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by Kathy Wolfer The average cost of a state college is about $21,600 a year for tuition and board, while a private school averages about $35,000. There are more than 150 colleges and universities in the United States that charge more than $50,000 a year. It’s no wonder there is about $1.2 trillion of student loan debt in the country, an average of about $37,000 per student. This week, Tidbits visits a few institutions to check out the price of higher education. • The oldest liberal arts college in America can be found in Oberlin, Ohio. Founded by two Presbyterian ministers, who also founded the town, Oberlin College opened in 1833. They named the institution after a minister whom they both admired. Oberlin was the first college to admit African-American students, men in 1835 and women in 1837. Annual tuition is about $71,500. • Established in Baltimore, Maryland in 1876, Johns Hopkins University came about through the gift of an American Quaker entrepreneur, abolitionist, and philanthropist, who bequeathed $7 million (about $141.2 million in today’s money) to build a university and research hospital. Total tuition and room and board at this prestigious institution will set you back about $71,000 a year. turn the page for more!

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EXPENSIVE COLLEGES (continued): • In 1924, real estate mogul William Van Duzer Lawrence began efforts to found a junior college for women, focusing on arts and humanities. In 1928, Sarah Lawrence College, named for Williams’ wife, welcomed its first students to buildings built on part of Lawrence’s Yonkers, New York, estate on the banks of the Bronx River. The college has more than doubled its size since then, sitting on 44 wooded acres. Today, it is a co-educational college that uses the same approach to education as Oxford University, with a oneon-one student/faculty relationship. Students pursue degrees in writing, dance, theater, film, painting, economics, political science, philosophy, and a host of other areas. TV’s Barbara Walters graduated from there with a degree in English, and designer Vera Wang received a degree in art history. Full-time students can expect to pay about $72,500 per year to attend the school. • The primary campus of New York University is in Greenwich Village, with more than 100 buildings in Manhattan and several in Brooklyn. Founded in 1831, before long it became one of the nation’s largest universities. In 1917, its enrollment was more than 9,300. Today, that figure is nearing 26,500. NYU receives more applications than any other private college in the U.S., with 75,037 undergrad applications received for the 2018 term. The annual cost of NYU is about $72,000, with graduates’ average starting salary at $57,400. • You’ll need $70,000 a year to enroll at Pennsylvania’s Haverford College, an institution founded in 1833 by the Quakers. However, over 50% of students receive some type of financial aid from the college. It’s a small school, with its total enrollment below 300 for most of the 20th century. These days, enrollment is about 1,300. (cont. next page)

Peanut Butter Cookies

These peanut butter classics are always a huge hit with children. 2 cups all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon salt 1 cup (2 sticks) butter (no substitutions), softened 1 cup (packed) brown sugar 1 cup (plus 2 tablespoons) granulated sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 2 large eggs 1 jar (18-ounce) creamy peanut butter 1. Heat oven to 350 F. On waxed paper, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. 2. In large bowl, with mixer on medium speed, beat butter, brown sugar and 1 cup granulated sugar 2 minutes or until creamy, occasionally scraping bowl with rubber spatula. Reduce speed to low; beat in vanilla, then eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add peanut butter and beat on medium speed 2 minutes or until creamy. Reduce speed to low; beat in flour mixture just until blended, occasionally scraping bowl. 3. Drop dough by rounded measuring tablespoons, 2 inches apart, on ungreased large cookie sheet. Place remaining 2 tablespoons granulated sugar on plate or sheet of waxed paper. Dip tines of fork in sugar, then press twice into top of each cookie, making a crisscross pattern. 4. Bake cookies 12 to 14 minutes or until lightly browned at edges. Cool on cookie sheet 2 minutes, and then tansfer cookies to wire rack to cool completely. Repeat with remaining dough and sugar. 5. Store cookies in tightly covered container at room temperature up to 2 weeks or in freezer up to 3 months. Makes about 6 dozen cookies. * Each cookie: About 105 calories, 7g total fat (3g saturated), 13mg cholesterol, 120mg sodium, 10g total carbohydrate, 1g dietary fiber, 2g protein..

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EXPENSIVE COLLEGES (continued): • Harvey Mudd College, located in Claremont, California, has less than 900 students and a student/faculty ratio of 9:1. It’s been rated the top undergraduate Engineering College in the U.S. The school is named after mining engineer Harvey Mudd, a graduate of Stanford and Columbia, and former president of Cyprus Mines. Mudd was involved in establishing the college, but died before the school opened in 1957. The average starting salary for graduates is about $93,000. However, to get to graduation, annual tuition is close to $77,000. About 70% of new students are eligible for financial aid. • The University of Chicago has produced 97 Nobel Prize laureates and numerous billionaires. It was founded in 1890 with donations from the American Baptist Education Society and oil magnate John D. Rockefeller. The nearly $79,000 a year cost helps take care of their 16,000 students and another 16,000 administrative staff members. • It costs close to $70,000 a year to attend the Julliard School for the performing arts in New York City. The school has had some interesting locations since its 1905 founding. It started out in a former mansion on Fifth Avenue. The school moved five years later onto a property purchased from an insane asylum. In 1924, the school purchased the Vanderbilt family guesthouse for its graduate school. (That guesthouse now houses CBS Studio offices.) It’s not easy to get into Julliard with its 8% acceptance rate of applications for admission. You’ll recognize the names of a few of its attendees – William Hurt, Barry Manilow, Wynton Marsalis, and Itzhak Perlman. Child prodigy pianist Marvin Hamlisch was accepted into the school’s precollege division at age six. • When the University of Southern California was founded in 1880, tuition was $15 per term. That’s a far cry from the close to $60,000 a student can expect these days.

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• It’s not an easy task to get into New York City’s Columbia University. