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Credit Melorie Begay / KLCC News Attending higher education can be exciting. Not only is it an opportunity to learn, it’s a chance to make new friends and engage in new experiences. But navigating college can be even more challenging if students’ basic needs aren’t met.  63% of surveyed Oregon community college students experienced some kind of basic needs insecurities in 2019. That number, which doesn’t include students at universities, has most likely increased during the pandemic and after last year’s devastating wildfires.  But in order to even access higher education, studen...

KLCC's Elizabeth Gabriel reports on food insecurity among college students. Daniel Aguirre, who goes by Dray, is a second year student at Central Oregon Community College in Bend. The first-generation college student wants to become a nurse. But his lack of stable housing and food can make it difficult for him to concentrate on school.  “There's actually a lot of people who are homeless out here,” said Aguirre. “There's a lot of students that are struggling, [and] a lot of people don't really know that, which is frustrating.”  He usually stays in a trailer located on his friends pr...