There is something to be said when international students hoping to attend a university in the U.S. find it difficult to get their visa in a timely manner or worry about if they will even get one at all. A possible staff shortage, a plethora of forms to be filled out and a cap of 65,000 on the number of visas being issued per year, that have been known to run out quickly, are some of the reasons why international students are having difficulty acquiring their ticket to the U.S.

Mountain West proposal to benefit underrepresented conferences

The Mountain West Conference's attempts to pioneer a new format for crowning a college football champion should be applauded by all fans of the sport.

There is no question that the current system is flawed. One slipup on Saturday during the regular season can cost a worthy team a chance at playing on college sports' biggest stage at the National Championship game. The fact that no playoff system has been established as of yet is unacceptable.

The Neeley Fellows program is helping a local nonprofit organization recruit volunteers to increase support for those in Tarrant County with HIV and AIDS, a nonprofit official said.

Rick Isaminger, family health and education coordinator for Samaritan House, said the students are trying to get corporations involved with the organization in order to build a supportive partnership.

Aaron Siegel, events coordinator for Samaritan House, said the organization is home for people with HIV and AIDS in Tarrant County.

After nearly three hours of debate over the course of two meetings, the Student Government Association House of Student Representatives passed a bill that would require students running for office to pay a $100 deposit to cover election violation fines.

Joey Parr, chair of the Elections and Regulations Committee, said the bill was written in order to provide greater accountability among students running for office.

  Student journalists and staff won 15 awards at the Region 8 Society of Professional Journalists Convention in a competition between major college journalism programs in Texas and Oklahoma on Saturday....

Wednesday's nasty weather will continue through Friday, said Nick Hantshire, meteorologist for the National Weather Service. Students should be cautious of lightning while walking outside and be wary slick roads, Hantshire said.

He said Saturday and Sunday look clear and sunny. According to the National Weather Service Web site, Saturday will be windy with a high of 57 degrees, and Sunday will be windy with a high of 72 degrees.

An eighth-inning three run homer by Chris Ellington capped off a five-run, four hit eighth inning in the Horned Frogs' decisive 10-2 victory over the Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks on Tuesday at Lupton Stadium.

Senior Hunt Woodruff ignited the eighth-inning fire with a pinch-hit triple. The inning also featured a single by Brance Rivera and a Matt Carpenter double and a wild pitch before the Ellington blast.

TCU scored two runs in the third precipitated by a walk and an error that would give the team the lead for good

Since the Bowl Championship Series began in 1998, it seems that each year has brought greater opposition from fans to the selection system that decides which college football teams compete for the national...

A national study is predicting college enrollments to drop, but the university isn't necessarily worried.

The Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education released a study in 2008 detailing how changing demographics may curtail the success universities have had recruiting students during the past decade.

The 141-page report predicted that as the number children of baby boomers levels off, colleges could see an 11 percent drop in white non-Hispanic high school graduates, historically the most likely group to attend college, by 2015.

In an attempt to backpedal from former President George W. Bush's declaration that Iran is a key figure in the "axis of evil," President Barack Obama released a video message, subtitled in Farsi, to Iranian...