Brent Skoda said he was only 20 years old when he went to the treasurer of CBS to ask for $3 million to start his business, collegefitness.com.

Although Skoda did not get the funds from CBS, he did raise that money by contacting other investors. Skoda, a junior general studies major, said the treasurer told him he liked the idea, but he could not give him the money because no audience for Skoda's product had been determined.

The effects of a federal student loan program overhaul passed with the health care reform bill Sunday will be felt by future, and not current, Federal Pell Grant recipients, a financial aid official said.

Melet Leafgreen, assistant director of loan programs for the university, said the student loan bill would not affect students who receive a Pell Grant immediately, but it could affect students in the future if the program works as planned.

Currently about 11 percent of university students receive Pell Grants, Leafgreen said.

With the passing of the health care reform bill on Sunday, young adults can now stay on their parents' health insurance until they are 26 years old.The benefits that come with the age extension would give...

The Horned Frogs earned the overall NCAA Rifle National Championship with a title by the women's rifle team March 13.

In addition to the team overall championship over Alaska 4,675 - 4,653, the Frogs also brought in a championship in air rifle with a score of 2,361 and an individual championship in smallbore by freshman Sarah Scherer.

Senior shooter Erin Lorenzen fired a 104.4 in the air rifle finals clenching her a No. 3 finish, followed by team member Scherer in sixth with a 102.2.

The football team announced its finalized non-conference slate for the 2010 campaign Monday.

The Horned Frogs are set to face the Pac-10's Oregon State Beavers in their first-ever meeting at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington on Sept. 4. This game, along with the Frogs' crosstown showdown with Southern Methodist University on Sept. 24, will be televised on ESPN.

The Frogs are also set to face Tennessee Tech on Sept. 11 and Big 12 opponent Baylor University on Sept. 18 in Fort Worth.

With the debate still raging over the passage of health care reform legislation, many questions still linger regarding what changes will be made. Some of the changes outlined in the bill include young...

Women's Basketball

After losing to Utah in their first game at the Conoco Mountain West Conference Championship in Las Vegas, the Frogs headed to Tennessee with an at-large bid for the NCAA Tournament. In their 57-69 loss to the Utes, the Lady Frogs shot only 29.3 percent from the field.

As the No. 9 seeded team at the Memphis Regional of the NCAA Tournament, the Lady Frogs lost to the Dayton Flyers in the first round, 66-67. This was the Frogs' ninth NCAA appearance in 10 years.

They finished their season with a 22-9 overall record.

With patrons abuzz in conversation, beer in hand, and cigarette smoke snaking into a haze above the din, this might appear to be a just another Saturday night at the Oui Lounge, a staple neighborhood hangout in Blue Bonnet Circle. But a familiar face - one with a cowboy hat and a foot-long graying beard - is missing.

Guitarist Bill Hamm and a group of musicians suddenly cease playing.

"Stand up and hoist it up," a male voice says, as dozens of patrons packed in the bar raise their drink. "To Trent!"

The No. 7 TCU Horned Frogs (10-2) held onto their one run lead to down the Texas Tech Red Raiders (10-7) Friday night at Lupton Stadium, 8-7.

The win was sealed after Texas Tech's Jamodrick McGruder was picked off by redshirt sophomore third baseman Aaron Schultz in the final inning.

TCU's starting pitcher, junior Steven Maxwell, tallied four strike outs in the first three innings of play.

A bartender well-known among university students will be honored by friends and his family at Oui Lounge this weekend.

Trent Reid was a bartender at the Blue Bonnet Circle location for 28 years before he died of cancer March 1 at the age of 56. Co-workers and "regulars" will hold a memorial for him Saturday night with music by guitarist Bill Hamm, a friend of Reid's, and barbecue.

Chad Chipman, a bartender at the Oui Lounge, said Reid was not only known for his long beard and cowboy hat, but also for his love of history and reading.

The art of DJ Perera, a senior studio art major, will be displayed in two exhibitions in the Metroplex during the months of March and April.

The first exhibition, titled "Introducing DJ Perera," will be hosted at the ThirdSpace Gallery in downtown Dallas until April 3 and will feature between 12 and 15 paintings.

Perera said this is a display-and-sale exhibition, with paintings starting at $600.

"It's going to be the body of work that I've created for the past year," Perera said.