It's been exactly 17 days since California's women's tennis team has played an NCAA match, yet TCU head coach Dave Borelli said the No. 9 Golden Bears will likely be as dangerous as ever in today's afternoon match."(California's long layoff) is both good and bad," Borelli said. "In tennis they are used to doing that. It gives you a chance to take it easy and get back on track again. If they beat us, it was a good thing (for them); if they don't, it was a bad thing."

Many in the United States think of the bird flu as a problem only in Asian countries, but little do they know, a strain of avian influenza was found closer than one might think: on a Texas chicken farm. Now, TCU is taking precautions to ensure the safety of students against bird flu.According to the World Health Organization, as of March 21, there were a total of 184 confirmed human cases of the avian influenza, resulting in 103 deaths.

People choosing to drink in local bars may be faced with more than a pounding headache and extreme nausea the morning after a night of fun.Thanks to a recent decision to send undercover officers of the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission into bars in search of people who are publicly intoxicated, local bar patrons may want to reconsider just how much they plan on drinking when they head out on the town.

It should be less about political candidates' genders and more about their agendas, director of marketing and communications for a women's advancement organization said Monday evening in the Kelly Alumni Center.At the 12th Annual TCU Women's Community Dinner, Candace McAdams, a 1998 TCU graduate, along with Barbara Ann Radnofsky, candidate for U.S. Senate, addressed an audience of students, faculty and community women on issues concerning women in politics.

A team of two students from the TCU entrepreneurship program won the best effort award at the Ninth Annual Enterprise Creation Competition this past weekend at Ball State University in Muncie, Ind. Chris Schaum, a senior entrepreneurial management and marketing major, and Matt Jacobson, a senior finance and accounting major, were one of nine teams chosen for the finals with their idea for Time Zone Airlines, a private jet airline.

In addition to the award, they received $800.

The Faculty Senate is currently looking into how the tenure process works at TCU because of inconsistencies found in the system and problems with the faculty grievance process, Faculty Senate members said.A Rube Goldberg machine, which uses a complicated process to accomplish a simple task, illustrates the current faculty grievance process, said Stuart Youngblood, chairman of the Faculty Senate Tenure Promotion and Grievance Committee.

With the amount of silverware lost from The Main, most students living on campus should have at least four place settings in their dorm rooms, said a manager of Sodexho.Through March 31, residents in Waits,...

I can only assume that Joel Petersen is one of a rare breed of people found at TCU: a diehard basketball fan. Why else would he take the time to write an article in the Skiff? But as another diehard TCU basketball fan, I would like to respond to his March 23 commentary ("Men's basketball needs change").Petersen is not the only disappointed person. There are around 20 guys who spend plenty of time across Stadium Drive who agree with him. But while they are busy busting their butts representing TCU, a lot of people on and off campus have come up with a quick-fix.

I would like to say something about last Tuesday's "Cut Off: Is there life without a cell phone?"As a participant in the Leadership Center's "Leadership Italy," I and six other TCU women went to Italy for Spring Break.

We spent eight days without a cell phone, without television, computers and Internet.

Knowing myself, I thought I would never survive. But I had no choice, and after the second day, I realized I didn't really need those things. I could do everyday things without these luxuries.

The Horned Frogs could not find any offense Saturday afternoon in their game against the University of Central Florida. The Frogs dropped the contest with a score of 5-1 to even the series 1-1.TCU (12-13) would allow the first run from UCF (15-11) to score on a wild pitch from junior pitcher Brad Furnish. Furnish had four walks and seven strikeouts in five innings.

The defense stepped up for TCU as senior center fielder Ryan Pack threw out base runner Kiko Vazquez at home plate in the top of the fourth inning.