If you thought banning books was a thing of the past, think again."Huckleberry Finn" was challenged in the Birdville school district in early November when a teacher wrote words intended to cause emotion on the chalkboard, including the word n-----.

The only black student in the classroom objected.

What should have been an enlightening and thought-provoking discussion instead offended and outraged a student and community members.

Fort Worth Star-Telegram columnist Bob Ray Sanders was spot on in his article, "Dealing With That Writer and Word."

This semester, the editorial board has addressed the housing shortage for freshmen men, presented concerns about next year's costly dining plan and pointed a finger at academic advising. However, in the...

TCU CEO students are bringing home the bacon.TCU Collegiate Entrepreneurship Organization students brought home two individual and three chapter awards from the CEO National Convention in Chicago on Nov. 3.

Senior economics major Jacob Watson won the Elevator Pitch Competition and a $2,500 prize, placing first out of 60 students. Watson said participants in the competition are given two minutes to pitch a business idea to judges on stage in front of 1,500 people.

One player liked to shoot from long range, while the other enjoyed shooting from inside the arc.The different offensive methods of Brent Hackett and Kevin Langford were needed as the men's basketball team fended off a late comeback attempt by Arkansas-Pine Bluff during Saturday's 75-61 win at Daniel-Meyer Coliseum.

The win catapults the Horned Frogs to a 3-0 start for the second straight season and for the third time in Neil Dougherty's tenure as head coach.

Texas voters approved $500 million to fund student loan programs, meaning more financial aid for students next year after a recent shortage, said the director of scholarships and student financial aid.Nov. 6 marked the day voters approved all of the 21 state propositions for bonds, including funding more money for the College Access Loan Program. The funding will come from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, which was created by the Texas legislature, said Michael Scott, the director of scholarships and student financial aid.

The Texas Ballet Theater will perform "The Nutcracker," and for every dollar spent on tickets through TCU, supporters will donate $2 to the College of Fine Arts, said the dean of the college.Scott Sullivan, dean of the college of fine arts, said Friends of the TBT is a group of people in the community who support the ballet and it donates funds to encourage people to go to ballets and support the college.

An official winner for Student Government Association president is pending review by the SGA Judicial Board, which will determine whether either candidate broke campaign rules, according to the Elections and Regulations Committee.Junior history major Thomas Pressly defeated junior marketing and e-business major Nate Arnold by 94 votes in Thursday's presidential run off, but an official winner will not be announced until after the Judicial Board's ruling.

A world without hugs. Could you live in it?The Associated Press released an article Tuesday that spoke of an eighth grader who received detention for hugging her friends goodbye for the weekend.

Her parents took their complaints to the administration, who could only promise that they would review the school policy that banned hugging.

I can understand a policy that doesn't allow teachers to hug their students because of all the cases being brought to court these days when children are touched inappropriately by their instructors.

And the Oscar goes to...New York Giants running back Brandon Jacobs for drawing a personal foul call Sunday.This display of acting prowess came in the first quarter after a play in which Jacobs knocked...

In the summer of 1985, faculty and staff members of, what was then, the Department of Sociology, were asked to leave Sadler Hall and move into portable buildings on the lot where Tucker Technology now stands.That location was supposed to be temporary.

The Department of Sociology, Criminal Justice and Anthropology, 22 years later, occupy the same portables, now affectionately known as "the trailers."