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Rising gas prices affecting everyone

    Students, faculty, and staff feel impact of high gas
      prices, and summer demand is fast approaching

By Mary Prickett
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Staff Writer

Rising gas prices are definitely affecting the economy, and they are having an impact on Georgia Highlands College students as well.

It is no secret that gas prices are on the rise. According to the �Argus Leader,� at www.argusleader.com, the price for gas has risen 10 percent in the past month. The average price last week rose 5.3 cents a gallon and is up 21 percent since a year ago.

Mary Lary, an early childhood education major from Rome, said, �I�m agitated every time I go by a gas station and when I have to fill up, I really blow a gasket.�

The rising prices affect students, especially if they have to commute to campuses from another town.

Some students have to drive an hour or more to go to school every day, or every other day.

Stewart Owen, a professional sales major who attends Georgia Highlands College at the North Metro Tech campus, said, �I spend all my money I make at work on gas. How am I supposed to save any money? I think it�s people�s one- sided views that affect gas prices, because they don�t want to get oil out of Alaska.�

The rising gas prices don�t only affect the students, but the teachers as well. Walter Cotter, an assistant professor of math, drives from Atlanta to teach at North Metro Tech.

�Usually I buy the gas around Acworth because it�s cheaper than downtown. More money to gas and not to algebra books,� said Cotter.

According to the website www.cbsnews.com, on March 16, 2005, the Senate agreed to open the Alaska wildlife reserve to drilling for oil. This decision was widely debated and controversial; however, it passed by a majority vote.

Richard Eaker, a general studies major at the Rome campus, summed it all up in one brief statement: �Gas prices suck.�

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