TCU has delayed making the decision to switch to a plus/minus grading system because further research is needed, said Faculty Senate member David Grant.He said the Faculty Senate was orginally set to vote last May to adopt or reject the system, but the vote was delayed.

A detailed proposal, including how the plus/minus system could affect financial aid and grade inflation, will be presented to the Faculty Senate next semester, said Grant, a religion professor and chairman of the committee preparing this proposal.

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When freshman Kappa Sigma recruit Greg Stokes heard Hurricane Katrina might make landfall in his hometown of New Orleans, he hoped for the best."We've been lucky for 40 years," said Stokes, a finance major. "We thought we'd get lucky again."

At first, it seemed that New Orleans missed the worst of the storm. But after three levee points on Lake Pontchartrain broke, the city was covered in water.

Stokes' parents evacuated from the city before the storm, but his grandparents stayed behind in a hotel in downtown New Orleans.

Smith Entrepreneurs Hall offers students more than just a meal from Sub Connection.The Collegiate Entrepreneurs Organization, a club for any student interested in entrepreneurship, welcomes underclassmen and non-business majors, CEO president Leslie Martin said.

David Minor, director of the Neely Entrepreneurship Program said that once a month, members of CEO are able to have dinners with successful entrepreneurs and members also have the opportunity to work with a mentor.

Senseless Acts of Comedy will kick off the new year with a show at 9 p.m. Thursday in Moudy Building North, Room 141.The student improvisational comedy group now has six members with four returning from last year's cast.

"We are really excited for this upcoming year and we have two new members who are freshman that are really great," said Austin Hines, a senior radio-TV-film major and the president of Senseless Acts of Comedy.

The comedy troupe is beginning it's fourth year at TCU and is expecting to have a full house Thursday night.

Results are in for the House of Representatives elections, but not everyone is fully represented.Two colleges have one seat vacant. The College of Communications has five out of six seats filled, while the College of Science and Engineering has seven out of eight.

The vacancies have left students wondering how it will impact them.

Christa Owen, a sophomore early childhood education major, doesn't think the vacancy will hurt students.

"Because (the representatives) are committed, one seat vacancy shouldn't make a difference," Owen said.

Casting Crowns frontman and songwriter Mark Hall continues to write with an endearing honesty that leaves him vulnerable and challenges listeners to do the same with the band's sophomore release, "Lifesong."Hall, a youth pastor from Atlanta, said he writes with the intention of reaching the 400 children he sees every Sunday. The band started with this purpose and they want to ensure it remains their highest priority.

The 23rd Annual Art in the Metroplex competition will open in the University Art Gallery in Moudy Building North on Saturday in conjunction with Fall Gallery Night.There were 479 pieces entered in the competition. Of those, 44 pieces by 26 artists were selected, said Ron Watson, chairman of the department of art and art history.

Watson has been there since the beginning, starting the competition along with Beth Lea Clardy, said Karen Weinman, joint coordinator for the event. Clardy died this past year, but her sister, Nancy Vance, remains a joint coordinator of the event.

Efforts made to avoid rising gas pricesGas prices are absurd.

For most vehicles, it can take upwards of $50 to get a full tank.

And costs don't show any signs of dropping in the near future. Hurricane Katrina's destruction caused the most recent spike, and prices had already been steadily increasing for months.

Since gas is becoming so expensive, it only makes sense to start looking for other transportation options.