A year in numbers

Cost of student essentials

$70 Marquette Fanatics basketball ticket package

$4.59 Real Chili’s tasty “Marquette Special”

$0 Facebook account

$1.89 First scoop of Kopp’s famous frozen custard

$2 Movie night at the Varsity Theatre (what a bargain!)

$4 Student admission to the Milwaukee Art Museum

$3.69 Brew Bayou’s “Third Shift” coffee to fuel late-night studying

$2.75 Load of laundry (only if desperate — otherwise, wait ’til the next trip home to Mom)

$3.50 Shower sandals (NOT optional if you care about hygiene)