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Alabama A&M University professor speaks on student loan forgiveness suspension
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) – Hundreds of thousands of Individuals on the lookout for federal pupil mortgage debt forgiveness are actually in limbo.
It comes after a federal decide struck down the Biden Administration’s plan for pupil mortgage debt forgiveness, declaring it unlawful.
It instantly suspended the net software course of for pupil debt reduction.
“Courts have issued orders blocking our pupil debt reduction program,” based on a be aware on the forgiveness software web page at Studentaid.gov. “Because of this, right now, we aren’t accepting functions. We’re searching for to overturn these orders.”
“It makes me really feel like sure folks don’t take into consideration what school college students really undergo,” mentioned Emilie Harrell a neighborhood school pupil at Alabama A&M College who has utilized for federal mortgage forgiveness.
The Division of Justice introduced that it’s going to attraction the ruling. However the ruling solely intensified this system’s authorized troubles. The eighth Circuit Courtroom of Appeals had already barred the Training Division from writing off any debt whereas it thought of a lawsuit introduced by six Republican-controlled states.
Lawyer and professor at Alabama A&M College Dr. Will Nevin mentioned this course of shouldn’t be over.
“The federal authorities has already appealed to the fifth circuit courtroom of appeals and so they’ll have a chance to listen to the case,” mentioned Dr. Nevin, “From there it may conceivably go to the Supreme Courtroom, so that is by far a completed deal.”
For the tens of millions who’ve already utilized, the schooling division will maintain onto your functions to rapidly course of the reduction in the event that they prevail in courtroom.
White Home Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre mentioned Thursday that 26 million debtors had already utilized and 16 million had been authorized for mortgage forgiveness. She added: “The Division will maintain onto their data so it will possibly rapidly course of their reduction as soon as we prevail in courtroom.”
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Deadspin | WCWS roundup: Jocelyn Erickson's 4 RBIs help Florida beat Alabama
Jocelyn Erickson went 2-for-3 with four RBIs, blasting a three-run home run in the sixth inning, to lift Florida to a 6-4 victory over Alabama on Sunday in an elimination game in the Women’s College World Series in Oklahoma City.
The Gators (53-14) will take on second-seeded Oklahoma in the WCWS semifinals, which begin Monday morning. Florida would need to beat the Sooners twice to advance to the championship series. The Crimson Tide finished their season with a 39-20 record.
Erickson was a member of Oklahoma’s WCWS title team last season before transferring to Florida.
Keagan Rothrock (32-8) went the distance for Florida, allowing the four runs (three earned) on seven hits in her seven innings. She walked one and struck out five. Two of the runs Rothrock yielded came in the sixth, but Alabama’s comeback bid came up short.
Marlie Giles went 2-for-4 with a run and an RBI for the Tide. Alabama starter Kayla Beaver went four innings, giving up two runs and six hits to go along with one walk and zero strikeouts. Jocelyn Briski (10-6) took the loss after giving up Reagan Walsh’s RBI single in the fifth, which snapped a 2-2 tie.
UCLA 3, Stanford 1
NiJaree Canady struck out eight in going the distance as the Cardinal knocked off the Bruins in an elimination game.
Stanford (50-16) advances to face Texas on Monday in the semifinals. The Cardinal would need to beat the Longhorns twice in back-to-back games to advance to the championship series. Texas beat Stanford 4-0 in Thursday’s opening round. UCLA’s season ends 43-12 after being held to just one run over back-to-back losses.
Canady, the national player of the year, has pitched all 19 innings for the Cardinal in the WCWS. She got off to a hot start, striking out Bruins’ star Maya Brady looking to begin the game. Canady struck out Brady three times, Brady’s second consecutive game with three strikeouts after just one pitcher in the regular season — Canady — struck her out twice in a game.
Canady retired 12 consecutive batters before hitting Savannah Pola with two outs in the seventh. Thessa Malau’ulu singled after the hit batter to bring the go-ahead run to the plate, but Canady got Ramsey Suarez to ground out to end the game.
UCLA struck first when Megan Grant homered to lead off the second.
Stanford grabbed the lead in the third. Taryn Kern’s RBI double tied the game and, two batters later, Ava Gall delivered a run-scoring single. Stanford added an insurance run in the fifth.
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Erickson's 4 RBIs help Florida top Alabama and advance to the Women's CWS semifinals
OKLAHOMA CITY — Jocelyn Erickson homered and knocked in four runs and No. 4 seed Florida beat No. 14 Alabama 6-4 on Sunday night to advance to the Women’s College World Series semifinals and eliminate the Crimson Tide.
Korbe Otis and Ariel Kowalewski each added two hits for the Gators (53-14) in a game that started three hours late because of rain and lightning.
Florida advanced to play three-time defending national champion Oklahoma in the semifinals Monday. The Gators will have to beat the Sooners twice to reach the best-of-three championship series, while Oklahoma will need just one win to move on.
Erickson, a catcher, won a national championship with Oklahoma last season before transferring and will have to get through her former team to win another.
Florida pitcher Keagan Rothrock recovered from a rough outing against Texas the night before. The freshman gave up three earned runs on seven hits and now is alone as the nation’s leader with 32 wins.
Kayla Beaver got the start for Alabama and gave up two runs on six hits in four innings. Jocelyn Briski got the loss in relief for the Crimson Tide (39-20).
Alabama opened the scoring in the second. Bailey Dowling got on after a fielding error and she scored on a grounder by Riley Valentine.
Florida tied it in the third when Erickson’s single knocked in Skylar Wallace. Otis scored on a fielder’s choice after getting on with a walk to put the Gators up 2-1.
Alabama tied it at 2 in the third when Marlie Giles singled to score Lauren Johnson.
Reagan Walsh singled and knocked in a run in the fifth to put Florida back in front.
Erickson came up with runners on first and third with two outs in the sixth, and Alabama switched from Briski to Alea Johnson to give her a different look. Erickson took a Johnson pitch over the centerfield wall to make it 6-2.
Alabama hung tough. Kali Heivilin’s RBI single in the sixth made it 6-4. But Rothrock put the Crimson Tide down in order in the seventh.
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