In the NCAA's first attempt at nationwide academic policing for college athletics, TCU received mixed grades for its men's and women's sports programs.While the TCU men's basketball team received a perfect grade and scored in the top-10 percent of college basketball teams nationwide, men's golf ranked in the 10-20 percentile. However, these scores are based only on the 2004-2005 academic year and are not representative of a program's long-term record.

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.

Many students wake up an hour earlier than necessary to compete for parking spaces, while others complain that parking shortages should be a top priority on the university's agenda.In the midst of these complaints, students fail to take advantage of the opportunity to use public transportation free of charge.

Although students take for granted the luxuries TCU provides with something as simple as the TCU identification card, like the free bus fare, Sodexho employees will now have the chance to pick up the slack.

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.

Ever since the Frogs beat Nevada-Las Vegas 51-3 in their last regular season football game, every TCU fan has wondered one thing: What bowl game are we going to?As the rumors flew - talk of the Las Vegas Bowl, the Independence Bowl in Shreveport, La., the Liberty Bowl in Memphis, Tenn., the Houston Bowl and even the Gator Bowl in Jacksonville, Fla., circulated - we all expected an invitation and an announcement any day.

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.

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 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."