The Horned Frog baseball team hit and then fell below .500 over the weekend, dropping two of its last three contests, and now has its sights set on the University of Texas at Arlington, a team it doubled in scoring last season.

At 3-4, the Horned Frogs have a chance to pull their season record back to even against the Mavericks, whom they beat 14-7 in their last meeting a year ago.

The country will watch Latinos today, said the national chairman of Lambda Theta Phi, a Latin fraternity on campus.

In a speech titled "Su voto es su voz," or your vote is your voice in Spanish, Agustin Garcia, a nationally-known civil activist, said the Latino vote is important not only to America's future but also to the future of the Latino culture during a speech in the Brown-Lupton Student Center Lounge on Monday.

"Tomorrow you're not voting for Hillary or Obama," he said. "You're voting for your culture.

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DALLAS -- Arizona Sen. John McCain, may have won the mock Republican primary at Southern Methodist University last weekend, but on a rainy Monday morning, the school belonged to former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee.

Huckabee thanked about 100 students for waking up early to attend and reminded them of their value in the election.

Investigative reporter Seymour Hersh will speak about U.S. foreign policy at 7:30 p.m. today in Ed Landreth Auditorium.

Hersh has written eight books, and his most recent book, "Chain of Command: The Road From 9/11 to Abu Ghraib," focuses on the war on terrorism and the Abu Ghraib prison scandal.

"Mr. Hersh has written a number of award-winning works of investigative journalism over several decades," said Eric Cox, assistant professor of political science.

Take a journey through a tropical rainforest, free fall from a 16-story tower and do the Texas two-step to the country sounds of Cory Morrow and Clay Walker.

Who says you can't have an exhilarating Spring Break right here in the Dallas/Fort Worth area?

The Dallas World Aquarium

If you can't make it to the Venezuelan tropics, make the short drive to The Dallas World Aquarium near the West End entertainment district for a tropical excursion through the jungle and into the ocean.

CANCUN, Mexico - At 32,000 feet in the air, it appears - a majestic blend of sapphire and azure water, seemingly endless, outside the porthole window.

The plane lands and waiting just outside the airport doors is the welcome cantina bar, a fitting reminder of the location - Cancun, Mexico.

College students have been flocking to this ocean-side locale for sun, surf and all the adult beverages they can get their hands on. Every year, this Spring Break Mecca welcomes its young crowd with open arms and open bars.

ANGEL FIRE, N.M. -- During Spring Break, the fun in the sun is not limited to just the beach. At the base of Sangre de Cristo Mountain Range in northern New Mexico, skiing at Angel Fire Resort could be just what you're looking for.

Louie Grine, a guest services representative at the Angel Fire Resort hotel, said the resort is a very popular Spring Break destination for college students.

Across the world, Texas is known for its cowboys, cattle, tall-tales, two-steppers, swaggers and braggers, barbeque, the infamous "don't mess with Texas" mentality and of course, that Texas drawl.

Texans are famous for having a distinct accent, one that seems to be fading.

In 2003, linguistic experts from the University of Texas at San Antonio set out to observe what seems to be a fading dialect and discover what it is that makes the accent unique.