LUBBOCK, Texas — Texas Tech University is seeing record enrollment this semester, but as the campus grows so does the strain on student wallets. Soaring inflation and higher living costs are forcing more Red Raiders to seek help just to keep food on the table.
Texas Tech has nearly 50,000 students enrolled this year. But behind those record numbers is a tough reality. For many students, high gas prices and grocery bills are pushing their limited budgets to the breaking point.
Raider Red’s Food Pantry is one place in town looking to help struggling students keep food on the table.
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“Whenever people are starting to struggle or their kind of looking at different ways to cut back, a lot of times people tend to cut back in terms of what they spend at the grocery store, said Isaiah Ortiz, Raider Relief’s Assistant Director…