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The track and field team has high expectations this year, the team's head coach said.

But right now, the team is just trying to get everyone healthy and back into the swing of things, he said.

"So far it's kind of been a work in progress; it always is this time of year," head coach Darryl Anderson said. "We train up until Dec. 1, and then they're off for five weeks. We come back and we're scampering to find a groove and a rhythm."

With the recent election of President Barack Obama, it is evident that America is ready for a change. Next year's Texas gubernatorial election should prove to be no exception to the political revolution.

Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, recently launched an exploratory committee to examine the possibility of her running for the state's highest office.

An article in Texas Monthly pointed out "Republicans who want change aren't going to look for it from a governor who will have been in office for more than nine years on primary day."

Angie Ravaioli-Larkin is in her 15th season as head coach of the women's golf team. Success has come frequently for teams under her guidance, and she said she hopes that trend will continue as the team moves forward this spring.

"We set really high goals," Ravaioli-Larkin said. "We go in every tournament with the goal of winning. We really have the depth this year and the talent to really take it deep."

After a three-month break, the golf team gets rolling again with a tournament in Puerto Rico starting Sunday.

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Hot off the heels of a fall campaign that yielded four top-four finishes and two tournament titles, the TCU men's golf team hit the greens again Wednesday at the University of Hawaii Hilo Intercollegiate Tournament. The tournament kicks off a promising spring regular season that will end in April at the Texas A&M Classic and postseason play at the Mountain West Conference Championships in Tucson, Ariz.

A recent study by UCLA's Higher Education Research Institute has shown that almost 50 percent of freshmen planned to work their way through college to pay for expenses.

Working undoubtedly adds more commitments to a schedule already filled with classes and exams, but it's a sign of maturity.

Handling finances and taking responsibility is a rite of passage that prepares students for the world awaiting them after graduation.

With the House of Representatives recently passing the $819 billion stimulus package, people believe that this piece of legislation somehow will lift the United States out of a recession.

The main purpose of the bill is to increase spending on infrastructure. The term "infrastructure" is used vaguely though. For instance, the bill would spend $355 million to fund programs for the education and prevention of sexually transmitted diseases. Projects such as this and numerous others in the stimulus bill are not only irresponsible but can harm the economy.