With a retention rate of 53.57 percent from last semester's House of Representatives to this semester, Student Government Association members said they hope to improve the body's reputation and in turn, retention by changing the focus from internal issues to student concerns."Students don't want to see SGA doing things for SGA - they want to see them doing things for students," said Tori Hutchens, chairwoman of elections and regulations.

Although she said there is only so much SGA can do to get people to participate; it's all cyclical.

Projected increases to the TCU budget will take into account rising costs in tuition, housing, health insurance, utilities and athletics, the vice chancellor for finance and administration said Tuesday.Vice Chancellor Brian Gutierrez said at a Staff Assembly meeting that while TCU currently remains under the national trend line for increasing tuition costs at four-year private universities, an anticipated rise in tuition would cause the university to meet the national average by 2007.

The TCU Programming Council is hosting its own version of "Singled Out" tonight at 7 p.m. in the Student Center lounge.Kristen Chapman, director of special events for the council, said she hopes the knock-off...

It's amazing how little can be resolved after a full day of Congressional hearings on a topic as complex, and uncomfortable, as President Bush's approval of the National Security Agency's international "surveillance program." The policy, which has recently fallen under legislative criticism, allows the NSA to wire-tap phone calls between suspected foreign al-Qaida supporters and American affiliates. Although the program is intended to further safeguard American citizens from terrorist attacks like the ones they endured Sept. 11, 2001, logic may reveal that it is fundamentally flawed.

It's not uncommon to sit in the Main and hear students complain about Student Government Association. I suppose they have every right to when they spend enormous amounts of money to attend a school like TCU. Part of a student's tuition goes toward events put on by Programming Council and improvements proposed by the House of Student Representatives. I've been a member of House for two years, and I see everything that goes on, and it's a ton.What irritates me is when people don't know or care to know what SGA does.

Students can vote to fill 23 of 26 vacant seats in the House of Student Representatives between 7 a.m. and 9 p.m. today at my.tcu.edu, the Student Government Association elections and regulations chairwoman said.Tori Hutchens, chairwoman, said seats are available because they were not filled initially or the previously elected representatives could no longer hold their positions for varying reasons.

"Between this semester and last, class schedules and time commitments have changed, so many seats are open for new representatives," she said.

The TCU psychology department is researching the prevention of diseases such as Parkinson's, said an expert of human behavior.Tim Barth, chairman of the psychology department, said that by creating the...

Low sales, profits and student traffic have led to an uncertain future for Jazzman's Caf‚.TCU Dining Services and the dining committee, a group of students and faculty members interested in the dining options on campus, have been meeting in recent weeks to discuss the possible options to increase business at Jazzman's Caf‚, located in the basement of the Tucker Technology Center, or move it to a new location, said Rick Flores, general manager of Dining Services.