Hundreds of students, faculty and staff at the University of Texas at Austin are protesting UT's policy to not extend employee benefits to same-sex couples.

UT is state-funded and therefore does not extend same-sex couples employee benefits because Texas state law prevents it. Several on-campus groups rallied against the university's exclusion of benefits for same-sex couples Nov. 12 outside the Texas Union Patio.

TCU, however, has offered benefits to homosexual couples since Jan. 1, 2005.

Although the amount of financial aid students receive probably won't change under the Obama administration, the application process they go through might, the director of scholarships and financial aid said.

Mike Scott, director of scholarships and financial aid, said he's for President-elect Barack Obama's plans to eliminate the FAFSA and replace it with a checkbox on families' tax forms, although there are still some procedural details that need to be worked out.

The Alcohol and Drug Education Center and nonprofit Tarrant County Challenge Inc. have developed a social norms marketing campaign to dispel myths about alcohol consumption on campus.Yvonne Giovanis, assistant...

TCU moved over .500 for the first time since the beginning of the season by dismantling St. Gregory's University 80-38 Saturday night. The win moved the Horned Frogs to 4-3 on the season.

The Horned Frogs' stifling defense clamped down on the Cavaliers (0-7) from the opening tip-off until the final buzzer.

SGU went scoreless for the first five minutes of the contest, and did not make a field goal until the 12:03 mark of the first half. The Cavaliers shot 35% from the field for the game and committed 25 turnovers.

A Faculty Senate motion to modify the course retake policy will be considered by the University Council next semester.

The motion states that for each time a student retakes a course, each final grade from that course will be averaged and calculated into the student's GPA,

Nowell Donovan, provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs, said when he receives the motion, it will go to the University Council for approval. The members of the University Council include all deans in the university, a wide variety of faculty and students, he said.

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Let me be one of the many people to congratulate this year's senior class of football players.

All 22 of you helped make this program a powerhouse and is now a team that has become synonymous with success.

Recording a 40-10 record over the last four years is something not many schools can say, and three 10-win seasons is another great accomplishment.

For all of you who are gifted enough to contribute on the field, Frog fans have been treated to some of the best football in the country over the last four seasons.

Fort Worth area ranchers could find themselves with a new source of energy in the coming decade.

A group in Cambridge, Mass., is developing fuel cells made from the bacteria that occur in soil or waste. The group's idea is centered on a microbial fuel based on a battery that makes small amounts of energy from items such as soil and manure that are common in the households of undeveloped countries.

Eric Brast, assistant director of the Institute of Ranch Management, said the innovation could be beneficial to the ranching community.