As of June 10, parents are able to access their childrens' records through myrecord.tamu.edu. Using a login password created by their student, parents will have access to a student's grades, class schedule and enrollment status, and as well as to financial services such as AggiE-pay.

Despite advancements in the areas of bioethics and stem cell research, the public remains uninformed about the bioethical stem cell debate, according to a thesis by undergraduate research fellow Logan Boatman.

Texas A&M's Physical Plant began its ongoing building commissioning program in 1996. The result of subsequent years of effort has been saving millions of dollars in energy costs and improved building comfort.

Senior civil engineering student Tyson Duncan drives a water ski boat, pulling his cousin, senior agricultural management systems major Reed Kainer, while skiing at Lake Bryan on Friday evening.

Two Texas A&M students are among 79 nationwide recipients of the 2004 Baden-Württemberg scholarship. They will travel to Germany next month as part of a reciprocal education exchange program.

WASHINGTON - Working in secret, the Sept. 11 commission is finishing a final report that several members believe will be done by week's end and have unanimous support.

FORT WORTH (AP) - Critics are questioning the use of the state's Permanent School Fund to help lure a massive Wal-Mart distribution center to Baytown.

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) - A 4-year-old boy who was allegedly beaten unconscious by his stepfather has died at an Austin hospital.

TOKYO - Japan's ruling coalition clinched a majority in the upper house of Parliament in elections Sunday, but gains by the opposition signaled discontent with the prime minister's cuts in pension benefits and deployment of troops to Iraq.

WASHINGTON - Jump in now. That's the advice from experts to people who are thinking about refinancing a home or buying one, in light of the recent drop in mortgage rates.

WASHINGTON (AP) - A Senate report detailing serious flaws in U.S. intelligence-gathering highlights the urgent need for a permanent CIA director given the current terrorist threat, leaders of the Senate Intelligence Committee said Sunday.

WASHINGTON - Lynne Cheney, the vice president's wife and mother of a lesbian, said Sunday that states should have the final say over the legal status of personal relationships.

JERUSALEM (AP) - A defiant Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said Sunday that Israel will keep building its West Bank separation barrier, despite a world court ruling that the system of fences, trenches and walls is illegal and must be torn down.