On a recent crisp college football Saturday, Michigan State senior Zach Larson sat in a lawn chair sipping a can of Modelo that he said cost nearly twice as much as it did when he was a freshman.
Tailgating near the student union in a backwards cap, hoodie and Oakley sunglasses, Larson lamented the rising prices of everything around him — beer, tuition, the gas for his truck — and a president he said wasn’t focused enough on the challenges facing his generation.


