[Brian Hoffman, a 2005 graduate of Pearce High School in Richardson, was in New Orleans for five days to start his freshman year at Tulane University. He had already started practice with the Tulane March Band when the school issued an order to evacuate. So Hoffman, a pre-med student, will take classes at the University of Texas at Dallas.] It's just unreal. It's disappointing, ... and making sure we come back [to Tulane] in the spring.

Brian Hoffman