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• College-bound would be wise to study changes in financial aid

  February 12, 2012 in Business on Page E5 NEW YORK – The mad dash to cobble together college funding will soon be under way. In the weeks ahead, colleges will begin mailing out their much-anticipated acceptance letters and …

• Idaho ranks last in providing financial aid

  January 17, 2012 in Idaho BOISE — A new state report shows that Idaho ranks last among its neighbors for providing state and local financial aid to college students. 12

• Colleges pay to fend off porn sites

  December 14, 2011 in City, Region on Page A5 Universities around Washington are buying up websites under the new .xxx web extension created for pornographic material. But they aren’t trying to bolster their budgets by getting into the porn … 5

• Report: Sandusky speaks out about Penn State molestation case

  December 3, 2011 in Sports Former Penn State defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky said Joe Paterno never spoke to him about any suspected misconduct with minors, the New York Times reported today. Sandusky has been charged … 7

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  UW steps it up

  October 18, 2011 in Sports on Page B3 SEATTLE – Steve Sarkisian is in a groove. So are the Washington Huskies. The UW football coach hopes neither misses a beat when his newly 22nd-ranked Huskies visit No. 7 …

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  Oregon’s James injured amidst dismantling of Cal

  October 7, 2011 in Sports on Page B5 EUGENE, Ore. – LaMichael James ran for 239 yards and a touchdown before he was carted off the field after injuring his right arm, dampening No. 9 Oregon’s 43-15 victory …

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  Give your dorm breathing room

  August 14, 2011 in Features on Page D3 When Wendy Koch’s son Bob headed off to Ithaca College freshman year, the car was loaded with great stuff – too much of it. That the nice Pottery Barn rug …

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  NIC program helps students gain GED while in college

  July 30, 2011 in Idaho on Page A5 Blaine Hahn, of Hayden, officially began dreaming again this week. He enrolled at North Idaho College in Coeur d’Alene in hopes of becoming a mechanical engineer. After dropping out of …

• Higher ed, lower affordability

  July 16, 2011 in City on Page B1 Nineteen months ago, Washington’s higher education officials did what higher education officials do. They looked at a problem and wrote a report. 2

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  Slated for demolition, SFCC’s Building 4 is giving its all for art

  May 6, 2011 in City on Page A1 It’s the wildest doomed building you’ve ever seen. Blue, painted tree branches sprout from the hallway walls, which are a riot of color and forms. A forest of whittled limbs … 6

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  EWU profs show college ‘firsts’ can change destiny of family

  April 10, 2011 in Features on Page D1 Martin Meraz-Garcia would drive his mother to the Tri-Cities fields at 4:30 in the morning and together they picked cherries and his nose would bleed, stinging with pesticides, and he … 21

• State cuts shifting NIC funding burden to taxpayers, students

  January 27, 2011 in Idaho on Page A6 BOISE – Falling state funding for higher education could lead to higher property taxes in North Idaho, state lawmakers were warned Wednesday as they heard North Idaho College’s budget request …

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  EWU financial aid director has free advice: We’re here to help

  January 10, 2011 in City on Page A5 College students and their families are filling out their financial aid applications this month in hopes of receiving grants and low-interest student loans – a once-daunting process. Shannon Flynn, the … 2

• Vestal: Quiet woman had big heart, loved giving

  December 24, 2010 in City on Page A5 Barbara Bethards loved Christmas. She’d gather gifts with personal touches. Items that reflected her friends’ pets, hobbies, passions. Charm bracelets. Pet photos. Cross-stitching. Bags filled with emblems of thoughtfulness.

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  Vestal: Improving job prospects through school has hefty price

  October 20, 2010 in City on Page A1 Sara Kerbs-Ridenour is a schoolteacher working on a master’s degree in special ed. She’s 24, with three years of experience in the classroom. A Spokane native, she returned to Eastern … 13

• College costs often not as high as listed

  September 26, 2010 in Business on Page E1 Editor’s note: Last in a series of articles on paying college costs. NEW YORK — Tuition figures aren’t always as scary as they first appear.

• Families use various ways to pay tuition

  September 26, 2010 in Business on Page E1 DES MOINES, Iowa — Talk about sticker shock. Many parents set on helping send their kids to college have to catch their breath when they think about meeting the projected …

• Choose wisely to save during college prep

  September 24, 2010 in Business on Page A12 Editor’s note: Fourth in a series of articles on paying college costs. NEW YORK – College applications are time-consuming and stress-inducing enough, but even before they begin many families find …

• Cards provide spending options for college students

  September 23, 2010 in Business on Page A10 Editor’s note: Third in a series of articles on paying college costs. The campus credit card free-for-all is over, brought to an abrupt halt by the double-whammy of recession and …

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  It’s never too early to save for college

  September 22, 2010 in Business on Page A10 Editor’s note: Second in a series of articles on paying college costs. DES MOINES, Iowa – The challenge of saving for a comfortable retirement has a few more degrees of …

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  Sending kids off to college can be difficult for parents

  August 9, 2010 in Features on Page C1 There are many lists of freshman dorm necessities floating around on the Internet, but one is especially thorough. It’s an Excel spreadsheet that usually lands in in-boxes with a disclaimer …

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  Arkansas ends Cougs’ season

  June 7, 2010 in Sports FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Before the Cougars had a chance to get in it, they were out of it. Arkansas ended Washington State’s season Monday night at Baum Stadium, defeating the … 1

• Idaho plan would pay kids to graduate early

  March 3, 2010 in Idaho Every high school has at least a handful of them, gifted students who blow through Faulkner as if it were a comic book, teenagers who catch on to calculus as … 3

• Campus assaults not fully reported

    March 1, 2010 in City on Page A1 One reason the frequency of sexual assault on campuses continues to be high is that schools are in denial about the scope of the problem, advocates and victims say. 3

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  Campus sexual assaults still rife

    February 28, 2010 in City on Page A1 First of two parts Disturbingly little has changed when it comes to sexual assaults on college campuses. People still blame the victims. Victims still blame themselves. While there are more … 2

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  Programs provide funds for education, job training

  January 31, 2010 in City on Page A1 Dana Moosman never saw unemployment on the horizon. With a master’s degree in education and five years in the mortgage insurance business, she figured the outlook was promising, or at … 1

• Retraining programs bring hope to the unemployed

  January 30, 2010 in News Dana Moosman never saw unemployment on the horizon. With a master’s degree in education and five years in the mortgage insurance business, she figured the outlook was promising, or at … 1

• College aid seekers may welcome changes in application process

  January 17, 2010 in Business on Page E1 Filling out the form for federal college aid used to be regarded as the equivalent of a root canal. Thanks to some much-needed steps toward simplification, the Free Application for … 2

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  College is online and networking

  January 17, 2010 in Idaho Voices on Page I1 In the last few years, as social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter began to dominate the digital landscape and Youtube continued to attract tens of millions of viewers, …

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  NIC video students help put on a show

  December 13, 2009 in Idaho Voices on Page I1 The lights flickered and the feed went live. A raucous crowd cheered on the players of a high school football matchup as it unfolded on a multitude of monitors in …

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