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Marrying for a green card? Nah, in-state tuition.

Grand Velas Riviera Maya via Flickr It’s not just for citizenship anymore The New York Times reports that a number of desperate students at the University of California have gotten married solely to gain in-state tuition more quickly. By marrying, they become classified as “financially independent” from their parents — a status that’s key to…
by Alex Friedrich

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Why some Tommies are finding strangers in their dorm rooms

Some dorm-dwellers at the University of St. Thomas have been complaining of some snags in the notification process telling student’s they’ve got a new roommate moving in. They walk into their rooms and — surprise! — they find a stranger unpacking. Sophomore Kelsey Hansen told TommieMedia student news service: “I wasn’t really sure what was…
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Judge: Work out the U of Minnesota's SweeTango mess yourselves

Judge: Work out the U of Minnesota's SweeTango mess yourselves

In case you missed it, a judge has dismissed most of the legal claims against the University of Minnesota filed by growers over licensing of the new SweeTango apple, and ordered the case into mediation. Growers were complaining they’d been unfairly excluded from opportunities to grow the apple, demand for which is expected to be…
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Notes in the Margins: Rock stars, teetotalers and cheating jocks

Polls: Young non-drinkers up in down economy The tough economy appears to be having a sobering effect — literally — on incoming college freshmen. Some new surveys of high school students suggest increasing numbers are beginning college as teetotalers. (USA Today) Bad Apples or More? The National Collegiate Athletic Association punished nearly half of all…
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Dayton: Budget proposal to increase school funding

Dayton: Budget proposal to increase school funding

But the governor would not reveal just how much that increase will be, or whether it will go beyond paying back loans the state borrowed from schools last year to balance the state's budget.
by Brian Bakst, Associated Press and Tom Weber

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MCTC: You've got mail! Or not.

MCTC: You've got mail! Or not.

PerfesserC via Wikimedia Commons Minneapolis Community and Technical College is apparently suffering from some technical glitches as it transfers over to a new email system for students — the Windows Live platform, City College News reports: “It sucks,” liberal arts student Haley Muellerliele said. She had so far been unable to activate her account, citing…
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What the Community series nails — and misses

What the Community series nails — and misses

So how are students and community-college folks reacting to TV series Community? It’s been out for a bit, but I stumbled across a silly little piece that looked at some of the things that it got right — and a few that it didn’t. (And it has several clips from the series.) Made me think…
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Where some Tommies do their social networking

“I think it’s normal. It seems that Facebook transcends everything. It seems the world has become pretty paperless if people are using Facebook on the toilet.” — University of St. Thomas senior Jeremy James in a TommieMedia report on an AIS Media survey that found that 27 percent of Americans accessed Facebook from their mobile…
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What's going to happen to Rosenstone's defeated rival for MnSCU's top job

“We’ll be delighted to have him back on the job on Friday. This was a great opportunity for him in his home state, where he has friends and family. I’m not surprised that he made his name available. He should be flattered to be a finalist for a very large system in a large state.”…
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Why college jobs don't take away from studying

College finance writer Zac Bissonnette — a college student who’s starting to sound like my father — argues why college students have plenty of time to work during school: … College students spent 51 percent of each week on socializing and recreation … If you think your kid shouldn’t get a job because he or…
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