Greek chapters select council leaders
By Sam Eaton
Staff Reporter

Although the fraternities of Interfraternity Council elected two experienced officers for 2002, both the IFC and the sororities of Panhellenic Council will have plenty of fresh faces.
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Faculty demand on rise in key areas
By Kristina Iodice
Copy Desk Chief

When a prospective student asks about the student-to-faculty ratio, admissions personnel and TCU literature all say 15-to-1— but that number is an average of the entire university and does not reflect the differences between different schools and departments.
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Number of alumni gifts not expected to increase
By Jill Sutton
Staff Reporter

TCU alumni giving has been steadily increasing since 1997, but with the economy down, this year’s goal of 32 percent alumni participation might be in jeopardy, said Michelle Amos, director of the Annual Fund.
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A&M officials openly denounce plans to build off-campus bonfire
By Brandie Liffick
The Battalion

COLLEGE STATION (U-WIRE) Rumors of a possible off-campus Texas A&M University Bonfire built by residents of Hotard Hall were investigated by the Department of Residence Life, said Ronald Sasse, director of Residence Life.
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College Briefs
Three Pakistani OU students detained

Missile defense accord unlikely
By Sandra Sobieraj
Associated Press

CRAWFORD — As talks between President Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin shifted to Bush’s Texas ranch, White House officials said Wednesday that an accord on anti-missile defenses is not in the cards for this summit.
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Plane shaken by turbulence before
By Jonathan D. Salant
Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Safety records show the American Airlines plane that crashed in New York Monday was severely shaken by air turbulence seven years earlier in an episode that injured 47 people.
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Taliban fighters could be regrouping
By Matt Kelley
Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Taliban fighters fleeing northern Afghanistan and heading south may be trying to find refuge in caves held by their home tribes and regroup for more combat, a Pentagon spokesman said Wednesd
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Texas man executed after reprieve for murder
Associated Press

HUNTSVILLE — A condemned Texas man temporarily spared from his sentence on Sept. 11 was executed by lethal injection Wednesday night for fatally shooting a man 13 years ago.
Meanwhile, in Georgia, a federal appeals court delayed the execution of a convicted killer by one day while it considered an appeal.
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