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News Release | Higher Ed

College Students ‘Subprimed’

Many of today’s college students face unnecessary financial risks by relying on unregulated private student loans to pay for college, with some students paying up to 18 percent interest.

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News Release | Textbooks

'Textbook Rebellion' Launches Cross-Country Tour

The Textbook Rebellion kicked off a six-week, cross-country tour with events planned for 40 campuses nationwide. At the tour stop, the University of Maryland, coalition members, students, faculty and a representative from the U.S. Department of Education were joined by the tour mascots, 'Mr. $200 Textbook' and 'Textbook Rebel,' to announce the launch.

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News Release | Textbooks

New Laws, Free Books and Textbook Rentals Could Help Curb Rising Costs This Fall

BOSTON, Mass. (August 26, 2010) — Students across the country are gearing up for sticker shock over textbook prices this semester. The average student spends $900 per year on textbooks, and new calculations by OSPIRG students show that costs have increased at an astounding rate: textbook wholesale prices have risen more than four times the rate of inflation over the last two decades (1990-2009).

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OSPIRG Events

OSPIRG Statewide Vice-Chair and SOU Chapter Chair, Tommy Letchworth, with State Senator Alan Bates after their panel discussing how to reduce the influence of money in politics.
Lane Community College student Bill Shook works to ban plastic water bottles on campus.
Students at Southern Oregon University gather petitions to reduce plastic bag usage in the city of Ashland.
University of Oregon students and staff remind their peers to turn in their ballots on election day.
University of Oregon students with Oregon Attorney General John Kroger.
Fast Trains ARE Cool.
Students volunteer at a local garden for the National Hunger Cleanup.
Southern Oregon University campaign coordinators presenting their campaigns at the fall 2011 kickoff meeting.
Students campaign for High Speed Rail.
ASUO President Ben Eckstein speaks at the UO kickoff meeting.
UO Chapter Chair, Charles Denson, interviewed by the local news regarding the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
Plastic Bag Monster fights the UO Ducks. Go Ducks!
Katie Taylor speaking at the Lane Community College kickoff meeting.
Students travel to Washington D.C.
Fall 2011 Board of Directors.
We collect petition signatures - lots of them!
Power Shift West 2009 organizers with State Representative Jefferson Smith.
Power Shift West 2011 keynote address.
Vote Yes for OSPIRG!