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Our bad economy is pushing some Anne Arundel Community students into trying to find jobs on campus.

                But, with the bad economy the students coming to AACC for tours of the campus have decreased, which in return makes the demand for people working on campus also decrease.

There has been about a 37% decrease in tours since the summer. There used to be about 200 tours on any given Saturday, and now it’s down to 75 tours on a good Saturday. 

 Lauren Haislip is currently working in the Visitor Services Center, and she complains about not being able to get enough hours because she has to share five days a week, with 11 other people. Although she says that she loves her job, she seemed a little bitter that she has to share her hours with so many people (which I'm sure I would be too).

This isn't just affecting schools, it's affecting jobs everywhere, including where other students are working. The bad economy is:

• not only making more and more people attempt to get jobs
• but it’s also taking away from funding at AACC.

                “The economy is affecting our whole college, not necessarily (just) us” said Haislip referring to some other buildings that should be remodeled and updated, “We will have the same location for awhile; we won’t get our own building.”