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After a long day of sitting through classes, shooting video for the college news station, and working at the portable equipment center, Ithaca College student Kari Beal is tired – and has hours of homework ahead of her. Beal is a sophomore journalism major with a double minor in speech communications and health studies. When she’s not studying or working, she participates in various forms of...

Banking on Success

Today, President Obama will sign into a law an overhaul of student loans that will cut the role of banks in the entire student loan process, saving taxpayers over $68 billion in the next ten years, according to Retuers News.

Yay! Yes, that’s right: something positive.


Study Abroad Students Catalog Trip and Share with Families

One of the most amazing opportunities available to college students is the chance to study abroad. Many students take this as an opportunity to explore themselves and their host countries. Jillian Powell, a junior at Roger Williams University in Rhode Island, is abroad in Ireland for the semester and decided to record and share her experiences with her family via blog posts. Check it out!


Amethyst Initiative and Underage Drinking

21.  The number is an icon.  We all think of one thing when we see it.  Twenty-one is the age when, for some, the frustrating teenage years of trying to get a sip of that prohibited beverage is over.  However, many are concerned that this thirst for alcohol has made those under 21 yearn too much for it, ultimately causing them to binge drink, which can have dire consequences.  On the other hand, others believe before the 21, drinking alcohol can have dire consequences on a person's brain.  In 2009, a vote in Congress will take place that will affect the major concern of the 21 age drinking law.


Spenser Mango: College Olympian

Spenser Mango was sitting on a bench in Beijing when it all hit him. The 22-year-old Greco-Roman wrestler from St. Louis had only been wrestling since high school, and already he was at the highest peak that a wrestler could reach. Spenser MangoSpenser Mango

"The first night we got to Beijing we just walked around the village and tried to take it all in. Me and my friend were walking together and we just sat down and were like, ‘Man, we're at the Olympics,'" Mango said.


The Young Vote

Every election everyone goes crazy speculating about how the young vote is really going to drive the election results. And every time the young population doesn't show up.


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