With weekend ticket sales making "V for Vendetta" the country's No. 1 film, it seems America's love of comic-book movies has gone beyond mainstream characters and into what is traditionally considered comic-book-fanboy territory.The film is based on a series originally featured in a British comic anthology in the early 1980s, which was later published as its own comic book and later compiled by DC Comic's Vertigo as a graphic novel.

College graduates will walk across the stage in May, confident their education has provided them with the knowledge and wisdom needed to be successful in the future; however, there is one area in which young professionals are less savvy - consumer credit.Bud Hibbs, a consumer credit expert in Fort Worth, says the biggest problem facing recent college graduates and young people in general is ignorance.

This year I devoted the better part of my Spring Break to Austin's colossal South by Southwest music conference.In past spring breaks, I've returned home to spend time relaxing with family and friends. This year, however, my experience at SXSW left me feeling more exhausted than rested.

Held annually, SXSW features more than 1,400 bands over four consecutive nights at 60-plus venues, all within about six blocks of one another.

Ten minutes into English punkers Art Brut's set, I remembered why I voluntarily gave up my Spring Break to cover the South by Southwest music conference."Look at us! We formed a band!" declared Art Brut frontman Eddie Argos to a crowd huddled inside a tent in the Emo's parking lot .

In the midst of all the big names, it's easy to forget SXSW is really about uncovering that hidden gem of a band that played at the same time everyone else was fawning over the Arctic Monkeys or realizing their 16-year-old dream of seeing former-Smith Morrissey live.

Changing majors: Almost every college student considers it. Classes are getting too hard, too boring or maybe, in the process of exploring the different avenues required by the core curriculum, a student decides there is another course of study that is more interesting.

There's nothing wrong with changing majors. Who can really be sure of what to do at 18? The indecision around choosing a major can stretch the college experience from four years into five or even six.

When Becky Bittle, a senior lecturer in the engineering department, earned her bachelor's degree at Oklahoma State University about 30 years ago, she was the only woman in a class of more than 100 engineering majors.In 2005, women comprised 20.3 percent of undergraduate engineering majors nationally, up from about 3 percent that were enrolled when Bittle graduated, according to the National Center for Education Statistics.

A group of TCU students is determined to raise awareness and funds for the Invisible Children campaign, an organization that provides financial assistance to abducted children in Uganda, said a student involved in the campaign.Kelly Krammer, a sophomore social work major, said she helped create TCU's chapter of the League of Nations, an organization devoted to raising awareness for the Invisible Children campaign. The League of Nations also operates at Texas Tech University and Texas A&M University.