Archive | Finances
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Students use food stamp program but face stigma
Last year, U. Oregon senior Anna Crist posted on her Facebook page: “Got approved for foodstamps! Maybe this will encourage healthy eating and more eating in general… Yay!” Within a few hours, the comment thread on her status exploded.
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Column: Facebook stock drops as coolness departs
Facebook stock went public recently, and it has been dropping since. In the weeks building up to the release, the value was being pushed and prodded and paraded around by those in the know to attempt to achieve top dollar as trading hit. Those efforts pushed the stock into an inflated value.
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Column: The reality of student debt
What’s not to love about graduation season? It is filled with senior send-offs, family get-togethers and free food. But for more and more students and families, graduation season also marks the time to begin repaying loans that financed their education.
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From Harvard beginnings, Facebook reaches huge IPO
The juggernaut social media website Facebook was once the property of four Harvard classmates. On Friday, it will now be shared not four ways but more than 421 million ways.
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Editorial: Talk to your elected officials or don’t complain about student debt
It’s one of the hot topics of higher education these days. Number one, of course, is what all these “college kids” are going to do in this awful job market. But number two — student debt — is the one that sits there, stinking and festering.
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White House: Blocking of student loan bill ‘disappointing’
The White House Press Secretary issued a statement Tuesday shortly after a bill aimed at lowering the interest rates on student loans was blocked by Senate Republicans, calling the action "disappointing." The statement called for unity between the parties to address the issue.
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Editorial: Student loans
On July 1, the interest rate on federally funded student loans will double from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent. While Princeton U. students will be largely unaffected by the hike, many students at other universities do not enjoy such generous financial aid programs. A 3.
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Column: Romney switches sides on student loan interest rate to pander to young voters
Will the real Mitt Romney please stand up on education? On April 23, alongside charismatic Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, Romney took a grand pivot toward the center on the federally subsidized student loan interest rates set to expire July 1.
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Column: Practicality of student loans questionable with unrealistic federal promises
The U.S. House of Representatives voted Friday to prevent college student interest rates from doubling. Phew.