Let's play "The Price is Right." What is the cost of a 17-stick pack of gum? What about an eight-pack of batteries? The cost of pens? Or a travel-sized tube of toothpaste?At Wal-Mart the gum costs 78 cents; the batteries $4.87; the pens 88 cents; and the toothpaste 78 cents.

At the TCU bookstore, however, that same pack of gum will cost $1.25; a four-pack of batteries costs $5.68; the pens cost $1.98; and the travel-sized toothpaste costs $1.99.

I am a Dillard University Blue Devil at heart, but I can honestly say I feel totally isolated and abandoned by my school.Having experienced such a catastrophic event like Hurricane Katrina, I am reminded daily of the new direction my life is headed.

Dillard University is historically a black university that holds the reputation of providing a rich and cultural foundation for its students. The problem is that my fellow Blue Devils and I were left with no evacuation routes or options to further our education.

Shocked, pumped, overjoyed, proud, excited and amazed.These are some of the words used by TCU band members, fans and cheerleaders after Saturday's season opener at Oklahoma.

Not everyone is a huge football fan, but you would never have been able to tell at this game, band president John Parker said.

Parker, a junior entrepreneurial management major, said he was surprised at how the TCU crowd was separated and put up high in the Oklahoma stadium seats.

The Will Rogers Coliseum, which has been turned into a shelter for those displaced by Hurricane Katrina, is now home to more than 375 evacuees from New Orleans. Most of the shelter's residents arrived Saturday, and an additional 20 buses are scheduled to arrive in the Dallas/Fort Worth area soon, said Human Services Manager Sofia Singleton.

The shelter is prepared to house evacuees long-term, Singleton said. Medical care, counseling, phone services, clothing and other necessities are available on site to residents, she said.

The Horned Frogs may have shocked the college football world with their 17-10 win at Oklahoma on Saturday, but they did not shock themselves.Believe it or not, the Frogs, coming off a 5-6 season, said they knew they could knock down a Big 12 Conference giant, ranked higher than any team TCU has beaten since 1961, in front of 84,332 mostly hostile fans.

"We've been convinced ever since two-a-days," said senior cornerback Drew Coleman, after notching a key fourth-quarter interception and holding OU standout Travis Wilson to 52 yards on five catches.

Four Horned Frogs entered the town of Norman, Okla., and were swallowed into a sea of red. Everything in the town was full of Os and Us. OU stickers. OU car flags. OU banners. OU T-shirts. We were definitely in the enemy's den. We were definitely in Sooner country.You might not think there's a big difference in purple and red, but when 80,000 people are wearing crimson and cream, your purple shirt stands out.

As we walked from our car, a Sooner student informed us that we were about to have a bad day. Thankfully, he was wrong.

As the fall semester begins, Student Government Association continues to manage progress and lead change.This past spring, SGA established the Activities Funding Board for the purpose of fairly allocating money to student organizations. As a result, requests for funds increased by more than 700 percent, and the AFB was able to distribute $7,700 more than last year.

The Board is preparing to distribute another $25,000 to student organizations for the spring 2006 semester, so don't miss the Sept. 26, 2005, deadline.