While Greek involvement has declined at many universities, TCU saw a rise in students participating in fall 2005 Recruitment from the previous year, according to the office of Fraternity and Sorority Affairs.In 2005, 601 women participated in fall sorority Recruitment, more than a 4 percent increase from 2004. Fraternity Recruitment saw an increase of almost 2 percent.

The numbers come as many universities have seen a significant drop in Greek life.

The theory of intelligent design, currently being debated as an alternative to evolution, does not have a place in the science classroom, TCU professors say.An 80-year-old case, known as the Scopes Monkey...

Students, faculty and staff gave their assistance after an e-mail from TCU Police asking for their help was sent, police said Tuesday.The e-mail asked for information on a car that was towed from the faculty lot on Main Campus Monday afternoon.

A TCU police officer discovered a damaged car in the quad lot and contacted the owner, Sgt. Kelly Ham said.

A student witness then told police he had seen a flat-bed wrecker removing a vehicle near the damaged car, Ham said.

Women cannot change their lives with criticism but by acknowledging personal accomplishments, a guest speaker told the all-female audience Tuesday at the Kelly Alumni Center."Acknowledgement is in short demand in our busy culture, and we need to learn to thank ourselves first," Stephanie Marston, author and life quality expert, said.

Women in today's culture are so afraid that if they put their needs first, they will be branded selfish, Marston said.

College students are broke. Everyone knows that. And as graduation is approaching, the financial situation many seniors face may get stickier.Many college students will have to take on financial responsibilities they have not previously known, and the disconnection from Mom and Dad's pocketbook sends many into frenzied fear.

Larry Lockwood, a professor of finance, said, "A financial planner can help, but there's no substitute for reading and studying on your own."

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"Xena," debated to be the 10th planet of the solar system, apparently has a sidekick - a moon.Astronomers at the Keck Observatory on the Mauna Kea Volcano in Hawaii found the moon, dubbed "Gabrielle" for Xena's fellow heroine of the TV show "Xena: Warrior Princess," after taking images of the planet with an advanced telescope, according to the Web site of "Xena's" discoverer, Mike Brown.

More often than not, when a conversation has run out of steam, you talk about the weather.These days though, the weather is pretty important.

With a possible record number of storms this season, it is important to keep in mind that, despite the high amount of media coverage that has sensationalized natural disasters, students are still responding to needs of those who have been affected.

With the early-decision admissions deadline approaching for prospective TCU students, admissions office staff members said they expect half of applications to arrive over the Internet.Over the past five years, Internet applications, at TCU and across the country, have grown in popularity, according to www.collegeboard.com.

The Web site also reports 98 percent of students applying to college this year have access to Internet applications.