After being denied status as a recognized university organization last fall, the Society of Sustainability did not give up and is now being rewarded for its efforts.

Now an officially recognized university organization, SOS can use university facilities and will have weekly meetings on campus.

To be considered a recognized organization, the group had to more clearly define the goals they had, because the original definition was considered too broad, said Sarah Warner, a senior sociology major and one of the founding members of the group.

One TCU student said he thought if he left his basset hound in the front yard while he went to class, he would allow it to be social with other people in the neighborhood. A few days later, he found out he had violated a new city ordinance.

The student, who asked to be unnamed, said he received a notice from the city of Fort Worth that he broke the city's new tethering law, which says a resident can't leave an animal chained or tethered outside of a secure enclosure, such as a back yard.

Mardi Gras is usually remembered for beads, king cake and partying, but this year it may also be remembered for raising money for sick children.

Each semester, students participate in a campaign that has been raising money for more than six years for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tenn.

The former president of the National Association of Social Workers will be speaking about his experiences and the state of the profession today at the Dee J. Kelly Alumni and Visitors Center, the social work department chair said.

Gary Bailey, who served as president of the organization from 2003 to 2005, is the Green Honors Chair this year, said David Jenkins, chair of the social work department. Bailey serves as chairman of the National Social Work Public Education Campaign.

I highly recommend the "Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini.

I wanted to read the book before I even knew they were making a movie because my brother had to read it for one of his classes and raved about it. And when he likes a book, it is generally a classic in the making.

The "Kite Runner" centers on a young boy, Amir, who flees Afghanistan with his father to escape almost certain poverty and death.

I think the adage, don't judge a book - or in this case a symposium - by its cover, is especially apt in light of the recent article and Skiff View published in regard to the Contemporary Reading Symposium.

As a student who graduated from the Honors Program last spring with both university and departmental honors, I am a bit jealous of this year's Contemporary Reading Symposium participants but not for the reason you might expect.

This past fall marked the first semester for undergraduates to be graded on the plus/minus grading system.Although students have always expressed mixed feelings about this system, the scale was designed...