Campus radio station KTCU 88.7 The Choice, in its 45th year of operation, was honored with a proclamation from the Office of the Mayor that makes this month KTCU month.

"We went for the whole enchilada, and we got it," said Janice McCall, assistant station manager for KTCU.

According to the City of Fort Worth Web site, a proclamation from the mayor's office is the highest form of recognition available and is utilized to "showcase the events, programs and people that make Fort Worth one of the most livable cities in the nation."

While the football field rivalry between TCU and SMU dates back to the schools' first meeting in 1915 in Fort Worth, chances are the off-field rivalry began around the same time. Recent incidents on both...

TCU and SMU will face off Saturday in the annual battle for the Iron Skillet game. It's a historic rivalry game, but it appears officials from both schools view it as an exercise in sportsmanship.

Chancellor Victor Boschini and SMU President R. Gerald Turner wrote a joint letter asking the school communities to exercise good sportsmanship. Such a letter isn't necessary, for TCU fans at least.

TCU volleyball will look to bounce back from its loss to Colorado State against a quick Air Force team Thursday.

The Horned Frogs, who had only won one set in five years in Fort Collins, Colo., lost in three sets to the Rams (18-26, 19-25, 20-25). The loss snapped TCU's eight-match win streak.

Offensively, TCU shot just a .108 hitting percentage, while Colorado State used a fiery attack with 43 kills and a .275 attack.

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Two of the most prestigious universities in the world - Harvard and Yale - are claimed to be home to some of the greatest minds, and some of the greatest pranksters, too.

Date: Nov. 20, 2004. Location: the Harvard-Yale football game at Harvard Stadium. Persons involved: the "Harvard Pep Squad" and fans. On game day, the avid pep squad arrived at the venue with placards in hand to pass out to a select group of Crimson aficionados who would then hold up the pieces in one big expression of school-spirited unity.

Cue in the catch.

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas' utmost concern as a judge is to honor the oath he took to uphold the U.S. Constitution, he said during a lecture at Southern Methodist University on Wednesday night.

As part of the SMU Tate Lecture Series, which brings distinguished speakers from various fields to the school's campus, Thomas spoke of his experience with the Supreme Court.

"You realize that you work for something that is much larger than you are," he said. "(It's) something that is so depended on by your fellow citizens."

The College of Education's Green Honors Chair, a scholar on educational policy, told students, faculty and community members on Wednesday that the U.S. Constitution should be amended to give students and faculty academic freedom in the classroom.

"Education is not driven by educators, but it is driven by politicians," author Joel Spring said. "What politicians do often ends up determining what school teachers do."

One student cannot wait for the knock on his dorm room in Brachman Hall today.

That is because at about 7 p.m., Student Development Services and the Student Government Association will make "house calls" to freshman dorm rooms.

Brent Folan, freshman business major, said he planned to suggest that a bowling alley be built where former campus restaurant Pond Street Grill used to stand in Worth Hills.

"House calls are a great opportunity for each freshman to be heard and get the change they wish to see on the campus," Folan said.