Heading into the first home series of the season at 4-3, head baseball coach Jim Schlossnagle said the team has learned it can't take anything for granted."We've beat some good teams and we've lost to some just OK teams," he said. "We're not in the position to take anybody lightly."

The Frogs will have to put that attitude to the test as they welcome the Wright State Raiders (1-1) to Lupton Stadium for a three-game series beginning Friday.

Great minds think alike. That's precisely the problem. With more than 5,000 nonprofit agencies in Tarrant County, there is bound to be an overlap in providing services, as reported in the Jan. 20 Skiff article on homelessness in Fort Worth.The Women's Shelter in Arlington and the Women's Haven of Tarrant County, the two largest domestic violence shelters in Tarrant County, have realized the benefits of combining two minds to achieve a shared goal. The two shelters have merged to form SafeHaven Tarrant County.

The TCU Bookstore was set to move this weekend, but without a permit, that will not happen until next week.The staff members are waiting for the Fort Worth Development Department to issue a permit, which will allow them to move temporary trailers onto the parking lot, said Wayne Mar, operations manager of the bookstore.

Llisa Lewis, manager of the bookstore, said until the Development Department reviews its application and issues the permit, the trailers, which will serve as a temporary location for the bookstore during renovations, cannot be put in place.

Thousands of people will visit Fort Worth's hot spots Saturday, but most will be moving too fast to take a snapshot.More than 12,000 participants will hit the pavement in the 28th running of The Cowtown Marathon, a nonprofit event to promote community health and wellness.

The day will include a 26.2-mile marathon, a half marathon, a three-person marathon relay, a 10-kilometer run, an adult 5-kilometer run and a kid's 5-kilometer run.

Dancers scurried while musicians played Thursday in their final preparations for tonight's AIDS awareness benefit concert.Chi Tau Epsilon, the dance honor society, will host the TCU Arts Collaboration AIDS Benefit Concert, which will feature students from the TCU dance department, theatre department, the TCU Jazz Band and artwork of photography students.

Heather Creek, a senior ballet and political science major, put the benefit together this year and said everyone has been planning for tonight since the spring of last year.

It's been more than a month since the women's golf team last teed off at a major tournament - and at least one member has gotten tired of waiting around."Really, we're just excited to get started," said head coach Angie Ravaioli-Larkin. "We've had five good weeks of workouts and practices and ... lots of good mental work. It'll be nice to finally go and play. It's hard for us to be home for five weeks."

Rationality and religion: Contrary to the acts of many, the two aren't mutually exclusive.But somehow, there is something about the ideas of faith, hope and love that make people violent, destructive and pigheaded.

Warped, overzealous theologians, fanatics and political leaders have distorted peaceful messages to support backward ideals for centuries. Faith groups have manifested disagreements over what's right in all the wrong ways.

TCU's Black History Month celebration comes to an end tonight with an attempt to recreate the Apollo Theater with Night at the Apollo, a showcase of multiple talentsAshley Madkins, committee chair for Night at the Apollo, said this event will be "a fun-filled grand finale."

"This event is a tribute to black artists who have been to the actual Apollo Theater in Harlem, N.Y.," the senior fashion merchandising major said. "Everybody gets to come and perform their talent for a chance to win a big prize."

The dean of the Harris College of Nursing and Health Sciences will return to teaching and researching, her first loves, in the fall, an assistant to the dean said Tuesday.Rhonda Keen-Payne originally agreed to serve as dean for five years but is now in her sixth year, said the assistant, Sharon Hudson.

Nowell Donovan, provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs, said Keen-Payne stayed for the sixth year at his request.

The TCU track and field team is about to get its first taste of the whole Mountain West Conference enchilada.The Horned Frogs head to Albuquerque, N.M. today for the MWC Indoor Championships, a three-day event that will put TCU against its new conference rivals for the first time this season.

Head coach Darryl Anderson said although the team may not be designed for this style of meet, he expects a high level of competitiveness.