Just a few more days until the university sidewalks are packed with students, ready to storm the steps of the library. 50-pound backpacks and totes, hoodies accompanied with UGG slippers and a can of Red Bull in whatever hand or pocket is available will invade TCU. The time has come.

The time to pull all-nighters and fill your stomachs with caffeine and sucrose. But is the usual ritual of staying up late and poisoning your body with energy drinks worth it? Maybe. But it certainly is not the right way to get the grade you want.

The dean of admissions defended legacy admission despite a legal analysis recently published that argues legacy preferences at colleges and universities are illegal.

The analysis published in the Santa Clara Review based its argument on the Civil Rights Act of 1866, which protects citizens from discrimination based on ancestry, and the 14th Amendment, which protects citizens' civil rights against infringement by any state.

After suffering their first loss of the season against Boston College in the first game of the Caribbean Challenge in Cancun, Mexico, the Lady Frogs rebounded to beat Eastern Michigan in the last game of the event.

Now the team is on the road again, this time headed to California for a three-game stretch, including participation in the Contra Costa Times Classic.

Boston College beat TCU 77-68, but the Eagles started the game on a 20-0 run and forced eight turnovers in the first seven minutes.

Ever since the government passed the $700 billion bailout, everyone wants their share of the money.The auto industry approached the government last week to see if it could get in on the aid that many banks...

The production of printed copies of the campus phonebook, Frog Calls, does not conflict with university efforts to go green, university officials said.Chancellor Victor Boschini said he thinks the print...

The university's recent 8 percent operating budget cuts will not affect associate professors' ability to gain tenure, the provost said.

Funding for travel, which is a facet of operations, will not have any bearing on whether a professor receives tenure, Provost Nowell Donovan said.

"While traveling to conferences where their publications are featured is important, the actual publication is way more important," Donovan said.

He was an all-American defensive tackle at TCU. He went on to become the first draft choice of the Dallas Cowboys in 1961, later enshrined into the Ring of Honor in 1975 and the Pro Football Hall of Fame...

International student enrollment at TCU hit its highest numbers in 2007, which was followed by a national all-time high this year.The Institute of International Education's Open Doors 2008 report shows...

Room rates for campus housing will increase less than 3 percent next fall, in keeping with past increase rates, but whether the cost of the dining plan will increase is still uncertain, university officials said.

Craig Allen, director of Residential Services, said the increase hasn't been approved yet, but it will be under 3 percent. He said rates have been going up on an average of 3 to 5 percent in the last few years. Allen said his recommendation for an increase has been sent to Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Don Mills.

The Institute of Child Development received a $2 million grant from the Rees-Jones Foundation, part of which will be used to hire additional staff members, an ICD official said.

Karyn Purvis, director of the Institute of Child Development, said the grant will also be used to create a DVD series called Healing Families. The first installment of the series is scheduled to air on public television in January or February, she said.

The Student Government Association House of Representatives now supports the development of designated parking with reduced price and preference options for students and faculty who register environmentally-friendly...