PepsiCo's Performance with Purpose strategy has made them more than just a soda and chip company, the company's vice president of human resources told Neeley students Tuesday.Ron Parker, TCU graduate and 24-year PepsiCo veteran, said one of the company's greatest skills is its "intellectual agility," that is, its ability to adapt to changing market trends to improve performance.

"It has allowed us to go from a soft drink company, to a total beverage company, to a full food and beverage company," Parker said. "That's how we transformed ourselves."

Hi, Annoyance? It's me, Common Courtesy. If you were getting coffee Monday morning in the Mary Couts Burnett Library, you might have heard what could have been the voice of your nightmares.

Well, if your nightmares include a petite girl outfitted in sorority letters screaming into a cell phone, then you would be right.

This girl should win an Oscar for the loud argument, dramatic hand gestures and grimaces.

If only she were acting.

Almost every little girl dreams of the flowers, the white wedding dress and Prince Charming standing beside her. Then comes the happy ending. A relationship that holds fast to the vow "to love and to cherish from this day forward until death do us part." But, according to a new census survey, that happy ending is unobtainable for the majority of Americans.

More than 50 percent of Americans who would have celebrated their 25th wedding anniversaries since 2000 did not because of death, divorce or separation.

"Diversity Within Religion" will be the subject of a daylong conference sponsored by Inclusiveness and Intercultural Services on Wednesday.The luncheon keynote speaker, Manochehr Dorraj, a political science professor, said he will discuss why religion matters in a post-modern world.

"One of the most important forms of diversity is religious diversity and different venues of religious and spiritual life," Dorraj said.

IIS hosts the Inclusiveness Conference annually to open a campus-wide dialogue on issues of diversity within different realms of society.

Mu Phi Epsilon and the Music Education Organization are looking for talented students to be a part of the TCU Stars talent show.Hopeful performers can sign up for an audition in the Brown-Lupton Student Center from noon to 2 p.m. today and Wednesday or by e-mailing Katelyn Farris, junior music education major. The audition will be held at the PepsiCo Recital Hall from 4:20 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday, said Tanner Wilemon, junior music major.

TCU Stars will perform Nov. 1 at the PepsiCo Recital Hall.

The college admissions process seems to get more ridiculous every day. From hiring private counselors to reading the U.S. News and World Report college ranking list like the Bible, many high school students and their parents appear willing to do whatever it takes to catch the eye of the admissions staff and glean an acceptance letter from that oh-so-prestigious school.

The latest tactic: thank you notes.

Apparently, there is a growing trend of prospective students sending thank you notes to admissions counselors and tour guides after a college visit.

Many of us look forward to October. It brings cooler weather and grants us license to wear silly costumes and flirt with diabetes.

But there is more to October than Halloween.

Grab a Sharpie and mark your calendar because October is National Month Month.

Just about every advocacy group in the United States uses the month of October as its awareness month.

Student Government Association will host the president and vice president of the University of Utah's student government this week to discuss a collaboration of ideas between universities in the Mountain West Conference. SGA President Jace Thompson, SGA Vice President Thomas Pressly and Dean of Campus Life Suzy Adams traveled to Utah during fall break to meet with the Associated Students of the University of Utah and prepare them for a trip to TCU.

Despite leading for most of the game, Stanford came up just short on Saturday, falling 38-36 to the Horned Frogs at Stanford Stadium in a game that, for the second straight week, was decided in the final...