"Call of Duty: Black Ops" is a game that, living up to the "Call of Duty" name, will draw you in for hours at a time. If you've ever played a "Call of Duty" game before, you'll know that as the series...

The Magic Pill?

They're called "smart drugs," "study drugs," or "brain steroids," drugs like Adderall and Ritalin that are prescribed for treatment of attention-deficit disorder. ADD is a legitimate disorder, but the drugs are increasingly being used illegally by college students to try and help them gain an edge in school.

Some undergraduate students at TCU admit to using the medications to stay up all night, increase their focus, and gain an academic edge.

The distribution and sale of caffeinated alcoholic beverages, including Four Loko and Joose, are no longer permitted in the state of Texas, according to a Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission press release. The...

For Nikola Cerina, basketball isn't just a pastime. The 6-foot-9-inch sophomore power-forward for the TCU men's basketball team used his talent to transcend the war and violence that raged around him for most of his young life.

Cerina's hometown, more than 5,800 miles away in Topola Oplenac, Serbia, has experienced one conflict after another since declaring independence from Yugoslavia in 1991.

"Growing up in Serbia, there were a lot of bad things going on," Cerina said. "I've been through two wars so it wasn't fun, but I managed to find some escape in basketball."

Patriotism is and always has been a tricky subject to broach. Love of country has been used throughout history to achieve great things and to justify the most horrific of atrocities. Patriotism is still...

Despite reports of a growing economy, junior nursing major Katelyn Marsh, along with many other TCU students, is still experiencing consequences of the recession by spending time during winter break at work.

Marsh's employer, Pappadeaux Seafood Kitchen, has required longer working hours instead of hiring additional employees due to the recovering economy, she said.

"They want everyone to work more hours because it costs a lot to train more people," Marsh said.

Picture this: you're in a class and you are struggling to understand the material. You've got a big party tonight, and you start to focus less on the professor and more on what you're going to wear. An hour later, you walk out of class and realize you don't have a clue what happened during that time.

According to a study conducted by two Harvard psychologists using the iPhone application, "Track Your Happiness," "a wandering mind is an unhappy mind." But to me there is only one way that mind wandering can cause unhappiness.

The TCU "Frogmobile" was a staple at home football games this season, but its existence represents more than team spirit with its Horned Frog logo. The car represents the potential future of cleaner energy.

After receiving a C- last year from The College Sustainability Report Card, TCU made some eco-friendly changes which resulted in a full letter grade increase granted last month. Among those changes was the addition of the "Frogmobile", Ken Morgan, director of the TCU Energy Institute, said.

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