TCU faculty and staff members who hope to increase wellness and lower health-care costs will start taking a step in the right direction next week. Actually, thousands of them.The University Recreation Center and Human Resources are teaming up to kick off the TCU Pedometer Challenge on Tuesday, Valentine's Day, in honor of Heart Health Month. The challenge is a program in which participating faculty and staff will wear pedometers, devices that track the amount of steps a person takes each day.

Politics and money are inextricably linked.Trying to keep them apart is like the cartoon character attempting to plug leaks in a boat with his fingers - it always ends with someone getting sprayed in the face.

Originally, only the wealthy were allowed to vote. Then the common man was allowed to vote and it became everyday practice to buy votes. Even well-respected presidents like Abraham Lincoln actually bought newspapers to give an apparatus of support during elections. No matter what, you have always needed money to get elected.

The first week of a new semester is often associated with students wanting to make good impressions on fellow classmates and teachers. Often times, students wear their best and most expensive clothing. But what happens when expensive becomes the key word?My first day at TCU -- also my first week in Texas - I was taken aback at the standard of dress, especially when I noticed what seemed to me a majority of students going to class in expensive designer jeans almost every day.

Junior guard Natasha Lacy took over the second half of Wednesday night's game as the Lady Frogs beat the University of Wyoming Cowgirls ."(Lacy) is really good at taking control of the game. Its what she does," said sophomore forward Lorie Butler-Rayford .

Despite not starting either half, Lacy scored 21 points, 19 of which came in the second half. Lacy scored 11 of the Frog's last 13 points, and she was two points shy of tying her career-high.

If life gives you lemons, then the marketing department is a good place to be.Bob Akin, a marketing professor, and his Selling and Sales Management classes are setting up lemonade stands at TCU and the surrounding area for class credit.

Akin has taught at TCU for four years and has presented this project to his students for the last three.

"About three years ago I was watching 'The Apprentice' and I decided to stop having tests," Akin said. "These projects are a better way to teach someone how to sell something."

The only thing lacking from Fort Worth's own Caf‚ New Orleans is a couple of waiters and a man playing a soulful jazz trombone. Other than that, it's not too bad.Dwarfed in the mega-shadow of Central Market and often passed by in favor of Cold Stone Creamery, it is as though this intimate setting is yearning to be overlooked and forgotten, left only for friends and lovers looking to hide or possibly students searching for a quiet place to study.

TCU students have become the ultimate example of fair-weather fans.It is hypocritical to expect our basketball team to do well if we, the student body, do not back them up. Our lack of support is a weakness in the team's game.

I am always disappointed when I hear a TCU student, who does not show up in the arena to cheer on the team, complain about our season. How can we expect a stellar season if we neglect to root for our team?

When the players do not have fans counting on them and yelling for them, they are disadvantaged by a loss of motivation.