| Sallie Mae questions |
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| 06:43pm 16/11/2009 |
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Have questions about Sallie Mae, policies, or repayment options? Need a good number to reach someone that's not going to scream at you for not being able to make payments?
Please comment or leave questions here. |
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| Sallie Mae job loss |
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| 06:39pm 16/11/2009 |
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If you've read the newspaper lately, you know there's been a lot of talk about Sallie Mae losing jobs with the upcoming Student Loan reform.
Sallie Mae has a contract with the government to service their federal loans for the next five years. At that point, the government could choose to renew that contract or work the loans themselves.
Personally, I feel that Sallie Mae should be closed down, the government should then buy the buildings and hire the employees back to work the loans, but be retrained. Face it, most Sallie Mae employees, collectors or Customer service alike, are poorly trained and have bad attitudes when it comes to dealing with customers.
Related article:
http://www.thestarpress.com/article/20091102/NEWS01/911020309/Mayor-Sharon-McShurley--others-to-lobby-for-Sallie-Mae |
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| An Economic Case Against Homosexuality- Response |
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| 12:15am 14/11/2009 |
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mood:  annoyed
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I have to say, when I read earlier in the week about a Purdue University professor blogging about how homosexuality is wrong and should effectively be outlawed, I wasn't surprised in the least. I also predicted that his argument would somehow incorporate false information from the bible, even though it claimed to be about an economic argument. Upon reading the blog entry, I was proven right.
What most people don't know is that the bible was translated several times from language to language and the meanings and verses have been changed to fit that language or new system of beliefs by the people that translated it. A lot of these translations reference homosexuality as a sin, but in the original (or as close as we can get to it) it actually refers to male prostitutes that sell themselves to other men for money.
A few of the people replying, thankfully, pointed out that AIDS is a primarily heterosexual disease. The disease started in Africa and spread as Africans believed that having sex with a virgin would cure you.
Saying that spending money on AIDS/HIV research is a waste of money is just ridiculous. If anyone had been paying any attention to recent news, there have actually been some breakthroughs in Asian testing facilities where a vaccine has been tested and proven to prevent or even cure AIDS in about 10% (if I remember correctly) of volunteers participating in the study. Obviously funding research for a cure of AIDS has not been a waste of time as we are closer to a cure for it than we are for other diseases cited by the Purdue professor.
Voicing your opinion and using your right to free speech is something that we as Americans have always thought was right and have fought for such rights. While the "Conservative Librarian" was free to voice his opinion, I'm disappointed that such a supposedly intelligent man would base such a large statement on a piece of religious "nonfiction" rather than concrete facts. If he feels so strongly in this regard, I find it hard to believe that he isn't using this as a bias against students or other faculty (which, according to the article sounds like he does) causing a harassing environment for them with his high level of irrational prejudice. In this day and age, you would think we would be more tolerant, but the U.S. is falling behind other more conservative countries in the acceptance of homosexuals and even gay marriage. Its time to step up, put the prejudice aside, and welcome ourselves to the future, where everyone is created equal as we were always intended to be but never have been.
For reference to the blog entry, please click the link below:
http://bertchapman.blogtownhall.com/2009/10/27/an_economic_case_against_homosexuality.thtml |
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| 02:10pm 30/08/2009 |
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After about an hour and a half of freaking out, cat has been found. |
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| Lost cat 8/30/09 |
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| 01:36pm 30/08/2009 |
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mood:  anxious
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Cat was lost on north side of Ball State campus. Cat is 14 lbs., looks bigger. Solid white underbelly, top is black and brown tiger stripes with black stripe going down spine. Cat is wearing blue collar with red bow tie. Cat's name and number to call are written on back of cat's shot tag. Please call number on tag asap. |
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| 09:55am 09/03/2007 |
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The Everything Test There are many different types of tests on the internet today. Personality tests, purity tests, stereotype tests, political tests. But now, there is one test to rule them all. Traditionally, online tests would ask certain questions about your musical tastes or clothing for a stereotype, your experiences for a purity test, or deep questions for a personality test.We're turning that upside down - all the questions affect all the results, and we've got some innovative results too! Enjoy :-) | Personality | You are more emotional than logical, more concerned about self
than concerned about others, more atheist than religious, more
dependent than loner, more workaholic than lazy, more traditional
than rebel, more engineering mind than artistic mind, more cynical
than idealist, more follower than leader, and more introverted than extroverted.
As for specific personality traits, you are adventurious (100%),
romantic (100%), greedy (64%). | | | Stereotypes | | Hippie | 78% | | Punk Rock | 73% | | Young Professional | 65% | | | | Life Experience | | Sex | 25% | | Substances | 11% | | Travel | 33% | | Politics
Your political views would best be described as Liberal, whom you agree with around 77% of the time. | | Socioeconomic
Your attitude toward life best associates you with Lower Middle Class. You make more than 0% of those who have taken this test, and 91% less than the U.S. average.
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| My life |
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| 08:50am 07/03/2007 |
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Nothing's really happening. I find out at the end
of this week or sometime next week whether or not
I get the RA position.
Rawr. Thinking about it makes me mad, because I'm
pretty sure I'm not gonna get it and it pisses me
off that some people can get a position like that
without even interviewing or telling people that
they're interested in the position. I really
hate Ball State for that.
Anyway, I had my first(only?) midterm yesterday.
