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U. S. Students Are Graduating Into Debt

By UCN on May 13, 2012 4:06 PM

Taking on debt has become a central part of the college experience for many students. (Photographs by Ruth Fremson/The New York Times and Ty William Wright for The New York Times)

Kelsey Griffith graduates on Sunday from Ohio Northern University. To start paying off her $120,000 in student debt, she is already working two restaurant jobs and will soon give up her apartment here to live with her parents. Her mother, who co-signed on the loans, is taking out a life insurance policy on her daughter.

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At Liberty University Romney Leaves Out Mormon Faith, Defends Christian Values

By UCN on May 12, 2012 3:04 PM

Mitt Romney singing the national anthem at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va., before delivering a commencement address. (Luke Sharrett for The New York Times)

Mitt Romney's Mormon faith has shaped his life, but he barely mentioned it as he spoke to graduates at an evangelical Christian university Saturday.

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Some Colleges Pull Together to Welcome, Help Undocumented Students

By UCN on May 8, 2012 1:55 PM

Jessica Hyejin Lee is an undocumented Bryn Mawr College student from South Korea and co-founder of Students for Undocumented Dreams & Decision Equity Now. (Sharon Gekoski-Kimmel, The Philadelphia Inquirer, via AP)

Social justice is central to the mission of Dominican University, a small private Catholic college in suburban Chicago. Serving poor immigrants is part of its history.

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Steelers' Ben Roethlisberger Graduates from Miami College of Ohio

By UCN on May 6, 2012 3:41 AM

In this photo provided by Miami University, Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger poses with his wife, Ashley Harlan, after receiving his bachelor's degree in education during a commencement ceremony at the campus, Sunday, May 6, 2012, in Oxford, Ohio. (Miami University, Jeff Sabo / AP)

Graduation day, for a 30-year-old NFL quarterback ...

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NBA Great Shaquille "Dr. Shaq" O'Neal Earns Ed.D. from Barry University

By UCN on May 6, 2012 3:33 AM

Shaquille O'Neal gives a thumbs-up before his graduation ceremony. The former NBA star earned his doctorate in Education from Barry University on Saturday, May 5th, 2012, at the James L. Knight Center in Miami. (Peter Andrew Bosch / Miami Herald Staff)

During his 19-year National Basketball Association career, Shaquille O'Neal's teams won four titles.

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Some Liberty University Students Angered Over Choice of Mitt Romney to Deliver 2012 Commencement Address

By UCN on April 21, 2012 11:15 AM

Students at Liberty University bow in prayer during commencement in 2007. Current students were angered by the choice of Mitt Romney for the 2012 graduation speaker.

Liberty University students and alumni are accusing the Christian school of violating its own teachings by asking Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints whose adherents are called Mormons, to deliver its 2012 commencement address.

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Mitt Romney to Deliver 2012 Commencement Address at Liberty University

By UCN on April 20, 2012 7:57 AM

Mitt Romney, on the cusp of making history as the first Mormon to win a major party's nomination for president, will deliver the commencement address at Liberty University, a bastion of evangelical Christians founded by the late televangelist Jerry Falwell.

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College Students Launch Sex Week on Campus

By UCN on April 18, 2012 6:27 AM

Abby Sun, left, and Samantha Meier, organizers of Sex Week at Harvard, which aimed to go beyond the usual health-centered education. (Evan McGlinn for The New York Times)

For a table set up by a campus student group, this one held some unusual items: a gynecologist's speculum, diaphragms, condoms (his and hers) and several packets of lubricant. Nearby, two students batted an inflated condom back and forth like a balloon.

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Vanderbilt University Groups Push Back Against "All-Comers" Policy

By UCN on April 18, 2012 4:51 AM

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A coalition of Vanderbilt University students, faculty and alumni opposed to the school's "all-comers" policy has released a six-minute video explaining why they believe the policy defies common sense and discriminates against Christian groups.

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Baptist Collegiate Ministry to Remain at Vanderbilt University Despite "All-Comers" Policy

By UCN on April 17, 2012 5:20 PM

Although some religious organizations have said they will not register as campus organizations at Vanderbilt University, the Baptist Collegiate Ministry has applied to remain a registered campus organization.

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