The TCU Lady Frogs split this weekend's games in the Caribbean Classic in Mexico.The Lady Frogs defeated Mississippi State on Friday 72-52. Four players scored in double figures, led by junior guard Natasha Lacy's 17 points.

Lacy also had a team-high eight rebounds and five assists.

Redshirt sophomore guard Adrianne Ross scored 15 points and dished out five assists. Senior center Vanessa Clementino scored 14 points and grabbed six rebounds.

Senior forward Ashley Davis scored 12 points.

Brite Divinity School Dean Nancy J. Ramsay said she is not doing what she does simply for the sake of the students at Brite. Ramsay explained that those students only get the benefit: She feels called by God to the work."A call suggests that God calls us to do something that uses our gifts and passions," she said. "I had the sense that my calling could help me keep my faith."

Ramsay, an executive vice president and dean of Brite, is extremely qualified and committed to Brite, said Brite President Newell Williams.

Sodexho employees will now be able to enjoy one of the perks TCU students, faculty and staff often take for granted - the use of TCU identification cards to use Fort Worth transportation for free.As of last week, Sodexho employees who work with TCU Dining Services did not have university IDs.

Chancellor Victor Boschini said he was not aware that the employees did not have IDs.

"I thought everyone had them," Boschini said.

When the residence halls close at the end of the fall semester, not all students have the opportunity to go home and spend time with their families. For several international students, going home is not an option, and they are left to make other living arrangements until campus reopens.

"They either stay with family or with other students," said John Singleton, director of International Student Services. "Some travel."

Dimitar Zlatkov, a sophomore computer science major from Bulgaria, said he spent Winter Break last year in a motel.

Robyn Richardson slumps in her seat after a long day of work at a job she detests but is thankful for.Richardson explains how both her parents simply slid into their jobs out of college. Jobs they loved, while her post-college life has not been so easy.

"It's been extremely hard since I graduated to find the kind of job I thought I could get with a bachelor's degree," said Richardson,, a 2004 TCU graduate and now employee for Child Protective Services. "I didn't see this coming."

TCU's record-high enrollment and increasing number of faculty members could be causing campus buildings to burst at the seams.Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Nowell Donovan said the problem of limited office space has been "creeping up" on the administration for years but has accelerated in recent years because of the administration's goal to decrease the student-faculty ratio from 15-1 to 13-1.

Donovan said the undergraduate population has increased by 26 percent over the past 15 years.

TCU athletics director Danny Morrison announced Tuesday that head football coach Gary Patterson signed a contract extension to stay at TCU through 2012.The details of the contract were not immediately available.

"We are excited with coach Patterson and with what he's done with the team," Morrison said.

Morrison also announced TCU has accepted a bid to play in the Houston Bowl on Dec. 31. Patterson has led TCU to four bowl games in five years, Morrison said.

TCU men's basketball team will travel over the Thanksgiving holiday to play two games in the Las Vegas Invitational. The team will play Oklahoma State on Friday and Boston College or Drake on Saturday, depending on who wins or loses.

"The most important thing about this tournament is the chance to play extra games," TCU head coach Neil Dougherty said.

Dougherty said playing extra games will help his young players gain experience.

TCU will take a trip to Cancun, Mexico over Thanksgiving Break, but the trip won't be a holiday for the Lady Frogs.They will open play against Mississippi State on Friday in the Caribbean Classic.

Sophomore guard Adrianne Ross said the team knows little about Mississippi State.

"They're in the (Southeastern Conference), and we know we have to give a lot of credit to that conference," Ross said. "We know they will have good guard play, but besides that, we don't know very much yet."