Students questioned Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban on topics ranging from personnel decisions to the NBA dress code, and Cuban answered them all Tuesday in the Brown-Lupton Student Center.Cuban, promoting the Mavs U college ticket program, which allows students to purchase $10 tickets the day of a game, told a crowd of students no subject was off-limits during a 30-minute question-and-answer session, and the audience ran with it.

Recently, members of the Student Government Association have levied charges that the Skiff does not adequately cover their organization, resulting in low voter turn out. As SGA representatives have defended their institution, we must address the level of coverage they have received this semester.Two reporters are assigned to SGA. They keep editors abreast of the happenings at meetings and write stories as needed.

One-third of prospective TCU students are being offered an alternative way to apply to the university; the Office of Admissions calls it the uncommon application.The Office of Admissions randomly selects 25,000 prospective students from the 60,000 student pool and offers them the uncommon application, which includes no application fee and students are notified of TCU's decision within two weeks of submitting their application, said Wes Waggoner, director of undergraduate admissions.

With props such as a 55-gallon drum, a jack hammer and a drum set, the group Recycled Percussion will be stopping by TCU to perform at 7:30 p.m. today at Frog Fountain as a part of its "Rock Your Junk" tour.The young group, made up of three "extreme" drummers and a DJ, turns what it calls "junk" into a phenomenal transformation of power percussion.

"There's no band that does what we do," band founder Justin Spencer said. "We're the first of the pioneers."

The House of Student Representatives voted Tuesday to table a resolution to support Fair Trade at TCU to two committees, and Speaker of the House Sebastian Moleski stepped down from his position because...

While reading the Nov. 10 Skiff View, I was outraged to read the incoherent opinion about SGA's lack of communication to the student body. The Skiff assigned two reporters to SGA, and most of their SGA stories are weeded out. This statement is true because the Skiff published six SGA articles this semester compared to 21 last spring. Then it makes perfect sense why a farfetched article is the flatulence of a lack of SGA coverage.The editorial board mistakenly believes a low voter turnout is the result of SGA's lack of communication to the student body.

Erica Savage has had professors she could not stand.Savage, a sophomore Spanish major, said she has used TCU's Student Perception of Teaching forms a few times to complain about professors.

She said the forms are important because they give students a chance to voice their opinions. And in one situation, she said, her complaints were heard.

Savage said she took second- and third-level Spanish classes from the same professor. She said the professor changed the third-level class in the specific areas targeted by students in the previous class's evaluations.

Senior Kip Kangogo will compete in the Cross Country National Championships after qualifying Saturday by finishing fourth in the NCAA Cross Country South Central Regional Championships in Waco. Kangogo's time of 30.34.60 led the men's team to a seventh-place finish out of 23 teams.

The top two teams, Arkansas and Texas, qualified for nationals.

"I am happy to set an example for the team, which is very young, and be able to show them that they can go to nationals," Kangogo said.

Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban will speak at 9:30 a.m. today in the Brown-Lupton Student Center Lounge.During a 30-minute question and answer session, Cuban will be discussing Mavs U.

Mavs U is a program through which college students will be able to purchase tickets to professional basketball games for $10.

"Students could get Platinum-Level seats for $10," said Natalie Boone, the Programming Council adviser.

Ticket purchases will be based on availability for any Premium Upper Level ticket to any weekday home games.

As the world changes and the traditional centers of Christianity change, so must the efforts to spread the Gospel, attendees at Saturday's bilingual workshop were told.The workshop, organized by the Brite Borderlands Center for Latina/Latino Church Studies, was taught by the Rev. Carlos Cardoza-Orlandi and drew about 20 members from the TCU community.

The Borderlands Center is a part of Brite that tries to provide continuing education events for ministers and church leaders already working in churches, according to a Borderlands Center brochure.