The sixth annual Miss Black and Gold Scholarship Pageant, "Jazzy But Classy," took place at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Student Center Ballroom.The pageant, sponsored by Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity, provides a $1,000 scholarship for the first place winner and smaller sums for the second and third place contestant.

Jerret Holmes, a senior advertising/public relations major and the pageant coordinator, said the annual pageant is an excellent way for the fraternity to help further the education of TCU's young women and a good time for the women involved.

Why did the frog cross the road?Crossing the street seems simple enough, until you watch students crossing University Drive.

Few complaints about jaywalking have made their way to the police, but almost everyone has either been witness or party to a group of students darting in front of vehicles so they can make it to Sub Connection or the Brown-Lupton Student Center 30 seconds faster.

Safety seems to be irrelevant if taking precautions would inconvenience a pedestrian on campus.

TCU Police can only warn students not to jaywalk.

Whether it was cooking up 65 pounds of fajitas, roasting a pig or simply grilling hamburgers, students and alumni this past football season showed that the way to a good tailgate party was with pounds of food and the company of good friends.TCU alumni Tod and Laura Miller and Frank and Kathy Kyle have been tailgating in the same parking spot at TCU football games for 20 years, and Tod Miller said the spot will remain in the family for years.

"The children are already fighting over who gets the spot when I die," Tod Miller said.

It's not every day that music students get to have class with Thomas Hampson, a great modern baritone voice known all over the world, but they got their chance to take notes Wednesday when he taught a master class in Ed Landreth Hall Auditorium.Hampson, an internationally acclaimed baritone singer, is currently leading the tour "Song of America," across 11 cities and performed Tuesday at Bass Hall.

The tour is sponsored by the Library of Congress and intends to promote creativity across America.

The Italian Inn, "Home of the Singing Waiters," is the best kept secret in Fort Worth.This romantic restaurant, open since 1967, melts the heart with a unique atmosphere unlike anywhere else in the Metroplex....

TCU officials and former track and field team member Jacob Hernandez are negotiating out of court to settle a lawsuit filed by Hernandez following TCU's refusal to grant his release for a transfer to the University of Texas, a court official said.On Nov. 8, Hernandez filed an agreement, a Rule 11, to negotiate the lawsuit he filed, according to the Tarrant County District Clerk's Office.

Hernandez is suing TCU for his release to compete at Texas and for necessary attorney fees and costs, according to the lawsuit.

Whether he's espousing his political beliefs on live television or tapping indie producers for his multi-platinum sophomore effort, Late Registration," Kanye West is shaking up the hip-hop world. Now he's shaking up the concert circuit as well.Rap concerts are usually a secondary concern for many artists, known for short sets and poor sound. For his "Touch the Sky" tour, West is trying to revamp the model.

You can find her at 8.0 enjoying the music, sipping on cocktails at the Reata, walking through Sundance Square on the way to Bass Hall and cheering on the Horned Frog football team. And her profile is on Facebook if you want to know more.Sorry guys, she's taken.

Beata Jones, an associate professor of professional practice in e-business and Neeley Fellows director, has a husband and a son with whom she spends most of her free time. But her students also require her attention.

Jones started teaching at TCU in 1995, but she left in 1999 and returned in January 2002.

Thanksgiving is a week away.It is a time for turkey, cranberry sauce, stuffing, pie, cold weather and, of course, NyQuil.

The first major holiday in the big holiday season trilogy also means the full force of flu season will soon bear down on us all.

So as you get ready to go home for the holidays, take a shot in the arm.

Take some time and go get a flu shot.

TCU's shipment of the vaccine was smaller than expected, so supplies on campus are limited. Many other places around the city, however, can administer the vaccine at a low cost.