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    April 27, 2012

    Student Loans: Will Interest Rates Double?

    The Voice recently reported that the interest rates on federally backed Stafford loans will double July 1 -- from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent -- unless Congress gets its shit together. Well, it looks like some legislators in the House are trying to prevent this increase -- by cutting funding to hea ... More >>

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    April 24, 2012

    Student Loans: Yes, There's Even More Bad News

    Hey, college students! If you weren't already bummed that 53 percent of you will likely face joblessness or underemployment upon graduation, or that university is a big waste of time and money, we have even more bad news for you. Unless Congress gets its shit together -- which it probably won't b ... More >>

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    April 22, 2012

    Obama, Schumer and the Student Loan Armaggedon

    Over 7 million students receive some sort of subsidized student loan from the U.S. federal government. That is a ton of debt and it's getting larger every year: eclipsing credit cards and car loans, the figure right now stands at around $870 billion nationally. And, on July 1st, it could double ... More >>

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    April 4, 2012

    Obama to Grad Students: Pay Up

    To save student-loan programs, the White House has saddled master's and Ph.D. candidates with added debt.

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    April 28, 2011

    Man in Cow Costume Steals 26 Gallons of Milk From Walmart, Because He Can

    ​An 18-year-old man dressed in a cow costume stole 26 gallons of milk from a Virginia Walmart Tuesday night. Why? Why not? The man was not taking his task as some sort of joke, either, and in fact, "was apparently crawling while he exited the store, trying to emulate cattle," according to Staf ... More >>

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    May 20, 2009

    Benjamin Millepied, Jirí Bubencík, and Melissa Barak Break From the Gate

    ​An 18-year-old man dressed in a cow costume stole 26 gallons of milk from a Virginia Walmart Tuesday night. Why? Why not? The man was not taking his task as some sort of joke, either, and in fact, "was apparently crawling while he exited the store, trying to emulate cattle," according to Staf ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 9, 2009

    Financial Aid Update: Mostly, More Money for Students

    The stimulus bill President Obama signed into law last month has many ambitious goals, such as putting millions of Americans to work and saving the economy. One thing Obama accomplished immediately, though, was to render swaths of a story (written by me) in the Voice's January 20 Education Supplemen ... More >>

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