People choosing to drink in local bars may be faced with more than a pounding headache and extreme nausea the morning after a night of fun.Thanks to a recent decision to send undercover officers of the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission into bars in search of people who are publicly intoxicated, local bar patrons may want to reconsider just how much they plan on drinking when they head out on the town.

It should be less about political candidates' genders and more about their agendas, director of marketing and communications for a women's advancement organization said Monday evening in the Kelly Alumni Center.At the 12th Annual TCU Women's Community Dinner, Candace McAdams, a 1998 TCU graduate, along with Barbara Ann Radnofsky, candidate for U.S. Senate, addressed an audience of students, faculty and community women on issues concerning women in politics.

A team of two students from the TCU entrepreneurship program won the best effort award at the Ninth Annual Enterprise Creation Competition this past weekend at Ball State University in Muncie, Ind. Chris Schaum, a senior entrepreneurial management and marketing major, and Matt Jacobson, a senior finance and accounting major, were one of nine teams chosen for the finals with their idea for Time Zone Airlines, a private jet airline.

In addition to the award, they received $800.

The Faculty Senate is currently looking into how the tenure process works at TCU because of inconsistencies found in the system and problems with the faculty grievance process, Faculty Senate members said.A Rube Goldberg machine, which uses a complicated process to accomplish a simple task, illustrates the current faculty grievance process, said Stuart Youngblood, chairman of the Faculty Senate Tenure Promotion and Grievance Committee.

With the amount of silverware lost from The Main, most students living on campus should have at least four place settings in their dorm rooms, said a manager of Sodexho.Through March 31, residents in Waits,...

I can only assume that Joel Petersen is one of a rare breed of people found at TCU: a diehard basketball fan. Why else would he take the time to write an article in the Skiff? But as another diehard TCU basketball fan, I would like to respond to his March 23 commentary ("Men's basketball needs change").Petersen is not the only disappointed person. There are around 20 guys who spend plenty of time across Stadium Drive who agree with him. But while they are busy busting their butts representing TCU, a lot of people on and off campus have come up with a quick-fix.

I would like to say something about last Tuesday's "Cut Off: Is there life without a cell phone?"As a participant in the Leadership Center's "Leadership Italy," I and six other TCU women went to Italy for Spring Break.

We spent eight days without a cell phone, without television, computers and Internet.

Knowing myself, I thought I would never survive. But I had no choice, and after the second day, I realized I didn't really need those things. I could do everyday things without these luxuries.

It's been exactly 17 days since California's women's tennis team has played an NCAA match, yet TCU head coach Dave Borelli said the No. 9 Golden Bears will likely be as dangerous as ever in today's afternoon match."(California's long layoff) is both good and bad," Borelli said. "In tennis they are used to doing that. It gives you a chance to take it easy and get back on track again. If they beat us, it was a good thing (for them); if they don't, it was a bad thing."