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Archive for November 30th, 2009

S.A. increases Student Activity Fee by 6%

Posted by jdfarragut on November 30, 2009

In a press release today, the Student Assembly announced that the SAF will be increased from $204 this year to $216 for the 2010-2011 academic year.

Given that inflation is approximately zero right now, we should all expect student group services to be 6% better next year.

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Monday Reading Madness #27

Posted by Cornell Insider Staff on November 30, 2009

- A Cornell professor examines how race, income, and gender shape religion’s effect on American voters.

- Every college seems to be banking on “upping enrollment.”

- Charles Krauthammer on why the health care bill “should be immolated, its ashes scattered over the Senate swimming pool.”

- During the annual turkey pardon, Obama “saved or created 4 turkeys.”

- Research finds that early undergraduate specialization can be beneficial, but students who pick their majors early are also more likely to change majors before graduating.

- An interesting story on a GW freshman who entered college after spending ten years in prison.

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