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So, How Much? : Learn About the Best Sites to Sell Back Your Textbooks

So, How Much? : Learn About the Best Sites to Sell Back Your Textbooks

After you plunked down a couple hundred bucks at the beginning of the semester for all your textbooks, you're no doubt looking forward to the week after finals when you get a chance to sell them back. Hopefully, selling them is worth your while and that Biology textbook that cost you more than $150 will be worth the trouble. Before you pack them...

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Latest comment by Anonymous: Check out http://www.bookase.com, Books Price Comparison website searches all the major online bookstores worldwide to help you find the lowest price for the book.

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How To: Make Tons of Money After College

How To: Make Tons of Money After College

Graduating this year? Without a career plan and worried that once mom and pops cut you off financially you'll be stuck shopping at Forever 21 and eating mac and cheese forever? Don't fret--thanks to cnn.com, you can know ahead of time which jobs will pay well above packaged foods needs. The following jobs all pay over $80,000 per year--and don't...

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Latest comment by Anonymous: What boring jobs... follow your dreams kids!

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Attention Whartonites: The Second Great Depression Is Here, But Remember "Money Can't Buy You Happiness"

Attention Whartonites: The Second Great Depression Is Here, But Remember "Money Can't Buy You Happiness"

The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 500 points yesterday, dipping below 10,000 mark for the first time in four years and signaling the arrival of the Second Great American Depression.

 

For those currently on Wall Street feeling the burn and the graduate students at Wharton who inevitably will, here are some comforting words courtesy of Can...

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U.S. Mint Unveils New Pennies; Many Wonder Why We HAVE Pennies

U.S. Mint Unveils New Pennies; Many Wonder Why We HAVE Pennies

The U.S. Mint has recently revealed the images of the newly designed penny, set to debut next year in conjunction with Lincoln's 200th birthday.

 

Yes, that's right, our old copper friend, worth practically nothing now, is getting a redesign for the first time in 50 years. 

 

As reported by CNN, the four new designs, seen above, will actually re...

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Latest comment by Anonymous: Ben Franklin was on a 50 cents piece, and he wasn't a president. Barack would have to be dead though, to be on a coin.

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Wisconsin Students Earn Cash for Notes from New Website

Wisconsin Students Earn Cash for Notes from New Website

There was an interesting article in the Daily Cardinal today about Knetwit.com, a site conceived by a couple of Babson College frat bros which actually seems to be kind of a brilliant new idea. The site is a bit like Facebook, but with more emphasis on being a marketplace, and more of an emphasis on cheating at school. Just kidding. Sort of.


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Latest comment by Anonymous: I am a student at Pitzer College. I take most of my classes at other colleges right around me- Pamona, CMC... Before Knetwit.com i had no other way to connect with the students in my class- outside of class. Knetwit is awesome!

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College Actually Uses Money For Good

College Actually Uses Money For Good

I’ve always been told that a good education is priceless. And at Berea College in Kentucky it is! The school uses its $1.1 billion endowment to provide a tuition-free education for low-income families only.
 

That gift comes with a price though. If you want to say hello to learning on the cheap, then be prepared to say goodbye to football teams,...

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UPenn to Hillary: Pay Up!

UPenn to Hillary: Pay Up!

Hurricane Hillary has subsided, but the presidential wannabe left destruction and debt in her wake.

The latest college clamoring for cash is the University of Pennsylvania. This past spring, Hillary made two appearances at the school and even Chelsea came to give a talk. But, now that the campaign has died, UPenn is still left asking for the m...

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Fresh Cream: All the News We Missed

Fresh Cream: All the News We Missed

A woman attempted to climb a power plant’s smokestack before University of Missouri-Columbia’s police apprehended her.

 

College Candy’s UMass blogger, Kelly, created a helpful guide to help starving college students make some more money this summer.

 

A Baltimore student explained how to properly leave a tip. (Hint: Mention orgasms.)

 

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Ivy Leaguers Love Wall Street

Ivy Leaguers Love Wall Street

The great American ambition consists of three major components - get a great education, land a high-paying job and get married and have a family. This has been the case for decades and this agenda continues to be part of young graduates' futures. So why are the Ivy Leagues trying to mess with this model citizen-producing formula? 

 

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How O.J. Mayo Spent the Money

How O.J. Mayo Spent the Money

Last month, Louis Johnson, a former member of the "Mayo Entourage," sold out his pal, alleging O.J. Mayo received thousands of dollars in cash and numerous gifts from Rodney Guillory of BDA Sports Management.

 

Despite the fact that Johnson told ESPN that he didn't actually get paid to help Mayo (Ahh, that explains why he's gonna be b*tch and ta...

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Latest comment by Anonymous: If O.J. Mayo received “gifts” before entering into the NBA draft I don’t blame him. Everybody else is getting paid in the college basketball game, but the athletes so why not. Would a few dollars each week toward

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$50,000 to the National Texting Champion

$50,000 to the National Texting Champion

What's with generation Y? I know they're only a few years younger than us, but today's high school and middle schoolers are bizzarely tech saavy--take this: LG's national texting competition.

 

The national texting competition offers a chance to showcase one's--what else?--texting skills. Last year, the winner was a 13 year old girl from Pennsyl...

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Latest comment by Anonymous: I love this message! As a former Vandy Sorority Girl (and proud of it) I think its fabulous! The competition, not that great, but the graphic--darling!

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