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By the time Ken Ilgunas was wrapping up his last year of undergraduate studies at the University of Buffalo in 2005, he had no idea what kind of debt hole he'd dug himself into. He had majored in the least marketable fields of study possible –– English and History –– and had zero job prospects after getting turned down for no fewer than 25 paid internships. "That was a wake-up call," he told Business Insider. "I had this huge $32,000 student debt and at the time I was pushing carts at Home Depot, making $8 an hour. I was just...

Anti-Semitism, Loud and Clear Written by Jack Engelhard Wednesday, October 27, 2004 Sometimes I wonder what's worse, hatred that speaks in whispers or hatred that speaks in shouts. When hate-mongers come out of the closet, as they have today, is this regress or progress? Listen to Philip Kurian, a senior at Duke University: ''It is well known that Jews constitute the most privileged minority group in the country.'' Now read the Bible, in the book of Exodus: ''Behold [says Pharaoh], the people of the children of Israel are too many and too mighty for us.'' Is this not amazing how...

MAN OF THE CENTURY Kentucky's historian laureate celebrates a special birthday By Art Jester HERALD-LEADER STAFF WRITER Tomorrow is not a state holiday, but maybe it should be. Thomas D. Clark, Kentucky's beloved historian laureate, will be 100 years old. "I've lived a full life," Clark said recently, in one of his greatest understatements. The truth is, Clark has crammed into his 100 years enough for several productive lifetimes. "There was never a moment to stop," he said. "There have been just too many things that needed to be done." Most of all, Clark has been the eloquent voice of...