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Congress To Keep Tuition Down, Beer Money Up

College is expensive, but the fat cats in Congress are hoping to make it more affordable by offering Pell grants all year long. Hopefully, students actually use this money to pay their tuition and not buy more alcohol.

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College Actually Uses Money For Good

The well-endowed are usually so cocky. Berea College, though, is using its endowment to give away learning for free, instead of stockpiling the cash.

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Drew Curtis' FARK.com is a hot news source for college students, and we here at OTR visit the site religiously. Here are five of today's best "not news" stories.

Congress Slaps Hand for Paper Misuse

Because the United States government has so much extra money on its hands after completely funding all necessary programs, and because the state of affairs in our country and world is going so great right now, with not a problem on the peaceful world horizon, the U.S. Congress has dec

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Cornell Gets Money, Puts to Good Use
With continued research, we just might be able to breed grape soldier babies (above).
Pet Projects are again running rampant in Congress, but this time it looks like Cornell and all of the extensive grape eating community will benefit.  How so, you ask.  Well, it seems Congress will be sending $2.6 ... MORE »
Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/05/washington/05ear...
Latest comment by The Reverend: just look at the pure, unbridled hatred on that genetically altered, demon spawn's visage and tell me that he will not bring upon us a wrath of biblical proportions. i dare you.
Congress Breathes Down Skorton's Neck
The U.S. House Committee on Science and Technology, in a blatant and callous misuse of power, forced President Skorton on Thursday to testify on "The Globalization of R&D and Innovation: The University Response," citing Cornell's Weill Medical College in Qatar as a scapegoat for Congress' surely dia... MORE »
Link: http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/July07/skorton...
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