As college costs rise, student debt piles on
In 2013, American student debt hit the $1 trillion mark. The financial equivalent? Purchasing over 175 billion Big Mac meals, 3.3 billion iPhone 5s or 3.6 million average American homes.
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In 2013, American student debt hit the $1 trillion mark. The financial equivalent? Purchasing over 175 billion Big Mac meals, 3.3 billion iPhone 5s or 3.6 million average American homes.
Sitting by a table at an indoor courtyard in New Orleans, an older woman with wispy gray hair and a slight hunch approached me.
My interactions with hairdressers always follow the same pattern — which is saying a lot, because over the span of my life, I would estimate I’ve interacted with roughly 23 hairdressers. Be it number three or number 17, though, our dealings follow a singular progression.
This season, I would like to moonlight as a greeting card writer — preferably of the heartbroken, slightly vulgar Joseph Gordon-Levitt variety.
All in all, I led a very blessed childhood. This can probably be attributed to my family, which is functional to the point of strangeness. Not only has no one ever drunk too much and thrown a pie at Thanksgiving, but no one has ever drunk too much and thrown a pie, a baked ham, a pumpkin, a Passover Seder plate, a secularly purchased Easter egg or a pamphlet honoring Martin Luther King, Jr. — to name a few holidays when I would’ve appreciated a little dysfunction. We all just sit around the table and exchange nice pleasantries. It’s weird.
The advent of New Years/holiday cards always makes me think about what kind of household I will run when I’m older. Most specifics about this household are ambiguous, except that “run” is the correct verb to use in this scenario. My word will be law, and I plan to reign supreme.
In the 19th year of my life, I did two things that were profoundly stupid. For two entire days, I made Facebook my homepage – a decision which single-handedly compromised my already dwindling ability to simultaneously do homework, check Twitter and keep up with the Kardashians. That wasn’t the worst of it, though. Just ahead of the fall semester of my second year, I made the well-intended — if woefully misguided — decision to take Chinese.
Why is it so hard to stay fit in college? I pose the question rhetorically, because I know its answer. Since I have to get a job someday, let’s just say this: I came home at 2 a.m. on Friday night, ate one plate of cheese and crackers, made a Panini, went upstairs to my friend’s apartment, ate two cinnamon rolls and then went back downstairs and made another Panini.
On Tuesday, our apartment fish committed suicide.
I was sitting in my apartment with a group of friends when the United States government shutdown. We responded to the news as follows.
This is the dream: to have Jessica Alba’s body, Kate Middleton’s poise, Jennifer Lawrence’s cool factor and no quality remotely traceable to Michael Cera.
Let’s just take a moment to talk about sex. Science — and the bulging evidence from the boy next to me in class — tells us that, on average, most men think of it 34.2 times per day. Ladies, meanwhile, leave little to be hormonally desired, clocking in at an impressive average of 18.6 times per day. What does this mean? College students are young, beautiful and frequently want to get to know each other “biblically” outside of Western Religions class.
Each fall, University students are reminded of the spirited extracurricular involvement which defines life on Grounds — and the tendency for many engaging groups to be pushed out of the spotlight. While Honor, StudCo and Madison House garner the majority of attention because of their visibility and strong ties to University ideology, U.Va. boasts an impressive 675 Contracted Independent Organizations, many of which can be easily overlooked. We take a look at eight of the most interesting groups you may never have considered.
As first-year students move into their dorms this weekend, they bring to Grounds more than 3,000 Wahoos who represent the University’s standard caliber of academic achievement and a geographically and racially diverse crowd.
What does it mean to be a college student in the 21st century? It means having role models like Steve Jobs and Bill Gates, who simply couldn’t be bothered to slave over a degree. It means paying up to $50,000 per year to check Facebook 239 times during lecture and retweet the boy two rows back. It means drinking away Saturdays without knowing if you’ll have a job when the bottle and four years runs out.
Israeli ambassador to the United States Michael Oren spoke at the Miller Center of Public Affairs Thursday, affirming the strength of U.S.-Israeli relations despite changing regional dynamics in the Middle East.
The University Democrats reaffirmed their commitment to marriage equality Thursday, signing onto a national bipartisan statement affirming the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender couples. The effort, spearheaded by the University of Pennsylvania Democrats, recruited the support of 50 College Democrat and Republican associations from across the nation.
Here at the University of Virginia, we are a rather pragmatic bunch. We accept the advice of those who came before us, humbly acknowledging their store of expertise is better stocked than ours. And while I would like to think I am as sensible as the rest of them, there was one time I simply was not able to drink the Kool-Aid. This one fourth-year just didn’t have it right.
The Miller Center for Public Affairs hosted a panel Thursday afternoon on the nature of Chinese, American and Taiwanese relations, and the rising role of Japan in Asia’s regional politics.
The Batten School continued its Leadership Working Group Speaker Series Thursday afternoon as it hosted two visiting professors speaking on the role of women in power.