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Lawrence High School s 4-speaker debate team celebrates after finishing in third place at the 6A state debate tournament on Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021.
Last weekend’s Class 6A state debate tournament might not have started well for Lawrence High School, but the school’s four-speaker team found a way to make sure it ended well, coach Jeff Plinsky said.
After starting the virtual tournament with two wins and four losses during the first round on Friday, the team was sitting near the bottom of the standings. But the debaters did not let a slow start hold them down, and they stormed back on Saturday with a 7-1 record for the day. They finished in third place with a 9-5 overall record, right behind Blue Valley North High School, which also had a 9-5 record but which won 26 ballots from the judges while LHS won 23, according to the Kansas State High School Activities Association. Perennial champion Washburn Rural High School, which finished with a 12-2 rec
Student Loan Burden Weighs Down a Generation
Student Loan Burden Weighs Down a Generation
Looking to Biden Administration for Relief Share this story Published January 19th, 2021 at 6:00 AM Above image credit: The cost of college is increasing nearly eight times as fast as wages, making it more difficult to repay student loans. (Photo | Unsplash)
When Michael Wolfe was in high school, his economics teacher told him to follow his dreams and go to college to get a film production degree.
Wolfe still regards this as some of the worst advice he’s ever received.
At age 25, Wolfe is in $92,000 of student debt after just three years at Chapman University in Orange, California. His student loans have become a ball and chain.