Charitable alumni beware: scammers posing as TCU students are reportedly targeting alumni to make some fast cash. Tracy Syler-Jones, vice chancellor for marketing and communication, said she has received about five phone calls from concerned alumni indicating that individuals had contacted them, saying they were TCU students selling magazine subscriptions to raise money for a trip to London.

One of these calls came from Groves, near the Port Arthur area from an alumnus who said they were a victim of the magazine scam.

The Horned Frogs defeated the UNLV Rebels 4-3 in a spirited performance Saturday evening at the Friedman Tennis Center's indoor courts. The Frogs swept the Rebels in doubles play, clinching the match when Cosmin Cotet and Kriegler Brink overpowed Brett Hunter and Elliot Wronski 8-6. Coet and Brink are currently ranked No. 36 in the nation as a doubles team.

Although the Rebels had an upset victory Friday over New Mexico, head coach Dave Borelli said the Frogs were not overly worried about today's match.

The university orchestra and choir will perform Verdi's "Requiem," which was written by Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi, for a sold-out crowd Monday at Bass Performance Hall.The choral and orchestral masterpiece will be performed by the 150-member Fort Worth-TCU Symphonic Choir and the 75-member TCU Symphony Orchestra, and conducted by Ronald Shirey. Shirey is the director of choir for the School of Music and the University Christian Church.

Although the show has been sold out since April 5, a waitlist has been set up on the music school's Web site.

We got to sit down with Halle Berry and chat with her about her new movie "Perfect Stranger," her fashion sense and her previous desire to be a journalist. Check out what she had to say.

Q: Was this film always going to be in New York?

A: Yes. In our movie, it's a character. It infuriates me when people go to Toronto and try to pass it off as New York. I always pride myself in knowing the difference.



Q: Was there talk of an alternative location?

The university orchestra and choir will perform Verdi's "Requiem," which was written by Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi, for a sold-out crowd Monday at Bass Performance Hall.The choral and orchestral masterpiece will be performed by the 150-member Fort Worth-TCU Symphonic Choir and the 75-member TCU Symphony Orchestra, and conducted by Ronald Shirey. Shirey is the director of choir for the School of Music and the University Christian Church.

Although the show has been sold out since April 5, a waitlist has been set up on the music school's Web site.

Katie Little refills drinks and gets to know her tables in hopes that her service will influence her tip income. According to an article in the Journal of Socio-Economics, Little is right on.

Tips in the United States add up to $16 billion a year, according to a 2000 article by Michael Lynn.

Lynn, of Cornell University, wrote the article, "Gratitude and gratuity: a meta-analysis of research on the service-tipping relationship," to explain his study on the connection between server evaluations and tip size.

An ongoing sex scandal among fifth-graders gets school officials and media attention in Spearsville, La. The story presented by CBS 11 within the past week has undoubtedly startled parents all over the nation.

School officials need to regain control in many American schools. We cannot continue to let students do whatever they please just because we, as a nation, have begun to fear discipline in the classroom.

National Guard troops are most likely going to face deployment to Iraq soon because U.S. forces need to be replaced, according to an April 6, NBC News article, "National Guard Likely to Head Back to Iraq." Changes have been made as to how long the National Guard can be deployed overseas, and although they are needed to relieve U.S. military troops overseas, the deployment could cause more problems than it would fix.

Our nation has traditionally been tied to Christianity. The United States has been and most likely will always be associated with the Christian religion. But that does not change the fact that the founding fathers of America gave our country freedom of religion in 1791 and, through that, the separation of church and state.

And the freedom of religion that defines America now must be upheld as more than 200 years after the founding of the Constitution, a bill is proposed to mandate a secular Bible study course to be offered as an elective in public high schools.

The ballet world would be a lot different were it not for Ben Stevenson's impact.Stevenson, who won numerous dance awards and gold medals for his choreography work in England, the United States and China, has also made an impression on the dance faculty and students at TCU.

Stevenson is visiting campus today to speak as part of Conversations on Dance, a question-and-answer session held between professionals and dance students.

Everyone in the ballet world knows Ben Stevenson's name, said Elizabeth Gillaspy, an assistant professor of ballet.