Despite reports from GoPowercat.com that Head Coach Gary Patterson was headed to Kansas State, both TCU's and Kansas State's athletics directors have denied the allegations.

The site reported Friday afternoon that multiple sources said Patterson had signed a five-year contract worth $2 million to coach in Manhattan, Kan., but later reported that Patterson's agent, George Bass, denied the initial report.

TCU athletics director Danny Morrison has also denied the rumors through director of media relations Mark Cohen.

People can buy some strange things on the Internet.

When author and New Mexico resident Doug Fine wanted to change his life to live more sustainably, he went online to search for ideas.

"I bought my goats on Craig's List, and when I went to get them, I realized I did not even know if that was legal," the author of "Farewell, My Subaru" told about 50 students Thursday at the Kelly Alumni Center.

"Farewell, My Subaru" describes the challenges Fine overcame to make his life more green on a goat ranch in New Mexico.

As a journalist who has worked for the Associated Press for more than 30 years, John O. Lumpkin has seen the industry change several times.

In the midst of staff cuts and layoffs, Lumpkin said it is time for his industry to change its business model.

Lumpkin, a candidate for the open director position of the Schieffer School of Journalism, spoke to students and faculty in the school Thursday in Moudy Building South.

The Lady Frogs pulled off a 56-55 come-from-behind win over the Oklahoma City University Stars in the closing seconds of the team's final tune-up before the start of the regular season."We're going to...

Both candidates for president of the Student Government Association sat down with the Skiff to talk about their platform.

Kelly Barnes is a junior political science major who wants to improve student participation at sporting events, and Kelsie Johnson is a junior political science and advertising/public relations major who hopes to have all organizations come together for large tailgates during the 2009 football season.

Johnson:

Q: How long have you been in SGA?

Most TCU students do not get the chance to study abroad in Japan. But thanks to the School for Classical & Contemporary Dance and Fort Worth Sister Cities, students can experience a piece of Japanese culture here on campus.

Instructors from the Fujima Dance School in Nagaoka, Japan, will teach students at the School for Dance how to perform two traditional Japanese dances and lecture on the importance of dance in Japanese history and culture next week, said Ellen Page Shelton, chair of the School for Classical & Contemporary Dance.

Ashleigh Cleveland and her roommate stayed up until 1:30 a.m. Wednesday working on a collage to celebrate President-elect Barack Obama's victory.

It adorned their door in Foster Hall for less than 30 minutes.

"I went to take a shower, and I came back a little after 2 a.m.," the freshman premajor said. "They had already ripped stuff and left it on the floor."

Cleveland said her roommate had heard someone laughing outside their room, but the person ran off before she could identify the perpetrator.

After years of hard work in preparation for graduation and our entrance into the workforce, the economy has taken a turn for the worse. This year's crop of graduating seniors will face a difficult time...

After finding out Barack Obama had been elected president, John McCain had this to say: "President Theodore Roosevelt's invitation of Booker T. Washington to dine at the White House was taken as an outrage in many quarters. America today is a world away from the cruel and prideful bigotry of that time. There is no better evidence of this than the election of an African-American to the presidency of the United States."