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.

Following a severe drop earlier this decade, the TCU endowment has nearly recovered to its peak level of $1 billion.Although the endowment reached $1 billion in 2000, economic troubles in the stock markets and 9/11 led to a dramatic decline throughout the early part of this decade, assistant treasurer Dick Hoban said.

Despite the continuation of the war, the stock markets and, in turn, the endowment have experienced recovery, said Mauricio Rodriguez, chairman of the department of finance.

1915: "The Birth of a Nation"Director D.W. Griffith's portrait of the Reconstruction (and, in turn, the Ku Klux Klan) era has enraged as many viewers as it has captivated.

1967: "Guess Who's Coming

to Dinner"

Starring Sydney Poitier, Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy, this film was the first film to deal with interracial relationships. It revolved around Poitier's impending marriage to Hepburn and Tracy's daughter, played by Katharine Houghton.

1969: "Midnight Cowboy"

The track and field team may be sticking with its guns in the 2006 spring season, but it is also looking to make some noise in nontraditional areas.Head coach Darryl Anderson said while the team will ride...

When the Los Angeles Times first reviewed "Brokeback Mountain," a film that chronicles a friendship and love story between two cowboys, it praised the film but posed the question, "Will it play in Plano?"The more apt question might have been, "Will it play in Fort Worth?"

In a city where the tip of a white Stetson is synonymous with, "Howdy ma'am," and boots are more common than Manolos, the fate of a gay cowboy movie seemed doomed from the start.

With Superbowl XL just around the corner, people all over the nation are gearing up for one of America's most accepted and adored cultural pastimes - commercial watching.No joke. When it comes to television, nothing is more inundated with advertisements and selling points than the Big Game. It has gotten to the point that people are loading couches and drinking beers not to watch football, but manipulative attempts by advertisers at brainwashing Americans into buying junk like a Half-Pounder Fatty McCheese or UltraMega Light Super Beer.

Although early season struggles have slowed down the men's golf team, the Horned Frogs look to rebound by starting the spring season with a trip to Hawaii for the Waikoloa Intercollegiate Invitational.After coming off a fall season, which saw the Horned Frogs enjoy success in several national polls, head coach Bill Montigel said TCU is working harder than ever to ensure success in its new home, the Mountain West Conference.