Traveling and spending time outdoors led Ian Dalziel to apply to the Navy; however, after learning that a lazy eye would keep him from being enlisted, a keen curiosity for the Earth led him in another direction.

Dalziel, a research professor at the Institute for Geophysics at the University of Texas at Austin, presented his lecture "Is There a Supercontinent Cycle in Earth History: Paleontology over the Last Billion Years" Monday night at the Sid Richardson Building.

Guest speaker Chris St. Pierre's speech felt more like going to the movies than attending a lecture.

St. Pierre told a classroom of about 40 students in Moudy Building South on Monday night how much effort is required in the post-production process of marketing movies.

St. Pierre, an alumnus of TCU, showcased movie trailers he has worked on, such as "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix", "Sweeney Todd: the Demon Barber of Fleet Street" and "Watchmen."

Awards and speeches, not hits and stolen bases, began the 2009 baseball season.

The Horned Frogs attended the sixth annual First Pitch Banquet Friday night at Ridglea Country Club in the presence of a four-time World Series champion.

The team was proud to welcome Bobby Brown, four-time World Series winner and former American League president, as the keynote speaker for the evening.

There are many things college campuses could do without. One of them is gossip.

College gossip Web site JuicyCampus.com shut down citing the economic downturn, which left the site without sufficient resources to support its "exponential growth."

Advertising companies involved with JuicyCampus soon realized the harmful nature of the Web site and decided to pull their ads. Google and AdBrite pulled their ad platforms from the Web site, bringing some bad press for JuicyCampus.

A severe storm may hit the Metroplex on Tuesday afternoon, according to the National Weather Service.

The National Weather Service issued a warning around 3 p.m. Monday. The warning said scattered thunderstorms are probable for Tuesday afternoon followed by another storm system.

More severe weather is expected to hit Tuesday evening. According to the warning, large hail and damaging winds will be the primary threats. Isolated tornadoes are also a possibility.

It takes a fat penguin to break the ice.

That's the first step to finding love, said David Coleman, the "Dating Doctor" and inspiration for the movie "Hitch." And for some of the nearly 1,000 students who came to hear him speak Monday night at the Brown-Lupton University Union ballroom, that was appropriate advice only five days before Valentine's Day.

"He said to just be open and up front," said Samantha Meade, a sophomore early childhood education major. "You can break the ice so you don't have to wait for the guy to make all the moves."

Unofficial rule No. 76 for freshman girls at TCU: Book the Robert Carr Chapel now, even if you are not engaged. Finding the groom is the easy part.

The ongoing joke at freshman orientation depicts the mother of a TCU student booking the chapel even before her daughter is engaged. Some truth lies in this joke.

The booking office at the chapel fields 20 calls per day on average regarding booking for upcoming weddings, said Kristi Ingram, booking agent and wedding coordinator for the chapel.

The No. 21 women's tennis team pulled away late with a tight 4-3 win over Auburn University on Sunday at Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center.

With the win, the team's spring record now stands at 3-2. It was the team's second consecutive win over a top-25 opponent.

The highlight of the day was a match between TCU junior Nina Munch-Soegaard, the No. 12 player in the country, and Auburn junior Fani Chifchieva, the No. 6 player in the country.