I dunno how I did, probably bad. I didn't study
and I've been to the class like, three times.
I'm trying to do well in all of my classes. The
midterm was for my Computer Science class. I'm
doing very well in the Lab, but not as well in
the Lecture(which is what the midterm was in).
Anyway, in my Food Prep class this week, we're
making cake. Woohoo. Like...Three or four
different kinds of cake. Layered Buttercream
cake, Angel Food cake, and a Jelly roll(which
has nothing to do with jelly...).
So...Been getting on Second Life a lot more
lately(secondlife.com). My avi looks really
good and I have a sword and some guns(that do
a fair amount of damage). I urge everyone
to get on SL!!! I really like it. It's like
a cross between the Sims and an mmorpg. |
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| sorting |
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| 09:40am 02/03/2007 |
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I was sorted as a Huffledor at ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif) hybrid_sorting
This means I'm a combination of Hufflepuff and Gryffindor.
"You may belong in Huffledor,
Where dwell the brave of heart,
Their justice, truth, and loyalty
Set Huffledor apart."
"Huffledor: These people are the kind that everyone wants
as friends. These people are the kind that once they have
made a friend, they will defend them to the end and never
leave their side. These people are extremely patient and
are also very considerate of their friends and others.
They’re daring and they don’t have a problem with getting
in trouble if it’s helping someone. These people you can
depend on for advice and their help." |
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| New HP rp |
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| 04:54pm 22/02/2007 |
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Just thought everyone should know, I'm applying for
a spot in a Harry Potter roleplaying group here
on lj. It's called hybrid_elite.
You submit an application there and are then
sorted into your house, or none at all.
Going by your application, they decide where
to place you. You can be a squib, or their
six different combination of the original
Hogwarts houses such as Ravenpuff or Gryffinclaw.
It sounds like a really awesome idea and if any
of you are interested in rping or HP, I suggest
you go take a look, if not join.
This site is just where you apply. Once sorted
you will have to join with the house you are
placed in and that respective lj community
will be where the actual rping takes place. |
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| 09:09am 30/01/2007 |
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Love my food prep class.
Can make some yummy food.
Made soup from scratch for dinner last night.
Suck it. |
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| 03:39pm 04/01/2007 |
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so, trying to figure stuff out. not sure what's going
on right now.
Juju!!!!!! When are you moving in?
and kris will be leaving on monday to go home and await
the great "london expedition." darryl is coming on
saturday. and joe has promised to take me on another
date within the next few weeks.
monday i'm supposed to meet with mr. andersen to find
out whether or not there's room in his art class for
me. if not, i'll have to sign up for mr. gee's class
(if there's still room) or i'm screwed.
hopefully everyone had a good christmas and new years.
my new year's, stroke of midnight, was spent unkissed.
*sigh* kris, april, eric, and i all went to a party
joe was throwing over at his house in a suburb of
chicago. it had it's ups and downs.
on another note, i just bought some movies off of ebay.
gto the movie: liveaction, kiki's delivery service,
and some obscure hayao miyazaki movie. i also went
ahead and bought all of vandread(because i can never
find it on bittorrent or anything).
so, i spent like, 40 or 50 bucks on ebay today.
good news, everyone. financial aid checks should be
in my account tomorrow or saturday. yay! now i can
spend the whole thousand dollars on art supplies that
i won't use all of, if i get into that damn art class.
also, looking to get another job. right now, here is
what my schedule looks like for the spring:
MWF
Work 9-11 a.m.
Food Prep 12-1:50
Intro to Graphic Art 2-2:50
TR
Work 9-11 a.m.
Japanese Culture 12:30-1:45
Intro to Women's Studies 2-3:15
and that's it. so, i have a lot of time left over in
the evening/night where i can work. i just need to find
a job. |
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| Look familiar, baby cakes? |
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| 08:48am 20/12/2006 |
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You are The Lovers
Motive, power, and action, arising from
Inspiration and Impulse.
The Lovers represents intuition and inspiration.
Very often a choice needs to be made.
Originally, this card was called just LOVE. And
that's actually more apt than "Lovers." Love
follows in this sequence of growth and maturity. And,
coming after the Emperor, who is about control, it is
a radical change in perspective. LOVE is a force that
makes you choose and decide for reasons you often can't
understand; it makes you surrender control to a higher
power. And that is what this card is all about. Finding
something or someone who is so much a part of yourself,
so perfectly attuned to you and you to them, that you
cannot, dare not resist. This card indicates that the
you have or will come across a person, career, challenge
or thing that you will fall in love with. You will know
instinctively that you must have this, even if it means
diverging from your chosen path. No matter the
difficulties, without it you will never be complete.
What Tarot Card are You?
Take the Test to Find Out. |
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| 10:19pm 11/12/2006 |
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I totally just bought Trauma Center: Under the Knife
for the DS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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| 02:29pm 02/12/2006 |
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PAULINE MARTIN, GET YOUR FUCKING ASS OVER TO
THE APARTMENT AND PICK UP YOUR MAIL.
THE LANDLORDS ARE SUING YOU AND I WILL TOO,
IF YOU MAKE ME PAY YOUR FUCKING RENT. YOU
STILL NEED TO PAY LAST MONTH'S AND YOU ALSO
NEED TO PAY THIS MONTH'S.
ALSO, YOU STILL OWE KRISTIN AND I $70 FOR
UTILITIES AND DAMAGES. |
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