The State Fair of Texas returns to Dallas blending traditional fair festivities with out-of-the-ordinary experiences that keep both Texans and out-of-state visitors coming back each year. Students and faculty can experience it at a $2 discount if they purchase tickets from the Information Desk in the Brown-Lupton University Union. The fair runs from Monday to Oct. 19. Times and dates are subject to change. Check the State Fair of Texas Web site for updates.

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A student admitted Thursday to throwing away more than 1,300 copies of Tuesday's edition of the Daily Skiff.

Charles Beecherl, an entrepreneurial management major, said the Skiff went overboard in publishing the picture of a professor in a news story about a dispute between two professors. The student said he is an avid reader of the Skiff but did not like what the paper published, so he threw away the copies.

Oklahoma's sophomore quarterback Sam Bradford is widely considered to be a candidate to win this year's Heisman Trophy and he did nothing against TCU that would make anyone think any different.

Bradford opened the No. 2 Sooners' first game against a ranked opponent by throwing for 199 yards in the first quarter, a school record, on his way to a 411-yard and four-touchdown performance in the 35-10 victory.

"You got to give it to Bradford," senior linebacker Jason Phillips said. "He made some great throws."

To quote one of the greatest movies of all time, "It could happen."

That of course was the line uttered by J.P. in the Disney classic "Angels in the Outfield."

But the Horned Frogs might need motivation from a bad spinoff of that movie, "Angels in the Endzone," if they want to knock off the No. 2 University of Oklahoma Sooners on Saturday.

It has happened before though, back when I was a sophomore.

The scoreboard at the end of OU's 2005 game against TCU is one of the most lasting images of my college career.

That was the first Sooner game I ever attended, and it left me utterly bewildered. The 17-10 result is still burned into my brain.

And if it affected me that much, you can be sure it did the same to Bob Stoops.

I imagine that Stoops has been waiting for this weekend for three years. He has only lost two games at home since 1999, and this is his chance to avenge one of them. He's going to make sure his team is ready.

There are certain topics many prefer not to talk about or to even think about. These topics might include racism, sexism or homosexuality.

But college is about stretching minds and challenging the status quo of the culture in which students were raised. It is about asking the difficult questions and having the courage to develop opinions through critical thinking.

This takes courage for sure, but it's necessary and enriching.

The study abroad experience is nothing new to TCU students. One area our university excels in is in providing ample opportunities for students, resulting in one in three TCU students making a trip abroad...