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STUDENT LIFE In tough times, students work HARD TO MAKE ENDS MEET AS THEY BEGIN TO REALIZE THAT MONEY REALLY DOESN’T GROW ON TREES. As Jason Pelton took his apron off and headed for the door, he heard the echoes of “You’re cut” from his manager. With his book in one hand and a wad of dollar bills in the other, he opened his car door and counted his money. He got all the way to eight when the cash stopped. He recounted it and checked his pockets to see if he had missed at least a $10 bill. Jason found nothing else. The economy slump in the 2008-09 school year left many students like Pelton with empty pockets. Pelton, a senior biology major, had been a waiter at Logan’s Roadhouse for almost a year. To encourage people to come eat, Logan’s provided promotions such as two meals for $ I 3.99 three days a week. “Instead of getting six bucks for those meals, I got three dollars because of the price change,” Pelton said.“I put in just as much work and only got half the tips.” Pelton remembered his tips before the economy crisis and said it was good if he made more than $100 on weekend nights. After the economy went down, he would make about $40 on weekends. He said his worst night was when he made eight dollars during a four-hour shift. “If someone didn’t leave me a good tip it built character because I was working to survive and this put me at an advantage,” Pelton said. Pelton worked almost 40 hours a week to support himself. “Although it wasn’t a hard job, it was still a job and when people didn’t tip good it was like I was their slave for 30 minutes to an hour,” Pelton said. Ginger McKinney, a senior Spanish major, was also feeling the affects of the recession. She started riding her bike to help save money on gas. “I believe our oil on Earth is going to be depleted in the next 50 years at the rate humai are using it,” McKinney said. She rode her bike to the grocery store, 1 school, work and even to Dickson Street. McKinney said before the recession, sf would go climbing at Lincoln Lake, but stopp when it got too expensive. “It constricted my leisure activities McKinney said.“I was still working just as mu and wanted to do those activities, but with wh I made an hour compared to gas prices, it W 1 impossible.” Although students like McKinney and Peltf struggled during this time with the recessK they both kept good attitudes. “Every time I saw a fellow biker it provoke sense of joy in me,” McKinney said.
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STUDENT MAYORAL CANDIDATE ■ M IF THEY LISTEN TO ME AND TAKE ME SERIOUSLY, I HAVE A CHANCE AT WINNINGf) -SAMI SUTTON Sami Sutton talks to students as she campaigns in front of the Arkansas Union. Sutton set herself apart from the 19,194 students that attended the UA in 2008 when she ran for mayor of Fayetteville. is
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