FORTWORTH, Texas -- It's the final Friday night at the Fort Worth Stock Show and 1,623 fans clad in Wranglers, boots and cowboy hats file into the John Justin Arena awaiting the big event. The air smells of cattle and carnival food, and excitement fills the arena. The TCU equestrian team prepares for one of its biggest competitions of the year, against rival team Texas A&M. Despite the pressure, senior Horned Frog rider Carrie von Uhlit rides out into the arena in perfect horsemanship position.

Back straight. Head held high.

Which sounds better to you: Staying in your dorm room located on an empty campus, or staying in a motel room for the duration of Winter Break?

Unless the motel in question happens to be in walking distance of the Las Vegas strip or some other interesting place, students would probably prefer to stay in their own room, even if it is a dorm.

But international students who can't make it home for break don't have that option. They have to seek refuge for the holidays with friends or at hotels.

FORTWORTH, Texas -- A recently established student-run campus ministry has caught fire with university students in the past several weeks.

More than 500 students attended Monday night's Ignite college worship. Students from University of North Texas and Texas A&M University joined Horned Frogs at the third Ignite meeting.

Paige Nettles, a senior fashion merchandising major, pioneered Ignite last semester. Nettles said the goal of the nondenominational ministry is to bring college students together to worship and hear the gospel in a comfortable setting.

FORTWORTH,Texas -- A convicted burglar was arrested Monday on charges of burglarizing TCU residence halls, TCU Police said.

Police say they have caught the burglar who broke into two on-campus residences earlier this month while the occupants were asleep.

Fort Worth police arrested Richard Henry Ramfield, 28, at 9 a.m. Monday on charges of burglary of habitation. TCU Police said Ramfield is suspected of stealing a PlayStation, money and a wallet. Ramfield was released from the penitentiary Sept. 1 on similar charges, said TCU Police Sgt. Kelly Ham.

FORTWORTH, TX -- The volleyball team ended its spring play Saturday and is aiming to advance further this upcoming season after its first NCAA tournament appearance in the fall.

Head coach Prentice Lewis said the team is excited for next season and could be the most gifted that she has coached in her eight years at the university.

"We are going to have a very dynamic team, a very athletic team, and as long as everything comes together we'll be a pretty darn good team," Lewis said.

Two players who will be key to the team are the Hester sisters, Irene and Kristen.

The university's Alcohol and Drug Education Center is developing a new peer education program starting this spring called Frogs CARE to increase alcohol and drug awareness across campus. Yvonne Giovanis,...

The university will work with benefits consultants to determine the effects the recently passed health care reform legislation would have on faculty and staff members' health insurance plans, a human resources official said.

It is too early to determine what effects, if any, the legislation will have on employees' plans, said Tracy Thompson, benefits manager for the human resources department. The bill was signed into law by President Barack Obama on Tuesday.

Sarah Beard and Sarah Scherer, two members of the women's rifle team, will make their way to the ISSF World Shooting Championships in Munich, Germany as part of the United States squad beginning July 30.Freshmen...

TCU catcher Bryan Holaday was named the 2010 Coleman Company-Johnny Bench Award recipient, an award presented to the top catcher in collegiate baseball.Holaday is the 11th player to win the award since...

June 27, 2010

FORT WORTH, Texas -- Several hundred TCU fans braved 100 degree temperatures Sunday afternoon to greet the Horned Frog baseball team on its return to campus from the College World Series. TCU won three games in Omaha and was one of four remaining teams at the CWS. The Horned Frogs fell just one game short of advancing to the championship series. TCU won a school record 54 games and climbed as high as No. 3 in the national polls.

FORTWORTH, Texas -- Although construction has become a part of everyday life at the university, two projects on the drawing board could further change the face of the campus.

Don Mills, vice chancellor for student affairs, said the university plans to build two new buildings on the campus within the next few years.

Mills said the locations for a new admissions building and a new College of Fine Arts building have already been designated.