The article I read on college and how it's affected by the economy has me slightly worried. The recession we're in currently has had a horrible affect on college's funding but also, the rate of enrollment and acceptance has gone way up. With cutbacks and more kids to educate things are going downhill. In California, they want less freshmen to be accepted into their state colleges.
The article also talks about the debt that comes with college, which can be upwards of 20 thousand dollars. Is the college education worth it, they ask. They found that the median salary a college graduate makes is about $47,000 a year. A college student that doesn't complete a full four years still makes about $33,000. Unfortunately college tuition is on the rise along with rates of enrollment, and budget cuts.
Here is the link
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
A "SLUT" list ?
Many people most likely read the article on Nytimes.com, taking about the "Slut list" that girls around the world are taking "mean" to a whole different level. In Millburn High School in New Jersey, girls at the school made a list of girls that are " Sluts" and or/ perform oral sex, and sex with other guys on the campus. No surprised the parents of these students were informed and they were shocked. I couldn't believe that girls now a days would take it being mean to a whole different level.
I find the article sad; but also very true, many girls would do things like that to hurt others, I find it disgusting that girls would be so heartless and do things like that.
link to the article :: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/27/weekinreview/27kelly.html?_r=1&ref=education
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Not Serving Those That Did
When is the Department of Veterans Affairs going to help the ones who they're supposed to be helping. With the Montgomery G.I Bill available for every veteran, it's hard to not expect that they are going to use it. The bill covers most, or usually all educational expenses for vets if they decide to go to college.
For months, VA has been pushing the bill so that everyone takes advantage of it. Not the the applications are flooding in and guess what? The people are not getting their money. Thousands of veterans have had to dig into their life savings to cover school costs since their colleges and universities never got tuition payments that were supposed to be made by September 1 by the Department of Veterans Affairs. Thousands have been forced to take out loans and are now in debt. Many have even had to drop out of school because VA is saying that most applicants will not be getting their money until November.
The reason why veterans enrolled in school this year was because the VA was urging them to, assuring them that everyone would get their money by September 1 and that they would not have to worry about a thing. Obviously that was a big lie and now veterans are in a horrible financial situation that they never expected.
The men and women that honorably served our country need to be honorably served by the ones appointed to help them in their post military lives.
When the Cool Get Hazed
See Article Here
This article is about a "slut list" found at a New Jersey high school that was spread through Facebook. The girls say that the list was made all in good fun, which makes no sense because it slanders and trashes just about every girl in the school, which is pretty funny i guess. One recent graduate said “Being on the list means you are rich, you wear expensive clothing, and probably fall under the general umbrella of attractiveness." It's pretty dumb (and funny) that all these girls think they're the best just cause they sleep around.
Sleep Tight, Don't Let The Bed Bugs Bite...
On thursday the John Jay College of Criminal Justice shut down because of a bed bug problem in the dorms. Some teachers said that they were getting rashes in August but they didn't think that it would be bed bugs. Bed bugs were in half of the rooms and teachers and student were astounded when they heard about what areas were infested. There have been no bites reported just rashes but this is still a serious issue, and they should be opening up again on monday. -Ben Sampson
Awkward walk-ins at Tufts
College Students don't want to walk into their dorm room to see that their roommate is having sex with someone. This is quite an awkward situation especially when the roommate walking in doesn't know anything. It is also just common sense to give a roommate a heads up when these situation are going to occur.
I've been reading this article and I think that this is interesting to hear about.
Our education, our future!
In Cape Town, South Africa, thousands of students marched to City Hall with a slight request: they want a library and librarians. These students wanted to make a difference in their lives by demanding the proper education they need. These students even strive to fix their school. Around five hundred windows at the school were broken for years, which left the students cold in the winter. In November, provincial education officials agreed to fix the school windows and a sum of ten times what the students requested would be invested in the school. I think these students seem inspiring and they inspire others to pursue an education and they want their school to be in better conditions for each other.
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