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Eric Deighton doesn’t think gas is a very big issue to other people.

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Jessica Rogner believes people will pay the high price to see their families.

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Chelsea Wheeler thinks gas is another expense college students can’t afford.

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Alex Herman talks about how people have already been adjusting to gas prices.

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Chris Pozza feels that in-state students are more likely to go home.

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Word on the street

Do you think fewer students will go home during Labor Day weekend because of high gas prices?

“Most people don’t really consider gas prices in what they’re going to do,”

Eric Deighton
finance senior

“People still want to go home and see their families,”

Jessica Rogner
human biology and studio art senior

“Gas is so expensive and we can’t afford to go home and buy all our books,”

Chelsea Wheeler
special education senior

“There are a lot of in-state students and so they don’t have that far to go,”

Chris Pozza
English sophomore

“People are adjusting to the prices and not wanting to drive as much,”

Alex Herman
interdisciplinary studies in social science junior

Published on Thursday, August 28, 2008