Reports show that the people behind Myspace.com have been quietly developing software that will allow parents to see some of the information their children are posting on the Web site.The new tool is to allow parents to protect their children while not invading their privacy. The program, called "Zephyr," will allow parents to see the username, age and location their children have listed on Myspace.com, as long as the child logs in from a home computer.

At 7:28 p.m., Jan. 16, five student reporters sat in a Mexican newsroom discussing their newspaper's future. At 7:30 p.m., that future became defunct.As student reporter Astrid Viveros told it, that's when the controversy started.

Four administrators from la Universidad de las Americas, TCU's sister university in Puebla, Mexico, accompanied campus police into the headquarters of La Catarina, UDLA's student newspaper, and the reporters were ordered to leave.

Where there's smoke, there are fire trucks, police cars, maintenance workers, tennis facility staff and alarm contractors.Members of the Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center staff saw smoke coming out of an air vent shortly after 10 a.m. Wednesday, said Craig Smith, tennis center director.

The alarm system signaled TCU Police, who dispatched vehicles to the scene and contacted the Fort Worth Fire Department, said DeAnn Jones of the TCU Police Department.

Though students may not notice a major difference when logging on to the my.tcu.edu portal Monday morning, there will be many unseen advantages to the newly upgraded system, an administrator said.New hardware...

The 10 Panhellenic sororities voted unanimously to invite three sororities to present their organizations in an effort to become the newest sorority on campus.The Panhellenic extension committee suggested Alpha Phi, Delta Zeta and Gamma Phi Beta as the most qualified sororities to join the university this fall.

"The committee spent three weeks reviewing in-depth applications," said James Parker, assistant dean of Campus Life.

Bill Nye "The Science Guy" and the Lovehandlers share a common fondness - ultimate frisbee. The women's ultimate team got a new logo and took the name the Lovehandlers when it separated from the men's team for its 2007 season.

Jessica Gamwell, a junior biology and chemistry major, said the team joined with women from the University of Texas at Arlington last spring and fall but will compete this semester solely with TCU students.

A new program supporting the research of women-related and gender-related issues opens its doors to campus and the community today. Religion professor Claudia Camp said she thinks the Institute on Women and Gender will be an asset to the university.

"I think (the institute) will benefit TCU in terms of national recognition," Camp said. "It creates a structure where students and faculty can work together to do research."

TCU is now offering a Spanish in the Workplace series that teaches faculty and staff to speak Spanish in their everyday working environment.The Staff Assembly and Human Resources are co-sponsoring two eight-week series of classes by Command Spanish, the largest provider of workplace Spanish in the nation, said Julie Lovett, assistant director of extended education.

Lovett, who brought the program to TCU, said her main goals for the program are to bridge the communication gaps in the workplace and also between staff and the community.

The Faculty Senate is working on eliminating the number of at-large representatives in an effort to gain equal membership of senators from various departments.The function of the Senate may not be directly linked to the numbers, but equal representation is key to how the American Congress works. This method should be used at the university level.

Rhode Island, the smallest state, and Texas both have just two members in the Senate. Equality is reached, and levying for certain views is determined by group decisions.