Students across campus were left in the dark early Thursday morning after a widespread power outage.

The outage occurred around 1:30 a.m. and power remained off until mid-morning for most locations.

Associate Director of Residence Life Dave Cooper said, according to information he had, it was believed that the power outage was potentially due to a failed electrical feed from Encore Energy Partners LP, the university's energy supplier. He said he was unsure why the electricity connection failed to feed into campus.

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The School for Classical & Contemporary Dance at TCU's main fall concert, "Flying Into Fall," will open tonight in its 61st year of performing on campus, a dance instructor said.

Ellen Page Shelton, director of The School for Classical & Contemporary Dance at TCU, said the concert would feature a combination of six dances of classical and contemporary works choreographed by dance faculty and guest artists.

Shelton said she was excited to have Atlanta Ballet's artistic director, John McFall, in residence for a week. McFall set a new work for the concert.

The National Brain Tumor Society will hold the 5th Annual Dallas-Fort Worth Brain Tumor Walk Saturday at Trinity Park.

The event will include a five-kilometer walk, family activities and awards for top fundraisers, according to the event's website.

Registration will take place on site from 8 to 9 a.m., and activities will take place from 9 a.m. to noon, according to a press release.

Fees for registration are $50 for adults, $25 for children ages 6-17 and free for ages 5 and under.

One thing I hate about studying economics is that it makes it so easy for you to become a killjoy. While I do enjoy taking down a protectionist or arguing with someone about why minimum wage laws hurt the poor, there are some things even I wish weren't true.

Take sports stadiums, for example. I love sports and am a big fan of my hometown teams, but I can't help but think that building a big stadium is a bad idea for economic progress.

After finishing the 2009-2010 season with a 95-85 loss to BYU in the quarterfinals of the Mountain West Conference Championships, the TCU men's basketball team will have a new look entering its regular season opener.

The most notable roster difference is the number of transfers acquired during the offseason who are now part of the Horned Frogs squad.

Guards J.R. Cadot and Sammy Yeager and forward Andre Clark, all juniors, signed National Letters of Intent in April after finding success during their junior college years at their previous schools.

Swimming & Diving

The women's swimming & diving team will take on the Air Force Falcons today at the University Rec Center Natatorium. On Saturday, it will compete again against San Diego State. On the men's team, junior Laszlo Gyurko was named the Mountain West Conference Swimmer of the Week Tuesday after earning two top five finishes in a national competition last week.

When: 5 p.m. today against Air Force, 1 p.m. Saturday against San Diego State

Where: University Rec Center Natatorium

Equestrian

When the TCU men's basketball team takes the court on Nov. 12 against Jackson State University in the first official game of the 2010-2011 season, most TCU students will probably be more focused on the Nov. 13 football game against San Diego State University.

However TCU students should be prepared for a more successful basketball season than in years past. From a talent and athleticism perspective, this looks to be the best team in the last few years, and certainly the best of the Jim Christian era.

During a thunderstorm, I pay close attention to any weather updates that appear on my browser or my phone. Even knowing that there could potentially be a tornado within a 50-mile radius freaks me out. I am quite fearful of wind-powered death machines traveling at 50 mph 8212; because that's what I see when I think of tornadoes. But rationally speaking, other people are normal and don't overreact as much as I do.