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.

After studying in Japan as a college student, accepting a marriage proposal at Machu Picchu in Peru and traveling across the Serengeti Desert, Tracy Williams is back for her fifth year assisting TCU students with their study abroad plans.Williams, the assistant director of the Center for International Education, said she may have a love for travel, but her greatest passion is to share this love with students.

Ben Folds is growing up, sort of.Since his days with the three-man Ben Folds Five, Folds married, had two children, took up photography as a hobby and released two rather mature solo albums.

Folds' latest record, "Songs For Silverman," finds the 39-year-old ivory-tickler much more selfless and composed than on past records.

At the album's release, Folds said in interviews he wanted to make his "grow a beard, lock myself in the studio and play for a couple weeks album."

The House of Student Representatives voted Tuesday to table a resolution to support Fair Trade at TCU to two committees, and Speaker of the House Sebastian Moleski stepped down from his position because...

TCU signed Texas' No. 1-ranked junior women's tennis player, head coach Dave Borelili announced Tuesday.Nina Munch-Soegaard, 17, of Amarillo, signed a National Letter of Intent to join the Horned Frogs in fall 2006.

"We are thrilled that Nina will be joining our program, and we are really excited that she chose TCU over other schools such as Texas and UCLA," Borelli said. "This, I feel, is an advantage to us, since she is ranked in the juniors top 10 in the country."

Instead of raising money for the university or erecting a monument, the class of 2007 is building a home for Habitat for Humanity.The class of 2007's project is FrogHouse, for which they are fundraising, organizing and will build a house for Habitat for Humanity, said Matt Owens, FrogHouse fundraising director.

Luda Chuba, director of FrogHouse recruitment and retention, said FrogHouse will become a lasting tradition at TCU.

"It's so fascinating to be a part of something so wonderful," said Chuba, a junior political science and history major.

The United States has traveled a long road toward our diverse population. Such growth has been accompanied by growing pains.Our history is marked with bouts and fits of xenophobia against new immigrant groups and repressive laws against minorities. Even in 2005, we have issues with immigration and respecting the rights of minority groups.

France's geographical location enables people to immigrate to France from North and sub-Saharan Africa in effort to have more opportunities in life, such as better jobs and higher education.