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By RICHARD TALIAFERRO
Capital News Service
RICHMOND — No matter if it's George Mason University, Virginia Tech or the University of Virginia, the story remains the same: talk to any college student and be prepared to listen to the struggles of someone attempting to graduate without drowning in waves of debt.
Some survive working at least one job while taking a full classload to realize a dream. Others leave early — their dreams unfulfilled and bills waiting to be paid.
Bryan Hubbard of Southwest Virginia reached his dream — but not without a struggle. A senior studying government at George Mason in Fairfax, Mr. Hubbard, 21, traveled to the Capitol in Richmond to say his piece at the final public hearing concerning amendments to the state’s budget.
He told a joint meeting of the House Appropriations and Senate Finance committees how education cuts and broken promises hit the GMU campus.
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