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Student slims down food budget to highlight student loan system (Niagara Falls Review)
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Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:12:42 GMT
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Brock University student Rachel Crane figures she might have to scale back on chicken. Meat is expensive, and with a new $7.50 a day food budget, a regular dose of poultry will be out of her price range.[...]
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Colleges hand out emergency cash to more students (Minnesota Public Radio)
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Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:04:37 GMT
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Paying for college isn't easy, and one unexpected bill like a car repair could be enough to force a student to drop out. Most Minnesota colleges have a little-known pool of money set aside to help students facing financial hardships to stay in school.
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Patrick O'Mahen: Aiding student loans (The Michigan Daily)
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Sun, 07 Mar 2010 23:42:06 GMT
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Back in September, the Daily reported that the U.S. House of Representatives had passed the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009, which would drastically reform the student loan system ( How a federal financial aid overhaul could affect 'U' students , 9/24/09). read more
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Richard (RJ) Eskow: Sallie Mae's Jets: Bank Shills Use "Socialism" Scare to Shaft Students, Serve the Wealthy (The Huffington Post)
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Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:12:34 GMT
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One of Sallie Mae's corporate jets: Model IAI-1125A Astra SPX, registration #N188AK Two noted shills for the banking industry - Republican Lamar Alexander and...
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OTC Goes From Paper to Plastic to Improve Student Loan Refund Efficiency (KSPR Springfield)
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Fri, 05 Mar 2010 04:52:31 GMT
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In order to avoid long lines and major delays, Ozarks Technical Community College is ditching checks in favor of debit cards to give students loan refunds.
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Should Iceland repay bank's debts? (BBC News)
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Sat, 06 Mar 2010 10:46:05 GMT
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Icelanders have voted against repaying debts from the failed bank. Is this right?
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Congress battling over consumer agency (San Francisco Chronicle)
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Sat, 06 Mar 2010 19:09:59 GMT
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One of the most contentious issues in Congress, after health care, is the proposed creation of an independent consumer protection agency for financial products such as bank accounts, credit cards, mortgages and some student and auto loans. Many Democrats and... Credit card - Financial services - Loan - Business - Bank account
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Buried Alive: UMass students struggle with more debt than ever (The Massachusetts Daily Collegian)
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Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:37:18 GMT
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Students continue to struggle with rising debt. A new plan from the Obama administration could offer relief to student borrowers but this proposal faces stiff opposition from banking lobbies.
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MARCO RUBIO REPUBLICANS (Maggie Gallagher via Yahoo! News)
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Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:40:31 GMT
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He came, we saw, he conquered.
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Reader Mailbag: The Nascent Musician (The Christian Science Monitor)
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Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:51:22 GMT
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My two year old daughter is showing a tremendous nascent interest in making music. She sings constantly . She uses her hands as percussion all the time on her knees, on the table, and anywhere else she can use them. She climbs up to our keyboard and attempts to play songs.
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