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A Pepsi and a Milky Way bar? Swipe it! A new calculus book? Swipe it! Thirty seven bottles of Pepto-Bismol and a copy of Ann Coulter's newest political book? Well, you get the picture.Today, seemingly anything that one could want on campus is available via the use of our student ID card. Cool? I guess.

An indoctrination into a system of plastic over cash that will one day launch our nation into a second Great Depression? You bet.

The fourth annual Jazz By The Boulevard Music and Arts Festival, scheduled for this weekend, will offer an expected 50,000 music lovers various types of jazz and cultural performances, said the event's producer."There's something for everyone," said festival producer Donna VanNess. "And it's for a good cause."

According to the Jazz By The Boulevard Web site, the festival is a fundraiser to preserve and beautify the Camp Bowie district, which is the historic site of museums, shops and restaurants.

TCU has taken an extra step toward making the treatment of all students more equal.As reported in the Skiff earlier this month, all students may now appeal alcohol citations to a committee comprised of five to eight students and a residential staff member. The students who serve on the committee are members of a 32-student board representing every dorm on campus with the exception of Brachman Hall, which had a lack of applicants.

Five years ago during my 8th grade U.S. History course, I vividly remember watching two American Airlines flights violently crash into the World Trade Center on TV, sending cascading smoke and debris into the air.My dad is an American Airlines pilot who was flying to an unbeknownst destination on Sept. 11. With no possible way to contact him, 9/11 was initially more than a national catastrophe to me - it was a personal disaster. To me, going to war was originally a practical and well-founded idea.

Imagine growing-up in a town where cattle easily outnumber the city's population. Now imagine your town's name actually means a horse, especially a quiet, plodding horse for farm work or family use, according to dictionary.com.

If you are wondering what town this could possibly be, look no further than Dobbin, Texas, which is approximately 45 minutes north of The Woodlands.

Dobbin is the hometown of Dakota Gring, a junior finance and accounting major, who said she could not be happier about growing-up in a small town.

Job hunters who are not affiliated with TCU can no longer access job listings on FrogJobs, the University Career Services' online job database, UCS staff members said.FrogJobs, which lists full-time and part-time jobs both on and off campus, was updated over the summer, said Lynne VonRoeder, a graduate intern for UCS. Now, only TCU students and alumni can access it, she said.

"Non-TCU students were accessing it and not complying with the rules," VonRoeder said.

Strong starts for the men's and women's golf teams earlier this week have given them momentum to begin a new weekend of tournaments, players and coaches said.The men's team placed second out of 15 teams in Toledo, Ohio, and the women placed fourth out of 17 teams in Albuquerque, N.M., earlier this week.

Sophomore Jon McLean and senior Catherine Matranga won the individual titles in their respective tournaments. Although it was her first collegiate win, Matranga said she hopes to win again.

The Horned Frogs have their hands full.Saturday's home football game at 4:30 p.m. against the Big 12 Texas Tech Raiders has meant extra preparation on behalf of the TCU administration, athletics department, Student Government Association and the TCU and Fort Worth Police. Not to mention, Family Weekend kicks off today.

The game, which has many fans excited for a chance to beat Tech after a failed attempt in Lubbock in 2004, is sold out. TCU has been prepping for crowd control for the program's first sold-out home game since 1984.

A tragic thing has happened in the last century of American Christianity. It has been hijacked. Not by slick televangelists, sex-abusing priests or careless clergy, but by politics and the media.Somehow,...

The outcome of the plus/minus grading system could be determined soon, said a senator on the Faculty Senate Academic Excellence Committee.The proposal, which will allow professors to use a plus or a minus after a letter grade, must still pass before the University and Graduate councils later this month at a date and time still to be determined, said David Grant, a member of the Faculty Senate Academic Excellence Committee.