Most people have aspirations. There are those who dream of fame earned in front of a camera or from a pulpit or behind the luxurious desk of an executive. Then there are those who strive for a different...

When Sahun Hong is doing what he loves, his hands are suspended between movements, awaiting their next pursuit of the black and white below them. He takes his time and makes his next approach as he plays Franz Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody No. 11, smoothly connecting the graceful and patient to the swift and deliberate. His face is solemn despite the dynamic sound that is emanating from the great instrument before him.

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A recent university graduate will return to campus tonight to tell students of the Neeley School of Business his secrets to financial success at an early age.

Abe Issa, president and CEO of Abe Issa Real Estate, will speak at 5 p.m. as part of Neeley Week, which is a week-long event that includes speakers and fundraisers.

Issa said he hopes to motivate Neeley students.

"I'll talk about what it took for me to get where and what kind of work I had to do in real estate," Issa said. "I had to be the best at what I was doing."

The Horned Frog football team made its highest debut in the BCS standings in school history Sunday, finding itself at No. 8 when the rankings were released.

The No. 8 ranking plus a date with the No. 16 BYU Cougars (6-1) on Saturday will put the Frogs in an unfamiliar position: the national spotlight. ESPN's College GameDay program will broadcast from the campus of BYU in Provo, Utah on Saturday.

The Cougars' lone loss came at home when they dropped a 54-28 contest to Florida State.

Joe Chow, the mayor of Addison and executive chef and owner of Dallas' four star Chinese restaurant May Dragon, gave a Taiwanese cooking demonstration in the Brown-Lupton University Union auditorium Sunday.

Chow, who credits himself with inventing the sesame chicken dish, demonstrated how to make his original entree as well as a lettuce wrap with shrimp. Chow said he invented his sesame chicken dish in 1986.

Pirates, Ghostbusters, vampires and Freddy Krueger are the names of common Halloween costumes you might see on the men's aisle. For women, the pirate becomes "sexy pirate," the witch transforms into "glamorous witch" (glamorous meaning "with less clothing") and even Freddy Krueger morphs into the sexy "Ms. Krueger" (complete with strategically placed claw slashes). For those of us not interested in the "sexy" look, finding a Halloween costume is really just an exercise in attempting to find an outfit that doesn't make us look like playmates.