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STAY SAFE! k thnx bye

July 12, 2016 Next Indiana college, Distracted Driving, Driving, Injury, Risk, Safe, Texting0 comment

You’re busy. You’re having fun. We get it. But get this: statistically, you’re at risk of injury or death due to bad decisions. Consider: Traffic accidents are the leading cause of death for American teens. In 2014, over 3,100 people (teens, adults and children) will be killed because of distracted driving. Five seconds is the average time your eyes are off the road while texting, which at 55 MPH is enough time to cover the length of a football field. (National Highway Transportation Safety Administration) 58 percent of teen crashes…

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Multiple households doesn’t mean multiple financial headaches

March 3, 2016 Next Indiana blog, campus, college, column, divorce, FAFSA, financial aid, money, parents, scholarship, student, taxes, university0 comment

– Paige Clark, intern at the Indianapolis Business Journal Figuring out financial aid can be confusing. Figuring out financial aid with two divorced people can be more confusing than imaginary numbers in trigonometry. Although almost everyone does, or should, apply for the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, it’s still very confusing and no one seems to have all the answers, especially when dealing with two incomes, homes, tax returns, etc. Which was really surprising – I’ve seen the marriage statistics for this country. And after phone calls and meetings, I…