Pollsters, pundits and the voting public seem to agree on at least one thing about this year's presidential race&-among college students from coast to coast, there is something powerfully appealing about Sen. Barack Obama.

Former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton attempted to end all questions of whether or not she really supports Barack Obama as the next president in her convention address Tuesday night, and tried to convince her followers to do the same.

For some students, graduating from high school also means a graduating from their church and religious community. As they leave home to go off to college, they are given an opportunity to define themselves as adults, which includes what they believe and practice. This often means choosing a place of worship and community for their faith, if they choose to continue it.

The demand for power engineers has led the U College of Engineering to re-open a program to train electrical engineering students to work in the fast-changing energy and power industry.

U Commuter Services kick-started the school year with their environmentally responsible campaign, a half-reminder, half-plea to everyone on campus, "Go Green. Save Green."

With low student enrollment numbers and a drop in private donations, the U theater department is scrapping to get enough money to put on student productions and hire new faculty members.

The U's 12th Annual Siciliano Forum will feature a member of the 9/11 Commission, an award-winning foreign affairs journalist and a U professor who is running to be Lebanon's next president. The forum will focus on the changing nature of armed conflict in the world and how far a democratic society is willing to go to protect itself against the threat of terrorism.

This year, UTA ordered the Ed-Passes from China, which caused delivery delays because of increased commerce involving the Beijing Olympics. The new passes will have Electronic Fare Collection technology, allowing passengers to wave them by a scanner to open doors for TRAX, FrontRunner and UTA buses.

U researchers have recently proved they can control the electric current of an organic material, which can help them test other organic materials to find one that is more energy efficient.

After almost a year of delivering books to faculty members as a free service, the Marriott Library is extending the service to include graduate students.