It is always a shame when a movie with so much promise turns out to be a disappointment. In "88 Minutes," John Gramm (Al Pacino) works as a college professor and a psychiatrist for the FBI. Upon receiving a phone call in which someone threatens to kill him in "88 minutes," Gramm must narrow down the suspects ­­­- who are all pretty much his students - before time runs out.

Some may want to call them "tree-huggers," but perhaps "tree-savers" is more appropriate.

Adduco Viridis: TCU Environmental Club will kick off Earth Week with a concert on the Sadler Lawn from 3 to 6:30 p.m. to raise money to preserve a Costa Rican tree that could save an endangered bird species.

"We're hoping that this event will really make what we're doing visible," said AV Club secretary Gretchen Wilbrandt.

The Rev. Jeremiah Wright is scheduled to preach Sunday at a church in Dallas, following his cancellation of public appearances last month after the release of clips in the media of the pastor's controversial comments.

Wright will be one of several guest preachers this month at the Friendship-West Baptist Church as part of the Rev. Frederick Haynes' 25th pastoral anniversary celebration, said Veta Holt, chief administrations officer at the church.

The TCU Financial Management Association got two firsts in one semester.

TCU's FMA investment team won first place in its first year in the National Stock Challenge this year, said Travis Gallatin, TCU FMA president.

The team earned a 7.49 percent return, $74,900 on its million-dollar virtual stock portfolio this semester, said Scott Boston, team portfolio manager. The second place team, University of Texas at El Paso, earned a 1.19 percent return, Boston said.

Although the cost of college is increasing, it is still much lower than commonly perceived, a speaker told faculty and staff Monday.Terry Hartle, senior vice president of the American Council of Education's...

A recent lawsuit levied by J.K. Rowling on author Steven Vander Ark would seem to rule out any third party anthologies of the Harry Potter book series.

Vander Ark was attempting to publish and sell an encyclopedia entitled "The Harry Potter Lexicon" based on information gathered from his fan Web site of the same name. According to a BBC.com article, Rowling is suing Vander Ark for borrowing too much of her work and jeopardizing her opportunity to publish a Harry Potter encyclopedia.

The Rev. Jeremiah Wright is finally coming to the Metroplex.Nearly a month after Brite Divinity School made national headlines for awarding the pastor at its Black Church Summit, Wright will preach at...

A Wednesday story about Rick Perry's book-signing stop at the university bookstore was incorrectly referenced in a Thursday clarification as having been published Tuesday.The symposium "Nietzsche and the...