I'll come back...if you're here next year.

Students, especially college students, live in a constant state of stress. Classes. Professors. Extra curricular activities. Money. 

Money? 

Yup. 

It's something new that LSUS director of counseling Paula Lewis is noticing. More students came seeking counseling services on matter of money. 

"More people are concerned about money," she said. 

And it's not just about whether they'll have a job upon graduation, which is also a concern. Students are worried about the existence of their university. 

Just like professors and administrators have anxiety about upcoming budget cuts, so do students. They worry whether they'll have a program to graduate from and if the classes they need to for graduation will be available. 

On a survey recently done by the school's counseling center of students in a mentor program, one of the comments to the question whether they'll return to school next year was this: 

If the school is still around next year. 

Stress about classes, relationships and even money all add up to one thing...

"All that impacts success in college," Lewis said. 

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