After days of speculation concerning his whereabouts and his status with the football team, senior defensive end Tommy Blake is expected to make his return to the team today as it resumes practice after having the day off. Mark Cohen, director of athletics media relations, released a statement Sunday to the Associated Press stating that Blake would return to campus Monday, and attend today's practice.

The defensive end, whose name has appeared on a bevy of preseason All-America teams, returned home to Aransas Pass for what was being called a "personal matter."

I was wearing a suit and tie and drinking Merlot at the Jersey Shore when "Don't Stop Believing" played before the screen abruptly cut to black. What should have been the final moments of Tony Soprano's life unfolding in the June finale of "The Sopranos" left people wondering what had just happened. What I didn't know was that the finale also signaled the beginning of the end for the sports world in the summer of 2007.

The battle to decide who would fill the vacant starting quarterback position has ended as head coach Gary Patterson named Andy Dalton as the starting quarterback this season.Patterson named the redshirt freshman the starter on Sunday, and will be under center when the Frogs open up the season at home in two weeks against Baylor on Sept. 1. Dalton, who has yet to take an official in-game snap in his college career, beat out sophomore Marcus Jackson for the position.

A man who claims to have committed more than 300 thefts in the past 22 years on the TCU campus is scheduled to go to trial Monday for four separate counts of theft.Keith Money, 49, was arrested by TCU Police for stealing a wallet May 30 from the University Recreation Center, TCU Police Sgt. Kelly Ham said.

Prior to his imprisonment, Money stated in police documents he had committed just as many thefts at SMU, the University of Texas at Dallas, the University of Texas at Arlington and the University of North Texas.

The Tarrant Regional Auto Theft Task Force is teaming up with TCU Police to offer a free VIN number acid-etching service in the alumni parking lot from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday. VIN-etching is an acid-etching process that embeds the VIN number on car windows, said crime prevention officer Pam Christian.

The VIN number is the vehicle identification number found in each car where the windshield meets the dashboard, Christian said.

Cheers to the Greek community deciding against bringing the discriminatory Delta Zeta to campus, thereby protecting the integrity of sororities and fraternities at TCU.Jeers to the Colby Hall flasher for showing us what no one wanted to see. We're still having nightmares. Unless you are a swimmer, being shaven is not a point of pride.

Cheers to Beata Jones for making the Neeley School a little bit safer. Her heroic act of chasing a devious wallet thief on the run would make anyone scared to rob a Frog.

The semester is winding down, but stress levels are winding up. Students said the last few weeks of school are the most stressful times of the year.

"Finals week and the week before are the most stressful weeks," said Holly Bagzis, a sophomore supply and value chain management major. "It's like you always have something to worry about. There's always another test to get ready for or another presentation to do."