As we approach both the Lenten and beach seasons, we forget all about our New Year's resolutions and start worrying about spring break plans. We tried losing our "winter weight" through resolutions, but it is time for a new challenge: sacrifices. We hope that we can "sacrifice" an extra cookie at the BLUU to participate in Lenten promises as well as cut a few extra calories off our diet before we hit the beach.

Idiocy once again reared its ugly head when an article in the Skiff came out saying that Gov. Rick Perry not accepting money for schools was going to hurt public schools.The article was even titled "Refusal...

Apartment rental and occupancy rates in the Dallas/Fort Worth and Arlington areas are declining, which could mean more options for university students living off campus and more negotiable rental rates, a university official said.

Craig Allen, director of Housing and Residence Life, said that in the past five years there has been a surge in developers opening apartment complexes around campus. The increase in available housing increased competition between complexes for student residents, he said.

A university official estimated a 25 percent decrease in the University Recreation Center's annual revenue as a result of a limit placed on community memberships at the Recreation Center in January 2009,...

It's only been three days and the U.S. is off to a rousing start at the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver.

Hannah Kearney won a gold in freestyle skiing at the ladies' moguls finals Saturday with a score of 26.63, putting her almost a full point ahead of favored Canadian competitor Jennifer Heil. The 23-year-old Kearney is competing in her second Olympics, after failing to qualify at the 2006 Winter Games in Torino with a No. 22 finish. Shannon Bahrke of the U.S. finished out the podium bringing home the bronze.

Men's Basketball

On Saturday, the Frogs (12-14, 4-7 Mountain West) took on the University of Wyoming Cowboys (9-16, 2-9 MWC) on the road with a looming reality over their heads. TCU had never recorded a single win in Laramie at Arena-Auditorium and were tied at 7-7 in all-time series against the Cowboys.

The Frogs defeated the Cowboys 76-68, moving them to the No. 7 spot in the MWC.

Students and faculty will show their appreciation today for a minister who has been with the university community for 25 years, an associate chaplain said.

Associate Chaplain Jake Hofmeister said the focus of the event would be Father Charlie Calabrese, the Catholic minister at the university.

Calabrese first came to the university in 1984. According to his staff biography, Calabrese was previously a campus minister at Ohio University for eight years.

The frozen yogurt trend is steadily spreading across Fort Worth and gathering a wide consumer base that some attribute to health benefits.Zac Fowler, vice president of marketing for the upcoming Yo! Frozen...

Students no longer have to wait to get back to their computers to leave a rave review or complaint about their professors.RateMyProfessors.com has launched an iPhone application version of the popular...

Parenting is an enduring paradox of humankind. It's considered negative if a parent lives vicariously through his or her child, but an uninvolved parent is also frowned upon.

Ideal parenting in the U.S. features a middle ground between two styles: crazed controlling and easy-going empowering. Crazed controlling parents often pressure their children to the point of social awkwardness and an inability to fail. Easy-going empowering parents encourage their children to a fault, which leads to overt self-centeredness.