College Touition and Financial Aid Goes Up

"As their state financing dwindled, four-year public universities increased their published tuition and fees almost 8 percent this year, to an average of $7,605, according to the College Board’s annual reports."
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     Right now is the time that High School stuudents are starting to apply to college. They mainly determine where they apply to based on classes, sports and the location of the college, but now that college tuition is going up, that is starting to become a critical factor when applying to a college. The good thing is that as the touition rises, financial aid is increasing also.

Four Loko: A Deadly Drink

"Mixing alcohol and caffeine is hardly a new concept, but a rash of cases involving students and others who landed at hospitals after drinking beverages that combine the two in a single large can has alarmed college and health officials around the country." 
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Four Loko is an alcoholic drink mixed with an energy drink. This drink is 12% alcohol. People say that it is dangerous because the energy part of the drink makes you stay up and you continue drinking more than you realize you have been drinking. This drink has sent dozens of college students to the hospital and it is now showing up and more high school parties. Some states are starting to ban the drink all together.