Two years ago, Nabih Yousuf left her home in Abu Dhabi to come to Fort Worth. She had to make the trip alone. Although Yousuf, a sophomore engineering major, was able to obtain a student visa after being accepted to TCU, her father was not as fortunate. The U.S. Embassy in Dubai spent an entire year reviewing his application for a tourist visa, and denied her father the opportunity to accompany his daughter to college.

Yousuf said her father had a job in United Arab Emirates for more than 30 years, but that wasn't enough for the U.S. Embassy to grant a visa.

There has been considerable debate in recent years about what is considered hate speech regarding homosexuality.

A recent Ad Council public service announcement uses Wanda Sykes to try and deter the use of "that's so gay" among teens.

In a March 19 article in Pink News, Europe's largest gay news service, Rowan Atkinson, of Mr. Bean fame, said he appeared before Britain's House of Lords to protest the removal of a free speech clause in a homophobic hatred offense.

President Barack Obama has finally lifted the ban on federal funding for stem cell research.

Of the two types of stem cells, adult stem cells are multipotent and have the potential to become any of several mature cells associated with specific functions or organs and tissues for the body, while embryonic stem cells are pluripotent, and have the ability to become any of the more than 220 types of human cells.

There is something to be said when international students hoping to attend a university in the U.S. find it difficult to get their visa in a timely manner or worry about if they will even get one at all. A possible staff shortage, a plethora of forms to be filled out and a cap of 65,000 on the number of visas being issued per year, that have been known to run out quickly, are some of the reasons why international students are having difficulty acquiring their ticket to the U.S.

In an attempt to backpedal from former President George W. Bush's declaration that Iran is a key figure in the "axis of evil," President Barack Obama released a video message, subtitled in Farsi, to Iranian...

With only 16 teams left in both the men's and women's NCAA Tournaments, March Madness is well under way. But for the Horned Frogs and Lady Frogs, basketball season fizzled out in a most disappointing fashion.

Early in the season, the men's team appeared to find new life under the guidance of new head coach Jim Christian. The team jumped out to a 13-6 record, just one win shy of the 14 wins it accumulated during the 2007-08 season.

After nearly three hours of debate over the course of two meetings, the Student Government Association House of Student Representatives passed a bill that would require students running for office to pay a $100 deposit to cover election violation fines.

Joey Parr, chair of the Elections and Regulations Committee, said the bill was written in order to provide greater accountability among students running for office.

  Student journalists and staff won 15 awards at the Region 8 Society of Professional Journalists Convention in a competition between major college journalism programs in Texas and Oklahoma on Saturday....

Wednesday's nasty weather will continue through Friday, said Nick Hantshire, meteorologist for the National Weather Service. Students should be cautious of lightning while walking outside and be wary slick roads, Hantshire said.

He said Saturday and Sunday look clear and sunny. According to the National Weather Service Web site, Saturday will be windy with a high of 57 degrees, and Sunday will be windy with a high of 72 degrees.

An eighth-inning three run homer by Chris Ellington capped off a five-run, four hit eighth inning in the Horned Frogs' decisive 10-2 victory over the Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks on Tuesday at Lupton Stadium.

Senior Hunt Woodruff ignited the eighth-inning fire with a pinch-hit triple. The inning also featured a single by Brance Rivera and a Matt Carpenter double and a wild pitch before the Ellington blast.

TCU scored two runs in the third precipitated by a walk and an error that would give the team the lead for good