Millions of Chinese men are going to be growing old alone due to the country's outdated one-child policy, according to the news service AFP. As many as 24 million men could find themselves with no wives by the year 2020. Could China not see this one coming?

The rule, which has been in place for over 30 years, was originally enforced due to overpopulation worries. This has caused there to be a glut of male births and sex-selective abortions, according to the AFP article.

The Staff Assembly should be commended for its efforts to reach out to the campus community.Through the Purple Notes Campaign, the Staff Assembly is recognizing co-workers who have taken time to do something...

Students hoping for a good look at the Shire from "The Lord of the Rings" or a scenic trip through the land down under have signed up for a new study abroad program in New Zealand and Australia offered by the film-TV-digital media department.

The summer program, which takes place over three weeks, is open to all majors and will be supervised by FTDM professors Tricia Jenkins and Andy Haskett. According to the FTDM study abroad Web site, the program will only be offered once by the department every three to four years.

The discovery of a dead 20-year-old female student at an off-campus residence Monday night brought up many questions as to the circumstances of her death.

The news of junior nursing major Amanda Bebout's death brought a mixture of emotions ranging from shock to sadness to concerns about a possible homicide. For the university, it seems that the need to warn the campus came into conflict with the risk of disseminating information that had not been made official at the time. The decision to go public with an inaccurate statement could have resulted in panic.

Editor's note: This story was revised for accuracy at 9:14 a.m. Jan. 20.

University efforts to give support to students following the death of 20-year-old junior nursing major Amanda Bebout included counselors visiting classmates and fellow sorority members.

A university counselor met with Bebout's classmates in a Tuesday morning nursing class, a Harris College of Nursing and Health Sciences official said.

I like Jim Christian and the basketball team. I really do.

But I've been around long enough to know not to expect much from TCU men's basketball.

Too many times during the past four years we have seen the Horned Frogs get out to a decent start, like last year's false-hope-inspiring 4-1 record to open Mountain West play, only to wilt like a purple rose in the middle of the desert. The 2009 iteration of the team proceeded to lose its next six conference games.

It was quickly evident to police on the scene that no foul play was involved in the off-campus death of student Amanda Bebout on Monday night, TCU Police Chief Steve McGee said. However, that information...

In the wake of rough economic times, colleges and universities must be especially prudent when tackling budgets, one of the nation's most prominent higher education lobbyists said during a campus visit...

European history features a long line of atheistic writers. From Denis Diderot to Richard Dawkins, Thomas Hobbes to Christopher Hitchens, atheism has remained a belief system that piques the interest of millions of Europeans.

Nowadays, the atheistic mindset has manifested itself in a laughable manner.

In a classic act of juvenility, Atheist Ireland, an Irish association of atheists, published "25 Blasphemous Quotations" on New Year's Day in an attempt to elevate the anti-religious remarks that important historical figures have made over the years.

The legacy of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa might not be the legendary games, spectacular goals or any other number of amazing on-field displays.

It could be AIDS.

According to CNN.com, sex worker advocates made dire predictions that the world's biggest sporting event could be a public health disaster because of the high demand for prostitutes by international soccer fans.