Five members of the men's golf team left Thursday for Tennessee to play in its fourth tournament of the season.Players will participate at The Ridges Intercollegiate tournament this weekend at the Ridges Golf & Country Club in Jonesboro, Tenn.

This is one of the better courses of the year and the players are always excited to compete at this tournament, said Bill Montigel, head coach of the men's golf team.

This year for the first time, students were able to sign up online for TCU Leaps - an annual one-day community service event taking place this Saturday, said the TCU Leaps adviser. Peter Thompson, Leaps adviser, said the online sign-up, which allowed students to pick their top three site choices for community service, was offered so more people would show up for the event.

"In the past, our biggest issue has been attrition," Thompson said. "We would have over 1,000 people sign up, but on the day of, only 600 would actually show up."

These days, it seems like there are prescription drugs for every ailment one can imagine. While I am still not in favor of heavy drugs to treat attention deficit disorder, I'll admit prescription medicines will do wonders for afflictions such as paranoid schizophrenia and debilitating migraines. However, when it comes to the nature of most medications Americans are using, we're barking up the wrong tree.How is that, you ask? Quite simply, the major pharmaceutical companies are pumping all kinds of money and time into frivolous medications or off-brand versions of popular types of drugs.

An internationally recognized author and professor of feminist criminology said Thursday evening that women who enter the penal system with a history of aggression are criticized more often than they are helped.As part of the Green Honors Chair Program in the Kelly Alumni Center, Meda Chesney-Lind, professor of women's studies at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, presented her lecture, "Bad Girls Go Wild? Media Hypes and Trends in Girls Violence and Aggression."

Although the chairwoman of the Faculty Senate said earlier this week that she was ready to end discussions on the plus/minus grading system, it continued to be the topic of debate Thursday at the Faculty Senate meeting.The grading system, which was approved 46-8 on Sept. 28 at a faculty assembly meeting, is now in the hands of the provost to approve and send to the University Council for further debate, said Faculty Senate member Andy Fort.

College life means freedom. Freedom to wake up whenever you want, freedom to go to class if you want to or not and freedom to decorate your room however you want.Each of the 2,989 students who live in TCU's residence halls can be their own interior decorator - the challenge is doing that on a college budget.

Decorating your dorm room or apartment is part of the college experience, said Daundria Randolph, a sophomore social work major living in Sherley Hall. It involves making your own decisions.

Once again the Student Government Association's new task force is working to institute an honor code at TCU, this time a pilot program targeted for next semester.SGA President Trevor Heaney said the council has never given up on the idea of an honor code but has been re-evaluating past efforts.

Heaney said the task force was created to research individual TCU honor codes it could expand on to ensure that the honor code will be school-wide.

Once again, the Student Government Association's new task force is working to institute an honor code at TCU. This time, a pilot program is targeted for next semester.SGA President Trevor Heaney said the council has never given up on the idea of an honor code but has been re-evaluating past efforts.

Heaney said the task force was created to research individual TCU honor codes it could expand on to ensure the honor code will be schoolwide.

The men's tennis team will travel to Midland Friday to compete in the Racquet Club Invitational this weekend.The Horned Frogs will be tested as they get a taste of Big 12 and Big 10 competition. Some notable teams include the Texas Longhorns, the Baylor Bears and the Illinois Fighting Illini, all of whom appear on the Intercollegiate Tennis Association's list of top 25 teams for 2006.

To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven ... a time to break down, and a time to build up. ... A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together, according to Ecclesiastes 3:1-15. The university is breaking down and building up, casting away stones and gathering them together at a breakneck pace. As the horned frog is slowly losing its status as the TCU mascot and the construction crane is slipping into its place, many students might feel separated from their on-campus identity.

A new movie opened a few weeks ago titled "The U.S. vs. John Lennon." It is about the Nixon Administration's attempt to essentially kick John Lennon and Yoko Ono out of the United States for their views on the Vietnam War. The parallels between the early 1970s and now are obvious, which makes the film all the more relevant. What is not as obvious, however, is the contrast between Lennon the hero figure of the movie and Lennon the real human being.Since his murder in 1980, Lennon has attained mythic status in rock history.