This election hinges on many issues, but students aren’t getting a lot of attention. When college students go out to vote this November it may radically change how they pay for college, or if they can pay at all.

Posted on October 26th, 2008 by Aram Zucker-Scharff
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Posted on October 26th, 2008 by Aram Zucker-Scharff
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Did you miss out on one of the Office of Student Media’s 5 viewings of movies about the issues in this election? Well, don’t fear! We can bring these movies to you. If you, your class, or your floor are interested in seeing one of these five issue movies, contact Mason Votes to set up […]

Posted on October 26th, 2008 by Aram Zucker-Scharff
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Both candidates support loans as a way to help students pay for college. Obama’s plan seeks to increase loan forgiveness, a federal program that cancels all or a portion of a student’s loan, most often in exchange for some form of public service. McCain, however, has voted against programs to provide loan forgiveness on two […]

Posted on October 24th, 2008 by Aram Zucker-Scharff
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By Chris Bradshaw Republican Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates Bill Howell visited George Mason University Tuesday to address students and faculty. He answered questions about the current budget crisis and the impact it will have on the state level. “Technically we’re not in a recession – in this country or in Virginia – […]

Posted on October 23rd, 2008 by Christian Yingling
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When it comes to community and vocational schools, Obama sees them as essential to providing local students with the skills they need and intends to reward community colleges that increase their graduates and transfers to four-year colleges. McCain focuses on retraining workers. Read more about how the two candidates intend to support community schools and […]

Posted on October 23rd, 2008 by Aram Zucker-Scharff
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Tax credit programs allow those applicable for a credit to subtract the value from their annual tax payment, or claim it as a deduction. So if you were required to pay $5,000 in taxes this year and you received the $4,000 tax credit that Obama proposes for students, you would only have to pay $1,000 […]

Posted on October 22nd, 2008 by Aram Zucker-Scharff
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Senators John McCain and Barack Obama have had plenty to say about Wall Street and Main Street, but they have said little about how the economic situation makes it difficult for students who want to live on University Row. Though college students are expected to be a deciding factor in a number of states, including […]

Posted on October 21st, 2008 by Aram Zucker-Scharff
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When Hurricane Katrina ravaged America’s Gulf Coast, it laid bare an uncomfortable reality—America is not only far from the world’s wealthiest nation; it is crumbling beneath a staggering burden of individual and government debt. Maxed Out takes us on a journey deep inside the American debt-style, where everything seems okay as long as the minimum […]

Posted on October 15th, 2008 by Aram Zucker-Scharff
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Mason Votes’ roundtable podcast with representatives from Women and Gender Studies at George Mason University. Are there “women’s issues?” If so, what are they? Download Now!

Posted on October 14th, 2008 by Christian Yingling
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