Student Debt

My paper is about Student Debt. I decided to pick this as a topic simply because I feel that Student Debt is increasing around the country, and something needs to be done to help college students get their diploma, without going into debt. I found that only 70 of the nations colleges work to make sure that each of the students and their families meet their EFC, and help with the difference needed to pay for college. That was the most shocking to me. I think that if the economy isnt fixed, Particularly by the government, then even more students will fall into the hands of debt in the near future.

-- KL

English 101 Only -- Feature Article Topics

Comment here and tell us what you want to work on for your paper...


-- JG

So ... What Did You Learn?

After going through the links on e-campus about research, sources, etc., tell me the one thing you learned that you didn't know before. There has to be something ....


-- JG

Logical Fallacies!

Here are some good ones from "SS".

1. "If you sit too close to the T.V., you will go blind."

2."Minds, like rivers, can be broader. The broader the river, the shallower it is. Therefore the broader the mind, the shallower it is."

3. English class is torture. :)

Hit the comment button and tell us what you think they are -- and why!

Dorm Floor Peer-relationships

I'm from a fairly small town in Lindenwold, New Jersey. Nothing too exciting goes on there, that's why I decided to go to West Virginia University! After seeing a football game on T.V. I knew that WVU was always going to have a place in my heart, winning Class Clown and Most School Spirited at my high school, encouraged me to apply to WVU, because I wanted to share that with thousands of Freshmen that were like me and completely different. I NEVER in a thousand years, thought I'd know every person on my floor in Brooke Towers! The fifth floor of Brooke Towers is absolutely poppin, we all know each other and I love that feeling. The other night, we had movie night in this kid's dorm and just tonight, we had a dance party, that soon got busted because it was after quiet hours! Oops! I walk around Brooke Towers all the time and I don't see any hallway that is as social as ours. Just about every person on the fifth floor of Brooke Tower has the door open, on any other floor, most of the doors are shut. This hallway has made me come out of my shell a little bit, when I first got here, I was home sick and I didn't know how I was going to survive a whole year here. But my floor has made it so much fun and I can truly say that if I was on another floor, I would absolutely dread living in the dorms!

- Samantha Messner

Is this similar or dissimilar to your experiences in the dorms? -- JG

So ... Thoughts?

So, now that you've been here a week, what've been the things that surprised you the most about life at WVU? Are there things you wish you'd known before you left home and moved here? What would you do differently? Or, what has been unexpectedly good about WVU?

-- JG

Do Students Need Cars Anyway?

Piggy-backing off of the post just under this one, it seems to me that one way to solve the parking problem is to leave your cars at home. If you think about the amount of money you'd probably pay to park, the hassle of finding a spot, digging your car out from the snow and ice during winter time, the time you waste driving when sometimes walking is just as fast...why bring it in the first place? Sure, Morgantown is somewhat spread out and not everything is within walking distance. But do you really need your car--or can you get by without it?

-- JG