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TheTehamaCountySan- itary Landfill Agency's 4R Kids Exhibit is a mobile field trip on wheels ready to come visit schools in the area. The exhibit is loaded with fun interactive games and activities to teach chil- dren the value of the 4Rs — reduce, reuse, recycle and rebuy. By focusing on recy- cling, proper disposal of household hazard- ous waste, reducing the amount of waste they pro- duce and showing the students the value of re- used products through fun crafts made of reused products, students will gain valuable waste reduc- tion, recycling and proper disposal knowledge. Some exhibits in the bus include: The CFL Game of Life, which teaches children the proper way to dispose of compact fluorescent light bulbs and tubes; Battery Superhero, which teaches them how to dispose of al- kaline and rechargeable batteries and the History of Trash, which shows stu- dents how products and what we throw in the trash has changed in the last 100 years. The exhibits have been designed to engage stu- dents in the second through sixth grades and take about 90 minutes for a class of around 30 stu- dents. The bus may be sched- uled for an entire day to accommodate multiple classes at a school. The exhibit is available for all the schools in Te- hama County. For more information or to sched- ule the 4R Kids Exhibit to come visit your school, call the Tehama County Sanitary Landfill Agen- cy's Recycling Coordina- tor at 528-1103 or send an email to tehamacounty- r e c ycle s@c o.t eh a m a . ca.us. ENVIRONMENT Mobilefieldtripteachesrecycling,reuse COURTESYPHOTO The Tehama County Sanitary Landfill Agency's 4R Kids Exhibit. By Jeff Karoub TheAssociatedPress ADRIAN, MICH. When it came time to pick a college, Abby Slusher leaned to- ward a private school near her southeastern Michigan home for the small campus and class sizes. Her mother pushed Adrian College for another reason: A new pro- gram guaranteeing every graduate would make more than $37,000 or get some or all student loans reim- bursed. Adrian is among the first colleges to take out insur- ance policies on all incom- ing freshmen and transfer students who have student loans and at least two years of school remaining. "She said, 'Look at me, I'm still trying to pay my student loans off — this would be great. I don't want you in this situation,'" said Slusher, 18, who is studying to become a social worker. "And seeing her in this sit- uation, I don't want that." The idea has been around for a few decades at Yale Law School and for spe- cific programs elsewhere, such as seminary and social work degrees. Some small, religious schools started of- fering guarantees to all new students in recent years, but Adrian President Jeffrey Docking is taking it further by framing the program as a solution to skyrocketing tuition costs and student loan defaults. His crusade has gotten the attention of U.S. lawmakers and educa- tion officials. "Obviously, we feel like this is a big solution to a big problem — maybe the biggest problem right now in higher education," Dock- ing said. "We felt like we needed to make a grand statement." Adrian paid roughly $575,000 this year, or $1,165 per student, to take out pol- icies on 495 students. For those who graduate and get a job that pays less than $20,000 a year, the college will make full monthly stu- dent loan payments un- til they make $37,000 a year. With a job that pays $20,000 to $37,000, the col- lege will make payments on a sliding scale. There's no time limit for the payment plan, but the college caps total loan pay- ments at $70,000 per stu- dent. Adrian's annual cost of tuition, room and board is about $40,000 before any forms of financial aid. The school has 1,700 stu- dents. Docking already sees benefits: The entering freshmen class is up about 50 students to 570; to break even, the school determined it needed about two dozen new students who took out loans. He credits the pro- gram in part for the en- rollment increase but says other efforts, like launching a varsity bass fishing team, have served as a lure. About 35 miles northwest of Adrian, Spring Arbor University, a small Chris- tian institution, offered a similar guarantee to every incoming freshman in fall 2013. A conversation with Spring Arbor's former presi- dent inspired Docking. Although Spring Arbor officials see value in the pro- gram, they're likely to scale it back next year. "For the vast majority of students, it's not a de- ciding factor in choosing Spring Arbor," said school spokesman Malachi Crane. "Is there a way to better tai- lor it to students who really need it and have the desire to have that option? For us, it makes more fiscal sense