Article: Gas prices leave U. Arizona students strapped for cash

Nathan Olivarez-Giles
University Wire
06-21-2006
(Arizona Daily Wildcat) (U-WIRE) TUCSON, Ariz. -- As gas prices nationwide rise above $3 per gallon, University of Arizona students and departments around campus are feeling the crunch.

"I moved back in with my Mom so I could afford a car, but now that I have a car I can't afford much else," said Amanda Estrada, a business-marketing senior who commutes to campus from Marana, Ariz. "I thought I would have extra money in my budget by getting rid of the cost of rent and utilities, but because of gas I think I have less extra money."

Estrada, like many UA students, commutes to campus four to five times a week.

"No matter how high gas prices end up ...

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