At LSU, you can raise our tuition but don’t you dare touch the price of our soft drinks.
 

For the first time in seven years, vending machines on campus are seeing a price hike. Thanks to the rise in food and gas prices, to get their soda fix, students are going to have to pony up an extra 25 cents. Now a refreshing, caffeine-filled drink will cost a whopping $1.25.
 

While the Contracted Auxiliary Services director, Jason Tolliver, claims he hasn’t received many complaints yet, students can’t be too pleased. Check out one students reaction in the Daily Reveille:

Lisa Haefner, studio art senior, recently walked to an on-campus vending machine with a one-dollar bill to buy her favorite drink, a Cherry Coca-Cola — only to find out she needed another quarter.

“I will [go back], but I won’t be happy about it,” Haefner said.

Of course, she’ll still be back. Well before Red Bull rocked our worlds, no student survived an all-nighter without a trusty Coca Cola by their side.