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.

From a copy boy to the managing editor of The New York Times, Arthur Gelb told the story of his rise through the ranks and the changes in the newsroom over the years to journalism students and the TCU community Monday night.As in his autobiography, "City Room," Gelb described The New York Times when he began in 1944.

There was no such thing as privacy in those days, the former managing editor said. Reporters worked with their desks side to side, wall to wall and the sounds of manual typewriters always filled the room.

Despite losing both conference games over the weekend, the Horned Frog volleyball team walked away with nothing but optimism and excitement for the remainder of their schedule."The morale on the team is still very high," head coach Prentice Lewis said. "We know what we need to improve upon and we're still very confident."

The team lost to Nevada-Las Vegas on Friday and San Diego State on Sunday. The game with UNLV ended in three matches, but not before freshman setter Nirelle Hampton tallied 23 assists to move into fifth place on the Frogs career assist list with 763.

Let's face it: A big law enforcement agency like the FBI, even with its substantial political clout, doesn't have the resources to keep the smaller cases from falling through the cracks.Crime victims deserve justice even if their attacker doesn't make the Most Wanted list.

In that spirit, Oprah Winfrey has brought the full force of her considerable fan base and bank account to bear on a particularly insidious breed of criminals: child predators.

International students from Guatemala are working to raise money for their flood-ravaged country to aid their neighbors back home in the wake of Hurricane Stan.These students say they are part of a greater community, one that holds onto its heritage and supports its communities back home.

A group of eight students from Guatemala have come together to form Guatemalan Hope, an organization that will raise funds to support relief efforts.

J.C. Williams, the assistant chief of the TCU Police Department, said TCU does not have a problem with fights at football games."TCU's events are so much larger than high school events," Williams said. "Our resources and police presence are so strong. A lot of your public schools can't really afford the resources necessary to cover parking lots, as well as inside and outside the stadiums, and control those areas the way we can."

Williams also said the inaccessibility of many of the parking lots at TCU keep fights and other criminal activity from occurring near the stadium.

This past Homecoming Programming Council sponsored a dorm room window-decorating contest to promote Horned Frog spirit.Windows were decorated during Homecoming week, and winners were announced Friday. There were two categories in the contest. One for the most creative window, and one for the window that showed the most TCU spirit. Students with the best decorating skills in these categories were awarded $100.