The men's and women's swimming and diving teams will face off in a match with Mountain West Conference implications Saturday in the University Recreation Center.

The men will face Centenary College of Louisiana, while the women will oppose conference rival San Diego State and Centenary.

Both the men's and women's teams performed well against conference opponent Utah last week in a home meet. The men won their match 145-92 to improve to an overall record of 2-5, including a 1-4 mark in conference.

The H20 frogs ended their home season on a high note, as the men and women's team notched sizable victories.

The women won two matches, defeating conference opponent San Diego State 85-55, and Centenary College of Louisiana by a score of 80-51 in a three-team meet.

Head swimming coach Richard Sybesma said the women had a good meet overall, winning 14 out of 16 events.

The Lady Frogs needed a convincing win after Brigham Young University came into Daniel-Meyer Coliseum earlier in the week and gave the team its first conference loss in a 16-point beating. Fortunately for Jeff Mittie's squad, the team proved it could out-athlete the Air Force Academy Saturday, winning 79-43.

"The first half I thought was just kind of up and down," TCU head coach Jeff Mittie said. "Over the course of the game we played much better. Twenty-four assists and only nine turnovers are pretty good numbers."

The Sid W. Richardson Foundation awarded a $170,000 grant to the College of Education and College of Science and Engineering to help provide summer workshops for elementary and high school teachers in the Dallas-Fort Worth area and get students excited about math and science, a university official said.

Janet Kelly , associate professor for curriculum and instruction in science education, said fewer high school students are looking to math and science as fields of study in college.

The Sid W. Richardson Foundation recently donated $170,000 to the College of Education and the College of Science and Engineering to help local elementary and high school teachers generate more interest in math and science. Although this idea will help students to improve their grades and motivate them to learn more about the subjects and help teachers to know what will drive students toward careers in those fields, it's only a temporary remedy for a nationwide problem.

Cuong Nguyen used his business strategy to compete with students across the country, and it's all thanks to advice from his family.

Nguyen said he came to TCU last semester from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, where he had begun studying electrical engineering and computer science.

With a doctor, a professor and two engineers in his family, Nguyen said his family thought it was important for him to learn about business, so he decided to change his majors to finance and business information systems.

On Jan. 5, President-elect Barack Obama named a TCU alumnus to his White House staff.

Brad Kiley was given the position of director of the Office of Management and Administration, according to a press release from the office of Obama. Kiley held a similar position, deputy assistant to the president for management and administration at the White House, under President Clinton in which he organized White House operations, according to the release.

The university rifle team is aiming to start the semester off right with a victory over the Air Force Academy on Saturday.The team will travel to Colorado Springs, Colo. to take on what senior Tanya Gorin...