A2: Economy

Jessica Makolin, who grew up in Ann Arbor and was the 2004 Ann Arbor News Young Citizen of the Year, is featured in a Time magazine article about college students who rely on food banks because of rising food prices and tuition expenses. Makolin is a student at MSU, which operates the country’s only student-run food bank specifically for students. In high school she was a food bank volunteer: “I find somewhat ironic that I am now on the other side of the counter.” [Source]