Many college graduates will soon be wondering whether they should aggressively pay off their student loan debt or let it linger and make monthly payments for the next 10 years or even decades to come. ...more

June 29, 2008

It's heartache almost too incomprehensible to imagine. Susan Rizzo Vincent's only child, a beautiful young woman named Andrea, survives cancer, only to be killed at age 24 by a drunken driver. ...more

January 26, 2008

On 10 November 1775, the Marine Corps was founded in Tun Tavern in Philadelphia. This was before the United States became a free country. Since that time, Marines have fought in every war that the United States has been engaged and usually it is the first to fight. ...more

November 22, 2007

Dear Abby: When I was around 10, my mother ended a relationship with the man who raised me from the age of 2. Soon after, she met 'Bill.' At first, Bill was nice, but after they bought a home together and got married, things changed. Bill became physically and sexually abusive to my mother, my siblings and me. The few years were pure hell. ...more

October 21, 2007

It has taken Dartmouth College junior Jess Thomas some time to discover her true academic interest. Now she's an art history major. Already, she's curious about pursuing it in graduate school, perhaps becoming a museum curator. This spring, as part of Dartmouth's Travel Abroad program, she'll study in Italy. ...more

October 6, 2007