In an interview several months ago, President Barack Obama said he doesn't think American students spend enough time in school. Increasing the length of the school day and amount of school days per year are just the beginning of what is being proposed. More hours in the classroom will likely improve our children's report card grades and standardized test scores, but will also be incredibly expensive and might drive the students insane.

It's amazing how people can see a disagreement where it should never exist.

The debate of whether schools should be closed all summer is a fairly hot one in the education world. Advocates say that summers off give kids a chance to just be kids and experience life without the burden of school. Opponents say the summers-off policy is outdated and keeping us behind in world rankings for education.

Both sides have got it all wrong. The correct cure to this problem is the correct cure to nearly every problem in society: choice.

Head coach Gary Patterson had few complaints about his team's performance in this weekly press conference, but said he expects a tough road game against Air Force.Patterson said losing in the team's last...

The Frogs secured the Iron Skillet for one more year, made it through the non-conference schedule unscathed and broke into the top 10 faster than any Frog team since 1959. The troubling thing is they haven't played up to their potential yet and head coach Gary Patterson is well aware of it.

Going into conference 4-0 is all Patterson said was good about the Frogs' performance Saturday. It seems that for every adjustment the Frogs make each week, two or three more problems arise.

It is sad that the free peanut butter and jelly sandwiches provided by Disciples on Campus on Mondays have been temporarily suspended. There are plenty of students with packed schedules who lack the motivation to pack a lunch the night before and wind up scarfing down chips on the way to class. The Disciples on Campus group provides students with a free meal and help take some of the stress out of Mondays.

The free peanut butter and jelly sandwiches supplied by the Disciples on Campus every Monday were temporarily suspended because of a surprise visit from a Fort Worth health inspector on Sept. 28.

Whitney Peters, a junior middle school education major, was working at the table run by the DOC when the health inspector came and forced her to stop distributing the sandwiches.

"A lot of people had to miss out on lunch that day," Peters said.

Ben Wyatt, a graduate student in the MBA program, juggles being a full-time student with being a full-time father to twins.

His daily routine starts at 6:30 a.m. when he gets his girls ready for day care and drops them off before going to school. Ava and Macy stay at day care until their mother leaves work at about 4 p.m. on a good day, Wyatt said.

Other days, Wyatt has to leave class early to take care of his 1-year-olds.

The search for the university's new athletic director is ongoing, but there is no timeline for finding a replacement, a university official said.Mark Cohen, director of athletic media relations, said it...