Yale Students Stage Sit-In Over Crushing 10-Hour Work Week for Financial Aid

Yale Students Stage Sit-In Over Crushing 10-Hour Work Week for Financial Aid

A foreign student from Pakistan said he has to work 10 hours a week and sometimes more in one of Yale University's libraries just to make the payments that Yale requires of all students receiving financial aid.

That has meant missing out on social activities and other amenities at the country's third-oldest institution of higher learning.

Vermont Gun Groups Say New Gun-Control Laws Violate State Constitution
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Vermont Gun Groups Say New Gun-Control Laws Violate State Constitution

John Cronin

Limiting magazines to 10 rounds for rifles and 15 rounds for handguns violates the Vermont Constitution, gun-rights groups say in a new lawsuit.

Vermont, long considered perhaps the most gun-friendly state in the union, has passed gun control laws in the wake of the mass-shooting in Florida on February 14 and a subsequent near-miss at a high school in the Green Mountain State.

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