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Student Stories and Photos

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Reworking the life plan blueprint

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Underclassmen fighting to fund college

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Time line: Tracking the recession

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Crunching the numbers: Drury cuts its budget

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Video: Planning for the future

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The death of a dream

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Learning to survive a second depression?

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Video: Understanding the credit crisis

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Student Stories

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The class of 2009 doesn’t have to watch the news or see the headlines to know what is going on economically in the United States.
They hear it in their classrooms, see in the foreclosed houses for sale on many blocks, feel it in the shrinking of their wallets.
And they are inundated with the numbers... READ MORE

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Reworking the life-plan blueprint Seniors find themselves entering a different world than they expected... READ MORE

Underclassmen scraping by to pay for college With economic troubles, financial aid could be in jeopardy... READ MORE

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Crunching the numbers

Drury eliminates $750,000 in expenditures for 2009-2010 school year

In light of the national economic crisis, Drury University is trying to be conscientious about how it’s spending money.

According to university president Todd Parnell, the university has found ways across campus to reduce expenditures by $750,000 for the coming school year.... READ MORE

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The death of a dream A struggling industry leaves few options for recent journalism graduates... READ MORE Video: Watch "Final Edition", a video produced by the Rocky Mountain News on their final day of production

Learning to survive a second depression? Many similarities can be seen between now and Drury's response in 1929... READ MORE

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Time line: Tracking the Recession

Several factors contributed to an economic crisis that rivals the Great Depression... READ MORE

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VIDEO: Planning for the future

With graduation looming, many seniors are unable to look past their senior projects and the difficult task of finding a job. But one of the most important things you can do for your future must start now...WATCH THE VIDEO

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