She was one of the lucky ones.

Besides a few downed trees and flooding in her backyard, Laura Davidson, a junior nursing major from Seabrook, has a house to go back to.

After mandatory evacuations were announced, Davidson's parents rode out the storm with family in the Deer Park area, about 20 miles southeast of Houston.

"All of the destruction hit really close to home because it was areas that I drive down everyday when I go home," Davidson said. "I wasn't worried necessarily about my house as much as my family getting out OK."

The soccer team remains undefeated after shutting out East Tennessee State University on Sunday in a 7-0 victory.

Junior forward Lizzy Karoly began the scoring, netting the first three goals of the game within the first 15 minutes of the first half. Karoly collected her hat trick with two goals coming from breakaways. The third was a sliding shot from more than 30 yards from the goal which found the top corner of the net.

As gas prices remain high, the government is researching alternative energy resources like ethanol, fuel cell and wind power. TCU administration, students and faculty are searching for alternatives as the pain at the pump lingers.

Athletic department changes

Jack Hesselbrock, associate athletic director for internal relations, sees sports teams come and go to games across the nation on large buses and private planes. But recently, Hesselbrock said the athletic department is looking for ways to reduce fuel costs while driving fan interest up.

Playing in the remnants of Hurricane Ike, the TCU Horned Frogs claimed their third win of the season Saturday with a 31-14 victory over the Stanford Cardinal.

"I never thought I'd have so much fun playing in the rain," said TCU quarterback Andy Dalton.

TCU (3-0) had four rushing touchdowns scored by four different players and their defense held the Cardinal to under 200 total yards of offense. The Horned Frogs also dominated the time of possession 39:29 to 20:31.

If head football coach Gary Patterson has his way, the Horned Frogs are going to play football this weekend.

Coming off a 67-7 win over the Stephen F. Austin University Lumberjacks and their spread offense, the Frogs turn their attention to the physical running attack of Stanford.

"I call that basketball." Patterson said of SFA's offense. "They don't run much, and they're throwing it all over the park. Now we're going to play football."

And with a mighty pop, down went the rest of the NFL season. Well not really, but it's how many media outlets are playing New England Patriots' Tom Brady's season-ending knee injury.

It does hurt Patriot fans and Brady owners, but the league is bigger than one person and at least now we get to see if New England head coach Bill Belichick is the genius everyone in Boston thinks he is.