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01/26/2012

Low Loan Interest Rates, More Work-Study Pushed by Obama

In the annual State of the Union Address, President Obama proposed measures to bring relief to almost 8 million students who will see their student loan interest rates double on new loans starting July 1st, 2012.

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01/23/2012

Trinity Votes YES for ConnPIRG

Thanks to everyone for your support of ConnPIRG at Trinity!

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11/27/2011

Zero Waste Tailgate

We just finished up the sustainable event of the semester (in my humble opinion) with the ConnPIRG zero waste tailgate at the Uconn vs. Louisville football game.

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11/18/2011

Homelessness Sleepout

Thanks to everyone who attended our annual Homelessness Sleepout on the quad last night!

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Campaign Updates

11/01/2011

Meeting with President Herbst

I haven’t been this excited in a long time! After days of practicing for (and tweeting about) my meeting with President Herbst, it finally happened.

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10/21/2011

USG Supports Open Sourced Textbooks

Last night, the Undergraduate Student Government Senate passed legislation urging professors to adopt open source textbooks for their classroom.

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09/14/2011

Hunger Text-To-Give Table

We were in the Northwest Dining Hall today raising money for famine relief in Somalia through a text-to-give program that instantly sends $10 to Oxfam's relief program. We raised $800 which will provide instant relief to families in need in the middle of this crisis.

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09/27/2011

Zero Waste Petition Drive

Over the past two weeks, you have probably seen ConnPIRG students in the union, in your dorms, dining halls, and on your way to class asking for your signature on a petition to make Uconn zero waste. 40 or 50 of my friends and I have been busy collecting over 3,500 petition signatures from Uconn students for this important initiative!

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Go Zero Waste CT

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We burn over two million tons of trash every year in Connecticut. We're working to get Connecticut on the path of Zero Waste - starting on campus.
Intern with ConnPIRG

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As a ConnPIRG intern you'll learn skills and get valuable experience working on a campaign. You’ll learn how to build teams of volunteers, organize events on campus, and work with the media.
Make Textbooks Affordable

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We are educating professors about ways they can help reduce the cost of textbooks, like turning their book orders in on time and adopting open textbooks.
Hunger and Homelessness

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Every spring we host the Hunger Cleanup to fight poverty in local communities. This spring we are going to fundraise for local food banks and shelters. Register today to volunteer and fundraise.