President Obama at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - pics

[Kadie]

US President Barack Obama shakes hands before speaking to students and others at the University of North Carolina April 24, 2012 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. President Obama spoke to the group about the potential of student loan interest rates doubling this summer.








President Barack Obama greets the crowd prior to speaking at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, N.C. , Tuesday, April 24, 2012.




CHAPEL HILL, NC - APRIL 24: U.S. President Barack Obama waves as he arrives to speak during his appearance at the University of Chapel Hill on April 24, 2012 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The President delivered remarks as part of a effort to get Congress to prevent interest rates on student loans from doubling in July.


President Barack Obama speaks at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Tuesday, April 24, 2012.



















CHAPEL HILL, NC - APRIL 24: A student reacts to U.S. President Barack Obama acknowledging her happy-heckles during his appearance at the University of Chapel Hill on April 24, 2012 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The President delivered remarks as part of a effort to get Congress to prevent interest rates on student loans from doubling in July.
















President Barack Obama waves after speaking at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, N.C. , Tuesday, April 24, 2012.




US President Barack Obama greets members of the audience after speaking to students and others at the University of North Carolina April 24, 2012 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. President Obama spoke to the group about the potential of student loan interest rates doubling this summer.


CHAPEL HILL, NC - APRIL 24: U.S. President Barack Obama greets attendees during his appearance at the University of Chapel Hill on April 24, 2012 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The President delivered remarks as part of a effort to get Congress to prevent interest rates on student loans from doubling in July.


U.S. President Barack Obama's hand is grabbed by students after he spoke about the rising costs of student loans while in Carmichael Arena at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill April 24, 2012.


U.S. President Barack Obama's hand is grabbed by students after he spoke about the rising costs of student loans while in Carmichael Arena at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill April 24, 2012.


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[proverbialwisdom]

1. Terrific speech covered in full by C-Span.

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...unlike MSNBC, which cut away before the final rousing 15 minutes with the snarky characterization, "the president's populist speech to students."

[BlueCaliDem]

4. Andrea Mitchell was very disappointing.

But she hoped to cover her snark with an interview on Madeleine Albright promoting her book.

I continued on C-Span. I was surprised C-Span would even broadcast the speech. It's not like they've been friendly toward Democrats these past years.

[EC]

2. So many smiles

it's good to see.

[SmellyFeet]

3. Used to feel that way.

Hope I do again.

[Indianademocrat91]

5. When RMoney gets this big of a crowd

Then that will be a story. Everywhere President Obama goes, he fills up a stadium...As we saw with Mittens, he couldn't even fill up an endzone.

[Wind Dancer]

6. Great pics.

I saw him campaign at UNC-Chapel Hill and it was packed!

[Iwillnevergiveup]

7. Whatta crowd!

Great to see the enthusiasm of these young people - they want a physical connection.

K&R

[Duppers]

8. he was on Jimmy Falon tonight too

Broadcasting from Chapel Hill and was a huge hit there also.

[proverbialwisdom]

9. Protests planned for campuses nationwide April 25, as U.S. student debt hits $1 Trillion.

http://www.democracynow.org/2012/4/25/1_t_day_as_us_student

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

1-T Day: As U.S. Student Debt Hits $1 Trillion, Occupy Protests Planned for Campuses Nationwide

Today marks what activists are calling 1-T Day: The day U.S. student debt reaches $1 trillion. A coalition of groups from Occupy Wall Street plan to gather on college campuses and communities around the country to protest record-high college costs, and call for an extension of low-interest rates on federally subsidized Stafford loans. In a bid to court the youth vote, President Obama weighed in on student debt on Tuesday with a speech at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

"The vast majority of the $1 trillion worth of student debt is actually held by Wall Street banks," says Pamela Brown, a Ph.D. student who helped launch the "Occupy Student Debt Campaign" Pledge of Refusal. "Those banks actually securitized these loans, and they sell them off, and they make enormous profits from them," Brown says.

We also speak with David Harvey, a professor and author whose most recent book is "Rebel Cities: From the Right to the City to the Urban Revolution." "There has been this immense attempt by corporations and the wealthy and so on to pass the costs of education onto the people who are being educated," says Harvey. "They don’t want to pay for training their own labor force. They want their labor force to train itself and then they’ll use it." [Transcript to come. Check back soon.]

https://twitter.com/#!/1Tday
On April 25th, student loan debt will cross $1 Trillion. Students and debtors are rising up to break the link between education and Wall Street.

http://1tday.org/

http://www.occupystudentdebtcampaign.org/

http://www.occupystudentdebtcampaign.org/student-pledge/

http://projectonstudentdebt.org/