.:Commuting:.

Commuting to the various Florida Atlantic University campuses can be a real hassle. What with road rage, bumper to bumper traffic, finding parking, and the rising gas prices, most students know all too well how much of an inconvenience traveling back and forth to school can be.

I recently caught up with Sherbi Dubois, 21 who used to travel 45 to 50 miles each way to the Boca Raton campus. She has now graduated and she is "extremely glad I graduated when I did, gas is like $4 a gallon now! And I live in Miami!"

For other students like Christopher Wilkes, the problems of commuting are compounded by the simple fact that he "has no air-conditioning in my car. So I get angry every time I have to stop at a red light. By the time I get to class I am damp from sweating bullets!"

With all the technological advances in place, it almost makes you want to seriously consider purchasing a hybrid. They run on less gas which is good for the environment and that in and of itself would make the cost of commuting a little more bearable. With all the money students would save in gas, it might make them kinder, more gentler drivers and subsequently decrease the amount of road rage in and around FAU.