Bob Dylan is almost too old to perform, Luciano Pavarotti just died, the six or seven major radio stations in every town are exactly the same and "artists" like Hannah Montana can sell out the Fort Worth Convention Center in a matter of minutes.Money and greed have taken their toll on the music business, and now there is more bad music than ever before.

So exactly where does this bad music come from?

Five multinational companies have monopolized the record industry.

Safety is always a concern for those who buy toys for children. But this Christmas, that's a real concern, more so than any other in recent memory.Bloomberg News reports that China produces 80 percent of the toys sold in the U.S. and that Mattel alone has recalled at least 21 million items this year because of fears about lead paint and other concerns.

Bloomberg also reports that it is big business, indeed, with $170 billion worth of goods imported from China in the first nine months of 2007 - and the United States is the biggest export market.

Italian enthusiasts may soon get what they've asked for.Out of popular demand by students, the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures is working to have an Italian minor by Spring 2008, said Sharon Fairchild, department chairwoman.

"The creation of an Italian minor was driven by high enrollment and strong demand for the Italian courses," Fairchild said.

Before it is declared a minor, the AddRan Curricular Committee, Undergraduate Council and University Council must approve the subject, Fairchild said.

As the meeting doors of Student Government Association's House of Representatives opened, legislation flooded in.Three bills and three resolutions were voted on and passed Tuesday at the weekly House of Representatives meeting.

The bills, two of which called for the allocation of a combined $13,000 in funds toward university projects, all passed unanimously.

However, it was one of the resolutions that caused the most debate.

The men's basketball team remains undefeated after their win against Grambling State on Wednesday at home, 99-67. Brent Hackett and Henry Salter both completed a 23-point performance. TCU had a successful...

As the semester winds down, most students look forward to the one day in class when the professor leaves 15 minutes early so the class has time to fill out Student Perception of Teaching course evaluations.Although many students see this 15 minutes as a get-out-of-class-early pass - one minute to randomly pencil in some bubbles, then it's a rush to the door - it should be taken seriously.

Though the Horned Frogs could not defeat the Texas Longhorns on the gridiron, they did corral them in the books.TCU's Master of Accounting program ranked second among Texas schools in the latest Uniform Certified Public Accountant Exam reports for the summer 2007 testing period with a 71.8 percent pass rate, ranking ahead of both the University of Texas and Baylor University.

Texas A&M University ranked first in the state with a 73.21 percent pass rate, and the average for Texas schools was 54.8 percent, according to the Texas State Board of Public Accountancy.