Profile: VASabina
 
 
 
   
 
"We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them. " - Einstein
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Blog post: President Bush promises to ...

In polls new US military recruits list “money for college” as the number one reason they joined the military. And it’s no wonder with college costs rising more than 40 percent in the past five years paired with a flailing economy that is leaving many young people and their families without homes without jobs. In a country where education is a privilege...

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Posted by VASabina on june 27, 2008 at 11:19 am
 
   
 
Educating America's heroes
The educational benefits veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan receive cover only 60% to 70% of the average college tuition. Virginia's Sen. Webb has introduced...
Tags: education   election   college   Virginia   tuition   MTV: Street Team '08   ...
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by  VASabina on june 23, 2008
 
   
 
When public education fails: A tale of two cities
What if your chance of graduating from high school depended on where you lived? This is the case in Roanoke, VA where students in the city and the county attend...
Tags: education   school   election   Virginia   High School   jail   Graduation   ...
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by  VASabina on june 06, 2008
 
   
 
A Johnny Appleseed for the new millennium
In 2006 college students Grant Gardner and Matt Cortina started "Planting America", a non-profit organization dedicated to encouraging young people to become ...
Tags: environment   election   Bicycle   bike   activism   MTV News   Virginia   trees...
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by  VASabina on may 20, 2008
 
   
 
A convention for OUR generation
Every four years the students at Washington & Lee University put on a mock Democratic or Republican convention where they try to predict the party's respective...
Tags: election   MTV News   Virginia   Barack Obama   Hillary Clinton   Choose Or...
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by  VASabina on may 07, 2008
 
   
 
Blog post: Fleeing for a future
In many ways Fatuma, 13, and Luley, 18, are average American teenagers. They are beautiful girls with huge smiles and soft eyes. Luley is in high school now, and like most high school students, isn’t particularly fond of school or the early morning wake-up it requires. She spends her weekends hanging out with her friends or babysitting her nieces and...
Tags: war   election   violence   Virginia   refugee   refugees   kenya   Somalia   ...
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Posted by VASabina on april 29, 2008 at 1:25 pm
 
   
 
A new home
It is estimated that 2.5 million people have been killed in Somalia since 1991 when their government was overthrown. The escalating conflict has forced thousands...
Tags: politics   war   election   poverty   Virginia   refugee   Somalia   Bridging...
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by  VASabina on april 23, 2008
 
   
 
Hokies live for 32
Yesterday, Wed. April 16 marked the one year anniversary of the tragedy at Virginia Tech. Watch as your Virginia Street Team reporter, Sabina Thaler, discusses...
Tags: election   School Shooting   Virginia Tech   Virginia   VT   gun control   4...
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by  VASabina on april 17, 2008
 
   
 
College students giving back
Ever wonder why college students often get a bad reputation with their community? Well on April 5 your Virginia Street Team reporter, Sabina Thaler, joined the...
Tags: election   Virginia Tech   Virginia   students   community service   MTV: Street...
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by  VASabina on april 09, 2008
 
   
 
What does change mean to you?
For all the differences between the two candidates for the Democratic nomination one thing remains the same - they are both promising change. So, your Virginia...
Tags: change   election   campaign   Virginia   Barack Obama   Hillary Clinton   obama...
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by  VASabina on april 01, 2008
 
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