Live music, hotdogs and bright blue shirts. That was the setting at the second annual Improve TCU Day campaign Feb. 18.

Justin Brown, senior psychology major, chairman of the Student Relations Committee and coordinator of Improve TCU Day, said Student Government Association representatives received more than 1,000 ideas from students on potential ways to improve their college experience.

Students submitted suggestions in person to SGA representatives, who wore blue shirts, and also on the dialogue boards in the University Recreation Center and Market Square.

Do you ever get the feeling you are being followed? With new advances in technology and tracking devices, you very well may be.

Google launched Latitude last month, which uses laptop and cell phone data to show one's location to friends.

Sam Altman, a Stanford University student, developed a company called Loopt in 2006. Similar to Latitude, it also provides location to friends and is now available for varying cell phones.

Horned Frogs are common in Fort Worth, but they've been known to migrate to places like France, Japan, Ecuador - and now Singapore.

Sonny Lim, the director of International Relations for Nanyang Technological University, visited campus Wednesday to finalize the exchange program agreement between the Singapore-based university and TCU, giving students interested in study abroad programs another opportunity to experience life outside Texas.

Oh, the glorious memory of tailgates. Greeks chillin' and hot dogs grillin' makes one reminisce about times when students actually came together in one central location to support their school in what I believe is called "school spirit."

The advent of the 2008 football season with a new designated tailgate location and a ban on alcohol consumption marked the end of student tailgating as we knew it.

The university's decision to implement a flat-rate tuition in 2001 was supposed to encourage a greater number of students to take enough classes to graduate in four years.

Under this tuition system, a full-time student taking 18 hours pays the same amount of money as a full-time student who is taking just 12.

Although the move to the flat rate was designed to benefit students, it has seen limited success up to this point. A 44.9 percent four-year graduation rate in the year 2000 jumped to just 54 percent by 2004.

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In the world of meal options, a topic that has produced headaches for students on campus over the years, it's good to see the university is making some meaningful changes.

The addition in the 2009-2010 school year of Campus Cash, a program similar to Frog Bucks used at on-campus locations, adds flexibility to the dining process, giving students the opportunity to use some funds in their meal plans at places like 1873 Sports Bar & Grill, The Corner Store and Sub Connection.