Finally social networking Web sites such as Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and MySpace have become useful for something other than posting meaningless thoughts and viewing funny babies. In order to garner support for his valiant cause against the corporate giant Hansen Beverage Co., Matt Nadeau, co-owner of Rock Art Brewery out of Vermont, gathered support from the Internet and various other sources.

Editor's note: This story was revised for accuracy on 10/28/09 at 8:10 p.m.

The Student Government Association announced the candidates for the 2010 executive board Tuesday night. Polls will open for voting Nov. 10 and close Nov. 11.

From now until the polls close, the university will start to see students campaigning for their position.

The candidates:

Student Body President: Marlon Figueroa and Andrew Pulliam

Vice President: Jackie Wheeler and Kendal Rader

The gubernatorial race between Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchinson and Gov. Rick Perry reached disappointing new lows with some of the name calling that's been going on for the past few weeks. I haven't seen this kind of vicious attacking, name-sullying and general contempt between two candidates since ... well, the last presidential election.

This calls attention to a tradition of politics that we frankly should have grown out of as a nation --- the tradition of taking the other man down with you and hoping that you get in a few more cheap shots just in time for the ballots to be cast.

School traditions are important at any university because they promote unity and a sense of school pride. Texas A&M University shows that every football season with its Twelfth Man tradition and the Aggie...

Despite the national hype, the No. 6 BCS ranking and a 7-0 record, the TCU football team is still grounded and focused on moving forward one game at a time.Heading into the eighth week of play, head coach...

University policies do not sanction fighting as acceptable behavior, unless pillows are involved that is.

The university's first intramural pillow fight will take place Wednesday from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m in the Campus Commons. The winners in each division, men's and women's, will win two tickets to the Dallas Cowboys vs. Seattle Seahawks game Sunday in Arlington.

Freshman pre-major Brian Otte did not know whether he would attend the event, but expressed interest.

The Horned Frogs control their own destiny in the Bowl Championship Series now that they moved their way to No. 6, past the other BCS buster hopeful, Boise State University. The word "destiny" implies belief that something was born or made for a certain purpose, and during the past few years in Fort Worth, most college football fans would agree this Frog team has been made to make national headlines.

The board of the Football Writers Association of America selected the No. 6 Horned Frogs as the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl National Team of the Week on Monday, after their 38-7 win at then No. 16 Brigham Young University on Saturday.

Saturday's game between the Frogs and Cougars was the day's only match-up to feature two teams ranked in the BCS standings, putting the team into the national spotlight. Director of Athletic Media Relations Mark Cohen said the award does not carry BCS implications.