Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., is the best candidate for president in 2008.He has numerous advantages over the candidates of the last decade, including a heroic military service record and broad, bipartisan...

Chris Noonan's whimsical and charming film "Miss Potter" is guaranteed to enchant audiences of all ages and backgrounds. Enter the world of Beatrix Potter, beloved author and artist of "The Tale of Peter Rabbit," among many other children's books. Potter was also an accomplished artist and philanthropist, who donated lands to the National Trust of Great Britain.

"Potter" gives us a glimpse into the eccentric Victorian woman's life, inspiration and her deep love for her fiancee Warne.

Parking at TCU is always a good way to start a conversation on campus with a complete stranger.Most people would agree: parking here sucks. It's no secret.

But it's time for the complaining community as a whole to get over it; nothing is going to change anytime soon.

The administration is too caught up in its revising of Main Campus to seriously consider what to do about where people can put their cars.

A student environmental organization is coordinating a recycling competition between residence halls to promote participation in a nationwide recycling race, the group's vice president said.AV, an on-campus environmental organization, is coordinating TCU's participation in RecycleMania in conjunction with Residential Services.

RecycleMania, a 10-week recycling competition, began Sunday and will end April 7, AV Vice President Kimberly Banzhaf said.

TCU is one of 201 colleges and universities around the country competing in the race.

Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep.To fans of the Fox hit drama "24," the sound of a ticking clock could only mean one thing: It's going to be a long day for Jack Bauer- the character considered to be "the" action hero of the post-Sept. 11 society, played by Kiefer Sutherland.

As the sixth season of "24" commenced with a special two-night premiere event, viewers found Bauer and the rest of his counterterrorism unit cohorts fighting a familiar enemy: an Islamic terrorist group.

TCU scored a D in a 2007 evaluation of its sustainability practices - its ability to meet the needs of the present without impairing future generations.Sustainability in relation to endowment investment was the focus of the College Sustainability Report Card, which assigned letter grades to 100 colleges and universities throughout the United States and Canada possessing higher education's largest endowments.

Members of the Student Government Association inaugurated new officers Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. in the D.J. Kelly Alumni Center. The inauguration was the 93rd in the organization's history. Chief Justice Neal Jackson inaugurated President Jace A. Thompson, Vice President Thomas A. Pressly, Programming Council Chair Kristen Chapman and Treasurer Nathan D. Arnold.

Chapman inaugurated the Programming Council officers.

Tori Hutchens, Speaker of the House, inaugurated the officers of the House of Student Representatives.

For its directors, the ACHIEVE Summer Business Institute at TCU can be boiled down to one concept: business exposure.ACHIEVE, a summer program run by the Tandy Center for Executive Leadership , is a crash course in business for non-majors and, as ACHIEVE Program Director Deb Baker said, a vital knowledge base for anyone entering the workforce.

"Business skills are essential for any major," Baker said. "This is a really good way to give students the skills they need before or after graduation."

Last week, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill heartily congratulated 2,703 freshman applicants on their acceptance to one of America's foremost learning institutions. Tears, cheers and spasms of joy erupted in living rooms across the country as the long-awaited e-mails from the admissions department rolled in. Looks like little Jimmy is a Tar Heel.Oops. Guess again. In possibly the biggest case of broken promises since George H.W.

Losses happen in sports. It is part of the essence of what competition must bring so there is a clear winner and loser. The loss of a friend through what the glory of competition brings is often one of...