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Can’t Find Your Friends? Check the Library
17 January 08 08:26 AM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Libraries aren’t what they used to be. No more stuffy, hair-bun-bearing librarians, no more thumbing through cumbersome card catalogs, and no more getting lost in aisles of endless Encyclopedia Britannicas. Libraries are now high-tech, high-speed information Read More...

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College Students Sprawling Out on Bigger Beds
03 October 07 08:11 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Super-sizing isn’t just for combo meals anymore. They’ve grown up with SUVs, Hummers, giant plasma TVs and, evidently, bigger beds—Gen Y’s all grown up and in college, and they like their non-digital amenities big. This fall, colleges and universities Read More...

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