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Youth voters aged 18 to 29, which Rep. Joe Courtney (D-2nd) referred to as the sleeping giant, can have a direct impact on national elections, he said at the Student Union Monday. UConnPIRG hosted Courtney to recognize the work he did in helping to pass the College Cost Reduction and Access Act - which was a bill signed into law in September that increased federal financial aid spending to $20 billion - the largest increase in financial aid since the G. (0) comments
While some administrators tend to focus on the negatives of parental contact at college, many students wouldn't have it any other way. In fact, 65 percent of young adults seek parental counsel regularly, according to a poll by Experience, Inc. a separate survey by the College Parents of America reported that three out of four college students speak to their parents two to three times weekly, while one in three has parental contact every day. (1) comment
Although some recent research disputes the existence of the dreaded Freshman 15, Amy Pumerantz, a registered dietician and nutrition coordinator at UConn said that she sees the threat of weight gain in college as real for some. "There has been research that disproves it but from someone who's been working with freshman for seven years, for some it is a reality," Pumerantz said. (1) comment