Africa is known for its natural beauty and roaming troves of animals. Unfortunately, it is perhaps more easily recognized for its negative aspects that include persistent ethnic conflicts, which are primarily...

In the wake of the global economic downturn many universities lost considerable value from their endowments and were forced to make budget cuts.

James Hille, the university's chief investment officer, said the average university endowment in North Texas fell 22 to 23 percent.

According to The Chronicle of Higher Education, universities with an endowment value more than $1 billion lost an average 20 percent of the total value of their endowments. Harvard lost about 30 percent of the value of its endowment and was forced to make drastic budget cuts.

It has been quite a year for the TCU volleyball team.

The Horned Frogs' 26 wins and 13 conference victories are the most in school history, and the second-place finish in the Mountain West Conference marks the best finish since the team was runner-up of the 2004 Conference USA regular-season.

But now, TCU can add another monumental feat to the record book -- its first NCAA tournament appearance.

Holiday shopping is for the brave among us. Who really wants to stand in endless lines, waiting for hours on end for mechanical hamsters or $3 toasters?

Frog Trade, offered by the university's Public Relations Student Society of America, provides a great alternative to sore feet and bad attitudes. Today and today only, bring your used items to Sadler Lawn from noon to 4:30 p.m. and trade them for other students' used items.

Chris Gillett

Psychosocial Kinesiology major

Q: What's your favorite memory of your time at the university?

A: Passing Biomechanics.

Q: What are your plans after graduating?

A: Building prosthetic limbs somewhere in the area.

Meghan Leal

Graphic Design major

Q: What is your favorite memory of your time at the university?

A Horned Frog team set a record for wins and is making an appearance in national postseason play, and this time we're not talking football.The national waves coming from TCU are not only coming from Amon...

Last holiday season Mack Brown, head coach of the Texas Longhorns, got more air time than Santa Claus. You couldn't turn on a TV, open a newspaper or listen to the radio without having to listen to the...

Out of more than 400 students that submitted ideas for change on campus during Improve TCU Day, only one suggested floating the Brown-Lupton University Union above the ground using helium balloons.

This, and many other more practical ideas, were submitted to the Student Relations Committee of the Student Government Association by students writing on graffiti boards around campus or talking to representatives at booths stationed around campus two weeks ago.

Eight AddRan College of Liberal Arts departments, along with the AddRan dean's office, will be moving into the new Scharbauer Hall in late December.

Andrew Schoolmaster, the dean of AddRan College, said the John V. Roach Honors College and the departments of political science, modern languages and literatures, Spanish and Hispanic studies, philosophy, economics, sociology and anthropology and criminal justice will move into Scharbauer Hall Dec. 28 and 29.