A new Speaker of the House was named Tuesday for the Student Government Association at the first official House of Student Representatives meeting of the semester. John Campbell, a junior political science major, resigned from the position two weeks ago for personal reasons before ever serving at a meeting, Vice President Jace Thompson said.

Thomas Pressly, a freshman political science major, was elected 18-4 to fill Campbell's position as Speaker of the House after submitting an application and answering questions in front of the House.

The men's basketball team will have to follow the weekend's 35-point road loss with a game against one of the conference's hottest - and maybe most complete - basketball teams.The Horned Frogs will host the University of Nevada at Las Vegas (11-8, 5-2) Wednesday when the Rebels come to Daniel-Meyer Coliseum in an attempt to not only continue their strong Mountain West Conference play, but send TCU to its third consecutive loss.

Head coach Neil Dougherty said UNLV's recent success has generated momentum for a team that plays like just that - a team.

Tasty treats provide cool reliefCurly's Frozen Custard

4017 Camp Bowie Blvd.

Curly's Frozen Custard is one of those places I always mean to go to. It's right there on Camp Bowie Boulevard, it's colorful, and, in the middle of a Texas drought, it just looks so good.

Finally, I went for it.

Sure, it's the supposed middle-of-winter, but with the weather as mild as ever, now is as good a time as any to try some frozen custard.

"Why do they think this is front-page news?" said one of my classmates about the recent exposure in the Skiff about the drug and alcohol controversy surrounding the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity house. As I overheard this complaint about the article, I thought to myself, "Why not use it as front-page news?" After all, the exposure, however damaging to the fraternity's reputation, is interesting news that exemplifies some of my main ideals about journalism: to provide readers with truthful and valuable information as provided by the First Amendment.

As former ambassador Paul Bremer spoke inside Ed Landreth Auditorium Friday, student protestors outside voiced their opposition to the war in Iraq."What Will War Accomplish?" read a sign held by one student protestor on the lawn outside the auditorium.

Bremer, who served as presidential envoy to Iraq, spoke to promote his new book "My Year in Iraq: The Struggle to Build a Future of Hope."

Lyndsay Peden, a freshman biology and political science major, is one of the students who organized the anti-war protest, which varied in size, ranging from four to 12 people.

A National Geographic explorer said Monday that students need to start thinking seriously about the next 100 years because that is what they are going to inherit.J. Michael Fay, a scientist and conservationist, spent more than 600 hours flying over about 27 African countries to document the human impact on the region. He shared with the TCU community the best of 110,000 photographs he took on the trip, when he spoke in Winston-Scott Hall.