Students seeking guidance from the Counseling, Testing and Mental Health Center don't necessarily have to walk into the office to get help, the center's director said.

Linda Wolszon, director of the center, said residence halls and Greek chapter houses have requested visits from the counseling center to help students cope with the death of junior nursing major Amanda Bebout, who was found dead Monday night at her off-campus residence. The center expects more requests, she said.

Faculty, staff and students visiting the library were evacuated when steam released from a busted pipe in the fire sprinkler control valve set off the building's fire alarm Thursday afternoon.

University police responding to the fire alarm were on the scene and people were sitting outside on the steps of the library while Russell Kintz and Ted Echols, employees from Physical Plant, worked on the problem in the fire sprinkler control valve room under the library, which had been slightly flooded with water from the broken pipe.

In the wake of rough economic times, colleges and universities must be especially prudent when tackling budgets, one of the nation's most prominent higher education lobbyists said during a campus visit...

European history features a long line of atheistic writers. From Denis Diderot to Richard Dawkins, Thomas Hobbes to Christopher Hitchens, atheism has remained a belief system that piques the interest of millions of Europeans.

Nowadays, the atheistic mindset has manifested itself in a laughable manner.

In a classic act of juvenility, Atheist Ireland, an Irish association of atheists, published "25 Blasphemous Quotations" on New Year's Day in an attempt to elevate the anti-religious remarks that important historical figures have made over the years.

The legacy of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa might not be the legendary games, spectacular goals or any other number of amazing on-field displays.

It could be AIDS.

According to CNN.com, sex worker advocates made dire predictions that the world's biggest sporting event could be a public health disaster because of the high demand for prostitutes by international soccer fans.

The discovery of a dead 20-year-old female student at an off-campus residence Monday night brought up many questions as to the circumstances of her death.

The news of junior nursing major Amanda Bebout's death brought a mixture of emotions ranging from shock to sadness to concerns about a possible homicide. For the university, it seems that the need to warn the campus came into conflict with the risk of disseminating information that had not been made official at the time. The decision to go public with an inaccurate statement could have resulted in panic.

Editor's note: This story was revised for accuracy at 9:14 a.m. Jan. 20.

University efforts to give support to students following the death of 20-year-old junior nursing major Amanda Bebout included counselors visiting classmates and fellow sorority members.

A university counselor met with Bebout's classmates in a Tuesday morning nursing class, a Harris College of Nursing and Health Sciences official said.

I like Jim Christian and the basketball team. I really do.

But I've been around long enough to know not to expect much from TCU men's basketball.

Too many times during the past four years we have seen the Horned Frogs get out to a decent start, like last year's false-hope-inspiring 4-1 record to open Mountain West play, only to wilt like a purple rose in the middle of the desert. The 2009 iteration of the team proceeded to lose its next six conference games.

It was quickly evident to police on the scene that no foul play was involved in the off-campus death of student Amanda Bebout on Monday night, TCU Police Chief Steve McGee said. However, that information...