Zeta Tau Alpha sorority's Pink Out promotion to raise awareness for breast cancer and benefit the nonprofit Susan G. Komen for the Cure has run into a competitor far larger than a "Black Out" Facebook event: Nike.

Despite a Nike display staffed by members of the Nike Street Team, Frogs for the Cure T-shirts sales have already passed last year's total of 3,660, said Ann Louden, the chancellor's associate for external relations. More than 4,000 Frogs for the Cure shirts have been sold, and more have been ordered for this week, she said.

Michael Beschloss, an award-winning author and historian, said that only time will show how recent presidential bills affected the country.

Beschloss spoke Tuesday night about presidential history at the inaugural Paul F. Boller Jr. Symposium. The BLUU ballroom was filled with people who held copies of his books while listening to the speech.

The Symposium was held in honor of Paul F. Boller Jr., the first Lyndon B. Johnson Chair in American History at TCU in 1976, Chancellor Victor Boshini said.

Even though students' suggestions have prompted changes to the student tailgates this football season, tailgates still have room for improvement and would benefit from a move to the Campus Commons, a student body officer said.

Kelsie Johnson, student body present, said a move to the Campus Commons was one of the main suggestions from a recent survey sent out to students.

"I'm taking those (surveys) into account as well as just seeing the tailgates themselves, and I think we need more space," Johnson said.

Interfraternity Council has partnered with the athletics department to order 10,000 purple towels with pink ribbons for the Saturday football game against Utah.

IFC originally planned to order 3,000 black towels with pink ribbons in an effort to find a compromise between the Pink Out vs. Black Out controversy that stemmed from a Facebook event urging students to wear black to the Utah game, which had been designated as the Pink Out game in support of breast cancer awareness, said IFC President Evan Berlin.

Students and faculty ate spicy food, dressed in saris and danced to Indian music at the Students for Asian Indian Cultural Awareness Mela carnival on Saturday.

More than 110 students and faculty members attended the carnival, said Nitesh Kalwar, the organization's president.

Kalwar said the booths with henna tattoos and authentic South Asian dress were the most popular attractions.

The carnival also had booths with foods from different cultures, cricket demonstrations and rangoli, a popular Indian art form, he said.

To many students, student body officer elections are just a time for campaign stickers and free food that candidates sometimes offer.

However, the importance of the elections should not be lost on the student body. Student Government Association represents every student on campus.

While taking free breakfast tacos or rocking a fashionable campaign sticker might be nice for a day, students shouldn't forget what all of the fanfare is about.

Harriet Cohen, an associate professor of social work, will present her research on Holocaust survivors Thursday as part of the Dallas Holocaust Museum's 12-part series of programs and seminars, "Holocaust Legacies: Shoah as Turning Point."

The university is co-sponsoring the series along with Southern Methodist University and the University of Dallas.

Cohen said her research focused on Holocaust survivors who used memory as a way to survive. The presentation, titled "Holocaust Survivors: Stories of Resilience," will show at SMU at 8:30 a.m. Thursday.

This story was edited for accuracy to reflect the author's original opinion.

The moment I found out ESPN's College GameDay was coming to our city, I knew the likelihood of me accomplishing anything academically this week was about as likely as the BCS letting the Frogs into the National Championship Game. It just wasn't going to happen.

What we have this weekend is a once-in-a-college-career experience. Some alumni never would have imagined this day coming when they walked this campus many years ago.

TCU is continuing its support for the Susan G. Komen Foundation by playing pink out bingo, pinking out Resident Assistants, and wearing "Frogs for the Cure" T-shirts at the Utah game this week.

TCU's annual event, "Frogs for the Cure," started Nov. 9, closing with the "Frogs for the Cure" football game Nov. 14 against Utah.

For the first time, residence halls will educate students about being aware of breast cancer and participate in several breast cancer awareness activities.

The debate over health care reform in the U.S. has been healthy, deserved and prolonged, if not overly discussed. The issue has essentially become partisan, divided along the Republican and Democratic lines with a few crossovers here and there. Proponents of each side have been vehement about making their points, garnering support and using all types of arguments to accuse the other side of being "uncaring" for a variety of reasons.

Most of the time when a husband cheats on his wife, he might get kicked to the curb and served divorce papers. That would have been a fortunate outcome for Abas Hussein Abdirahman, a 33-year-old Somali man who was publicly stoned to death this week for adultery. His pregnant girlfriend will be stoned also once her child is born, and the child will be given to relatives, according to USA Today.