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Members of the campus community share their thoughts on President Joe Bidens student loan forgiveness plan.

Campus weighs in on Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan

Ian Young, Staff Writer September 8, 2022

Students and faculty have mixed feelings about President Joe Biden’s national student loan forgiveness plan.  The Biden administration announced the Department of Education’s three-part student...

USI student debt among lowest in the nation despite rising higher ed costs

USI student debt among lowest in the nation despite rising higher ed costs

Riley Guerzini, Editor-in-Chief September 24, 2019

Students are feeling the pressure as accumulating loans due to the cost of higher education sends them further and further into unaffordable debt. Sophomore Business Management Alex Smith said he has...

President Donald Trump speaks in Evansville Aug. 21 at the Ford Center.

Trump signs order eliminating student loan debt for disabled veterans

Riley Guerzini, Editor-in-Chief August 21, 2019

President Donald Trump signed a memorandum Wednesday eliminating student loan debt for about 25,000 disabled veterans, according to the Louisville Courier-Journal. Trump vowed to forgive all of...

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