Every year, more females participate in college sports, yet one aspect of female athletics becomes more male-dominated every year: coaching.Out of the 10 women's teams at TCU, men coach seven of them.

TCU is actually part of a national trend.



THE RESEARCH

Female coaches represent 42.4 percent of the coaches of women's teams in the National Collegiate Athletic Association compared to 58 percent in 1978 and 90 percent in 1972, according to the latest edition of a longitudinal study by R. Vivian Acosta and Linda Jean Carpenter.

From a young age, we were taught that if we cannot think of something nice to say, we should bite our tongues and say nothing at all. Mean personal comments were meant to remain private and unspoken. With the introduction of blogging, we can anonymously release all of our thoughts through MySpace, Facebook and Xanga. We practically live in the technologically advanced world known as the blogosphere. However, leaving hateful, threatening comments on another blogger's post has evolved into a major controversy.

The TCU men's tennis team will return to action this Friday when the team plays Mountain West Conference opponent Air Force. The Frogs played their last match 10 days ago, dropping the contest to No. 45 Wisconsin, 5-2.

Head coach Dave Borelli said the time off was needed and has helped the players get ready for the third part of the season.

"We needed to take the time off to get fresh legs," Borelli said. "It's been a long year, and now the guys have been able to focus on school."

What began as a class project now has six students striving to make a better impression on the lives of Fort Worth community children who have incarcerated parents.The students in Cara Jacock's Group Discussion class commanded the attention of about 35 students Monday night in a presentation about the M.A.T.C.H. Program, short for Mentoring Adolescents Together Creating Hope.

M.A.T.C.H. was founded in 2004 to enrich the lives of children with incarcerated parents by providing positive role models.

To keep up with nationwide trends, TCU will launch a Doctorate of Nursing Practice to help improve the state's health care system.This program will help students gain additional skills in leadership, information processing, innovation, translational research and health policy, said Paulette Burns, dean of the Harris College of Nursing and Health Sciences.

It is a new national program that is concerned with quality and safety issues, and is the first doctoral program in the Harris College of Nursing and Health Sciences, said Linda Harrington, director of the DNP.

Nothing is as it seems, and the truth can be made up of lies. "Perfect Stranger" is a myriad of complex lies, secrets and the constant changing of identities. How far do people really go to protect themselves, their pasts, and their futures?

Rowena Price (Halle Berry) goes undercover to investigate Harrison Hill (Bruce Willis), in relation to her friend's murder. Miles Hailey (Giovanni Ribisi, "Gone in 60 Seconds") plays Rowena's Guy Friday, and he lends his support, friendship and technical savvy - along with some creepy sexual innuendo.

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?

These words echo through Texas public schools: "Honor the Texas flag. I pledge allegiance to thee, Texas one and indivisible."But there is no real meaning behind them.

It is simply a stanza uttered by students staring at a Lone Star flag in the corner of a classroom. It is a routine.

And, right now, Rep. Debbie Riddle, R-Tomball, is trying to make an adjustment to this pledge by adding the phrase "state under God" to the short pledge.

The curse of the Big XII was lifted from the Horned Frogs baseball team Tuesday night as they defeated the Baylor Bears 6-3.The win marked the first victory against a Big XII opponent since its June 2, 2006, win against the Oklahoma Sooners. Following that win over Oklahoma in the NCAA Regionals, the Frogs went 0-4, including a loss to the Sooners that ended TCU's run at going to the College World Series.

It is inevitable: College students party. While every one of those students likes to have a fun time, they would also like to have an opportunity to have many more fun times. Unfortunately, being "designated driver" is classified as dirty work that one is stuck with rather than a respectable responsibility. It seems as though the forced sobriety becomes a stigma when partying, even though the lives of the group depend on this "Designated Dave." The Student Government Association wanted to implement a safe-rides plan that would allow students to go out and have fun.