Pin Lim/The Daily Cougar

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Pucker up: Associate professor of accounting Tom Noland and visiting instructor Tina Garza smooch a stuffed pig after winning and losing, respectively, the Kiss The Pig contest at the Bauer College of Business booth at Frontier Fiesta on Saturday. Beta Alpha Phi fraternity sponsored the contest to collect money for earthquake victims.

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The Texas Senate Finance Committee approved new language to Senate Bill 737 on March 22 which would create the much-vaunted Texas Excellence Fund, allowing the University to achieve Tier I status.

I have come to the conclusion that growing up in small-town Texas‚ can really stunt your social growth and development.

In Memento, Leonard Shelby (Guy Pearce) suffers short-term memory loss after being hit on the head while defending his wife from a rapist.

Cougar Baseball dropped its first Conference USA game of the season Friday, but picked up the next two days of the three-game series against the Cincinnati Bearcats to take the weekend 2-1 and hold on to first place in conference.