Using "Wheel of Fortune" for academic research may seem far-fetched, but that's exactly what two TCU professors had in mind when they tried out for the game show. Mark Toulouse and Stacey Floyd-Thomas, who both teach in the Brite Divinity school, said they tried out for the show's "Best Friends" week because they wanted to research the shift in American values from religion to fame.

"Money, winning and success have become major values in America," Toulouse, a professor in the Brite Divinity school said. "We wanted to immerse ourselves in popular culture."

Remember the good old days of trick-or-treating? You know, back when you would don your costume and parade around the neighborhood knocking on the doors of complete strangers in hopes of a glorious, sugary bounty. And who can forget the time-honored tradition of secretly stashing your candy so your parents couldn't limit your gluttonous consumption?Yes, Halloween arouses fond memories in all of us. However, there was always one villain out to ruin your sugar-craving fun: bad candy.

The Fort Worth Star-Telegram filed a motion asking a judge to reconsider a gag order issued last week in a sexual assault case involving three former TCU athletes, according to court records.The three former athletes charged in the case, Lorenzo Labell Jones, 20, Shannon Monroe Behling, 19, and Virgil Allen Taylor, 19, were arrested Oct. 20 on sexual assault charges for an assault police say took place in a Moncrief Hall dorm room.

The gag order was implemented by Judge Wayne Salvant on Thursday in Tarrant County Criminal District Court No. 2.

It's no secret. TCU has a parking problem.You hear it all the time. A student spent an hour or so trying to find a parking place. He or she parked illegally simply because there was no place else to park, and he or she had to get to class.

I realize parking is an age-old issue that has been addressed and debated many times, but that doesn't make it any less true. Tiring or not, this issue needs to be worked out because it's obviously not going away.

Why else would you keep hearing complaints that are so commonplace you could mumble them in your sleep?

Thousands of women marched in streets throughout the early 20th century and fought for the equality of women. Those women argued for equality so women could be free of those silly feminine conventions that identified them as second-class citizens - high heels, lipstick, giggles and lace.I'm afraid the civil rights ladies of the Roaring '20s succeeded beyond their wildest dreams. Surely they didn't fight for our liberation so we could become a generation of girls with no class.

The rifle team took first place in its competition Saturday against UTEP and Nevada-Reno, giving the team its third first-place finish of the season. TCU finished first in both air rifle and smallbore, junior Rebecca Upjohn said.

"There weren't any setbacks for our team," Upjohn said. "The weekend went very smoothly for the TCU shooters."

Upjohn is a member of the white team, where members don't travel unless they qualify, but was able to travel with the purple team this weekend because she has been shooting well, said Karen Monez, head coach of the rifle team.

Tuition to attend TCU: $22,980. Estimated annual textbook cost: $810. Room and board: $4,320. Having to pay $20 for a new ID card: What a sham.With more than $28,110 in estimated annual costs, it seems TCU administrators are still trying to squeeze more blood from the stone.

The ID center recently raised the cost for purchasing a replacement ID from $10 to $20.

Shouldn't there be something that doesn't increasingly cost more at TCU?

Before the baseball team wrapped up its fall workouts Monday, the Frogs took the field Sunday for the annual Purple/White World Series at Lupton Stadium. While the Purple team captured the series 2-1,...

The Chancellor's Leadership Program, which has undergone several changes recently, will accept about 20 new freshmen this spring, and applications are being taken now for the leadership building program, said the CLP adviser."CLP is a four-year program that focuses on leadership development and helping students to become the best leaders that they can be and to make positive changes within TCU, within the community and within the world," said CLP adviser Laura Thomas.