On the inside cover of the Old 97's first live release, "Alive and Wired", guitarist Ken Bethea introduces the double-disc set by saying, "When I think of the Old 97's, the thing that makes me the most...

Forming the third piece of Coheed and Cambria's concept album tetralogy, "Good Apollo I'm Burning Star IV Volume 1: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness" is over-the-top in ways the band's previous release, 2003's "In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3," doesn't come close to matching.Beginning with a new symphonic rendition of the theme music common to all previous releases, the first two tracks are light and acoustic-based, yet still convey an ominous atmosphere that holds the listener until the more energetic music kicks in with track three.

RTVF soap opera is great start but we need full stationThere may be enough drama in most college students' lives, but maybe there is room for a little more.

The radio-TV-film department's recent announcement that it is going to put together a student-run soap opera is a great idea.

Where else but college will students get the opportunity to learn the ropes and experiment with different forms of media from newspapers to television, from theater to film?

Hurricane Rita forced universities in southeastern Texas to cancel and reschedule athletic events, two of which will affect the TCU women's soccer team.Head soccer coach Dan Abdalla said the game at Rice, scheduled for Friday, has been canceled, and the game at home against Sam Houston State, scheduled for Sunday, is postponed until next week.

"The impending hurricane has caused us to take a step back," he said. "We are most concerned with the well-being and safety of the players, their families and anyone near the hurricane."

When did you start playing football?
Sixth gradeWho is your role model?
Denzel Washington

What's your idea of a perfect day?
When everything goes well for me. I go to class and get an A on a test and then go to practice and catch every ball. Or, if it's a Saturday, I catch every ball and then go out at night and do my thing.

When you were younger, what did you want to be when you grew up?
I always wanted to play college football and be in a fraternity.

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It is a Thursday night on the third floor of Ed Landreth Hall. The evening is quickly becoming a wonderful opportunity to witness the formative stages of Theatre TCU's upcoming production of "Proof" by David Auburn, running from Tuesday to Oct. 2."Proof" is an exhilarating drama about the struggle of a young woman named Catherine, the daughter of a brilliant yet mentally unstable mathematician. After her father's death, she encountered many uncertainties regarding her own mental abilities and her place in the world.

Suicide kills more people worldwide every year than war, and college-age students are among the most vulnerable, said Monica Kintigh, a licensed professional counselor in the TCU Counseling Center.Statistics show that suicide is the third leading cause of death for 15- to 24-year-olds, according to the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.

Kintigh presented SuicideTALK, a community forum based on ways to help prevent suicide, on Sept. 15 in the Huguley Fitness Center.

Though some might call it tough, the MBA program in the School of Business is a far cry from where Capt. Marc Ortiz was last year.That's when Ortiz - a 1999 graduate of the United States Military Academy and a captain in the 1st Squadron, 7th (US) Cavalry Regiment - was in Iraq.

Ortiz decided to go back to school after getting back from Iraq on March 15.

"I went back to school to get some experience in the business world since all of my work experience has been in the Army," Ortiz said.