Suicide kills more people worldwide every year than war, and college-age students are among the most vulnerable, said Monica Kintigh, a licensed professional counselor in the TCU Counseling Center.Statistics show that suicide is the third leading cause of death for 15- to 24-year-olds, according to the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.

Kintigh presented SuicideTALK, a community forum based on ways to help prevent suicide, on Sept. 15 in the Huguley Fitness Center.

Though some might call it tough, the MBA program in the School of Business is a far cry from where Capt. Marc Ortiz was last year.That's when Ortiz - a 1999 graduate of the United States Military Academy and a captain in the 1st Squadron, 7th (US) Cavalry Regiment - was in Iraq.

Ortiz decided to go back to school after getting back from Iraq on March 15.

"I went back to school to get some experience in the business world since all of my work experience has been in the Army," Ortiz said.

After much debate, the House of Representatives passed a bill Tuesday night to re-authorize the emergency relief to members of the student body affected by the Gulf Coast disaster.The bill appropriates $10,000 to establish the Hurricane Katrina Emergency Relief Fund.

One opponent, Thomas Guidry, a representative of the College of Science and Engineering, said it would go against a previous bill in effect.

A monthlong celebration of Hispanic heritage and culture is underway to educate the TCU community on the significance of the Hispanic community and to recognize influential Hispanic figures.Friday marked "el dieciseis de septiembre," or Mexican Independence Day, and the kickoff of Hispanic Heritage Month.

Co-sponsored by the Programming Council, Intercultural Services led the celebration of Mexico's independence from Spain with food and music on the lawn of the Brown-Lupton Student Center.

Sandya Klein is a familiar face to Intercultural Services, but this time around, she's helping to promote diversity through her position as program coordinator.Monday was the first day on the job for Klein in the newly renamed and restructured office of Intercultural Services.

"I think it will be a wonderful opportunity to implement all the things I thought TCU needed to work on when I was there," Klein said.

I stand my ground as another TCU student in favor of a non-Greek way of life. I have nothing against any particular sorority group, I simply value other organizations and my academics over a forced sense of "sisterhood." I pity the fact that a majority of students at this school view going Greek as the only means to a social life. Greeks may seem prevalent on campus, but in reality, only 40 percent actually pledge. Students have the skewed perception that TCU is mainly Greek, causing certain others to believe that non-Greeks have nothing to do on campus.

I know that, as women, we are described as the fairer sex, but we have come a long way to be accepted in an equal light with our male counterparts. So I was surprised to learn that some women on this campus were against the idea of a female Froggie-Five-O. What can she do for us, some asked. It's like walking with a buddy, or I would rather have a man, said others. Wait! Did we just step back in time? Because the last time I looked it was 2005.

The women's tennis team kicked off its year with the Baylor Invitational in Waco and a tournament in Matamoros, Mexico over the weekend.Despite losing in the latter rounds in Waco, head coach Dave Borelli said he learned a lot about his new team and was impressed with how his players handled the competition.

"Since this was one of our first tournaments, we got a really good look at our players," Borelli said. "We can see that the strength coach has done great work with the team's conditioning, and we were up to the challenges last weekend's tournament had to offer us."

Quinn Donahue landed an internship working for Charles Attal Presents, one of the country's biggest independent promotion companies, and learned the ropes of talent buying for the Austin City Limits music festival, among others.Donahue, a fifth-year senior, took a semester off of school in order to secure a future in the Austin music industry when he graduates in December.

"This is what I want to do in the future and there was no other way to gain the experience," Donahue said.