Off-seasons may not be the most exciting time for football, but new marketing campaigns for spring football are attempting to change the stigma.

The athletic marketing department collaborated with Fort Worth-based Concussion Advertising LLC to launch the "Next Season is Now" marketing campaign Friday for the spring football season.

The bulk of the campaign consists of posters featuring close-up photographs of players and a Web site where fans can download desktop wallpapers and print posters.

The United Nations estimates that by the middle of the century there may be 150 million people displaced because of natural disasters, drought and famine. However, young people have the capability to create positive change, the Environmental Club secretary said.

These issues are discussed in "The 11th Hour," a documentary produced and narrated by actor Leonardo DiCaprio, said Gretchen Wilbrandt, secretary of Adduco Viridis: TCU Environmental Club. The documentary will be shown tonight by the AV Club in Palko Hall Auditorium at 7 p.m.

In his six years as head coach of the men's basketball team, Neil Dougherty posted one winning season and was unable to successfully transition from career assistant coach to head of the Horned Frogs.

TCU gave him the opportunity to make the change, but six seasons later it still seemed like Dougherty never did.

This is why TCU's latest hire of Jim Christian makes so much sense for a floundering program.

This time, TCU went a with dose of experience.

Baseball to face Baylor Bears

The men's baseball team enters its Interstate-35 rivalry today against the Baylor University Bears.

Last season the Horned Frogs and Bears (16-9) split their two games, with the away team winning each time.

TCU lost its second conference series of the season Sunday, falling to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas 2-1, and dropping to 2-4 in the Mountain West and 14-12 overall.

Tennis team first in conference

Many babies are photographed in bubble baths or sitting on dads' laps wearing baseball caps and little football jerseys, but TCU Executive Chef Joel Branch can be seen in his baby book photographed with pots and pans in the kitchen, ready to prepare a meal.

Branch said he has always loved food and the preparation of new meals and recipes. He began taking his passion seriously at 19 by attending Aims Academy in Dallas. Soon after, Branch started working with ice sculpturist and artist Robert Bifulco in the Dallas Arts District, and in 2004, Branch began working for TCU.

"Going green" doesn't just mean using recycled products anymore. It doesn't have to be about global warming. Going green means caring about the world we live in, no matter how long it takes us to become a more earth-friendly country.

According to an MSNBC article in February, many companies are taking advantage of the up-and-coming green market. Although many people are losing jobs in our energy-inefficient economy, many people are about to have the opportunity to work for green companies.

A quotation complimenting the university's security force was changed in the following story at 10:55 p.m. on March 31. The quotation from Newell Williams, president of Brite, was incorrectly attributed to Chancellor Victor Boschini.

DALLAS - After almost two weeks of controversy, Brite Divinity School's State of the Black Church Summit honoring the Rev. Jeremiah Wright concluded with no major security issues.