Newspapers are dying.

Thanks, I've got it. Personally, I'm sick of people telling me newspaper industry is dying and then wondering why I get annoyed. How would you like it if I said your job was irrelevant?

But just as television killed the radio, the Internet is killing newspapers and those in the industry aren't doing a thing to stop it.

So here is my modest proposal.

The university's gay and lesbian community has recently found itself at the center of attention, and in my opinion, has been inaccurately represented.

The Skiff, along with local news outlets, both print and TV, have featured stories on the Iris Reaction initiative and the new DiversCity Q community. While I see some good coming from both projects, I see more harm than good in the long run.

I believe that the longer that the LGBT community portrays themselves as victims, then the longer the world will see us as such.

Little Horned Frogs at one of the university's laboratory schools will experience a more enhanced learning environment thanks to a generous donation from an alumnus' foundation, the school's director said.

Marilyn Tolbert, director of Laboratory Schools, said a $25,000 grant from the Henry House Foundation will fund new therapeutic equipment for students at KinderFrogs, a laboratory school in the College of Education that works with children with Down syndrome and other developmental delays.

It seems that hyperbole has become more than just a rhetorical tool lately.

In the last week alone, no fewer than three instances of exaggeration from high-profile speakers have wavered near the line that divides creative expression from doltish blathering.

On April 2, Bill Keller, executive editor of The New York Times, told an audience at Stanford University that saving his paper during the struggling industry's most perilous times "now ranks with saving Darfur as a high-minded cause."

Editor's note: This story and its headline were revised for accuracy at 7:39 p.m. Monday.

The Brite Divinity School will launch a program this fall will allow students of the Episcopal Church to prepare for ministry, the president of Brite said.

Newell Williams, president of Brite Divinity School, said the program will be beneficial for people in the area who want to prepare for ministry in the Episcopal Church, but for whatever reason cannot go to seminary in Austin or out of state.

Applications for teaching positions in the Fort Worth Independent School District may be up, but available positions have decreased markedly, a FWISD official said.

Terry Buckner, the director of recruiting for FWISD, said the school district is predicting to hire only 450 new teachers this year compared to 900 last year because of two economic reasons: Many federal education programs are being eliminated, meaning many unemployed educators are being hired as teachers, and fewer teachers are retiring.

Members of the Executive Cabinet celebrated Tuesday after the Student Government Association House of Student Representatives approved the budget for fiscal year 2009-2010, which created a special fund for concerts and performances.

The budget, which totaled $335,000 from student body fees, included $23,000 for the Big Concert Initiative. The initiative is what SGA has contributed to the pool of money to host a concert featuring a popular performing artists like Pat Green, Programming Council Chair Kennedy Stewart said.

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