Republicans to back Obama's student loan plan House Republicans are willing to give President Barack Obama a rare win, the chairman of the Education and Workforce Committee said Thursday in outlining a deal that would let college students avoid a costly hike on their student loans. More
Student wrongly tied to Boston bombings found dead Reddit apologized for the 'dangerous speculation' on the site that pointed fingers at the student. A body pulled from the water off Indian Point Park in Rhode Island has been identified as the Brown University student mistakenly linked by amateur sleuths on a social media site to the Boston bombings. More
Police confiscate 4-foot, 2-pound marijuana joint California police confiscated a mammoth joint during a 4/20 pot rally on Saturday, reports the Los Angeles Times. As the paper notes, hundreds of UC Santa Cruz students gather each year for the event, and each year campus police confiscate things like bongs and dime bags. More
Commencement Speaker Brings Duffel Bags of Cash and Gives Graduates $1,000 Each — with a Catch! Robert Hale Jr. gave all 1,200 grads in the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth’s Class of 2024 the unique gift ... 05/18/2024 - 7:43 am | View Link
Commentary: Debt relief still feels out of reach for young graduates — Candace Milner The cost of college continues to rise at rates that salaries and income aren’t keeping up with. This is especially true for low-income and working-class students who must depend on alternative ways to ... 05/16/2024 - 6:20 pm | View Link
Funding might change, but Job-ready Graduates stays for now On one level, the 2024 federal budget brought few big surprises for universities. The two key measures were already announced leading up to May 14: the changes to HELP indexation and payments for ... 05/15/2024 - 2:45 pm | View Link
College grads want at least $99,081 salary offer to quit their current jobs, New York Fed survey says In fact, as of March 2024, the lowest annual paycheck graduates would be willing to accept for a new job is $99,081. Meanwhile, workers without a college degree won’t job-hop for anything less than ... 05/15/2024 - 12:34 am | View Link
Your child got less college financial aid than you hoped. You’re not a bad parent if you don’t make up the difference The good news is your child got into college and is preparing to enroll this fall. The bad news is that you’ve just learned the aid package your child’s school is offering is much smaller than you’d ... 05/10/2024 - 2:30 am | View Link
After a year-and-a-half, a Centennial brewery has closed its taps.
Kodiac Brewery Bar & Grill at 7685 E. Arapahoe Road had its last day of business this past Saturday, May 18. The brewery announced the closure on its social media pages last week, but did not provide a reason behind it.
Kodiac, owned by Raj Chiluka and Nanda Maranani, opened in the 5,200-square-foot space in January 2023.
Microtransactions (also known as MTX) have been popularized mainly by freemium games. They are optional payments that help game developers and publishers make money from games they otherwise might not have. However, microtransactions have increasingly snuck into premium, paid games. Is this trend, perhaps, justifiable?
Smart home technology improves constantly, and today, it's the best that it has ever been. But if you're just getting started with home automation, it's easy to run into snags. Here are the smart home risks you need to know aboutand how you can avoid them.
Having a hard time deciding whether to get a soundbar or an AV receiver setup? Let's talk about both setups and how they compare in terms of sound quality, convenience, and cost.
Screen burn-in is one of the biggest reasons many people shy away from OLED displays. I've owned multiple OLED TVs and monitors since 2019 without a noticeable burn-in on any of them. However, I followed these precautionary measures to get to this point.