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Lilly Frawley works at Market Square once a week, but she isn't an employee with Dining Services. She is a nutrition student in a class called Quantity Foods.

With the construction of Market Square, nutritional sciences students enrolled in the class have a brand new facility in which to learn the tricks of the trade.

"Our hope and our plan was to use Expeditions as part of the class," said Legia Abato, marketing manager of Dining Services said.

Despite the current economic situation, the university does not expect graduate enrollment to change drastically, a university official said.

Bonnie Melhart, associate provost for academic affairs, said the university still has students seeking a graduate degree because it's a credential that will help advance their careers.

"In an uncertain economic time, people don't know exactly what to invest in," Melhart said. "But we don't expect that we're going to see any difference here than we did before."

It's been more than a month since Hurricane Ike caused massive destruction in the Galveston and Houston areas, but TCU students, both present and future, who were affected, are still working to rebuild their lives.

In the midst of this rebuilding, high school seniors still face the task of making plans for their futures. TCU's admissions department is helping them in their efforts by waiving the $40 early action application fee for those affected by the storm. The office extended the deadline for all students to apply under early action from Nov. 1 to Nov. 15.

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The university is waiving the usual $40 early action application fee for students affected by Hurricane Ike, an admission official said.

Victoria Herrera, Houston regional director of admissions, said students whose lives have been disrupted by the hurricane can request to have the fee waived by filling out a form for students impacted by natural disasters found on the admissions Web site.

Brite Divinity School is searching for a new director in the Black Church Studies program to replace Stacey Floyd-Thomas, the program's founder and longtime director, who has accepted a position at Vanderbilt Divinity School in Nashville, Tenn.

Nancy Ramsay, dean of Brite, said she is chairing a three-person committee consisting of two professors and one student to search for a replacement.

The job description calls for an assistant professor with a Ph.D. or equivalent and states that commitment to teaching and scholarly research is expected.

My name is Libby Davis, and I have a drug addiction.

No, it's not as serious as you think. Caffeine is my drug of choice as I am sure it is yours as well. In college, it's probably the safest drug available and when combined with heavy workloads and sleepless nights, it serves a good purpose - most of the time.

Last year, I was a bookworm to the extreme. I spent most of my time in my room studying and only relied on the occasional coffee or espresso to stave off the sleep I made sure to get.

Dining Services' latest attempt to go green takes the university's sustainability efforts to a new level, and those involved deserve a round of applause.

A new machine is helping turn students' leftovers and other waste into an organic compost material. The compost material can ultimately be used as animal feed, and Dining Services is working to find a pig farmer to take the material.

The Faculty Senate approved the addition of two members to the Honor Code task force in an effort to complete the final format of the Honor Code by next fall, a Faculty Senate official said.David Bedford,...