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Little help for Libyan students
For many Libyan students living on WSU's campus, May 31, is fast-approaching. If their frozen funds are not made available by then, or their rent payments deferred, these students may not have a place to live.
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Politicians Rushing for Fraternity and Sorority PAC Money
Being a member of a collegiate Greek letter society may literally pay off if you run for political office. Of late, the Fraternity and Sorority Political Action Committee has become a financial force for candidates who "champion Greek issues.
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Duke University repurchases $500M recession debt
Earlier this month, the University repurchased all of the $500 million of debt it issued during the financial crisis, a tangible display of Duke’s increased confidence in its finances.
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The Cal State University may raise annual tuition by as much 36 percent
The Cal State University may raise annual tuition by as much 36 percent, or $1,566, if it is faced with what is being called a "scorched earth budget" by Chancellor Charles B. Reed.
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Column: Do you think you could survive on $1.50 a day?
For 1.4 billion people living in the world today, subsisting on such an impossibly tiny figure is a fact of daily life. And from May 16-20, this struggle will become reality for a small but passionate group of Oregon State University students who have teamed up to take a stand to end extreme poverty.
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California State Assembly passes one of two DREAM Act bills
The California State Assembly voted Thursday morning to pass one of two bills that make up the California DREAM Act, which would provide university-funded grants to undocumented students.
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Student loan debt to exceed $1 trillion before 2012
Student loan debt surpassed credit card debt in the United States for the first time ever this year and is expected to hit $1 trillion by the end of 2011.
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Column: Reconsider where you give, don’t reconsider giving
Greg Mortensen, author of "Three Cups of Tea" — a memoir that has comfortably remained on The New York Timesbest-sellers list for the past 219 weeks — might be a philanthropic phony.
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Column: ‘Amazon tax’ is blatantly unconstitutional
With the highest public debt per capita in the nation, Connecticut's bleak fiscal outlook is causing the legislature to grasp for tax policies that require out-of-state online retailers to collect sales tax on transactions with Connecticut residents.
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