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Congress Needs to Act on Stafford Loan Rate | The Nation The current system is by no means perfect. But to make college even less accessible for the poor would have a devastating effect on inequality and upward mobility in this country.

Great reporting from The Fine Print, a Campus Progress publication at the University of Florida. Check it out!

Never Lost: The Journey that Led a Lost Boy of Sudan to Gainesville, Fla. - Campus Progress Now a University of Florida graduate student, Jacob is one of the lost boys of Sudan who survived the second Sudanese Civil War. And he’s looking to pay it forward through a new non-profit.

Great column from Campus BluePrint at UNC-Chapel Hill featured on CP.org today. Check it out:

Local ‘Rush Radio’ Faces Pressure to Drop Limbaugh Programming - Campus Progress Questioning the reasoning of those calling for Limbaugh’s removal from North Carolina’s WRDU.

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Campus Progress' new director, Anne Johnson, began this week. Find out more about here in this release.

Campus Progress Names Anne Johnson as New Director - Campus Progress “This is a critical time for young Americans,” Johnson says.

Another great reprint, this one from North by Northwestern's Shaunacy Ferro:

"This is not a question of whether Catholics want to use birth control. They do. And though I’m a huge proponent of religious freedom, I couldn’t give two sh*ts about how this mandate might play into that particular fight.

This is a question of who has the right to debate what goes on in my uterus."

The Contraception Debate: Where My Ladies At? - Campus Progress This is not a question of whether Catholics want to use birth control. This is a question of who has the right to debate what goes on in my uterus.

One of this week's reprints, from Henry Taksier at The Fine Print:

"Florida provides 45 percent of all tomatoes purchased in the United States, and from October to June, the rate skyrockets to over 90 percent. The fields surrounding Immokalee make up the epicenter of Florida’s tomato industry, and every growing season, Immokalee’s population temporarily doubles, flooded with migrant workers who rely on income from picking tomatoes.

In Immokalee, the systematic lack of legal protection leaves thousands of workers vulnerable to slavery, physical assault, child labor, and s*xual harassment."

A New Hope for Florida’s Farm Workers - Campus Progress Every growing season, a Florida community’s population temporarily doubles, flooded with migrant workers who rely on income from picking tomatoes.

Congrats to Q Magazine at Yale, who won a Pacemaker over the weekend, and to finalists Ethos and Cipher! Campus Progress is proud of our journalism network!

Campus Progress Publication Wins College Journalism’s Highest Honor - Campus Progress Yale University’s Q Mag was awarded the Pacemaker for overall excellence.

This week's CP journalism network reprint is a cartoon by Noora Kamel (from Al Talib Newsmagazine, a CPjn publication at UCLA). http://campusprogress.org/articles/cartoon_ucla_student_budget_prospects_2011-12/

“This is a fairly revolutionary concept,” he said. “It shouldn’t be, but it is."

Written by James Chapin. Originally published in The Fine Print, a CPjn-supported publication at the University of Florida.

Where the Red Fern Grows - Campus Progress No tombs, no caskets, no embalming, no gravestone. It is the vanguard of environmental preservation: a green burial.

“I learned peace with the earth and a new appreciation knowing where our food comes from,” said Tremayne, a recent graduate of City Seeds' Therapeutic Horticulture program.

Written by Olivia White. Originally published in liveOneWorld, a CPjn-supported publication at St. Louis University.

Planting the Seeds of Recovery - Campus Progress Situated on two and a half acres in the heart of downtown St. Louis, MI, City Seeds Urban Farm’s Therapeutic Horticulture program helps clients to better cope with a range of challenges they might face, from mental illness to homelessness to drug addiction.

Check out our Issuu "shelf" on CampusProgress.org, filled with the most recent print editions of CPjn publications. Now you can get all things CPjn in one place.

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“Our investments entrench the repressive minority regime!” These words, in bold, are the focal point of a flyer that advertised a November 1986 rally outside of Armstrong Hall protesting Colorado College’s investments in South Africa during apartheid.

Written by Lizzy Stephan. Originally published in Cipher, a CPjn-supported publication at Colorado College.

Watering the Quad with Blood Money - Campus Progress Lessons from the student divestment movement of the 1980s.

"Sometimes younger kids — ourselves included — feel like we lose our identity in schools. [We] take what the child already loves and embrace it."

Written by Kevin Kunitake. Art by Max Gibbons. Originally published in AWOL, a CPjn-supported publication at American University.

From the Blacktop to the Blackboard: Hip-Hop’s Growing Role in Education - Campus Progress It may have taken over 30 years, but hip-hop is infiltrating the academic world, becoming both a subject of study and a tool for education.

Welcome Brian Stewart, the new CP journalism network associate!

Brian is a graduate of the University of Iowa, where he studied journalism, English, and American studies. While at Iowa, Brian served as editor-in-chief of The Daily Iowan, overseeing a daily print paper, a nightly TV newscast, and a website, which collectively reach more than 50,000 people daily. Brian has also interned at the Student Press Law Center, an advocate for high school and college students' press rights. In his free time, Brian is passionate about the First Amendment, cooking, and public speaking.

"Best CPjn Publication Website," NU Intel (at Northwestern University). Editor Serena Dai with CP journalism network associate emeritus David Spett.

"Best CPjn Publication Website," NU Intel (at Northwestern University). Editor Serena Dai with CP journalism network associate emeritus David Spett.

In Nashville, TN, Vanderbilt students and local residents aren’t waiting for anti-poverty measures to trickle down. They’re knocking on doors and taking action.

Written by Jon Christian. Originally published in Orbis, a CPjn-supported publication at Vanderbilt University.

Good Neighbors: Vanderbilt Students Work with Local Neighborhood to Confront Poverty - Campus Progre In Nashville, TN, Vanderbilt students and local residents aren’t waiting for anti-poverty measures to trickle down. They’re knocking on doors and taking action.

Over half of the world's prescription drugs are derived from chemicals first discovered in plants. As precious medicinal plants and herbs begin to disappear, concerned activists are doing whatever they can to bring them back.

Originally published in the summer 2011 edition of Ethos, a CPjn-supported publication at Oregon University.

Preserving Cures - Campus Progress As precious medicinal plants and herbs begin to disappear, concerned activists are doing whatever they can to bring them back.

Flip through the latest print editions of CP journalism network publications online at http://www.issuu.com/campusprogress Check out the latest issue of Q Magazine at Yale below (click the play button to start, click the center to make fullscreen). Enjoy!

Q Spring 2011 Volume I, Issue II

This week's CP journalism network reprint takes a look at nutrition in the urban desert of New Haven, CT. Originally featured in The New Journal. By Jake Conway.

A Trip to the Corner Store - Campus Progress A look at nutrition in the urban desert of New Haven, CT.

This week's CP journalism network reprint: From six to two in the morning, Sunday through Thursday, Damiana LaRoux reigns supreme over Bass Library with s*x appeal and fierce wit. She's both brash and demure, playful and serious, George, Damiana – just a regular guy in a dress. In this exclusive interview, Q gets up-close with her highness, himself.

Damiana LaRoux: Queen of Yale’s Bass Library - Campus Progress In this exclusive interview, Q gets up-close with her highness, himself.

President Clinton, Amy Goodman, Secretary Sebelius, Van Jones, and many more to speak at the 2011 Campus Progress National Conference on Wednesday, July 6!

Apply today before it's full! http://cpro.gs/cpncapp or apply on the Campus Progress page.

The Campus Progress 2011 National Conference: Turning Truth To Power - Campus Progress Young people working for progressive change.