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The Senate vote is today on whether to stop student loan interest rates from doubling. We have President Obama, Republican presidential candidate Romney, and students on our side.
We can win this, but only if we show the Senate we aren't backing down.
President Obama was on the Jimmy Fallon show last night - and treated the audience to a slow jam to stop student loan interest rates from doubling. He jams "the Right and Left should join on this like Kim and Kanye."
Presidential candidate Mitt Romney has joined Obama in calling on Congress to stop the interest rate hikes. So we would like to add to the jam, "Congress should join together on this like Barack and Mitt."
Today presidential candidate and Republican Mitt Romney endorsed Obama's plan to prevent interest rates on subsidized Stafford student loans from doubling this summer on July 1 for nearly 7.5 million students. Without Congressional action, interest rates will increase from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent.
Maura Kisseberth from NJPIRG's Energy Service Corps talks about teaching lessons about energy at a local elementary school.
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On December 15, the Florida PIRG Education Fund, along with the League of Women Voters of Florida and Rock the Vote, filed a lawsuit in federal court in Tallahassee challenging Florida’s onerous new restrictions on community-based voter registration drives on the basis that they violate both the U.S. Constitution and the National Voter Registration Act.
Representative Alice Wolf of Cambridge, a cosponsor of the Updated Bottle Bill, stopped by our trick–or–treat-themed rally at the statehouse to speak with students and community activists. The event was a huge success— MASSPIRG students delivered over 15,000 petitions to the legislature!
Tomorrow, President Obama will announce a series of initiatives that will reduce the burden of student loan debt that millions experience after graduation.
Big News.
Today Facebook settled a privacy complaint with the Federal Trade Commission. The FTC says Facebook "deceived consumers by telling them they could keep their information on Facebook private, and then repeatedly allowing it to be shared and made public." Read the FTC's full statement here.
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CALPIRG students asking Governor Jerry Brown what his plan is to make higher education more affordable. -
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We collect petition signatures - lots of them! -
CALPIRG’s Energy Service Corps: UCSD students working to engage students and the community about living sustainably at home via energy efficiency. Hello Wall-E. -
Hunger and Homelessness intern Roua Aboukhadijeh collecting interview footage on campus for a short film on poverty. -
Six media outlets covered a stop on the Textbooks Rebellion tour to promote affordable alternatives to outrageously expensive textbooks. -
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Vote Yes for OSPIRG! -
Power Shift West 2009 organizers with State Representative Jefferson Smith. -
Students campaign for High Speed Rail. -
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Students volunteer at a local garden for the National Hunger Cleanup. -
University of Oregon students and staff remind their peers to turn in their ballots on election day. -
Students at Southern Oregon University gather petitions to reduce plastic bag usage in the city of Ashland. -
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Volunteers wear the textbook mascot costumes to educate students about affordable textbook alternatives. -
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Students posing with the textbook Rebellion books, We Want Cheaper TEXTBOOKS!! -
UCSD CALPIRG’s Protect Our Oceans Campaign. We want to stop the continued plastic pollution of our oceans. Join us! -
UCSD students posing with Charlie the CFL after pledging to save energy in 1 to 4 ways at home. -
Textbook Rebel and Mr. $200 drew attention to outrageous textbook prices. -
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Students educate others about different ways to reduce energy. -
The Energy Efficiency campaign tabling to give away free CFLs and educate others about simple ways to reduce energy use. -
Student leaders educate the campus about income inequality during National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week. -
MaryPIRG students collect canned food for the Canpaign at UMD. -
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