LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL :

Unbeatable rates : Students, grads can lock in loans as low as at 3.46% (Dolores Kong, 6/29/2002, Boston Globe)

Jason Mendonca, a newly minted MBA, owes $27,000 on education loans. It's a situation facing recent graduates across the country, whether or not they're ready to start paying. ''It's kind of bittersweet, because the job market is a little sour,'' Mendonca said.

But the 27-year-old, who is a financial aid coordinator at Northeastern University, isn't worried. He knows that after July 1 he can lock in the lowest-ever interest rates on student loans, as low as 3.46 percent.

I'm ambivalent about this because we already send way to many people to college, but could the Democrats please shut up about how hard life is for the middle class these days. Posted by Orrin Judd at June 29, 2002 9:57 AM