The volleyball team lost 3-0 (25-30, 27-30, 30-32) to the New Mexico Lobos on Friday night, falling to 15-4 overall and 2-2 in Mountain West Conference play. Freshman outside hitter Irene Hester established a new career-high with 13 kills, but it wasn't enough to lead the Horned Frogs to victory against a New Mexico team with a 12-4 overall record and 3-1 record in conference. The Frogs came back in the second game with a 7-0 run behind the serving of junior setter Nirelle Hampton before bowing out.

Staff reporter Allie Brown

After hearing from more than 30 applicants nationwide, the TCU Counseling Center selected the top two candidates to join its staff this fall, the director of the center said. The Counseling Center, located next to the Health Center, hired psychologists Elizabeth Koshy and Eric Wood, to provide more counseling, outreach and education programs to students.

Linda Wolszon, director of mental health services, said she was looking for people with good clinical skills, who are active in outreach and programming and can relate to college students.

Salsa. It's not just something to dip your chips in. It's a dance students can watch and learn today.As a part of Hispanic Heritage month, the Dallas Latin Youth Orchestra will be performing all types of dances from salsa to Latin and jazz, said Joanna Bernal, co-coordinator of the cultural months planning committee.

Greg Trevino, adviser for the cultural months planning committee, said the orchestra will perform for about 45 minutes during which students can watch and dance along to the music.

A surge in the number of students riding bicycles on campus this semester has sent pedestrians diving for the nearest patch of grass.

If the rising popularity of the bicycle is any indication, there are good reasons to consider an alternative means of transportation to walking or driving on campus.

The panic when you wake up and realize you have class in 10 minutes is a good place to start.

With a bike, a 10-minute walk can turn into a three-minute ride.

In January, NCAA officials will vote on a controversial proposal that, if passed, would allow commercial companies to use pictures or images of collegiate athletes to advertise their products. The specific players whose pictures are used would still not be allowed to endorse a product, and would still not be allowed to receive compensation.

Though colleges could receive compensation for the athletes featured, the players would have little control over how their images were used. As it seems, this is simply exploitation.

Freedom. Freedom of speech, freedom of the press.It's nothing for us to turn on the news and hear that things aren't going well in Iraq or to write a letter to the editor arguing the point of a story that seemed one-sided.

In Russia, however, that freedom is slowly being pulled from the grasp of its citizens.

Russian president Vladimir Putin took office in 2000 touting a sense of liberalism and a belief in a market economy.

Sadly, part of Putin's agenda has been adding increased government control in subtle, and not so subtle ways.

The Horned Frogs soccer team may have outshot the Colorado College Tigers 16-5 Friday, but ultimately, it was the Tigers who walked away with the 1-0 victory. During a second-half corner kick, freshman...

When I was growing up, the most exciting times of the year were always on Sunday and always during the football season.The best of these fall Sundays came when Dallas would play Green Bay or San Francisco, all three of whom were top teams in the NFL. The latest decade had seen them decline into obscurity, but to quote Thin Lizzy, "The boys are back in town," with all three of the teams now leading their respective divisions.

But before we get into this week's stuff, here are my thoughts:

After sitting on the bench last season because of transfer rules, junior Macall Harkins will team up with Anna Sydorska in the prequalifying game on Saturday to compete in the Riviera/ITA Women's All-American Championsips in Pacific Palisades, Calif . The women's tennis team will split up this weekend, three players competing in the HEB Baylor Invitational in Waco and four playing in the ITA All-American in Calif.

The team welcomes two new players, freshmen Maria Babanova and Idunn Hertzberg.

Staff reporter Ana Bak