Student PIRGs In The News
Make Textbooks Affordable
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Knowledge for rent: More stores offering college textbooks on loan
(The Dallas Morning News) 2010-01-04
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You can rent an apartment, a car or a DVD. Now add college textbooks to the list expensive items that people are renting because they are short on cash or looking for a better deal. Meanwhile, a few professors and colleges are experimenting with free online textbooks.
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Affordable Higher Education
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Obama aims high for higher education
(USA Today) 2009-02-26
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Here's what's perhaps most unusual about President Obama's big budget proposals for higher education: That he's thinking about higher education at all.
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Higher Ed and 2008
(Inside Higher Ed) 2007-05-16
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The idea is for students to attend as many campaign events as possible, identifying themselves as part of the "What's Your Plan?" project, and then to ask for specific plans on four issues of concern to young voters: global warming, college affordability, financial security and health care.
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Global Warming Solutions
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The White House Convenes Young Green Leaders
(The New York Times) 2009-12-03
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As the Senate wades back into the climate debate, the White House is enlisting some of the young voters who helped usher President Obama into office to galvanize support for the climate and energy bill.
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Cleaner, Greener U
(Environmental Magazine) 2008-03-04
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Students are driving the campus climate movement, fighting Big Coal and putting legislators on notice.
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Climate Change: The Next Generation
(EMagazine.com) 2007-11-12
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College students have sincerity. It's a little quality noticeably absent from Internet discourse on everything from politics to celebrities to run-of-the-mill idiot bashing. College kids are often disregarded by candidates and mainstream news outlets for the same reason: They aren't expected to have any actual impact, and their issues of concern are considered unlikely to travel beyond the confines of their campuses. The Millennials deserve a pat on the head, but it's the Boomers who really matter.
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New Voter Project
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Pleasing Generation O
(Newsweek) 2009-04-28
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In his first 100 days, President Obama has taken steps to fulfill campaign promises to young Americans.
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Keeping Obama's young army engaged
(Los Angeles Times) 2008-11-23
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The election's over, but Democrats want to hold on to under-30 voters as campaigning moves to governing.
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Voter Coalition Celebrates Success
(Rocky Mountain Collegian) 2008-11-13
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In the middle of celebrating this year's voter turnout at CSU, officials from VoteCSU! and national election organizations said they were excited to report that the national youth vote increased by 3.4 million people from 2004.
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Student Debt Alert
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Congress fast-tracks student loan bill
(Politico) 2008-05-07
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Legislation attempts to help students get the loans they need. It expands the number of federally subsidized loans available to students, reducing their need to take out more expensive private loans.
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College students may get access to more loan money
(Hartford Buisness Journal) 2008-05-02
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Congress approved legislation that would increase the amount of federally guaranteed loans that college students can borrow and provide more flexibility for parent borrowers.
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