not to automatically assign it to each and every stu- dent." Both programs were made possible by the Loan Repayment Assistance Pro- gram Association. HIGHER EDUCATION College sees small, big benefits with loan promise CARLOS OSORIO — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Students walk on the mall at Adrian College in Adrian, Mich. The small, private Michigan college has got a deal for you: Make at least $37,000a year a er graduating or else the school will pay all or part of your loan. By Josh Lederman The Associated Press HONOLULU P r e s i - dent Barack Obama has preached economic oppor- tunity and equal access to education as cornerstones of the legacy he wants to leave behind. But in the con- test to host his presidential library, two public universi- ties that serve needy com- munities fear the playing field has been tilted against them by a pair of elite, pri- vate schools with seemingly endless money. As Obama weighs a deci- sion he'll announce within months, the University of Hawaii and the University of Illinois at Chicago are struggling to offer the up- front resources needed to offset the massive cost of building the library and presidential museum, ex- pected to run close to half a billion dollars. The other two schools in the running, Columbia University and the University of Chicago, are both top-10 schools with a combined endowment of more than $15 billion. The Obamas are ex- pected to raise much — but not all — of the money themselves, so a university's ability to contribute will be a major factor. The Barack Obama Foundation, which is screening proposals and will recommend a winner to Obama, has asked each school in the running for explicit details about what financial and other re- sources they can bring to bear. "Look, when it comes to raw fundraising prowess, we're not in a position to compete with New York and Chicago," said Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, during a recent interview in his Ho- nolulu office, overlooking the panoramic, oceanfront site that Hawaii has pro- posed for the library. "We bring different assets to the table. But if the question is who can raise more money, Honolulu's going to come in third." In an unusual move this week, the Obama founda- tion let it be known that it was displeased with Chica- go's proposals — in partic- ular, the fact that the Uni- versity of Chicago can't guarantee access to its pro- posed South Side sites be- cause they sit on city park district property. Still, the blunt warning through the media appeared designed mainly to light a fire under the University of Chicago to fill holes in its proposal, and Mayor Rahm Emanuel's of- fice quickly stepped in to say the city was working to acquire the land for the li- brary's use. Across town at the Uni- versity of Illinois at Chi- cago, student trustee Dani- elle Leibowitz said her uni- versity has suspected that it's the underdog all along. A key player in her school's bid for the library, Leibow- itz said the university wants to team up with a commu- nity foundation to build the library in North Lawndale, a blighted, heavily black neighborhood on the West Side. "If he wants to be consis- tent with the message he's given throughout his pres- idency, it really only makes sense to give it to us," Lei- bowitz said. "To suddenly hand over your legacy to a private institution seems rather hypocritical." The University of Chi- cago and Columbia declined to comment for this report. The Obama foundation said each school has its own unique strengths and re- gardless of which school is chosen, the foundation will be able to raise the needed money. "The foundation is look- ing at each response as a complete package and will choose a partner which, on balance, offers the best op- portunity to create an out- standing presidential li- brary and museum," the foundation said in a state- ment. As public, taxpayer- funded institutions, the University of Illinois and the University of Hawaii face legal and practical lim- itations on how much they can contribute to a project such as Obama's library. Still, both schools have sought to show they're ea- ger to do what they can. Hawaii lawmakers have expressed interest in hav- ing the state pitch in, while the foundation partnering with the University of Illi- nois has pledged $5 million. Obama was born in Hawaii and started his family and political career in Illinois. WHICH SCHOOL WILL IT BE? Un iv er si ti es c om pe ti ng f or O ba ma l ib ra ry s it e THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A student walks on the campus of Chicago State University in Chicago. NeedaDoctor? Wehavetherightoneforyou. 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