The San Diego State Aztecs fell short of a chance to put another hurdle in front of TCU's postseason pursuit.Instead of being a hurdle, the football team was little more than a speed bump en route to a 45-33 loss to the Horned Frogs at home Saturday night.

Last year, SDSU was dominated by the Horned Frogs on the road to the tune of 52-0 in Fort Worth. The Aztecs were down 38-0 at halftime and were out-gained by 537 yards.

It was an ugly showing in an even uglier season in 2006.

Even though it was late in the evening after a whole school day, Candace Marie Ruocco kept up her excitement and energy.As a junior, Ruocco, along with some other political science majors from TCU, became one of the 100 fall 2007 interns for the White House.

"It's so real," Ruocco said. "There were times I couldn't believe I was really working there."

Ruocco said she admired Bush's political attitude.

"She is very passionate and she targets directly toward the domestic issues, for example, health care for women," she said about the first lady.

Political science professor Ralph G. Carter said he chose political science in college while looking for a major with easy A's."You can do almost everything you want with a political science degree," said Carter, who has been teaching political science at TCU for the past 25 years. "You learn how to think critically and analytically. You get better working with people, and you learn how to express yourself."

Carter said students who graduate with a political science degree obtain skills they can apply to all aspects of their lives.

Teaching offers one history professor a chance to get a change of scenery."One of the best things is to be a teacher," said history professor Juan Sola-Corbacho. "In an office you see only the same people. That's boring."

As a teacher, you get to meet so many different people each semester, Sola-Corbacho said. He believes the best way to teach is to think of each student as a universe and as a human being. It is only when you accept the differences between people that you are able to help them learn and be at their level, he said.

Art provides one student the freedom to express his thoughts on world issues and allows people to perceive the world differently through the eyes of an artist."I want other people to be able to see the world the way I do," said Scott Meyer, a junior studio art and environmental science major.

Meyer, a Jacksonville, Fla., native, describes himself as "always heading toward the horizon." His inspiration for pieces comes from the ocean and the experiences he gained from his recent travels abroad.

When there is a problem involving a housing situation, students are told to e-mail Residential Services.But who is it that answers all these student e-mails and provides solutions to the problems?

In many cases, this job falls to Robin Williamson, associate director of administration in the Residential Services office. Williamson oversees many residential aspects of TCU, including housing sign-ups and housekeeping.

The seemingly annual merry-go-round of college football coaches came into full swing Monday with head coaching vacancies at the University of Arkansas and Georgia Tech, and the TCU athletic director said head coach Gary Patterson is probably on a few programs' lists as a potential replacement.Athletic director Danny Morrison said it would surprise him to find out Patterson was not on any teams' lists, but declined to talk about job speculation.

The fast approaching end to the 2007 season already features 10 universities with available head coaching positions.

In "Ferris Bueller's Day Off", heads sag and drool pools on desktops as students fight to remain conscious while their economics teacher drones on about an obscure tariff bill and a revenue curve.

This is not Stephen Quinn's microeconomics class.

Quinn, professor of economics and the 2007 recipient of the Honors Professor of the Year award, developed the introductory microeconomics course offered at TCU. Along with basic economic principles, the course incorporates game theory, which students get to apply firsthand in the classroom.