Out of more than 400 students that submitted ideas for change on campus during Improve TCU Day, only one suggested floating the Brown-Lupton University Union above the ground using helium balloons.

This, and many other more practical ideas, were submitted to the Student Relations Committee of the Student Government Association by students writing on graffiti boards around campus or talking to representatives at booths stationed around campus two weeks ago.

Instead of being targeted in protest and receiving denouncement of their skin color, albinos in east Africa are so highly valued for their unique skin conditions that people have taken to killing and dismembering...

Eight AddRan College of Liberal Arts departments, along with the AddRan dean's office, will be moving into the new Scharbauer Hall in late December.

Andrew Schoolmaster, the dean of AddRan College, said the John V. Roach Honors College and the departments of political science, modern languages and literatures, Spanish and Hispanic studies, philosophy, economics, sociology and anthropology and criminal justice will move into Scharbauer Hall Dec. 28 and 29.

Next fall, Schieffer School of Journalism students could have the option to spend the semester in the nation's capital.

The director of the Schieffer School, John Lumpkin, said the department planned to launch The Schieffer School in Washington program in fall 2010.

"The Schieffer School in Washington will be a program for juniors and seniors that will provide virtually a full-time internship and also a way to continue to make progress toward their degrees," Lumpkin said.

Over Thanksgiving weekend the biggest story in the news was the single car accident involving professional golfer Tiger Woods outside his home early Friday morning. It was first reported by ESPN that Woods was in critical condition in an Orlando hospital, but it actually turned out that Woods had just suffered some facial lacerations and other minor injuries. Then, the speculation about the incident began. The National Enquirer reported Woods was having affair with a woman named Rachel Uchitel and that this affair might have been a contributing factor to the accident.

Just as the TCU Horned Frog football team has not "backed down" this season against any opponent, the Horned Frog faithful have not backed down from their BCS bowl-busting hopes. But at this point, after...

Men's Basketball

The Horned Frogs fell to Louisiana Tech 68-63 Saturday night at Daniel-Meyer Coliseum. Bulldog senior guard Kyle Gibson scored 19 points to lead all scorers, including seven free throws in the final 25 seconds to seal the win for Louisiana Tech.

The key defensive stop in the game for Louisiana Tech came when senior center Magnum Rolle blocked a layup by TCU sophomore guard Ronnie Moss with 30 seconds to go. Moss finished the game with 19 points.

People were shocked at Adam Lambert's so called "controversial" performance at the American Music Awards last weekend. The flashy performance included a same-sex kiss (Lambert is openly gay), and a few seconds where oral sex was simulated with one of the dancers and a middle finger. Lambert admitted he got "carried away" when he was performing, and because of the late hour (late enough to avoid any FCC fines, according to RollingStone.com) he didn't think it was a big deal.

The Department of Physics and Astronomy is looking to change the course requirements for a minor in astronomy to attract non-science majors, a professor in the department said.Peter Frinchaboy, an astronomy...