In the back of a small floral shop on University Drive, four employees, three who commute to Fort Worth from surrounding cities, sat around a table of half-arranged bouquets. One woman, Judy Prater, looked up and said among nods from the other three, "There are lots of sacrifices, some I won't even admit." This circle of wage-earning women picked at their lunches, which they now bring to work, with frowns on their faces as they explained the effects of rising gas prices on their jobs and their lives.

Q & AWhen did you start playing football?
4th grade

Who is your role model?
Mom

What's your idea of a perfect day?
A calm day with no worries. I wake up, it's raining out, and I just sit home and watch TV.

When you were younger, what did you want to be when you grew up?
I always wanted to play football

Favorites

Author: Fredrick Douglass

Type of music: R n' B

Song: None really right now

Movie: Anything with Denzel Washington

TV Show: Law and Order

In discussing the Horned Frog backfield, overlooking sophomore fullback William Jackson is forgivable. People may see the usual suspects such as Lonta Hobbs, freshman phenom Aaron Brown, Tye Gunn or maybe even recent star Jeff Ballard, who led the Frogs to the team's recent victory over Brigham Young. But consider this: When Cory Rodgers scored the game-tying touchdown in overtime against BYU, it was a block by Jackson that cleared the way."Rodgers would not have scored if it wasn't for Jackson making that block," running back coach Mike Schultz said.

Singing and dancing in the Brown-Lupton Student Center Lounge attracted more than 60 students Wednesday night.Word of Truth Ministries, Calling In Action and the Soul Steppers all contributed to the praise and worship service, Calling Your Souls to Truth. In the midst of song and dance, TCU alumnus Brad Thompson spoke.

Feleceia Benton, manager of the CIA Christian dance ministry and vocal director for Word of Truth Ministries, said the night was centered on one purpose.

He's at it again. Michael Newdow is out to see that the words "under God" are removed from the Pledge of Allegiance. This guy will not relinquish his beliefs.

Last year, Newdow experienced a setback in his case against a California school district. He claimed the words violated his daughter's First Amendment rights, but his case was nullified because he did not have custody of his daughter.

Residents in the University Place neighborhood talk and visit on the sidewalks in front of their homes. During the warmer months, they organize block parties and barbecues. Parents sit on their front porches in the evenings and watch their children play outside. And since the 1920s and 30s, when most of the homes were built, it's been this way."No one has done anything yet," Susan Smith, a University Place resident, said.