The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will finalize a proposal by the end of October that would require states to increase efforts to reduce ozone levels, a spokesperson for the organization said.

Dave Bary said states would have to meet a new national air quality standard for ozone levels in the air. The current standard of 85 parts per billion of ozone chemicals in the air could be lowered by nearly 30 percent.

WOMEN'S SOCCER

The TCU women's soccer team will take on Utah Saturday at home. Junior forward Jordan Calhoun was recently named Athlete of the Week by the TCU Athletics Department as she became TCU's all-time leading goal scorer against UNLV. TCU is 1-1-0 in conference play and 7-6-1 overall.

Soccer vs. Utah

Day: Saturday, Oct. 16

Time: 10 a.m.

Where: Garvey-Rosenthal Stadium

WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL

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The TCU Sports Networking Club will help fight hunger in Fort Worth by holding its first sand volleyball fundraiser today.

"TCU Sports Net Spikes Hunger" will be a 12-team tournament, with two males and two females on each team, benefiting the Tarrant Area Food Bank.

Junior marketing major David Lindow, president and co-founder of the organization, said club members were looking forward to getting involved on campus.

The TCU football schedule starts to get tougher this weekend with a game against Brigham Young University. BYU has had a rough season so far, losing four straight games until it looked much better in a win against San Diego State University this past week. After that win, the Cougars will be fired up when they roll into Amon G. Carter Stadium on Saturday. Last week the Horned Frogs shut out Wyoming and the defense will look to continue dominating opponents. TCU is currently top-ranked in the nation in total defense.

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A student could be on the road to becoming $10,000 richer when a football-fortress-on-wheels visits the university this weekend.

LG Electronics' football-fortress-on-wheels is a big rig lined with HDTVs and state of the art gaming stations and amenities. The vehicle, sponsored by LG and EA Sports, will stop by Fort Worth on its nationwide tour of some of college football's biggest rivalries. The tour is part of the EA Sports 2010 NCAA Football Challenge, which includes an NCAA Football 11 Tournament, according to a press release.

Every week, Chancellor Victor Boschini and several student leaders pick who they think will win top upcoming college football games in the Daily Skiff college football pick 'em challenge. TCU head twirler Skyler Mathis started in the poll two weeks late and her cumulative score is an average of all the rankings during those first two weeks. Last week, each participant missed the upset of Miami vs. Florida State. TCU News Now sports director Chris Blake and the Daily Skiff sports editor Madison Pelletier have the lead with the highest cumulative score at 23-7.