As Ben Franklin once said, an investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.
That was the idea behind the original GI Bill. Enacted in 1944, the legislation covered tuition and other expenses for veterans going to college.
Over the past fifty years however, Congress has scaled back the program to provide a flat payment.
It's Valentine's season. If you're lucky, you've received a letter from a lover, finding out someone cares. If you're an AlliedBarton guard, you might have received a letter saying no one cares. And that you no longer have health insurance. Here's a beautiful message one guard (who requested anonymity because Allied forbids media contact) received in early February: "Our records indicate that you have not consistently maintained full-time status; as a result, you have lost eligibility for Health and Welfare Benefits through AlliedBarton.
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I have a confession to make: I'm a Hillary Clinton fan.
I'm always a little reluctant to tell people about my love for the former first lady. It seems so tragically uncool - the kind of thing that Midwestern soccer moms do, not urban college kids.
Obama-mania has hit Penn, and it's hit hard.
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Alicia Puglionesi is a College junior from Havertown, Pa. Her e-mail address is puglionesi@dailypennsylvanian.com.
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2008 Woodie Awards

