Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock (I need new colloquialisms), you know that The New York Times recently reported on student load fraud taking place at USC, UT, and Columbia. School officials were cashing in on offering “preferred lenders” in exchange for some kickback.
The student loan scandal, although it has only recently come to the forefront, seems to be cropping up in everyone’s backyards. Is your school under investigation? Have you had any experience with shady lenders?
Fordham and St. John’s have already settled. As always, be skeptical of “preferred lenders,” no matter how benevolent your school administration seems.
Footnote: I love self-promotion, so check out the new Portfolio.com, a blog/magazine that launched last Sunday. I’m writing for a semi-monthly section called “Dispatches from the Next Generation.” It looks like it will be a great resource for business on the edge. The inspiration for this post came from one if its recent articles: Student Loan Kickback Probe Expands [Portfolio.com]
In an attempt to shift gears away from the tragiccatastrophic events of yesterday, the RIAA is taking some flak over at North Carolina State University. Of the 24 students threatened by the RIAA, only one has caved and agreed to settle early.
At this point, it’s time to hand it back to the real news-reporters. I’m sure we’ll do a feature on this sometime down the road. An interesting observation: Wikipedia has the best (and most unadulterated) news:
Recently elected Governor Tim Kaine has announced that Blacksburg is in a state of Emergency after an alleged lone gunman allegedly killed two students, one male and one female, early this morning at 7 a.m., and later allegedly massacred Norris Hall, an academic building raising the death toll up to 33. Two hours after the first shooting the gunman was seen inside the second floor of Norris Hall allegedly searching for someone. At around 9:15 this morning the shooter began opening fire on students and faculty in classrooms, who attempted to barricade themselves inside their classrooms. The alleged murderer had apparently planned his move into Norris Hall after police reported he had chained entrances closed to prevent easy exit for potential escapees. [Collegiate Times]
At 7:15AM this morning, Monday April 16th, 2007, a 911 call came to Virgina Tech campus police department reporting multiple victims from a gun shooting. Just two hours later, another shooting spree was reported. Investigators say that both shootings were from the same gunman.
Federal officials say gunman killed 32 people on campus of Virginia Tech University in Blacksburg, Va.; shooter dead; 28 wounded [FOXNews]
Although many campuses boast “wireless access everywhere,” sometimes that signal never will reach your end of the brick-walled dorm. Unless–of course–you concoct your own satellite dish.
I don’t have a need for a WiFi booster, but this it a great solution for any student frustrated with a lousy connection. The ingenious frugality of some people never ceases to amaze me. And this makes for a great Sunday project/scavenger hunt.
RSS is brilliant. True. But RSS is also a very twisted way of thinking. I mean, it’s not the most intuitive thing. Especially when most of us don’t really use it yet.
So, we’d like to make it even easier to subscribe to our updates. Now via Email!
By subscribing, you will get an email containing the newest “college hacks” each time we post them (via RssFwd). Very cool.
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