The Staff Assembly has formed two new ad hoc committees, Community on Campus and Mission and Vision, to help further the group's goal of building community on and off campus and ensuring all voices on campus are represented, an assembly official said.

The Rev. Angela Kaufman, Staff Assembly chair and minister to the university, said the changes were brought about in light of the Staff Assembly's 10-year anniversary.

No. 22 TCU rebounded from their loss in Wyoming by beating the San Diego State Aztecs 80-63 at home Saturday.The Aztecs were chosen as the preseason favorite to win the MWC.

The Lady Frogs had a high-energy start in the first five minutes, hitting three shots from the 3-point range. The team never trailed during the game, and even held a 24-point edge late in the second half. Regardless, Head Coach Jeff Mittie didn't downplay the talent of the SDSU team.

"It was a grind even though the margin was there," Mittie said.

Soccer

Two players were added this week to the Horned Frog soccer team that will compete in what head coach Dan Abdalla called, "the year we've been building for."

Kim Castleberry will transfer into the program from Texas A&M, where she played in 25 games, scoring two goals and one assist for the Aggies during her freshman season in 2009. Top Drawer Soccer named her the number one recruit in the nation coming out of Prosper High School in 2009 and Abdalla said she will immediately become the fastest player on the team.

In the past decade, several events have shown how well Americans can come together in the face of a crisis. Natural disasters like Hurricane Katrina and horrifying tragedies like Sept. 11 rallied the nation, with people coming together to assist those most impacted.

Massive relief efforts within the United States should be applauded, and similar responses should be encouraged when disasters occur abroad.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) got himself into some hot water for his comments regarding President Barack Obama during the 2008 presidential election. In the recently released political gossip book, "Game Change," authors John Heilemann and Mark Halperin wrote that Reid, in an off-the-record comment, referred to the president as a "light-skinned" African American "with no Negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one." Reid's shocking comments do very little to help his troubled reelection bid and serve as a mild embarrassment for the president.

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Without an opportunity to break into sports management or marketing, David Lindow found a way. He started the TCU Sports Networking Club, alongside sophomore business majors Kevin Able and Carrie Patterson.

Lindow, a sophomore marketing major and president of the club, said he started the club because he wanted to work in the sports industry one day and wanted to help others on the same path.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day might be a holiday, but some students won't be taking the day off.

The university is now participating in the MLK Day of Service, said Melissa Gruver, coordinator for community involvement.

By noon on Monday, student volunteers will be working with community agencies, such as Neighbor Helping Neighbor, Samaritan House and Buchner Family Services, Gruver said.

Gary Briggs,Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity president, and Brittany Shamlin, NAACP president for the university's chapter, are leading the project.