(U-WIRE) WASHINGTON - Medical students, faculty and administrators around the country will hold demonstrations, panels and classroom discussions in the first week of May to draw attention to a growing epidemic of Americans living without health insurance of any kind.
(U-WIRE) WASHINGTON - Saving money for retirement may not be on the minds of many college students. But in his push to transform Social Security, President George W. Bush hopes to reach out to the 20-something age group. The President wants to add individual investment accounts to Social Security so that workers could invest in stocks and bonds and watch the money grow as they age.
(U-WIRE) WASHINGTON - "Habemus papam", Latin for "We have a pope" were the words heard around the world last Tuesday when the election Joseph Ratzinger, now Pope Benedict XVI, was announced. The 78 year old Cardinal was elected by the College of Cardinals as the 265th leader of the Catholic Church, after only the second day of conclave at the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City.
(U-WIRE) WASHINGTON - Since the civil rights movement, racial minorities have made great strides in the world of higher education. Yet when it comes to graduating on time, many are still at a disadvantage. Even as college enrollment among minorities continues to rise, the latest figures from the Department of Education's graduation rate survey show a significant gap in rates for black and Hispanic students compared to their white peers.
(U-WIRE) WASHINGTON - Alex Libardoni, the top high school senior from his high school in Brattleboro, Vt., recently made his decision of where to attend college next year. After getting into all three schools he applied to, University of Vermont, Cornell University and University of Oklahoma, he had one main factor which he said aided him in making his decision: Scholarship money.
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