You walk into The Main, get your food in a to-go container and later throw the container away. You read a newspaper and toss it in the wastebasket when you're done. When you finish your bottled water, where will the bottle go? In the trash?The average American throws away nearly 8 pounds of garbage every day, according to the America Recycles Web site.

The city of Fort Worth recycles 20 percent of its collected trash, up from 6 percent in 2003, according to its Web site.

So, what does TCU do to recycle?

After reading Rachel Skinner's article on gay marriage in Wednesday's Skiff, I was appalled at just how ignorant many people remain in this great state of ours. Not only did Ms. Skinner make an inaccurate correlation between being gay and being a "habitual liar, a thief, an adulterer or just a plain raging lunatic," but she continued to state that she has never seen "anything positive come out of" homosexuality. I would like to point out that the reason homosexuals "end up hurting people, including themselves" is not because they are gay, but because people like Ms.

It's Felicity meets The Sopranos.The cast of the radio-TV-film student-led production, "Southern Comforts," was chosen after more than 100 students auditioned for a part, professor Richard Allen said.

He said the soap opera will be filmed and aired next semester.

Allen said 16 students were cast in the main roles of the soap opera, including three freshmen, three sophomores, three juniors and seven seniors. Though the majority of the students are RTVF or theatre majors, the cast also includes a broadcast journalism major and a biology major, he said.

TCU freshman Lauren Fred said she has never been very involved in community affairs activities. However, this semester she is deeply involved in a community project on campus, she said. The advertising/public relations major is part of a group of students trying to instate an open campus meal program that would allow students to use their student ID cards to purchase food at local restaurants.

After a series of successful fundraisers for victims of natural disasters close to home, members of the TCU community noticed a change in the efforts of student organizations to raise money for tragedies abroad. "What we have to avoid is becoming desensitized to human tragedy," said the Rev. Angela Kaufman, minister to the university.

Several organizations and university departments united earlier this fall to support fundraising efforts for those affected by Hurricane Katrina.

Senior Kip Kangogo placed 33rd in the NCAA Cross Country Championships on Monday.The event, which was held at Indiana State University in Terre Haute, featured 31 men's and women's teams.

Wisconsin senior Simon Bairu won the event, leading the Wisconsin team to victory with three runners registering in the top 10.

Northern Arizona junior Johanna Nillson won the women's event with a time of 9:58.

Kangogo, who was awarded All-Region honors at the NCAA Cross Country South Central Regional Championships in Waco, was happy with the results.