most definitely check ebay or
www.pricegrabber.com - cheaper than buying something in the store plus you pay no tax. going to assume she wants the sony b/c she's seen it advertised everywhere plus a few people have it:
sony cybershot dsc-t1
but i've heard this one might be a little better in picture quality:
pentax optio s5i
both come with 3x optical zoom, which is enough for me b/c i'll be close to the action anyways. since it's a slim camera i'll be carryin it around to the bars and out with friends.
also, unless she plans on getting prints bigger than 8 x 10, then there's really no need for a 5 mp camera, a 3.2 will do fine.