How big is your pocket?

When you think of the word “poor,” who would you generally put into that category? Single parents, inner city dwellers, maybe illegal immigrants or how about college students? As a college student myself, I know that we aren’t exactly “rollin’ in the dough”. Many students are already in debt with student loans and even have part time jobs just to get by. Not to mention we are constantly begging for money from our parents who have already put in large donations towards our education. I mean, only a handful of freshman and about half of the upperclassman seem to even own a car. So when we need to buy something, such as groceries or clothes, we have no choice but to purchase food at the Creamery, buy a meal plan, or purchase everything else at the BYU bookstore. As poor college students we only have limited funding. So when we have to buy overpriced items at the bookstore or spend over one thousand dollars on a meal plan, we become even more in debt. I think that BYU should do more to accommodate their students by first, making the bookstore provide better prices or discounts for students, and second to provide better meal plans for their students. This change is critical because prices are costing both our families and our own pockets, which in turn causes major problems for us.