University Career Services will give seniors a look into professional life this weekend at the annual Senior Conference.The conference, which features keynote speakers, employers and alumni, offers a head start in life and rewards seniors for coming this far by preparing them for challenges in the future, said Kimshi Hickman, associate director of employer services.

Patrick Combs, an alumni motivational speaker and author of "Major in Success," will show seniors how to aim for success during an often difficult transition from student to professional life, Hickman said.

A sociology professor said he is using purple bicycles to preserve the world for future generations. The Purple Bike Program, which creator Keith Whitworth, sociology professor, said has become nationally...

It has always amazed me that some of the world's greatest discoveries were accidentally made by people looking for something else. Alexander Fleming, for instance, discovered the antibiotic penicillin in 1928 when his neglected bacteria culture got moldy.

In the 1940s, four teenage boys stumbled upon some of the world's oldest cave paintings in Lascaux, France, when they followed their dog into a hole in the ground.

Even Christopher Columbus was just trying to find a faster way to India when he sailed into the Americas.

Soon, 18 women will have the coveted parts in a play about their coveted parts.The women's studies department is holding auditions for "The Vagina Monologues" on Monday. There will be two performances on Feb. 9- - "V-Day" - that will raise money for awareness of violence against women.

"V-Day" is a global movement to end violence against women. The "V" stands for victory, valentine and vagina.

"The Vagina Monologues" performances serve as the center of an entire week of events known as "V-Week" that aims to raise awareness about sexual abuse.

The soap opera "Southern Comforts," created by TCU students, will be shown in its entirety by Tager TV, the campus cable system. Students can catch the show on channel 47 of on-campus televisions. Though an ending date has not been determined for the broadcast, all episodes of the first season are airing back-to-back continuously, said Deana Muirheid, manager of media production support services.

Muirheid said it is great to be able to showcase student-produced programming, such as "Southern Comforts," on the campus channels.

A change in Student Government Association's constitution may leave Programming Council scrambling for funds, but the group's directors are not discouraged yet. In years past, PC, one of the four branches that form SGA, has collected a fixed rate of 50 percent of the student government fee that appears on student tuition bills each semester, said Kristen Chapman, Programming Council chair.

With the passage of new SGA legislation, however, that sum may change, said Nate Arnold, SGA treasurer.

Oprah recently built a school called the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls in a town called Henly-on-Klip, 40 miles outside Johannesburg, South Africa, according to Newsweek. Included in this school will be a yoga studio, beauty salon, indoor/outdoor theaters and large fireplaces in every building. There are also hand-picked china dishes, mattresses, uniforms and oversized closets, as well as plenty of tribal art and bright colors to decorate the walls. "These girls deserve to be surrounded by beauty, and beauty does inspire," Oprah said.

When the new student union opens in 2008, both a new campus life and a new way to eat will come along with it. TCU Dining Services is replacing the present a la carte plan with a buffet-style program.

Rather than using an ID debit card at all of the dining facilities, students will swipe their IDs to gain access to the residential dining hall in the new Brown-Lupton Student Union, said Rick Flores, the general manager of TCU Dining Services.

Students will then choose their meal from a buffet of choices.

Why does it seem that all men, especially those in their teens and 20s, turn into rude, noisy, childish boys when they are with their friends?Is it all about the alpha male?

Where are the gentlemanly Rhett Butlers of "Gone with the Wind?" All I see are men who might have starred in "Jackass."

For the most part, men show no respect for women and their beauty. Instead of calling a woman "beautiful" or "stunning," they call her "hot" and then start discussions about how much they would like to get into her pants.

Even the cold weather could not stop many transfer and first year students from attending the first ever winter session of Frog Camp. While attending a two-day camp Thursday and Friday, students were given the chance to meet upperclassmen and faculty members and get to know their fellow classmates just like a regular summer session.

The summer Frog Camps usually last three to five days, in order to allow more time for games and outdoor activities.

The cold weather, however, spurred some changes in the original plans for activities.

If a tree falls in the forest and there's no one there to hear it, does it make a sound?This seemingly simple question has puzzled mankind for ages. Maybe moving the setting to a more familiar locale will make the answer more apparent.

If a basketball swishes through the net at Daniel-Meyer Coliseum, and there are no fans in the seats, does it really make a sound?

You bet. There are 12 guys dressed in purple and white on the TCU sideline who live for that very sound, and dishearteningly, live to play the game in front of meager, unenthusiastic crowds.