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David Berg takes a sideways trip into UCLA baseball record book
David Berg appeared in the last 18 baseball games of UCLA's regular season. That kind of streak is nothing special if you're a position player, or filling in as a defensive replacement. But Berg is a relief pitcher — and is a freshman who isn't...
Tags: Pacific-12 Conference, National Collegiate Athletic Association, University of California, Los Angeles, USC Trojans, Baseball
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Colleges' bank deals saddle students with big debit-card fees
As many as 900 colleges are pushing students into using payment cards that carry hefty costs, sometimes even to get to their financial aid money, according to a report released Wednesday by a public interest group.
Colleges and banks rake in millions...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Finance, Economy, Business and Finance, Students, Credit and Debt
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Assembly votes for more scholarships, leaves funding for later
Eating its dessert before its vegetables, the Assembly approved a bill Wednesday that would provide generous new scholarships to the public universities and colleges in California for families earning less than $160,000. The measure, AB 1501, includes...
Tags: Republican Party, Education, Politics, Democratic Party, Awards and Prizes
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'Birthers' claim Obama applied to college as a foreigner
We might have spoken too soon. On Monday, we wrote that “birther” conspiracies about President Obama had mostly been laid to rest when the White House released his long-form Hawaiian birth certificate last April, but that some detractors...
Tags: Education, Republican Party, Mitt Romney, Students, Donald Trump
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Tobacco taxes are great, but Proposition 29 stinks
Yes, our freeways and surface streets are crumbling. But the next time your front wheel hits an enormous pothole, you can remember with pride that California is the world leader in one form of highway maintenance: paving the road to hell with good...Tags: Education, Finance, Agricultural Research and Technology, Michael J. Fox, Science and Technology
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Graduating collegians cope with student debt in a weak economy
College graduation is typically a time to tally accomplishments and to look ahead. But for many graduates, it is also a time to tally student loans and figure out how to repay them.
About two-thirds of college graduates have some student loans to pay...Tags: Finance, Employment Opportunities, Career and Workplace, Loans, Awards and Prizes
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Student loan blues
Brenda Small didn't think twice about taking out student loans to pay for nursing school in the late 1980s. She figured she could easily pay off the $20,000 bill — until an injury a few years later left her permanently unable to work.
Her dreams of...Tags: Politics, Tuition Planning Services, Parent Organizations, Finance, Layoffs and Downsizing
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UCLA football players signal support for more protections
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Obama signs order to stop colleges that prey on veterans
President Obama has signed an executive order that the administration says will crack down on colleges that prey on military veterans with misleading information about financial aid, credits and programs. The move comes amid reports of for-profit schools...
Tags: Education, Michelle Obama, U.S. Department of Defense, Steve Gunderson, For-Profit Colleges
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This quarterback won't be drafted, and that's just fine
It's NFL draft weekend, yet Southern California's top draft-eligible quarterback will be one of the few fans not watching the marathon ESPN broadcast. He and his four roommates can't afford cable television. "I guess I'm not all that curious," Azusa...
Tags: Satellite and Cable Service, College Sports, Awards and Prizes, Matt Barkley, National Collegiate Athletic Association
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24 San Fernando Valley schools seek charter status
Two dozen high-performing Los Angeles schools are seeking to become charter campuses in search of more money and increased flexibility. The list reads like an honor roll of academic excellence. Every school has surpassed the state's target score of 800...Tags: Career and Workplace, Students, Personal Income, Academic Progress, School Examinations
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Happy 150th, land grant universities! Love, Prez Abe
Sevenscore and 10 years ago … is pretty much how University of California President Mark G. Yudof began his remarks on the west lawn of the state Capitol on Monday to mark the sesquicentennial, the 150th anniversary, of President Lincoln’s...
Tags: Arable Farming, Politics, Apple iPad, Agricultural Research and Technology, Abraham Lincoln
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