Roasted Turkey with Mushroom Herb SauceAmy Halford - Editor in Cheif

Ingredients for turkey:
1 1?2 teaspoon poultry seasoning
1 teaspoon paprika
1?2 teaspoon dried thyme leaves, crushed
1?4 teaspoon salt
1?4 teaspoon ground black pepper
16-pound turkey, thawed, if frozen
No-stick cooking spray

Sauce:
2 tablespoons Fleischmann's Original-stick
1 cup chopped fresh mushrooms
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1?2 teaspoon poultry seasoning
1?4 teaspoon salt

What's the first thing that comes to your mind when you think of Thanksgiving?Roasted Turkey? The smell of homemade pumpkin pie? Stuffing? Family? Friends?

These are all great things, but something is missing if this is the only list - the concept of being thankful.

Of all the days in the year, this one day is set aside to be thankful.

In Barbara Ann Kipfer's book "14,000 Things to Be Happy About," the writer gathers phrases, words and scenarios that should be appreciated.

Monday night's Carter Blood Care on-campus blood drive wasn't what its team leader was expecting, which she said tends to be an average of 60 blood donors. After five hours parked behind Clark Hall, Carter Blood Care had 20 volunteers donate blood - far from the average, said Adriana Lambert, team leader of the blood drive.

"It's been steady, actually, it's been kind of slow," Lambert said.

It wasn't until nearly 7 p.m. that the final six donors walked into the Carter Blood Care bus, she said.

Most TCU students would agree that on-campus dining isn't exactly Mom's home cooking. Many have complained about high prices as well as an overall lack of flavor and appeal, but one topic that has not...

Although the lights at Amon Carter Stadium are on for football games, practice, maintenance and more, the electrical systems manager said the operating cost is far less than some expect. George Bates, manager of electrical systems at TCU's Physical Plant, said lighting the football stadium for one night costs about $100.

"It's not as much as you think when you're dealing with larger entities like the stadium," said Ross Bailey, associate director of athletics.

The women's golf team will head into the inaugural Aloha Purdue Collegiate Invitational this Thanksgiving break after coming off an 11th place finish at the Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown. Head coach Angie Ravaioli-Larkin said the Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown, which featured four top-10 teams and four others in the top 25, had the strongest course the team has faced this season. Despite this adversity, the team finished 11th and didn't play too poorly, she said.

A former TCU professor of nursing proposed the institution of a new graduate studies program in her lecture Monday, a program the assistant dean of the Harris College of Nursing and Health Sciences said is now being considered.Former TCU professor Jeanette Lancaster spoke about the trends in nursing graduate education and explained why she feels a new program called the Doctor of Nursing Practice Program should be implemented on college campuses nationwide in her lecture at the Dee J. Kelly Alumni and Visitors Center.

It's the same scene every Thanksgiving: the entire family gathers around the festively decorated table that contains enough food to feed the population of Liechtenstein for a week, and before the meal begins, everyone shares something they are thankful for. Back in our younger days, our mothers would give us canned responses beforehand so we wouldn't blurt out something such as "Nintendo 64" or "Stretch Armstrong." The punishment for such an offense would be a fate worse than death: no pumpkin pie.What's wrong with this picture?

The Frogs will take the field Saturday against the Colorado State Rams in Fort Collins, Colo, where they will attempt to extend their current winning streak to six games.The Frogs (8-2 overall and 4-2 in conference) are currently on a five-game winning streak, which ties them for 10th in the nation. On the other side of the ball, the Rams (4-6, 1-5) are currently in the midst of a five-game losing streak.

The H20 Frogs took home several wins against both the San Diego State Aztecs and Centenary Ladies, at Saturdays meet in the University Recreation Center. "I'm a happy camper," said head coach Richard Sybesma. "We're swimming really really well, really fast against some really tough competition," said Sybesma.

The H20 Frogs men won against Centenary 68-34, whereas the women won against San Diego State 71-40 and Centenary 77-32.

Four TCU students drove 14 hours to Fort Benning, Ga., where they joined more than 22,000 people in a peaceful protest at the gates of a U.S. military training school Saturday.The students are members of Peace Action, a TCU activist group that, for the past three years, has been organizing university-funded trips to Georgia every November to attend the national protest against the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation, more commonly referred to by its former name, the School of the Americas.

An afternoon of hard fouls, quick drives and some timely shooting brought TCU to a 3-0 start for the first time since the 2004-2005 season.Head Coach Neil Dougherty led his Frogs (3-0) through two overtimes before the final buzzer sounded with TCU on top of the UT Arlington Mavericks (2-1) 97-89.

"The kids continued to fight and grind and keep it up," Dougherty said. "It is one of those wins where you are really gald you got it or you wonder how did you let it go."