Next fall, Schieffer School of Journalism students could have the option to spend the semester in the nation's capital.

The director of the Schieffer School, John Lumpkin, said the department planned to launch The Schieffer School in Washington program in fall 2010.

"The Schieffer School in Washington will be a program for juniors and seniors that will provide virtually a full-time internship and also a way to continue to make progress toward their degrees," Lumpkin said.

I remember talking with a good friend about how I did not attend our hometown's pride parade. Apparently, some in my circle of friends thought I didn't go because I hated gay people. "Why do you all think...

Congress has been busy since President Barack Obama was elected. Members have had to address the stimulus plan and health care, two of the most important facets of Obama's goals while in office. But the...

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...

"Twilight," "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and HBO's "True Blood" could be on a course syllabus next semester for film-TV-digital media students.

FTDM will offer a new "topics in film" class called Bloodsuckers, taught by Tricia Jenkins, an assistant FTDM professor.

Students in the class will study the changing image of vampires throughout history from silent films in the 1920s to current films like "Twilight," Jenkins said. FTDM majors and minors may take the class for media analysis credit.

The Department of Physics and Astronomy is looking to change the course requirements for a minor in astronomy to attract non-science majors, a professor in the department said.Peter Frinchaboy, an astronomy...

Life doesn't wait for anyone.

That's what Liz Murray, a woman who went from sleeping on the streets of New York to graduating from Harvard University, told students Monday afternoon.

Both of Murray's parents were drug addicts and she was raised on welfare.

"In my neighborhood, we celebrated 12 holidays a year - the first of the month when the welfare check came in," Murray said. "The mailman was a local celebrity."

For the Horned Frogs, the momentum building to their first appearance in a Bowl Championship Series bowl game was years in the making. Now that head coach Gary Patterson and the athletes behind all the...

Student organizer and sophomore international communications major Chad Sluder said the three goals of today's "Lives are on the Line" AIDS event were donations, lobbying and awareness.

Today is the 21st annual World AIDS Day. Through the event he planned at TCU, Sluder said he hoped to raise money to donate to the World Vision program in Zambia. He said World Vision is a nonprofit that organizes programs and fundraisers to help international communities suffering from various illnesses.

We keep hearing that heart disease is on the rise in America. How can such a preventable disease be so common and take over the population? There are many explanations, but a more important question is...