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...mounting burden perceived at the College has also been documented in a recent Nellie Mae study. In the survey, the lending institution found that among undergraduate and graduate students, the average debt has risen from...
...same time, tuition has risen dramatically. Close to half of the undergraduate population at the College receive outright scholarships, and without the Campaign, it is doubtful the Faculty could have kept pace with rising tuition...
...percent of Emory's students were black. That number has risen to 17.2 percent...
...mentors, loyalty to causes and loyalty to the truth are all virtues and often create terrible conflicts. People deserve tolerance in trying to resolve these conflicts. In criticizing Clinton for lying, his former aides are telling the truth, which is admirable. But it is also suspiciously convenient. Having risen to prominence by spinning for Clinton, they are now selling their disenchantment at Clinton's having gone a spin too far. In the immortal words of Liberace, they are crying all the way to the bank...
...reason people listen to hip-hop: they want that fire, that passion. And right now, to paraphrase hip-hop folkie Beck, rap is where it's at. In 1995 rap albums accounted for just 6.7% of all music sales; through the first half of this year that figure has risen to 10.3%. By contrast, over the same period, rock's market share fell, from 33.5% to 28%. In their new book It's Not Only Rock & Roll: Popular Music in the Lives of Adolescents (Hampton Press), Peter G. Christenson and Donald F. Roberts declare that today's rap defies...