One Flyin' Frogs cross country runner will test his skills against the best in the nation next week.Sophomore Festus Kigen will be off and running when he hits the course and competes in the NCAA Championships...

Inclusiveness is fast becoming a topic of discussion for the TCU community with seminars and speeches routinely appearing on the campus calendar.In order to continue promoting a united learning environment and diversity, the university has started recruiting Fort Worth Hispanics to join the Horned Frog family.

Census results estimate Fort Worth's population as 33 percent Hispanic. TCU is working to draw in area men and women of Hispanic backgrounds to give them a nearby college home, but the university is falling short on some grounds.

It might be a final farewell for the senior football players, but head coach Gary Patterson said he is focused on what he calls a "two-game season."At Tuesday's media luncheon, Patterson said today's final regular season home game against the UNLV Runnin' Rebels marks a must-win situation for his team. Though teams only need six wins to become eligible for a bowl invitation, Patterson said he believes the team, which sits with a 5-5 record, needs to win its remaining games against UNLV and San Diego State University to earn a bowl bid.

The campus of TCU has undergone many recent changes, including a new education complex, an indoor practice facility and two new residence halls. Soon the university will also have a new student union and two more residence halls, but the long-term impact these changes will have on the surrounding neighborhoods is less clear.One factor that could play a large role in the changing dynamic between TCU and the surrounding neighborhoods is last year's decision by the TCU Board of Trustees to require sophomores to live on campus.

The student body exhaled a sigh of relief at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas campus now that the football season is over.Well, almost. They still have two games remaining.The sad reality is that football...

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."

The high level of nationally-ranked competition for the rifle team continues this weekend when it faces a competitor from last year's NCAA Championships.As the team caps off its fall season, head coach Karen Monez's team faces another nationally-ranked team in Kentucky.

It will be a dual meet that will have the teams shooting against one another Saturday in Lexington, Ky. This will mark the first time the squad has competed in a dual match against the Wildcats and the first time the team has faced Kentucky since last year's NCAA Championships.