When psychologists Karyn Purvis and David Cross were approached by adoptive parents who had concerns about their childrens' transitions into their new families, they decided that the consequences of ignoring their pleas were too great to remain inactive. The following summer they started Hope Connection, a camp to create an environment where they could observe and research adopted, neglected, at-risk and traumatized children.

TCU volleyball gets a chance to boost its NCAA tournament resume when it takes on No. 25 Colorado State on Thursday night in a key conference battle.

"It's extremely important," head coach Prentice Lewis said. "We have to prove that we can come out and play with Colorado State."

The Horned Frogs are tied with Utah for second place in the Mountain West with a 6-2 record, while the Rams enter the match undefeated (8-0) in conference and have won 12 straight matches.

Despite recent controversies about U.S. colleges and their athletic teams' social networking snafus, the university does not have a policy about student athletes having social networking pages, a university official said.

Mark Cohen, director of athletic media relations, said he and other athletic officials remind student athletes to use good judgment on their Twitter or Facebook accounts.

Three straight losses doesn't mean the team isn't playing well and hard, TCU head soccer coach Dan Abdalla said.

"I'm pretty happy with how we're playing," Abdalla said. "Now the challenge for us is can we get it to the final bit, that last little piece in terms of the hunger, the desire to do whatever it takes to not give up goals and (to) score goals."

The women's soccer team faces UNLV Thursday night in Las Vegas after dropping three straight conference matches.

It seems each year the Frogs hit the gridiron, a new argument emerges about why TCU should bust the BCS party. As each season plays itself out, it seems the Frogs face the biggest game in school history....

Don Punchatz, an adjunct graphic design professor and nationally renowned illustrator, remains in a coma at the Medical Center of Arlington after suffering cardiac arrest during fall break.

Punchatz fell while getting out of bed at his home Oct. 11, said Lewis Glaser, associate professor of graphic design. Punchatz experienced cardiac arrest, but it is unclear whether his heart stopped before or after the fall, Glaser said.