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College student health insurance costs can blind families

College student health insurance costs can blind families

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Hawley Montgomery-Downs was thrilled when her daughter got a scholarship to cover half of USC’s tuition. But just as Bryn Tronco was starting school in August, the West Virginia mom was shocked to receive a nearly $3,000 bill from USC to cover a student health insurance premium and fees for students to access on-campus clinics …

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Eric Kane, left, and Mark Cutler play guitar during Cutler's Songwriting Workshop Thursday night at Assumption University.

Songwriting workshops link music and mental health on college campuses

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The Same Thing Project and the National Museum of Mental Health Project are offering an innovative college songwriting workshop with the aim of creating and spreading positive emotions and awareness on campuses in Worcester and beyond, with a recent launch event at Assumption University. A relatively new concept, according to those involved, community songwriting is …

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