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...financial aid officers getting perks from student loan companies. Then top college and federal officials had profited handsomely after receiving stock in companies they monitored or suggested to students. Now everything related to the college loan industry seems suspect, from the loan workshops many students are forced to attend when they graduate—which are often lender-run marketing sessions in disguise—to activities bordering on outright bribery. New York is even suing one university. The rapidly expanding student loan crisis has, in short, revealed that colleges work in students’ best interests with surprising irregularity...
...phenomenon started long, long ago (1977) in a galaxy far, far away (San Diego) when a then little-known director named George Lucas attended an intimate comic-book convention to promote a movie called Star Wars. Lucas' films have since become a gateway drug for a generation of movie addicts. And Comic-Con, the San Diego convention of genre buffs, has become a Hollywood must-attend event, albeit one where dressing to impress means dry cleaning your Darth Vader costume. It's significant that this fanboy Christmas happens not in Hollywood but two hours south. The appeal of the species...
...military officers, a small but committed group of Harvard undergraduates would beg to differ. Harvard’s Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) is made up of students who take on a full course load at Harvard while training to become military officers. Although most ROTC cadets get to attend Harvard for free, they are required to serve at least eight years in the military upon graduation. “I think of it as a privilege, an opportunity to serve my country.” says Shawna L. Sinnott ‘10, a midshipman in the Naval Reserve...
...suite in Harper Hall and type on his laptop. But he didn't spend endless hours on Facebook or wired into his iPod. He also never talked about his family. He didn't seem to have friends, and he rarely spoke, even to his roommate. He ventured out to attend class, to eat and, since February, to work out at the gym for the first time...
...whisper, if at all. One of his suite mates told CNN that "he was just like a shadow." A suite mate told TIME that Cho never talked about his family, didn't seem to have friends, and rarely spoke, even to his roommate. He ventured out to attend class, to eat and, since February, to work out at the gym for the first time...