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If This Is True, Why Is My Tuition So Much?

According to a recent report, Maryland charges high schools as much as $13,000 to use the Comcast Center for graduation. In fact, it used to be as much as $55,000. For our wealthy readers, that's a lot of money. Way too much money.

 

I'm a huge fan of Maryland sports and have s

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Life After GW
Circling Help Wanted Ad in Newspapers Clearly Unemployed (At your parents' house)

This is what happens when the most expensive school in the country has the worst career center in the world.
The Semester in Review: The "I-Clicker"
Take THAT, higher education.

This semester, UC Berkeley launched a pilot program in which several classes were mandated to use the "I-Clicker" response system.

If you've used a PRS transmitter before, the I-Clicker isn't much different, the buttons just happen to click, and ... MORE »
Latest comment by Anonymous: Haha, that's funny. I think they'll have to implant a gps chip in every student's arm or something AND have the location correlate with the iClicker's usage location. Otherwise you'll have someone playing click-o-rama hehe
The Semester in Review: The Million Dollar East Asian Library That We Won't Be Using
"ooh, this looks asian"
While you're all busy with studying for finals, BerkeleyOTR will fill you in on some fond memories of the past 4 or 5 months in The Semester in Review series. So when ADD is kickin' in hard during your study session, be sure to check back ... MORE »
The State Fair- A Downtrodden Tradition

Every year at the end of August, the citizens of the great state of Minnesota are subject to what is commonly referred to as The Minnesota State Fair.  

If funnel cakes, mullets, fried bananas, and Zubas are your scene then this so-called "fair" is for you!  However, if you prefe

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Not All Majors Are Created Equal
What if you had to fork over more dough for your Economics degree than your roommate paid for his English major?

No, this isn't a cruel scheme to prevent low-income students from turning into business moguls. Schools like the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the University of Nebraska and Arizona State Unive
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Link: http://www.newsobserver.com/news/story/653115.html
Latest comment by Anonymous: dude, english majors have to defend themselves enough already for choosing chaucer over capital consumption. now even the schools are saying that their degree is worth less.
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