Former TCU football standout Cory Rodgers, who was drafted last spring by the Green Bay Packers, is showing improvement after a less-than-stellar summer of training camp and weapon charges. Rodgers was drafted by the Packers in the fourth round as the 104th pick overall.

He signed a four-year, $2.075 million contract with the Packers on July 26. The deal has a $465,120 signing bonus and a starting base salary of $275,000 for the 2006 season.

Rodgers decided to enter the draft last spring instead of finishing his senior year with the Frogs.

Though former TCU student Cory Rodgers had recent charges filed against him, he was not reprimanded by the university or the athletics department, said Don Mills, the vice chancellor for Student Affairs.Rodgers, a recent recruit for the Green Bay Packers, was arrested May 26 on charges of unlawfully carrying a weapon and discharging a firearm.

The charges were dropped because the firearm was not fired at anyone, said Kierin Williams, legal assistant to Rodgers' attorney, Jeff Kearney.

Mr. Belding will leave Bayside High for the night to say "howdy" to TCU students as part of this year's Howdy Week festivities.Dennis Haskins, who played Principal Belding on the television show "Saved by the Bell" will perform a comedy show at 6 p.m. in the Student Center Ballroom.

Haskins based the performance on his role as Mr. Belding as well as experiences from his own college days, said Kristen Chapman, Programming Council's special events director.

Graduation from TCU is a day many students wait at least 22 years for, but for some of the littlest Horned Frogs, that day comes sooner.In June 2006, the KinderFrogs School graduated seven children, its largest class since the school began in 2000.

KinderFrogs is a laboratory school located within the School of Education. It provides educational services for children who have Down syndrome and other developmental delays.

The TCU Health Center now requires vaccinations for mumps and measles and is making an effort to alert students of a recent concern of national viral outbreaks.The American College Health Association and...

Several groups of TCU students participating in summer study abroad programs in the United Kingdom had homebound flights affected by a foiled bomb plot that targeted planes flying to the United States.According to The New York Times, more than 20 suspects were arrested Aug. 10 on suspicion of plotting to bring liquid explosives disguised as drink bottles on as many as 10 passenger planes.

A group of TCU theater students in Edinburgh, Scotland were scheduled to fly back Aug. 16, but returned a day early because of the threats.

When three people broke into two cars in the recreation center parking lot June 13, they probably didn't know that somebody saw something that would ultimately lead to their arrests and the arrests of several others involved in a metroplex-wide crime ring.A partial license plate number recorded by a witness led TCU Police Detective Vicki Lawson to a rental car agency in San Antonio that would eventually lead to arrest warrants for four suspects involved in a Dallas/Fort Worth area crime spree, said TCU Police Detective Sgt. Kelly Ham.

The Horned Frogs continued their streak of hitting the ball and getting on base, but they couldn't continue their small winning streak of two games against the Utah Utes Sunday.The Frogs collected 10 hits in the ballgame, but couldn't get the timely hit when it mattered the most. Nine men were left on base in a game the Frogs lost 6-3.

Senior centerfielder Ryan Pack said he and his teammates know why they lost and will not dwell on it too much in going into next weekend's home series with University of Texas-Pan American.

In early March, the TCU men's basketball team lost their first game in the conference tournament, which signaled the end of the season and the collegiate careers for three seniors, but one Frog is not ready to give it up yet.Nile Murry, a transfer from Temple University, has been a consistent player for head coach Neil Dougherty during his two years as a Frog, and he is not ready to turn his high-tops in for a pair of loafers.

Earlier this month the TCU football program announced the 14 members of the 2006 Leadership Council.The Council began seven years ago, and the current players on the team vote on the members of the Council...