The men's tennis team will travel to Tulsa, Okla. Saturday to play in the biggest tournament of the fall, the ITA All-American Championships.After being in Waco all weekend at the HEB Intercollegiate Tournament at Baylor, players are now preparing themselves to face what could be the toughest competition of the year.

"It's going to be a little different league than last weekend," said sophomore player Kriegler Brink. "The best schools in the nation will be there, but I'm excited to see how we'll do."

Most newspaper connoisseurs would deem the Cheers and Jeers section as something worthy of a high school or neighborhood newspaper - not a reputable university paper such as the one we know as the Daily Skiff. But in the days of songs that proclaim "chivalry is dead, but you're still kind of cute," I feel the responsibility to qualify this statement with a cheer to the TCU men and to say that chivalry isn't dead.That's right, girls. For once I am going to commend them rather than get mad they didn't bring more of their male friends to school with them.

The only thing more traumatic for a TCU student than losing a student ID card is losing it on a Friday evening.Thus begins a weekend of digging for whatever leftovers you can find out of the fridge and...

The other week, I was invited by a few friends to a social mixer that was hosted by one of the Greek organizations on campus. I decided to attend, and I also invited a few of my friends to come along....

The soccer team recovered from its 2-0 loss Thursday night to the SMU Lady Mustangs with a 3-0 win Saturday against the UT San Antonio Lady Roadrunners.Thursday's shutout by SMU was the second straight game where TCU failed to score, but the Lady Frogs (5-5) ended their scoring drought on a first-half goal against UTSA.

SMU junior midfielder Krystal Bailey scored the opening goal on a lofted free kick by sophomore midfielder Melissa Schieda as the clock whittled to 30 seconds remaining in the first half.

Mary Volcansek had tears in her eyes while talking about ending her tenure as dean of the AddRan College of Humanities and Social Sciences."I'm sorry, I'm just tired today," Volcansek said. "I tear up when I'm tired."

At the end of the school year, Volcansek, who has served as the dean for seven years, will step down from her current role to become a full-time professor.

"I've grown a lot as dean, but it is definitely more stressful than teaching," Volcansek said.

The TCU Women's Resource Center will tour historic black churches in Fort Worth at 5:15 tonight as a part of its annual Pinkbag Lunch Series. Sarah Walker, president of the Genealogical Society, will speak about the history of the churches and their surrounding neighborhoods as part of the tour section of Pinkbag On Location, said Marcy Paul, director of the Women's Resource Center. The Pinkbag on Location, a part of the Pinkbag Lunch Series, includes visits to local exhibits and tours of landmarks throughout Fort Worth.

Last week, Wal-Mart announced a plan to stick with its mantra and offer many generic drugs at lower prices.With health care costs already high and increasingly being shifted to the consumer from both traditional insurance plans and government programs, such as Medicare and Medicaid, it is becoming more difficult for people from all economic brackets to afford medication.

The retail giant's decision is a sound one. The program is being tested in Tampa, Fla., where about 300 generic prescription drugs are being sold for as little as $4 a prescription.

It's a familiar sight we've all been witnessing since at least middle school. Halfway through a lecture, one of your classroom comrades collapses as if struck by an enemy bullet. Despite slamming his face into the desk rather roughly, nothing is going to wake this guy up from his nap.While Rip Van Winkle launches into his 20-year slumber in the desk next to you, two girls in the back of the classroom carry on a conversation about who holds the title of being the cutest boy in school.

Even after a bye week, the Horned Frogs dropped a spot from their No. 16 rank to No. 17 in the Associated Press Top 25 poll. The 3-1 Oklahoma Sooners beat the Middle Tennessee State Blue Raiders at home to leapfrog over TCU into the No. 16 spot.No team ranked between No. 10 and No. 16 in the AP poll lost this past weekend. The 4-0 Virginia Tech Hokies, the 4-0 Iowa Hawkeyes, the 3-1 Tennessee Volunteers and the Sooners all had convincing wins.