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."

A business professor is bringing recognition to the university through his involvement in a prestigious marketing academic journal, a Neeley official said.

Robert P. Leone, a marketing professor at the Neeley School of Business, was named co-editor of the Journal of Marketing this summer and began the position Sept. 1.

Bill Moncrief, senior associate dean of the Neeley School of Business, said it's outstanding for the university to have an editor from this journal on campus.

Reporting by Travis L. Brown, sports editor

Video by Chance Welch, multimedia editor

Reporting by Katie Ruppel, features editor

Video by Chance Welch, multimedia editor

Chances are Facebook has connected you with a growing number of new users. With its rising popularity it's possible that your parents, your employer and now even your college recruiter might have become your newest friend.

It's good that the university is changing with the times and getting its name out through the use of Facebook. The social networking site is a good place to approach students outside the stuffy confines of an office.

Best is yet to come for FrogsAs TCU notched its third win of the season, taking down Clemson in Death Valley, the Frogs have been thrust back into the BCS spotlight. The way the polls sit right now, the...

A funny thing happened when TCU fans ran on the field at Clemson - nothing.No police, no security, not even campus police riding on ridiculous three-wheeled Segways stood in our way. The only thing resembling...

This article was revised for accuracy on Sept. 30 at 4:39 p.m.

Coming off an emotional win at Clemson University last Saturday, the Horned Frog football team enters its fourth week of play against the Southern Methodist University Mustangs. The primary topic of discussion in Tuesday's media luncheon with head coach Gary Patterson was the striking similarity in the sequence of this season and the 2005 season.