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.

Recently, the Senate passed a ban on the torture of any suspected terrorist in U.S. custody.This ban has come following allegations that cruel and unusual methods of retrieving information were being used in Iraq by U.S. personnel.

The move to prevent this type of action against captives is a good move.

It is the responsibility of the United States as a world superpower to act in such a way as to be a role model for other nations.

The Graduate Record Exam will undergo major changes that will go into effect next October, including a time extension and one universal test offered to all who take it, according to the Educational Testing Service.The GRE is a standardized test that half a million prospective graduate students take each year and is required for admission to graduate programs ranging from English to music theory at TCU, according to TCU's graduate bulletin.

The new test will be advantageous to students, said Chuck Dunning, the associate director of University Career Services.

A middle-aged man in dirt-covered overalls and gardening gloves stands in front of his trash can in confusion. His garden hose, which now has too many holes to be effective, is metal at both ends and plastic...

The sixth annual Miss Black and Gold Scholarship Pageant, "Jazzy But Classy," took place at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Student Center Ballroom.The pageant, sponsored by Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity, provides a $1,000 scholarship for the first place winner and smaller sums for the second and third place contestant.

Jerret Holmes, a senior advertising/public relations major and the pageant coordinator, said the annual pageant is an excellent way for the fraternity to help further the education of TCU's young women and a good time for the women involved.

Why did the frog cross the road?Crossing the street seems simple enough, until you watch students crossing University Drive.

Few complaints about jaywalking have made their way to the police, but almost everyone has either been witness or party to a group of students darting in front of vehicles so they can make it to Sub Connection or the Brown-Lupton Student Center 30 seconds faster.

Safety seems to be irrelevant if taking precautions would inconvenience a pedestrian on campus.

TCU Police can only warn students not to jaywalk.