Fair Trade coffee is available in Frog Bytes again after student activists met with representatives from TCU Dining Services last week.At the end of the 2005 spring semester, the activist group Frogs for Fair Trade succeeded in its mission to make fair trade coffee available in Frog Bytes, Bistro Burnett and the now closed Jazzman's Cafe, said Seth Harris, president of Frogs for Fair Trade.

Harris said when he returned this fall, he was surprised to find fair trade coffee wasn't being sold anymore.

MySpace and other networking Web sites have been consistently attacked by the mass media to the point that the controversies surrounding them are mostly old news. The fact is, despite the many stories in the media about creepy men stalking underage girls through MySpace, chances are the audience to which these stories are targeting are active users of MySpace.According to Seeking Alpha, a leading provider of stock market opinion and analysis, MySpace has over 100 million users and, according to CNN, about 230,000 new members join every day.

Pornography. Few subjects are so ubiquitous and taboo in American culture. But it seems the taboo factor is wearing off. Over the past three decades, our society has become increasingly porn-friendly. What was once the occasional Penthouse stashed away in your grandfather's garage has blossomed into what is now a $12 billion industry, according to The Christian Science Monitor.

What has caused this sudden moral shift? Was it the liberating sexual revolution of the 1960s? Or perhaps the embracing of postmodernism and its relative views on morality?

For the past few weeks, I have heard a lot about the plus/minus grading policy. Even though I agree that the policy will help students in the long run, I believe the issue directly relates to TCU's national ranking. The new grading policy will help raise the academic bar for students. Raising this bar will make grade inflation a thing of the past and give students more options. A student who goes the "extra mile" will be rewarded for working harder.

The number of Saudi Arabian students who attend TCU has increased over the past year because of scholarships offered by the Saudi government to go to U.S. schools, said the director of the Intensive English Program.The scholarship program was instituted after an April 2005 meeting between King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz of Saudi Arabia and President Bush, said Kurk Gayle, director of the Intensive English Program. Gayle said the scholarships cover all expenses, including housing, food and tuition.

He said the first group of Saudi students came in the fall 2005.

Achieving physical fitness is possible for everybody. There is nothing too difficult about it.By the time you get to college, you know the benefits are endless. By being physically fit, you not only look better, you feel better, too. There are two major requirements to consider when striving toward physical fitness, eating right and exercising. This formula is a simple one, but there's a catch: you must perform these actions on a regular basis.

The men's and women's golf teams came back in the final rounds of their tournaments to jump up several places in the final standings.The women's golf team tied for second out of 16 teams Tuesday at the Jeannine McHaney Intercollegiate Tournament in Lubbock after a slow start in the first two rounds, said head coach Angie Ravaioli-Larkin.

"We left a few shots out there the first two rounds, but we talked about being focused Monday night and it worked out," Ravaioli-Larkin said.

Students can get advice on what they can do with their degrees after college tonight in Moudy South, said an adviser of a recently renewed special interest group. The American Society for Training and Development, an organization geared toward students, faculty and staff who are interested in workplace learning and performance, will kick off its first meeting tonight with free Chipotle, said Debi Iba, the organization's faculty adviser.

"ASTD gives students a sneak peak into what professional life is like after graduation," Iba said.

The soccer team will try to improve its 4-4 record in a pair of matches this week at Garvey-Rosenthal Stadium.Thursday's and Saturday's games will be at 7 p.m. against SMU and UT San Antonio.

Last week, the Horned Frogs extended their home winning streak to two games with a win over Sam Houston State, but fell to the Nebraska Cornhuskers 4-0, Sunday in Lincoln, Neb.

The focus of practices this week has been on keeping team composure through the course of a match, said head coach Dan Abdalla.

Remember the days of "Sesame Street" teaching us our ABCs? Everyone knows the tune "next time won't you sing with me?" But in any college where Greek life prevails, that's out the door - and in prances Alpha, Beta, and Chi.Freshmen are forced to learn the alphabet again, given the prevalence of Greek life on campus. Every other car has a bumper-sticker that associates the drivers with one group or another, and a majority of people wear at least one Greek T-shirt a week.

Xanga scared me from the beginning.The idea of posting a diary online, for all the cyber world to see, appalled me. Throw in the fact that not everyone on Xanga is my age, although they might claim to...