LuLu’s Useful Website – Clicker
Arf, arf to you. Today’s Useful website is Clicker
There are lots of TV shows online, whether original broadcast by the networks and cable channels, or original stuff. How do you find it all? Clicker wants to be your complete guide. Search for movies, live broadcasts, music videos, and if it’s (legally) online, Clicker can probably play it, or link you to it. And if it’s not, it’ll probably provide a link for buying it. WHO TO NEUTER: How about all these idiot college professors teaching your kids how to be a bum. Parents are paying $20-50k per year for junior to learn how to get food stamps. Many American colleges and universities are steering their students toward a new source of “financial aid”: food stamps.In Oregon, for instance, both Portland State and Pacific University encourage their students to apply for food stamps. “Many students are surprised to learn that they may be eligible for Food Stamps,” explains Portland State’s website.This may be a little surprising given that food stamps were created to help struggling poor people, not heavily-subsidized and frequently-idle college kids. But have no fear, assures Portland State: “Being a college student is hard work! Not just academically, but financially too.”Far from framing the decision to apply for food stamps as a last resort, the university’s website makes taking government handouts sound like a moral imperative. “As tuition increases, many students struggle to make ends meet,” the site explains. “Sometimes grants and loans don’t stretch far enough and students are forced to work low-paying jobs. For some, this still is not enough to get by. Having to choose between buying groceries or a $125 textbook is a tough decision that many students have been forced to make at some point in their college careers. As if taking a full class load wasn’t stressful enough!”On its website, Odessa College in Texas describes food stamps as a form of “financial assistance.” Bellingham Technical College in Washington State walks its students through the process of applying for food stamps step-by-step.In Iowa, Des Moines State University lists food stamps information on its financial aid page, while Iowa State University recommends that students struggling with food costs go on the dole.Cornell University, meanwhile, has assembled a handy instruction sheet for students hoping to get federal food assistance.Encouraging middle class kids to sign up for welfare may seem like a quick way to overburden government services (not to mention foster dependency), but the federal government itself appears to be in favor of it. In 2008, the Department of Agriculture renamed the food stamps program, part of a rebranding effort designed to remove the stigma attached to government aid. Food stamps are now known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and accepting them isn’t supposed to be embarrassing.
