Nicole Osuch

Mike jamming on his guitar in front of packed stadiums, Hillary getting teary in an interview and Barack busting a move with a popular talk show host. This odd behavior isn't coming from your favorite celebrity but rather your future president of the United States.

As the editors of the Loquitur sat down to discuss the editorial topic of the week, financial aid, most seemed to draw a collective blank. Only three editors could give a strong opinion and even they admitted the situation wasn't black and white. Paying off student loans is inevitable.

A study completed by Vault.com showed that 86 percent of college students complete at least one internship. Many students hope to secure a full-time position with their co-op or internship employer upon graduation. According to Nancy C. Hutchison, director of cooperative education and career services at Cabrini College, 59 percent of graduating seniors who are in the co-op program are offered and accept full-time employment with the co-op employer.

Every year 47 million people in the United States find themselves without health care insurance. Finding health care coverage is an issue college students deal with as they near graduation and realize they will be on their own in the real world. The career choices college students make often have a direct correlation with the health care they receive.

Nine Cabrini faculty, staff and graduates returned from a trip to the Texas-Mexico border with a clearer picture of the human face of immigration. Dr. Kathy McKinley, a sociology professor, said she knew 13 million people are here in the United States illegally and, before the trip, that was just a statistic that she taught her students in a theoretical way but now she has witnessed the human face and emotional dimension of the issue.

Dr. Antoinette "Toni" Iadarola took on the challenge as Cabrini College's sixth president on July 15, 1992, the birth date of St. Frances Cabrini, for whom the school was named. "I did not know at the time it was her birthday but I have always considered this to be a good omen," Iadarola said in the announcement of her retirement on Friday.

Hey, women. You've heard you earn less about 20 percent less than men, but you probably thought that applied only to older women who have kids and gaps in their resumes. Guess again. The guy sitting next to you in class will very likely earn a higher salary than you right away in your first jobs.

Financial aid offices around the country, including those at Drexel and Widener universities, have been charged with possible illegal and unethical practices. The attorney general of New York, Andrew Cuomo, said that college financial aid offices are recommending lenders based on kick-backs to the college or even personal bribes.

According to a report from the Kaiser Family Foundation, when students are sitting in front of their computers "studying," they're also doing something else 65 percent of the time. Ryan Kaysen, a freshman business administration major, admits that when he sits down to study he often turns his iPod on, flips television channels while simultaneously sending a few instant messages to his friends finding out what's going on later.

Finding a place to call home and get a degree for four years is one of the biggest decisions one has to make in life. For Katherine Brachelli that decision was three years ago as she sat before three college acceptance letters. Two letters came from two very well-known schools that most high-school students only dream of attending, Syracuse University and Villanova University.