A security camera dangles from its broken base in the parking garage, pieces of glass from broken beer bottles litter the halls and walls feature a variety of scratches, holes and dents. Residents of the GrandMarc deal with vandalism like this on a daily basis.

Sophomore pre-major Shannon Gomez said she has noticed missing artwork in the GrandMarc, as well as trash and other questionable substances in various elevators in the building.

"I pay so much money to live here, and I expect it to be clean and working right," Gomez said.

In the past few weeks, you might have been wondering what AFTERdark is. I attended AFTERdark my freshman year at the request of my Frog Camp facilitator who, when I asked exactly what AFTERdark was, said simply that it would be a good time. When Joe White took the stage, it was fairly obvious what was going on. Joe was building a giant crucifix (300 pounds, to be exact) on the stage of Ed Landreth Hall. Admittedly, seeing what he was doing in front of me was both a shocking, but thought-provoking experience.

Rod Hardy, a film and television director, told students in a directing workshop Tuesday night that the key to directing was passion."Without passion nothing happens... work doesn't keep growing," Hardy...

An alumnus and supporter of the Neeley School of Business is in the intensive care unit at John Peter Smith Hospital after a plane crash Tuesday, a relative said.

Robert Schumacher, a Neeley accounting graduate, was on his way home to Fort Worth with business partner Jerry Namy and Kendall Hill, said Kathy Kyle, Schumacher's daughter. Kyle said Schumacher went to Oklahoma on his private plane to see Namy's horse.

If you're tuned in to the local music scene, you might have heard the name Jefferson Colby before. You might have even heard the trio's driving bass lines, pulsing percussion and experimental guitar work along Berry Street on some busy weekend night. Self-described as a hybrid between Pink Floyd and Nirvana, the band has been pumping out songs and live shows since their formation in 2004.

The three musicians - film-TV-digital media major Danny Mabe, brother and TCU alumnus Matt Mabe and friend Jeff Moore - are releasing their second full-length album, "Octopus", on Friday.

David Crouch, a senior film-TV-digital media major, might use video games next semester to earn credit toward his major.

Crouch said he planned on taking the new class called critical video game analysis, which will be available in spring 2010.

"I think mine and most people's reactions when we first heard about a video game class was like, 'What? Really?'" Crouch said.

He said he thought the concept of analyzing video games made sense for FTDM students, though.