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		<title>In Slow Economy, College Will Still Provide Financial Aid</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 12:57:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[St. Mary&#8217;s College of Maryland recently set up a $105,000 Emergency Financial Aid Fund to help alleviate the financial burden of students whose economic situation may have changed as a result of the current economic recession.
With a financial aid budget of $5.3 million in 2009, St. Mary&#8217;s spends 8 percent of its $64 million operating [...] <br /> <a href="http://thepointnews.com/2009/10/in-slow-economy-college-will-still-provide-financial-aid">Read More</a> ]]></description>
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		<title>Academic Budgets Cut</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 18:59:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin Perry, Former Editor-in-Chief</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://thepointnews.com/2009/02/academic-budgets-cut"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="100" src="http://www.thepointnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/budget-300x176.jpg" class="alignleft wp-post-image tfe" alt="Students, faculty and staff gather to consider different budget options at the budget forum. (Rowan Copley)  " title="" /></a>The College’s academic departments saw 15 percent of their yearly discretionary budget slashed earlier this spring, according to Provost Larry Vote and numerous department chairs.
Maryland Higher Education Student Advisory Council Representative Lauren Payne said the budget cuts were “unfortunate given that we are an Honors College and academics should be our first priority.” But, she [...] <br /> <a href="http://thepointnews.com/2009/02/academic-budgets-cut">Read More</a> ]]></description>
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		<title>Is St. Mary’s Still a Great Value?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 18:20:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s possible that St. Mary’s won’t be considered a great deal in education anymore, which is one of its greatest attractions to potential students.
Last semester students got a message sent out by Maggie O’Brien to all students and faculty informing us that there were some cuts being made in the budget of the school.
Most notably:

No [...] <br /> <a href="http://thepointnews.com/2009/02/is-st-mary%e2%80%99s-still-a-great-value">Read More</a> ]]></description>
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		<title>St. Mary’s Tuition to Climb By Five Percent</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 19:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin Perry, Former Editor-in-Chief</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://thepointnews.com/2008/12/st-mary%e2%80%99s-tuition-to-climb-by-five-percent"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="100" src="http://www.thepointnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/students-protest-trustee-meeting-2-300x135.jpg" class="alignleft wp-post-image tfe" alt="Tashia Graham, Mary Donahue, Tess Wier and Rhett Greenfield prepare to protest an increase in tuition. (Photo by Brendan Larrabee)" title="" /></a>The Board of Trustees chose not to break from over a decade of precedent and voted last Saturday to once again raise the cost of obtaining a St. Mary’s education.
Tuition, fees and room prices will increase five percent for the 2009-2010 academic year, while meal plans will spike about 11 percent. The Board voted nearly [...] <br /> <a href="http://thepointnews.com/2008/12/st-mary%e2%80%99s-tuition-to-climb-by-five-percent">Read More</a> ]]></description>
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