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00:00When students arrive in West Lafayette, the city's population nearly doubles, and so does the foot traffic for local businesses.
00:06Fanny Zhang, the manager of Fiesta Mexican Grill, says that the restaurant's atmosphere while the students were away was too quiet.
00:14Our business depends on the students here.
00:17Vons sells jewelry, books, and an assortment of unique gifts.
00:22John Vons, the owner of Vons, says that with students returning to campus, there is usually an uptick of sales all across the board.
00:29There are so many different categories, and everything will go up when the students come back.
00:33Vons says that the store had a decent amount of sales around Christmas time, but after the holiday season, business started to slow down.
00:40It was busy before Christmas with a lot of people coming to town and visiting, but after Christmas, you could tell that the students were gone, because the town was pretty empty.
00:52Wishing all students and business owners a happy spring semester.
00:56Julia Blanford, Star City News, West Lafayette.