk's Office.

Hernandez is suing TCU for his release to compete at Texas and for necessary attorney fees and costs, according to the lawsuit.

Whether he's espousing his political beliefs on live television or tapping indie producers for his multi-platinum sophomore effort, Late Registration," Kanye West is shaking up the hip-hop world. Now he's shaking up the concert circuit as well.Rap concerts are usually a secondary concern for many artists, known for short sets and poor sound. For his "Touch the Sky" tour, West is trying to revamp the model.

You can find her at 8.0 enjoying the music, sipping on cocktails at the Reata, walking through Sundance Square on the way to Bass Hall and cheering on the Horned Frog football team. And her profile is on Facebook if you want to know more.Sorry guys, she's taken.

Beata Jones, an associate professor of professional practice in e-business and Neeley Fellows director, has a husband and a son with whom she spends most of her free time. But her students also require her attention.

Jones started teaching at TCU in 1995, but she left in 1999 and returned in January 2002.

Thanksgiving is a week away.It is a time for turkey, cranberry sauce, stuffing, pie, cold weather and, of course, NyQuil.

The first major holiday in the big holiday season trilogy also means the full force of flu season will soon bear down on us all.

So as you get ready to go home for the holidays, take a shot in the arm.

Take some time and go get a flu shot.

TCU's shipment of the vaccine was smaller than expected, so supplies on campus are limited. Many other places around the city, however, can administer the vaccine at a low cost.

After studying in Japan as a college student, accepting a marriage proposal at Machu Picchu in Peru and traveling across the Serengeti Desert, Tracy Williams is back for her fifth year assisting TCU students with their study abroad plans.Williams, the assistant director of the Center for International Education, said she may have a love for travel, but her greatest passion is to share this love with students.

Ben Folds is growing up, sort of.Since his days with the three-man Ben Folds Five, Folds married, had two children, took up photography as a hobby and released two rather mature solo albums.

Folds' latest record, "Songs For Silverman," finds the 39-year-old ivory-tickler much more selfless and composed than on past records.

At the album's release, Folds said in interviews he wanted to make his "grow a beard, lock myself in the studio and play for a couple weeks album."