Students at colleges compensated by banks face dubious debit card fees Attending college can be one of the most expensive endeavors Americans face. According to U.S. PIRG Education Fund’s new report, Debit Cards on Campus: Putting Student Financial Well-Being At Risk, many banks are adding to that expense by partnering with schools to offer and … Continue reading
by Kaitlyn Wolodkewitsch As laws change, students need to keep themselves informed so that they are not caught off guard and they do not get fined, or worse, for violating laws that they did not know were in place. As the Trump administration discusses the repeal of the Affordable Care Act and other laws, it is … Continue reading
by Taylor Fuqua When deciding to go to college, the choices for prospective schools seem endless. When the reality of picking the perfect college to attend sets in, most may feel overwhelmed when making their choice. It’s important to keep in mind that not everyone makes the best choice for them the first time, and … Continue reading
An editorial by Kaitlyn Wolodkewitsch On college move-in day, my family came to help me. During this time, a woman took a picture of us and a few weeks later, an email went out to the students and parents about family weekend in which they included the picture of my family. It was only a … Continue reading
by Raeza Hoover I was crossing the street to get on campus when a white Dodge Charger almost hit me. It was Monday, August 21, at the corner of Park and Corprew. The driver wasn’t paying attention while making a left-hand turn from Park onto Corprew. I was a pedestrian with the right-of-way. “Spice Girls” by … Continue reading
Everyone goes to college to leave it some day; it’s called graduation and it looms large for seniors at the end of their studies. Spartan Echo TV reporter Kahlil Montague spoke with graduating seniors on the campus of Norfolk State University to see how they’re dealing with this monumental life transition. Continue reading
Spartan Echo TV reporter Kahlil Montague knows it’s difficult to find and join the right campus organization. So he went across the campus of Norfolk State University and got some advice from various organization members on how students can make the right choice and get involved. Continue reading
Group of Republican and Democratic Senators reintroduce Campus Accountability and Safety Act to prevent sexual assault on college campuses, protect survivors, and provide accountability and transparency for institutions WASHINGTON — Yesterday, April 6, U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) and a bipartisan group of Senate colleagues reintroduced legislation to combat sexual assault on college and … Continue reading
Bipartisan legislation would let students earn college credit through Pell Grant program WASHINGTON—U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) and Rob Portman (R-OH) introduced bipartisan legislation to make college more affordable for low-income students by letting them earn college credits while still in high school with the help of the Pell Grant program. The Go to … Continue reading
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Energy Secretary Rick Perry, whose agency oversees the nation’s nuclear arsenal, is inserting himself into an unusually small political dispute: an election for student body president at Texas A&M. In an op-ed submitted to the Houston Chronicle, the former Texas governor suggested that his alma mater’s first openly gay president may … Continue reading
February 20, 2017 To the University Community: The White House issued a Presidential Executive Order (“Executive Order”) on January 27, 2017, which impacts members of the Norfolk State University Community. The Executive Order suspends the “entry into the United States” for 90 days (and possibly longer) to nationals from seven countries: Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, … Continue reading
The Spartan Echo student newspaper thanks our audience for their wonderful support throughout this fall semester. Whether you picked up a print copy on campus, downloaded the PDF of our print editions online, browsed our website, kept up with our website posts through Twitter or Facebook, watched our videos online or our TV show on campus … Continue reading
TEXAS CITY, Texas (AP) — Family members of a Houston-area high school student who killed herself are rallying for tighter laws against cyberbullying. Brandy Vela’s family says cyberbullying pushed the 18-year-old over the edge, leading her to shoot herself in the chest Tuesday afternoon at the family’s Texas City home as family members watched. Her … Continue reading
by Shaye Southall 40-plus year-old college freshmen, who decide to go back to college after their children have graduated from high school, seems to be a new trend. You can attend college whenever you choose to. You can be as young as 13 or old as 99. There is no time limit on when you … Continue reading
OREM, Utah (AP) — As a group of boys at a Utah high school changed Tuesday morning into gym clothes for physical education class, a straight-A student pulled out a knife in the locker room and stabbed five of his classmates, sending the injured running for their lives and covered in blood, police said. The 16-year-old … Continue reading
