The Horned Frog swimming and diving team will compete in its last combined home meet of the season when Missouri State visits the University Recreation Center on Saturday afternoon.MSU is a deep squad possessing strength in both distance and sprint competition, said senior swimmer Allan McCallum.

Head coach Richard Sybesma said he thinks MSU will be even competition for TCU.

The rifle team set two records last weekend in its four-team competition in Akron, Ohio, and expects to carry the momentum into this weekend's competition at Texas-El Paso, players and coaches said.The Frogs finished second overall and broke their previous team record in both smallbore and air rifle with freshman Tanya Gorin leading the team in scoring in both events.

"They all performed well and were close to their best score," head coach Karen Monez said.

Amid studying and socializing, freshman finance major Jarrod Cox watches TV twice a day to keep current with stocks and sports."I watch finance stations because I own my own stocks, and I watch what's going on," Cox said. "I also watch ESPN because I live for sports, and I can't watch all the games at once."

David Higgins, another freshman finance major, says sports are at the top of his hit list, too.

"I like to be able to keep up with sports news," Higgins said. "When I'm up-to-date with sports, I can have good conversations about it."

From the moment many students wake up, news floods through their dorm rooms and apartments by way of the television or the Internet, but for TCU professors, it's a different story.Jan Lacina, an assistant professor of education, said she enjoys watching "Primetime," "20/20" and the "Today Show" but admitted she doesn't have much time for TV.

"I have two young children and I work full-time so I don't have much time to do a lot of things," Lacina said. "I enjoy reading and writing because they are more stimulating."

The purpose of the Supreme Court is to uphold the law, not to rule according to party lines.But as Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito approaches confirmation, it becomes increasingly clear that partisan politics are at play.

The Associated Press reports that, "If the pattern continues, Alito may be on his way to the most partisan Senate victory for a Supreme Court nominee in years."

Many Republicans champion Alito for his conservative views, especially involving abortion, hoping that Roe v. Wade will be overturned.

The TCU Ranch Management program will kick off its annual Roundup event with a seminar, clay-shooting contest and an auction to raise money for scholarships for the Ranch Management program.Bryan Vasseur, interim director of the Ranch Management, said the event gives the program's alumni a chance to come back to TCU for the weekend to see former classmates and meet with current students.

Vasseur said in former years, the program has raised $10 thousand to $15 thousand at the auction event to be applied to Ranch Management scholarships.

Lewis Paul Bremer III will share his insight into what he experienced during his tenure as presidential envoy to Iraq at 5:30 in the Ed Landreth Hall Auditorium.Ambassador Bremer was named presidential envoy to Iraq by President Bush May 6, 2003. He served in that position until Iraqi sovereignty was restored June 28, 2004.

Bremer is currently on tour around the United States promoting his new book "My Year In Iraq: The Struggle to Build a Future of Hope."

After being the first person selected from TCU for Junior Fellow in the American Academy of Political and Social Science, a TCU graduate has the opportunity to do something only 10 people in the nation will be able to do.Haley Swedlund, who graduated in May 2005 with a political science degree, will be competing with other distinguished honorees for the Undergraduate Research Award for 2006.

Belle and Sebastian look to have a busy year planned. Along with gearing up for their longest-ever U.S. tour, the Glaswegian popsters look to release "The Life Pursuit" on Feb. 5 as their sixth full-length record. The lead-off single, "Funny Little Frog," nods to the band's acoustic popster past but also expounds on the formula with more elegant rhythms and hooks that sound straight out of the '70s. "Frog" plays to Belle and Sebastian's strengths, strong hooks and catchy melodies.Beth Orton, "Conceived," from "Comfort of Strangers"