A recent grant will allow TCU to host undergraduate physics and astronomy students from universities across the country to conduct research that could be published in professional journals, said Magnus Rittby, associate dean of the College of Science and Engineering.According to the College of Science and Engineering Web site, the department of physics and astronomy was awarded $112,288 from the National Science Foundation for the Research Experience for Undergraduates program. The grant allows TCU to host four to six students from different universities.

Rationality and religion: Contrary to the acts of many, the two aren't mutually exclusive.But somehow, there is something about the ideas of faith, hope and love that make people violent, destructive and pigheaded.

Warped, overzealous theologians, fanatics and political leaders have distorted peaceful messages to support backward ideals for centuries. Faith groups have manifested disagreements over what's right in all the wrong ways.

TCU's Black History Month celebration comes to an end tonight with an attempt to recreate the Apollo Theater with Night at the Apollo, a showcase of multiple talentsAshley Madkins, committee chair for Night at the Apollo, said this event will be "a fun-filled grand finale."

"This event is a tribute to black artists who have been to the actual Apollo Theater in Harlem, N.Y.," the senior fashion merchandising major said. "Everybody gets to come and perform their talent for a chance to win a big prize."

The dean of the Harris College of Nursing and Health Sciences will return to teaching and researching, her first loves, in the fall, an assistant to the dean said Tuesday.Rhonda Keen-Payne originally agreed to serve as dean for five years but is now in her sixth year, said the assistant, Sharon Hudson.

Nowell Donovan, provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs, said Keen-Payne stayed for the sixth year at his request.

The TCU track and field team is about to get its first taste of the whole Mountain West Conference enchilada.The Horned Frogs head to Albuquerque, N.M. today for the MWC Indoor Championships, a three-day event that will put TCU against its new conference rivals for the first time this season.

Head coach Darryl Anderson said although the team may not be designed for this style of meet, he expects a high level of competitiveness.

A motor home will park on campus today, and those who have been living in it for the last three weeks have only one message for students: Children are being forced to kill and nobody is paying attention."A rebel army abducts children and forces them to fight," said John Rowett, one of four people touring the campus. "It's an emergency in Uganda and no one knows about it."

Rowett is part of a campaign called Invisible Children, a program that aims to help Ugandans by raising not only money, but awareness about the country's problems.

"Poetry, because it's artistic and not just this logical, rational, scientific way of describing things, gives opportunities to suggest things and to present nuances and implications and to subtly make connections between things that if you were going to try to do it by just writing it out in terms of linear words, you'd have to write a book," Dunning said. He said he also applies his knowledge and interest in the mind to his daily tasks in University Career Services when he sits down with students to help them with a common concern - what to do with their lives.