Pay Your Water Bill With Toilet Paper?

Imagine receiving a water bill that says you owe $2,509.66. Instead of paying the bill with a regular bank check, you decided to pay the bill with a check written on an elegant “floral print, two-ply toilet paper”.

That’s what Ron Borgna of Binghamton, New York did to show his discontent. His dispute over his water bill began in September 2006 when he received a $422.90 bill in which he claimed was over billed. After years of neglect, the late fees and penalties began to grow and grow to what is now $2,509.66.

To show his strong discontent, he decided to write a check on an elegant toilet paper.

Of course, Binghamton city officials refused to accept a check written on toilet paper.

He is now appealing the judgment against him in small claims court saying that he paid his water bill but the city officials at Binghamton refused to accept it.

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March 31, 2008 | Filed Under Humorous and Odd Story | Leave a Comment 

Free Tuition for College Education


Free college tuition is needed to offset the raising cost of getting a college education. It should not matter if you are white, black, Asian, man, woman or any other nationalities, free or reduced college tuition should be given to all.

Getting a good high paying job requires a college education but with the raising cost of college education this goal is proving to be a financial burden. A year of graduate school cost, on average, anywhere from $17,000 for a master’s at a public college or university to more then $56,000 at a private university.

Financial aid can help but will not cover all of the cost. Students usually take out loans but these loans can add up. By the time graduation comes, the cost of the loan taken out to help pay the tuition is so much that almost all of the salary will be used to pay off the loans. This can be especially true for students who are attending a four year university.

During my four years of college education, I accumulated a lot of loans. The salary I obtained from my first real job after college graduation was used to pay off that loan. Now I am planning to get a master degree but the cost of graduate school is very high. So I decided to do some research on scholarships that are available not only for graduate students but also for undergraduates as well.

Here are some scholarship information I found that are useful.

Programs That Replace Loans with Grant
Some universities are now offering some form of free tuition to attract talented students with low income. University of Pennsylvania, University of Virginia, Rice University, Michigan State University, and Princeton University have program that replaces loans with grants.

Other schools, like Yale, Stanford, and Harvard eliminate the need for parents to contribute to low income students’ education. However, the student may still require loans to cover the rest of the tuition.

Free Tuition
There are programs available from colleges and universities that offer free tuition to high academic students who agrees to go school locally. Local community colleges are one of those institutions that offer free tuition for students who graduated at the top 20% of their class. The three state universities in Arizona offers full tuition weaver to students who graduated with an overall grade point average of 3.5 or higher.

Similar programs for high scholars can be found in Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New Mexico, and West Virginia, while Indiana and Oklahoma have statewide free-tuition programs for families with financial need.

Some colleges offer free tuition to anyone who gets in. However, admission standards to these colleges are extremely high. Some of these colleges are Cooper Union, Berea College, and the Curtis Institute of Music.

There are other types of scholarships available. To find and obtain these scholarships, you should go online or go to your public library and do some more research. After all, it does not matter if you are white, black, Asian, man, woman or any other nationalities, all are qualify for college scholarships or grants.

The links below provide information to programs offered by colleges and universities that help reduce or give free tuition:

March 29, 2008 | Filed Under College Education, Investment, Money Saving Ideas | Leave a Comment 

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