Teach for America
By Maura O'Keefe | October 30, 2008College loans: $10,000. LSAT Prep Class: $1,000. Gas guzzled on long drives to job interviews: $500.
College loans: $10,000. LSAT Prep Class: $1,000. Gas guzzled on long drives to job interviews: $500.
Wall Street abounds with fears of the deepest economic recession since the 1930s.
It is hard to avoid hearing the words ?bank bailout? these days, but they are ringing especially loud in the ears of college financial offices as officials and students are beginning to worry about what the downturn will mean for financial aid pools and student loan lenders.
George Crafts first began telling stories as a means of amusing his stepdaughter Jennifer on long car rides.
I was strolling across Grounds the other day and experienced one of those perfect fall moments.
It?s a story you?ve heard a hundred times before. On a dark October night, a group of teenagers and college students wander off into the woods, looking to have some fun away from the confines of civilization.
Study Abroad. The term tends to conjure images of luxurious, tropical, learning resorts, overflowing with spectacular food, fun and friends, and where the ?what happens in X town, stays in X town,? rule is evoked on a weekly basis.
What more can I say to make you book a flight to Turkey right this moment?
What defines a true American? The United States is often described as a country of immigrants, and in every naturalization ceremony, new citizens are told by the president they ?are just as American today as the descendants of the Founding Fathers.?To reach that naturalization ceremony, applicants need to meet a number of requirements set by US Citizens and Immigration Services, such as being at least 18 years old and having lived at the same address in the United States for a minimum of five years.Some University students entered the United States on a G4 visa ? a non-immigrant visa that allows members of international organizations to participate in business activities in the United States ? before obtaining their status as legal permanent residents because their parents worked in US offices of these international organizations, Fourth-year College student Christopher Kyle, for example, has been naturalized but is still a New Zealand national.
OMG, happy b-day to the devil! Just kidding ? I have no idea what the heck Halloween is celebrating.
Mr. Jefferson would be proud.A group of students formed a contracted independent organization earlier this fall based on the conversation dinners he hosted at Monticello.
Besides Clay Aiken and the DMV, nothing irks me more than those people who sneak around the grocery store with bushels of shrimp in their pants.
The International Residential College is not only a dormitory and community, but a ticket into certain classes.
Two weekends ago, Lauren Conrad saved me from insanity. Yes, you read that right.
South of the Mason-Dixon Line, one expects glorious fried chicken and creamy mashed potatoes on every corner.
For as long as I can remember, fall has been my favorite season. I love how the humidity of summer gives way to crisp, invigorating air.
We have all been there, en route to a dinner party to meet the family of a significant other or to see loved ones for the holidays.
Second-year College student Matt Swoboda described playing poker as ?just one of my hobbies, not even my biggest one.? However, this hobby?s payout for Swoboda rivals the salaries of some top-paying jobs.
There?s going to be a new president. If that is news to you, it?s probably best ... you know what, if that is news to you, you probably aren?t able to make it to the end of this sentence, so !@#$ it.