November 02, 2011 (vol. 122, iss. 40) • Page Image 12
… the increasingly difficult prospect of paying student loan debt and finding jobs after graduation. The current economic situation has furthered the steady privatization of education, causingthe economic…
… bur- den of college to be shifted more and more onto the backs of students. Recent statistics show that the net costs of college are rising, the aver- age student's credit card debt has hit record…
… levels and asa result, students are graduating with exorbitant amounts of debt that could take decades to repay. Students at the University are no exception. The University is known for having one of the…
… highest out-of-state tuition rates among public universi- ties in the United States, which was increased by 4.9 percent this year, and the price of student housing in Ann Arbor isn't cheap either. A…
… comfort. Is this the next Arab Spring or more of a Spring Break? I decided to skip most of the movement's planned 5 p.m. convergence on Times Square. Instead, I spent a few hours at Father Demo Square, a…