Regardless of the outcome of Tuesday's election, students, faculty and staff have chosen Sen. John McCain as their presidential pick in a mock election held on campus Monday.

The election was put on by SGA's Programming Council in order to determine "TCU's Favorite Candidate" for president and encourage people to vote.

A booth was set up outside the library as the Programming Council polling site. At the end of three hours of voting, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., 276 votes were cast.

College is a time to grow and explore.

A study conducted by the University of California, Los Angeles showed strong percentage changes in students' feelings on gay marriage, abortion and religious views during their first two years in college. Interestingly enough, the study showed the change in opinions was due more to peer influence than that of professors.

This is an encouraging statistic because it shows that colleges are still doing their job to educate students about the world around them.

No flashy lights or big fuss. There was a small crowd, good music and an entertaining night at Lola's on Sunday as The Redwalls crooned their songs from past and present albums.

Dressed in their skinny jeans, tight jackets and mop-styled hair, brothers Logan and Justin Baren took over the stage along with Rob Jensen with oomph despite guitarist Andrew Langer leaving the band this year. But Justin Baren quickly introduced the crowd to their new member.

WestBend, a new mixed-use retail project on University Drive across from University Park Village, will be the latest development in an underserved retail market, a developer said.

"We're going to provide the retail a city this size really needs and wants," said Tommy Miller, senior partner of Trademark Property Co., which is handling the project. Miller said the project will be completed by spring 2010.

Change. Obama's campaign slogan has inspired a passionate campaign that has resulted in significant leads in many important states. Pollster.com shows Obama leading McCain strongly in 21 states.Obama's...

Donations from TCU faculty to presidential campaigns have nothing to do with the way students are taught, several professors said.

The site fundrace.huffingtonpost.com showed that on the list of individual donors who identified their employer as "Texas Christian University" or "TCU" there were five Republican donors, who gave a total of $4,231, and 13 Democratic donors who gave a total of $13,634.

The TCU Barnes and Noble Bookstore is facing competition from students offering to sell cheaper books and deliver them for free.

Josh Dennis, founder of Frogbookstore.com, said expensive books at the TCU Bookstore prompted him to start his own business, which launched last week.

"I want to help students and created a business that makes it easier and cheaper for students to buy books for classes," the junior entrepreneurial management and finance and real estate major said. "This way students won't get frustrated."

Is there no one else at The Skiff who can draw? I have yet to see an editorial cartoon from Lana Blocker that was anything but a blatantly personal attack on Sen. Obama. Where are the editorial cartoons...

The university's efforts to go green are being recognized by North Texas.

The university walked away with three awards granted by the North Texas Clean Air Coalition. The three awards received were Employer of the Year, the Community Impact Award and the Commute Initiatives Award.

"Winning the Employer of the Year Award really shocked me because there is a lot of competition, and for TCU to go across all the categories and win was surprising," said Dr. Tim Barth, a psychology professor and committee member of the NTCAC.