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In a nutshell: Associate Dean of Financial Affairs David Charlow, who deals with financial aid, is in the doghouse for having invested heavily in Student Loan XPress, which Columbia recommends to students for their loans. Here’s MSNBC coverage, and more from 1010 Wins. On campus, CTV got the story first, and Spec was hot on its heels (leaving Bwog pathetically in the dust).
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@Protestors This loan bullshit is the sort of thing that should be protesting, instead of whining about the war.
@Agree I agree with you. For us who actually borrow from Student Loan Xpress. Protest!!!!
@wow how ugly is that screen shot of Charlow!?
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/05/education/05loans.html?hp
@the NYTimes did a good job with it–of course, they care more than CTV or Spec about the other two schools. Seems like Charlow’s the biggest crook out of the three! Sheeit!
@sheesh as good as the guy last summer that got caught stealing student employees’ identities and bank account info.
@close reading It says they broke it “at Columbia,” which I think is true.
@WTF? WTF?
@Thanks Charlow! No wonder our financial aid program is not up to par with peer institutions! Columbia has to change that now. Thanks Charlow!
@pink CTV News has a full story now on their website.
http://www.ctvnewsonline.com/archive.php?content=detail&s=39
@ouch on the front page of the NYT site:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/05/education/05loans.html?hp
that can’t be good
@JWeg are we sure NYT didn’t break this story?
@pissed-off F*ck David Charlow, always too-good-to-give-an-interview, I-banker wannabe motherf*ck*r. Can’t say it shocks me from him: sitting there in his office, figuring out new ways to profit while grads end up in debt up to their eyeballs. Send that Enron *ssh*l* to pound-me-in-the-*ss minimum security federal prison. For life!
@wowie zowie columbia moves fast. he’s no longer listed in the people search or on the financial aid website.
@Columbia Ninjas They can make you disappear just as fast if you cross them!
@ya the CTV is a bastion of in-depth news.
@i think it’s matthew fox’s fault
@King of Spain I love you Iscoe…you’re the most awesomest Bwog editor ever!
@the best part of this. guess who is in charge of evaluating cheating and academic dishonest complaints directed against seas students? i’ll give you three guess.
http://www.college.columbia.edu/facultyadmin/cheating/protocol.php
yep, david charlow!
@does this mean that we’ll get money or something from columbia? probably not. so really i don’t care so much i guess
@in recent news Several universities like NYU and UPenn were forced to pay students whom they directed to Citibank for loans after receiving kickbacks from Citibank.
@pink CTV News actually broke this story on Columbia’s campus before Spec.
http://www.ctvnewsonline.com/archive.php?content=detail&s=38
@DHI We got e-mails on both, just read one first and posted before reading the other. CTV is acknowledged now.
@well neither of them broke the story… an independent blog did.
@link http://www.newamerica.net/blogs/2007/04/stock