In Thursday's paper, the article that caught my attention was the one about how financial aid is going up as the price of college is increasing. I still don't understand where they're getting this information from. I've noticed that over the past 3 years, that the financial aid has been decreasing. Yes, the amount of money of Pell Grants is increasing, but there is also an increase of the number of people attending college. So really, students aren't receiving more aid and some are even losing some to the increase of students. I like how the article failed to mention that. As an out-of-state student, who is paying a large sum of money to attend college, I feel as though financial aid should be increasing for individual students and it is frustrating to see positive press for this issue. They have also failed to acknowledge the fact that student debt is also increasing due to owed loans.
On the front page, there was an article about Obama supporters leaning Republican. This title was not surprising as many people are skeptical with the way the President has been handling situations. The thing in the article that was surprising was the percentages the poll gave. It said that 60% of the people are optimistic about the next two years and another 70% said that they thought the economic slump was temporary. I have not heard one person agree with this. I would really like to know who they're polling.
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