TCU spoiled an opportunity to impress the NCAA Tournament selection committee in its bid to host a regional, losing to Utah on Wednesday night. Sloppy play and three errors contributed to the Horned Frogs' 9-7 loss on day two of the Mountain West Conference Baseball Championships at Lupton Stadium.

The team led 4-2 after three innings, but allowed the Utes to score six runs in a fourth inning that saw 10 hitters come to the plate and the Horned Frogs never regained the lead. Utah's C.J. Cron delivered the inning's big hit with a two-RBI double.

San Diego State's No. 1 draft pick prospect Stephen Strasburg left the Aztec's second Mountain West Championships game in the bottom of the eighth inning with tightness in his right back and side area.

Strasburg had held the New Mexico Lobo's scoreless through 8 when he was lifted. The Aztecs went on to win the game 2-1 despite the Lobo's scoring a run and loading the bases in the bottom of the ninth.

Aztec manager Tony Gwynn didn't seem too concerned by Strasburg's injury after the game.

Join Daily Skiff sports editor Travis L. Brown for a live in-game chat Wednesday beginning at 6:45 p.m. and running through the duration of the game. Come chat about the Horned Frogs' first Mountain West...

The baseball team clinched its fourth straight Mountain West Conference regular season championship Friday by defeating the Rebels of UNLV, 14-10.

TCU (34-14) clinched the title with a conference record of 14-5 and still has one more game to play against UNLV Saturday at 2 p.m. San Diego State and BYU currently share second place in the conference with 14-8 records and one game remaining.

Poor communication and non-classroom skills continue to hurt new college graduates in the workplace, a university official was told by local business leaders.

Bill Moncrief, senior associate dean of undergraduate studies at the Neeley School of Business, conducted a focus group with 10 Dallas-Fort Worth business executives to discuss what college graduates are lacking upon entering the workforce. Moncrief said he and members of a "curriculum task force" were told that interviewing, critical thinking, and teamwork were areas where college graduates need the most improvement.

Sitting down in front of a white screen with a small cursor marker blinking at the top left - I think that pretty much sums up college anxiety for me.

In some way, the dichotomy built up between that little cursor and me is what I have to thank for every single achievement of my somewhat crippled and routinely underachieving student career. It was that cursor that ferociously stared me down when I decided to apply for an exchange program taking place between my Swedish college and TCU.

Many graduates will bid farewell to their alma mater on May 9, but not before a few final remarks from the man upstairs --- on the third floor of Sadler Hall, that is. Chancellor Victor Boschini said because...

This is why the phrase bittersweet was created.

When I was first asked to write a column about sports for the graduation issue, I thought about declining because that would mean my time here is officially over.

This has been the best five years of my life and I am going to miss this school with all of my heart.

So much has changed since I started here in the fall of 2004.

CHEERS to the football team for capping off a great season with a No. 7 ranking and a win over a previously undefeated Boise State University team in the Poinsettia Bowl.

JEERS to Dining Services for keeping possibly tainted peanut butter crackers on the shelves after they had been recalled by Kellogg, and to the communications office for failing to adequately warn students of the danger.

Though he has been hit in the head with a golf club and a fence post, Sgt. Alvin Allcon said he has never been severely injured in his 31-year career as a police officer."I've never lost time to an injury,"...