Myles Brand, president of the NCAA, died Wednesday of pancreatic cancer at 67, the Associated Press reported.Brand was scheduled to speak at the university in March 2008 on the state of the NCAA and college...

The little rag doll at the focus of the new animated film "9" had come a long way before hitting theaters this month. The film was originally an Academy Award-nominated short film before help from producers Tim Burton and last summer's blockbuster "Wanted" director Timur Bekmambetov lent their star power to it.

"9" is the second animated film from Focus Features after this year's "Coraline." Both films are not your average Disney-Pixar movie fare, containing dark themes that would probably frighten or at least creep out some children.

I was recently asked to select a topic for a class. The topic had to be one of which I could gather a considerable amount of information. It had to have some form of controversy, and it had to present a series of viewpoints.

I could have chosen a wildly publicized, political issue like health care, immigration, abortion and the like. Instead, I decided to go a somewhat obscure route and chose the current situation dealing with whaling in Japan. It's more of an issue than we might think.

Hubba-U.com, a Web site started by and run by TCU students, gives students an outlet to voice their opinions. Just don't expect it to be another JuicyCampus, the Web site's founder said.

The main purpose of the site is to be a media outlet for students to share information, showcase their talents and voice their opinions, said junior Mike Vosters, a marketing major and founder of Hubba-U.

"This is not JuicyCampus," Vosters said. "This is not for gossip; this not to degrade people. We're trying to keep it as positive as possible without censoring it."

Editor's note: This story was edited for accuracy on Sept. 15 at 10:45 p.m.Members of the Alpha Chi Omega sorority are undergoing questioning by campus officials after a neighbor complained about noise...

Coming off of a three game winning-streak, the women's volleyball team will play the Lobos of the University of New Mexico on Wednesday in Albuquerque.

Head coach Prentice Lewis said that although the team played well in Ohio and won all three tournament games, it faces the same obstacle in Wednesday's game: not having home court advantage. And the Lobos, she said, typically have a lot of supporters at their games.