“They are going up, but $1.69 is a lot better than $4. I don’t mind it right now, but I won’t like it this summer if it gets to $3.50 and $4.”

— Deb Handy, unemployed

“Truthfully, it doesn’t affect me a lot because I do live so near campus. For our students, I think that’s probably the bigger problem because they have field placements that generally aren’t in Kansas.”

— Ariana Wall, KU professor of social work

“Last week, it was $1.49 and now suddenly it’s $1.60 or something like that, and I follow the paper and they said yesterday it was going to go down, but I haven’t seen any decrease.”

— Nurit Gillath, visitor from Israel

“Well, I wish I knew what the cause was. I wonder if it’s a little bit of speculation, a little bit of investors getting involved in the oil game.”

— Kenneth Baker, pastor