When the Lady Frogs take to the courts against the Oklahoma Sooners today, head coach Dave Borelli said the most important thing for the team to do is to get back to the basics."We're trying to simplify things," Borelli said. "We are figuring out what we do best and trying to make the game simpler."

Though the Sooners (4-4) are coming to TCU on a three-game losing streak, Borelli said they will still be a good challenge for the Lady Frogs (5-3).

"Every match is tough," he said. "It will be a good chance for our kids to get back on track."

I called a friend from my car to ask if he had already arrived at the birthday party of a Colombian TCU swimmer. "Yeah, but we are all in the back," he answered. "The Hispanics have taken over the front room."

My roommate and I walked in to see exactly that - a living room full of Latin students dancing to Spanish music and the non-Latino students huddled in the other room.

This is ridiculous, I thought. At the sound of "Rakata," I pulled my roommate in with me to shake our booties with people "oh so different" from us.

Colby Hall residents were evacuated and the Fort Worth Fire Department was called Sunday evening after a resident assistant spotted smoke on the third floor of the building.Sarah Bachman, a sophomore nursing major and Colby RA, said she called TCU Police and the Colby front desk when she noticed the smoke.

The RA on duty at the front desk then pulled the fire alarm and everyone in the building was evacuated.

"(The evacuation) was actually taken care of really well," Bachman said.

Diuedonne Kazabukeye and his family received the keys to their new Trinity Habitat for Humanity home Saturday at the FrogHouse dedication - and when the home is finished, he can use them.Habitat Construction Manager Jamie MacCammond introduced the family to a crowd of volunteers and Habitat personnel.

MacCammond said Kazabukeye and his family are originally from Burundi in Africa. In 1993, they left Burundi because of civil war in the region and went to Tanzania. In May 2004, Kazabukeye and his family left Tanzania to come to the United States.

Senior guard Nile Murry said the TCU Horned Frogs (6-24, 2-14) are beginning an entirely new season tonight when they take on the Colorado State Rams in the first round of the Mountain West Conference tournament. "Oh, this is definitely a brand-new season," Murry said. "The regular season records really don't mean anything now."

The Frogs are coming off of a regular season that saw only two wins in conference play; one of the only bright points about that is one of those wins came against the Rams in an 85-72 home victory Jan. 21.

Driving to Arlington a few weeks ago for what turned into a wild goose chase, I was stunned at the downright idiotic driving. A number of cars on the verge of stopping in the middle of the highway, not using headlights and following cars too closely. The worst part of the incredible chaos was that it was all caused by drivers who were clueless of precautions to take when driving in rain. Yes, the roads were a bit hazardous that day, and I understand that people were just trying to prevent accidents in their overly cautious reduction of speed.

In today's society, advertising is ubiquitous.Every day we see ads in the newspaper, on television, on the radio, on billboards, on the Internet, at the beginning of movies, on T-shirts, on race cars and drivers' uniforms, tacked to walls or chalked on sidewalks.

And many of these are endorsed by paid models, actors or celebrities.

In our day and age, we take it for granted that models and actors, as well as various other celebrities, sell us stuff. But why?