The women's basketball team will try to extend to a three-game winning streak when it hosts the SMU Mustangs tonight before hosting the Pepperdine Waves on Sunday.The undefeated Frogs (2-3) will be playing their third- and fourth-straight games at home.

The Mustangs (4-1), coming off an 80-61 win over the Bradley Braves, will look to get back on the winning streak they started the season with in the first three games.

This game will be the 51st meeting between the Horned Frogs and the Mustangs.

The cold weather came just in time to enhance the winter spirit at tonight's Holiday Tree Lighting on Sadler Lawn, said a Programming Council director.The live Christmas tree on the steps of Sadler Hall will be lit tonight by Chancellor Boschini who will ride in on a sleigh with Santa and Mrs. Claus, said Natalie Boone, SGA adviser.

New purple and white suits were made for Santa and Mrs. Claus this year, said Aaron Wolfe, PC director of spirit and traditions.

"We went a little more all out this year," Wolfe said.

Remember growing up, when your parents used to tell you things to make you do something you didn't want to do? "Eat your carrots, it'll make your eyes pretty," or "Finish your green beans so you can have a happy plate!"

What the heck is a happy plate anyway?

For me, anytime I left a mess somewhere, be it my bedroom or a plate I left on the table, my mom would tell me, "Your maid is dead."

After I got over the shock of thinking I killed someone, I realized what she was trying to say to me.

Enrollment in the Intensive English Program has increased 41.38 percent since 2004, which is about 30 percent more than national programs' enrollment increase, according to the 2006 TCU Fact Book.Kurk Gayle, the director of TCU's Intensive English Program, said, after gaining 13 more students this semester, enrollment in the Intensive English Program has reached a record number of 47 students -- the largest group of students Gayle said he has seen since he started working at TCU in February 1995.

Anyone can get on Facebook now, which means anyone can see your profile. MySpace has been public since its inception, while Facebook used to be exclusive to the college community. I'm not the most technologically savvy person, but I can figure out how to set up a profile on both of these sites. I don't have a MySpace site, but I am a part of the Facebook community. I have friends on MySpace, and I see few differences in the two communities. On MySpace, you can color and add music to your page. On Facebook, you can add large amounts of pictures.

Out of 30,000 square feet of retail space on the first level of the GrandMarc at Westberry Place, 7,000 square feet have been leased, said a property company representative.Two businesses, Perrotti's Pizza...

As the TCU men's golf team wrapped up its second consecutive second-place finish, one golfer hoped to clinch an individual goal at the Memphis Intercollegiate.Franklin Corpening, a junior communication studies major, left a 20-foot putt for eagle one foot short and tapped in the birdie putt in disgust.

But, when that putt connected with the bottom of the cup, Corpening guaranteed his first career collegiate victory.

Because of student opposition, faculty and staff are unsure of when the proposed plus/minus grading system will go into effect, said a Faculty Senate member.Andrew Fort, past chairman and member of the Faculty Senate's Executive Committee, said the issue has not been finalized because of the negative student reaction.

David Grant, a religion professor who first presented the proposal, said the system was supposed to go into effect next fall but will probably be implemented later on next year.

With the Texas Tech Red Raiders coming to town, the Frogs' coach said the team will work to utilize momentum from its victory over the Grambling State Tigers. Bouncing back from a loss against St. Mary's College, the Horned Frogs beat Grambling State at home Friday night.

There are a few parts of the game the Frogs have been working on in order to be ready to take on Texas Tech, head coach Neil Dougherty said.

Are you and your band just itching to make it big and explode onto the national music scene? If so, mtvU has just launched this year's Best Music on Campus search.There are four different record and video deals up for the taking with one grand prize winner receiving the opportunity to perform on "Late Night with Conan O'Brien."

The non-grand prize winners' record deals are with Epitaph Records, Definitive Jux Records and Drive-Thru Records - each offering their own package.

What does it take to truly learn something from a class? What is the final factor of whether we gain knowledge from three or four hours of credit?Learning is being able to literally take away with you something from the other people and resources. Learning is not memorizing facts, spitting them out and then forgetting them. It is about discovering something about yourself or learning more about the social interactions around you. When you study a subject to develop yourself in any way, you are learning.