What once was a solid red region is turning more and more blue, largely because of an increased number of immigrants from other countries, more people moving from California and the East Coast to find a cheaper lifestyle and more jobs and overall dissatisfaction with the national economy.

It's time to pay your respects to a team that has given its heart all season. Make sure to wear black to the game, show up early enough to wave your black towels with pride and allow TCU fans to mourn the loss of their BCS dream in peace.

The circumstances are combining against students, turning into Murphy's Law. The Legislature needs to take notice of struggling students who can't make ends meet while paying for an education.

Miller is allowed to show what he wants in his theaters, but it seems hypocritical to project the idea that he is standing for family values by not allowing films such as "Zack and Miri" and "Brokeback Mountain" to play while allowing movies such as "Saw V" and "Hostel."

Gay marriage bans only suppress people and defend no one. They protect xenophobes from accepting that same-sex couples are equal to them before the law. I cannot imagine a viable and unbigoted argument to the contrary.

As the world faces an energy crisis, the director of the U's Petroleum Research Center said he believes a controversial oil resource might not become a significant supply of energy for at least 10 years.

Does anyone happen to recall the newspaper of the Russian Communist Party? It was Pravda, or in English, The Truth. What a tasty little bit of irony!

Diana Franca, a U student, was crowned Miss Latina United States on Sept. 28 in San Antonio, Texas while competing against 18 other contestants from around the country.

A string of burglaries have been reported in the dorms and their surrounding areas.

The new director for the Center for Disability Services has big plans to make campus more accessible.