TCU has delayed making the decision to switch to a plus/minus grading system because further research is needed, said Faculty Senate member David Grant.He said the Faculty Senate was orginally set to vote last May to adopt or reject the system, but the vote was delayed.

A detailed proposal, including how the plus/minus system could affect financial aid and grade inflation, will be presented to the Faculty Senate next semester, said Grant, a religion professor and chairman of the committee preparing this proposal.

Amidst the sounds of creaking pads, grunting men and the heavy thuds of bodies colliding, one noise at Tuesday's practice made Saturday's victory over Oklahoma seem relatively unimportant.The voice of a very unhappy coach.

Despite the Horned Frogs' upset over the No. 7-ranked Sooners, despite TCU's jump to No. 22 in the Associated Press Media rankings and despite the defense holding OU running back and Heisman Trophy candidate Adrian Peterson to 63 yards, players said head coach Gary Patterson made it clear that the past weekend is exactly that - the past.

After allowing the Cougars to score the first goal of the game, the Horned Frogs rallied to win 3-1 at Houston.Freshman defender K.D. Waters, junior midfielder Ginny Hubbard and sophomore midfielder Lauren Pope scored their first collegiate career goals.

Offensively, head coach Dan Abdalla said he was happy with the creativity the team displayed.

"I just wanted to see effort and see the team play with an attitude to win," Abdalla said.

Abdalla said that in light of recent injuries, the defense is still a work in progress.

We want to clarify our comments made about Hurricane Katrina in last week's Skiff View.We do not wish to take back our comments about the media using emotions to sell papers; rather, we'd like to explain what we meant.

We were not trying to downplay the effects of the hurricane when we said, "Katrina is a tragedy, but linking events to sell papers is an insult to the memory of those who died and an insult to all who read the news."

decorating an apartment or college dorm can be quite the task - both expensive and tiring - but it doesn't have to be overwhelming. A little creativity can go a long way.Freshman roommates Megan Harlow and Jessica Cox found creative ways to organize their Colby Hall dorm room.

"I have a lot of shoes, so I got this really cool shoe hanger from Bed Bath and Beyond," Harlow, an interior design major, said.

Cox, a radio-TV-film major, said a picture board above her desk was fun and easy to make.

Relief efforts: The Salvation Army Simon Center on South Cherry Lane in White Settlement (just north of I-30W and just past Ridgmar Mall) needs all the help it can get sorting items that have been delivered for victims of Hurricane Katrina. The center is open from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. North Texans have been very generous in donating items to the Salvation Army, but these items must be sorted into categories (clothing, water, food) in order for the Salvation Army to distribute them.

TCU students who studied abroad at the London Centre this summer experienced firsthand the confusion and fear of the July 7 terrorist attacks on the London transit system."There was always the thought in the back of your mind that it could happen again," said junior English and history major Tyler Brown.

Despite a "sense of paranoia," Brown said the bombings did not ruin his experience in the study abroad program.

When Moran Lavi went home to Israel, she found her people divided."There are definitely those who support the evacuation and those who don't," said Lavi, a senior political science and anthropology major. "There's no middle ground."

Lavi and other TCU students and faculty have differing opinions about the pullout.

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon ordered the evacuation of 25 Jewish settlements in Gaza and the West Bank in August, after 38 years of occupancy.