Wall Street made a stop at TCU when Merrill Lynch's vice chairman spoke at the last Executive Speaker Series breakfast of the semester.In addition to being a vice chairman, Bob McCann is the president of Merrill Lynch's Global Private Client Group and a TCU MBA graduate.

At the breakfast, McCann said adaptability is the key to long-term success in any profession.

McCann quoted Charles Darwin: "It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change."

The future of TCU is coming into focus as members of Vision In Action will host a town hall meeting concerning the freshman experience today.VIA is Chancellor Victor Boschini's strategic plan for the future of TCU that creates funding for programs that will enhance the university's future with higher quality, braver visions and nobler purposes, according to the TCU Web site.

Leo Munson, associate vice chancellor for academic support, said the program "will allow us to see who we are and show who we intend to be."

A former TCU student may face up to 10 years in prison if found guilty for the aggravated assault of a TCU Police officer while resisting arrest earlier this month, a police detective said Tuesday. TCU Police Detective Kelly Ham said Connor Rhyne, who now attends Tarrant County Community College, was sent to jail April 4 after police issued a warrant for his arrest. He was released on a $10, 000 bond the next day.

A film screening tonight illustrates what it would be like to wake up in California to find that nearly one third the population had vanished into thin air.Students and faculty will have the opportunity to watch the comedy, "A Day Without a Mexican" at 6:30 p.m. and discuss how the proposed legislation on immigration will affect Mexican immigrant workers, students and their families.

Frog Fountain will soon be dismantled to make room for residence hall construction, but it will return once construction is complete and necessary repairs have been made to the TCU landmark.Frog Fountain will be disassembled around the middle of May, said Harold Leeman, director of major projects.

Leeman said the fountain is long overdue for repairs, including fixing some problems with water leakage, and that it's convenient to do the repairs now since it needs to be moved during construction.

"Guten Tag" was the phrase of the day here Saturday as more than 100 high school students studying German poured onto the TCU campus.Dallas/Fort Worth area high school students spent the day with about 40 TCU German minors, who served as hosts, speaking only German and learning all about the culture at "Deutscher Samstag" or "German Saturday," said Jeffrey Todd, associate professor of German.

If for some odd reason you have ever walked by the University Recreation Center at 5 a.m. and wondered who would actually be in the weight room that early, the answer is simple: the TCU swimming and diving team.Even in the offseason, the team dedicates itself to early morning practices to go along with some afternoon training sessions in order to better itself for the next season, head coach Richard Sybesma said.

"We have to make a commitment to the offseason to start with a stronger team in the season," Sybesma said. "Offseason commitment equals in-season success."

I've been writing sports for a pretty long time now, or at least as much as my age allows. I've done all sorts of teams with infinitely varied types of leaders that enjoy countless degrees of success. Not to sound jaded, but I've pretty much heard it all before.So when TCU's head baseball coach, Jim Scholssnagle, told me on Feb. 28 that "we have a team full of good players that's not a very good baseball team right now," I have to admit that I was skeptical. You know how many times I've heard that?

Professors might want to take note that students may get restless in the classroom now that springtime is in the air.Researchers at the University of Michigan have found that spending time indoors when the weather outside is pleasant can decrease mood and susceptibility to new information and creative thoughts.

According to the University of Michigan Web site, people experience their best moods when they spend at least 30 minutes a day outdoors in warm, sunny weather. Peak moods occur in Texas when it is 86 degrees, the research found.