Junior music and Spanish major Janie Bergamasco said she has had a few problems with advising at the university.

Recently she wanted to change to a double major, but when she asked for advice, she kept being referred to different people, she said.

"It took a semester to finally happen when all I needed them to do was click a button that says I now have a double major," Bergamasco said. "I think there needs to be more general advisers to help people keep up with graduation."

Graduating on time is a concern for most college students, and receiving proper advising is one of the best ways for students to ensure that they do.However, about one in every 10 students reported being...

Tournament's predictability a turnoff

The NCAA Tournament will wrap up when the final horn sounds at the championship game in Detroit on Monday, and I won't be missing it one bit.

The tournament just doesn't seem to keep and maintain my attention - or even attract it at all - like it used to. In fact, I can't remember the last year I was completely immersed in March Madness action.

Despite an uproar over a potential crippling computer worm around the country, TCU and its computers will not be affected, a university official said.

The worm, called Conficker, is a program that attacks a loophole in the Microsoft Windows operating system and currently has infected more than 12 million personal computers since its conception in November, according to a Microsoft blog.

Technology Resources sent out a campus-wide e-mail warning students about the virus Monday.

The carry-on campus bill that is working its way through the Texas Legislature is a hot-button topic. In fact, the editorial board could not write a Skiff View on whether it should pass because people feel strongly on both sides of the issue. One thing all the editors agree on, however, is that the government should not have the right to interfere with the rights of private institutions to institute policies as they see fit.

The Office of Residential Services and Living Learning Communities will start a new program this fall designed by a group of students to help strengthen the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender student...

The Daily Skiff advertising staff won four awards at the 37th annual College Newspaper Business and Advertising Managers Inc. convention, which took place March 25 to 29 in Charlotte, N.C. The CNBAM represents more than 150 school newspapers nationwide.

The advertising staff placed first for best training program among all newspapers, as well as best advertisement rate card/media kit in Division 2, which includes publications that publish fewer than 40,000 copies a week.

President Barack Obama announced Friday that he is sending more troops to Afghanistan.

The far left is up in arms (no pun intended) over this "surge," but there is really no need to be shocked; this was something the president promised to do during the campaign.

According to The New York Times, the new strategy adopted by Obama is to send 4,000 more soldiers to train the Afghan security forces in addition to the 17,000 combat troops he ordered at the beginning of his administration. Unfortunately though, there are several holes in the "surge."

A proposed bill that would allow students, faculty and staff to carry concealed firearms on campus is facing opposition from a university official who visited Austin to sway the Texas Legislature from passing the bill.

Don Mills, vice chancellor for student affairs, said he opposed the bill before the Public Safety Committee of the Texas House of Representatives on Monday. The bill needs 76 votes to pass, and as of Monday, there were 71 co-authors.

Mills said he cited four reasons for his opposition in front of the Public Safety Committee.