School administrators and a group of 24 students are in Austin today to talk to the state legislature about the importance of the Texas Equalization Grant to private university students.

Director of Scholarships and Financial Aid Mike Scott said the current state budget would cut the program's funding by 41 percent, limit the grant only to renewals and would not grant any assistance to incoming students for the 2011-12 school year.

Feed Your Body and Soul Week began Feb. 21 with a luncheon and guest speaker, former "The Biggest Loser" contestant Abby Rike, and will continue with more events this week. FYBSW is held by TCU every...

More than 1,000 TCU students rely on grant money from the Texas Equalization Grant to assist them in paying for college, but the grant is at risk for funding cuts because of Texas' budget deficit.

Junior secondary education major Meagan Hall-Casey said she was a recipient of the TEG. She said she was concerned about the possibility of the grant being cut because it would stop both herself and others from attending their dream schools.

Attending a university is expensive. Despite all the grumblings about rising tuition, about the loans that must be taken out to pay for college and about the debt that students incur from paying tuition,...

The TCU swimming & diving team set 22 new school records this weekend at the Mountain West Conference Championships in Oklahoma City, Okla.

The myriad of broken records was led by junior Edgar Crespo's performance in the 100-meter breaststroke, and sophomore Sabine Rasch's 1st-place finish in the 100-meter freestyle.

Crespo's time of 53.35 seconds in the 100-meter breaststroke currently ranks him ninth-best in the nation in the event. He finished second in the event at the MWC Championships.

Junior Victoria Lee and senior Kelsey Huffman both claimed MVP honors Sunday, but No. 5 TCU dropped a 7-5 decision to No. 8 Baylor on the final day of competition at the fifth annual Best in the West Tournament.

The Horned Frogs, who moved to 5-3 on the season, lost a 3-3 decision in Hunt Seat, falling to the Bears in overall points, 463-415. TCU won Equitation over Fences, 2-1, but could only manage one point in Equitation on the Flat Sunday at Fresno State's Student Horse Center.

Renovations on the dance building forced changes on students of the School for Classical and Contemporary Dance.

Classes and offices have been relocated to a temporary dance studio in the GrandMarc, multipurpose rooms in the university rec center and an office suite in the Rickel building.

Freshman ballet major James Vargas said the main difference he experienced was a rush to move from classes in the GrandMarc to classes in the rec center.

"In the old building we had a little more time to have a break before we get to the next class," he said.

Though some American colleges and universities are making standardized tests an optional part of their applications, TCU does not plan to change requirements as of now.

On Feb. 17, DePaul University in Chicago announced it will adopt a test-optional alternative for freshman applicants starting in fall 2012, according to The Chronicle of Higher Education. Applicants are responsible to submit their high school transcripts but they now have the option of submitting either their standardized test scores or answer a few open-ended essay questions, according to DePaul.

After a slow start in Sunday's showdown against No. 12 Cal State-Fullerton, the No. 4 Horned Frogs lost their first series of the season, 2-1, at Lupton Stadium.

The Frogs headed into Sunday's game 1-1 on the series against the Titans after a 4-1 win on Friday and a disappointing 8-4 loss Saturday.

Sophomore Matt Purke was scheduled to pitch Sunday's game, but was replaced by freshman pitcher Andrew Mitchell. Purke suffered from a blister, and islikely expected to return to the mound next weekend, Schlossnagle said.

TCU head baseball coach Jim Schlossnagle told his team that baseball is a very simple game that is very hard to play.

No. 4 TCU couldn't muster the offense to defeat No.12 Cal State-Fullerton in the Sunday rubber match at Lupton Stadium. The Titans defeated the Frogs 2-1 to win the weekend series.

The Frogs have received great pitching and solid defense over the past two days. The downside: the offense could not get the hits to drive runners in when they were in scoring position.

Schlossnagle said the Frogs must focus on the good from the weekend.