Doing away with steroid testing too risky

After just 11 positives out of 28,934 tests since last year, the University Interscholastic League is considering cutting back on steroid testing.

Scaling down testing in high school sports in Texas is a terrible idea.

Sure the testing program costs $6 million, but can you put a price on the safety and future of our high school athletes?

Things couldn't be going much better for sophomore forward Emily Carter and the rest of the Lady Frogs as they prepare to exchange blows with the University of New Mexico on Wednesday night in Daniel-Meyer Coliseum.

The team, in sole possession of second place in the Mountain West Conference, has won five straight conference contests and is inching closer to the regular season's end.

Despite the ongoing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, a scholar on the Middle East told a crowd of about 75 people Tuesday that he remains optimistic about U.S. engagement with the Muslim world.Juan Cole,...

The Student Government Association plans on contacting the advertisers featured on CollegeACB.com in an attempt to get them to cut ties with the anonymous college gossip site, the SGA president said.

Advertisements on CollegeACB are run through AdBrite, the same advertising network that pulled its ads from JuicyCampus last year after declaring that the gossip site violated its acceptable-use policy.

While China's economy was once booming, it has now hit a great wall.

About 50 students and members of the community gathered in Palko Hall to listen to the lecture, "China Succeeding: Who Does the Chinese Development Model Challenge?"

Barry Naughton, a graduate school professor of Chinese and international affairs at the University of California at San Diego, said China's successful economy has led developing countries to look more to the country as a model, even though the country's growth has decreased over the last several months.

Student Government Association representatives said there is a need to prevent voting blocs from forming in the House of Student Representatives given the strong presence of competing organizations in the House.

Joey Parr, chair of the Elections and Regulations Committee and member of Pi Kappa Phi, said the competition between Sigma Phi Epsilon and Pi Kappa Phi can sometimes bleed over into the House and influence voting on legislation. He said competition between the Pi Kaps and Sig Eps stems from the similarities between the two fraternities.

The baseball team improved its record on the young season to 3-1 Tuesday night, winning its home opener against Dallas Baptist University 6-0.

The long ball was the driving force behind the majority of The Horned Frogs' scoring, as four of the team's six runs came off of home runs. Senior Matt Vern drew first blood in the bottom of the second inning, going deep to left to score the game's first two runs. Freshman Jason Coats hit an identical two-run shot in the bottom of the third, driving in junior Matt Curry.

The university response, or lack thereof, to the discovery of recalled products being left on the shelves of Bistro Burnett is baffling and disturbing.

According to Shawn Kornegay, associate director of communications, Sodexo Inc., the university food provider, found after a full inventory that at least one package of the potentially tainted crackers were purchased. Kornegay wrote in an e-mail that she did not know the exact number of packages sold. Sodexo did not elaborate further on its inventory.

I find the conclusion of Friday's piece titled "U.N. fails to live up to mission" by Alex Turner troubling.

This was not only for its narrow standards on which U.N. success was measured (namely, failing to prevent atrocities comparable to those that occurred in WWII), but also the lack of consideration for a myriad of other U.N. accomplishments that are more indicative of its success.