Author: Benjamin Curtin
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Students Struggle with Cost of Higher Education
Brittany LaChausse is looking at more than $45,000 in student loans when she graduates in Spring 2010. Instead of graduating with bright economic prospects, the SUNY New Paltz student from Beaver Falls, N.Y. will be looking at a Cadillac Escalade-sized debt, with no idea how long she will have to make payments. LaChausse, a metals…
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Getting Home Safe
It’s almost 1 a.m. on a Friday and Mike Christianson is just waking up from a much needed nap. He hops into his ‘90s Chevy Lumina Minivan sporting a picture of a donkey with a line through it and heads into town. His mission: help people who shouldn’t be driving get home safe. His motto:…