At first glance, he looks like a Chinese version of Clark Kent. He is tall, broad-shouldered, but when he removes his thick-rimmed glasses and takes the stage, he has transformed into someone completely different.Instead of superhuman strength, Oscar Seung wields a different kind of power - a power that bursts through his lungs and out his lips to create a baritone sound.

Once, he was Escamillo, a bullfighter who woos the beautiful gypsy "Carmen". Another time, he was Gasparo, an abusive husband who teaches another man to control his wife, in "Rita".

Amid all the chaos known as my life, I found some time to sort through the rather large pile of clothes on my bedroom floor - a pile that could be easily mistaken for a little podunk town just outside of Lubbock.Some of the things I found included a Styx concert stub, my McLovin T-shirt and my "Mighty Ducks" trilogy. There were also some things I didn't want to stumble upon such as my "Beat Texas" T-shirt.

Yikes.

If it couldn't get any worse, I found the movie "Bobby" lying next to the wrinkled purple shirt.

Sigh.

Some things people take for granted: Opening doors, using the restroom or crossing the street. And for people who are able-bodied, these things are easy at TCU.

If you use a wheelchair or are even in a cast or on crutches, routine and ordinary little tasks become an activity to be planned - in some cases, dreaded.

It's not that people mean to be insensitive or uncaring.

But living with a disability is difficult for most able-bodied people to understand.

The volleyball team has an emotional hurdle to conquer before heading into next week's conference tournament.As the team welcomes Colorado State to the University Recreation Center on Thursday for its season finale, it will honor its three seniors in their final home game as Horned Frogs.

Head coach Prentice Lewis said she will miss her departing seniors - Calli Corley, LeMeita Smith and Loren Barry.

Alpha Phi Alpha will crown its ninth Ms. Black and Gold - the recipient of $1,000 in scholarship money - at the annual pageant today.This evening in the Student Center ballroom, Alpha Phi Alpha will judge eight contestants to see who is eligible to hold the crown and title of Ms. Black and Gold.

The ninth annual Ms. Black and Gold pageant serves to promote scholarship in the community, said Gary Briggs, a sophomore political science major and member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity. He said scholarship is one of the major aims of the organization.

Fort Worth just got beat out by Muncie, Ind. But Cowtown still finished better than 117 other college towns for housing affordability.The third annual Coldwell Banker College Home Price Comparison Index concluded Fort Worth is the second most affordable college town in the nation, behind Ball State University in Muncie, Ind.

Coldwell Banker based their study on cities and towns that are home to 119 Football Bowl Subdivision (I-A) schools. The subject home for the study was a 2,200 square-foot home with four bedrooms and 2.5 baths.

White privilege and racial tension are serious problems on the TCU campus, the social work chairwoman said Wednesday.Linda Moore, professor and chairwoman of the Department of Social Work, spoke at the Dee J. Kelly Alumni and Visitors Center as part of the monthly inclusiveness luncheon held by Inclusiveness & Intercultural Services.

"You can feel isolated on this campus as a student of color because a lot of groups are not as welcome as others," Moore said.

It's not every day students get to make sandwiches during class - and get graded on it.Students in the generalist practice with communities class and a few volunteers met at University Christian Church and made about 575 sandwiches to distribute to the homeless at the Presbyterian Night Shelter on Wednesday.

Sawyer Powers, a junior social work major, said she and her classmates have participated in service projects on their own, but were excited to do a group project.

A recent study found Hispanic students are choosing colleges and universities because they are close to home, which could be good news for schools like TCU that say they want to raise their minority student...

Most college students don't need an excuse for drinking.And if they do, there's always the pre-party before a formal, tailgating before the game, pounding shots for a friend's 21st birthday or having some brews just because the weekend is coming.

It doesn't matter what the occasion is to your average college student.

The independence of college life provides the perfect atmosphere for reckless behavior; Parents aren't around, but their money is.