The department of religion is honoring a former professor by bringing prominent speakers to discuss the issues of religious literacy, a professor said.

Darren Middleton , associate professor of religion, said the department started the Daryl D. Schmidt Lecture Series to promote religious literacy, which Middleton said is a fuller understanding of religion's nature and function in the world. Middleton said religious literacy was important to Schmidt, former chair of the religion department.

As a Christian, I would like to comment on the Jan. 28 column "Proposed abortion law attests to loose morals" by Andrew Weatherford.

First, I would like to state that from my personal religious standpoint rather than a moral one, that abortion is wrong. Biblically there seems to be plenty of evidence to support this case with verses like Jeremiah 1:5 which states, "before I formed you in the womb I knew you." However, the Conservative right seem to misunderstand the fact that religious morals do not necessarily translate to societal morals.

Last week, in one of his first White House meetings, President Barack Obama warned Republicans to stop listening to conservative radio personality Rush Limbaugh if they wanted to work successfully with the new administration.

Obama was discussing the stimulus plan with top Republican members when, according to a New York Post article, Obama said, "You can't just listen to Rush Limbaugh and get things done."

While this could be construed as an off-shoot comment, it seems more like a gag order for those who disagree with the president's plans.

While some colleges around the country have eliminated Friday classes in an effort to save on energy and commuter costs, the provost said he doubts cutting the extra day would have much of an impact on TCU's energy costs.

Provost Nowell Donovan said if Friday classes were canceled there would still be a significant amount of energy use on campus. With the current construction, security and number of students living on campus, dropping Friday classes might not make a big difference, Donovan said.

Icy weather conditions caused 246 school closings in the Dallas/Fort Worth area Wednesday, according to nbcdfw.com.

The university canceled classes for the second day in a row.

As of 3 p.m. Wednesday, the high temperature was 34 F and the low was 19 F, according to the National Weather Service Web site. Temperatures were expected to rise into the upper 30s before dropping into the 20s Wednesday night, creating possible icy conditions for Thursday, according to the Web site.

Every day as the clock strikes nine at TCU, campus parking lots are full of unfortunate students.Circling the lot, they hope against hope that someone is on the way out.In the likely event that a student...

The Lady Frogs erased an early 16-point deficit and took down the San Diego State University Aztecs 65-62 in Daniel-Meyer Coliseum on Wednesday night.

The win gives TCU an overall record of 13-7 with a 5-2 mark in the Mountain West Conference.

"We knew if we played hard and if we fought hard and we did the small things.eventually it would come our way," said junior guard TK LaFleur.