So Americans aren't walking textbooks, according to a recent study.

The Intercollegiate Studies Institute recently questioned Americans about their knowledge of America's founding principles, political history, international relations and market economy. Those surveyed received an average grade of 44 percent, and more than 1,700 people failed the test. The institute supports a traditional curriculum for students.

The Frogs had 18 players named to All-Mountain West Conference teams this season, a school record.

Eight of the Frogs' 11 starters on defense were named to either the first- or second- All-MWC team, including junior defensive end Jerry Hughes, who was named All-MWC defensive player of the year.

The first-team players are Hughes, senior linebackers Jason Phillips and Robert Henson, senior safety Stephen Hodge, senior center Blake Schlueter and sophomore wide receiver Jeremy Kerley as a return specialist.

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...

Most students will remember the pile of unclaimed copies of Frog Calls in the mail room and union. The print version of Frog Calls doesn't appear to be high in demand. Plus, the entire content is available online.

Although Chancellor Victor Boschini says this annual devastation of resources is justified because people would prefer to read the document in hard copy, the piles of unopened phonebooks say otherwise. More importantly, it is contradictory to this semester's theme: Think Purple, Live Green.

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...

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.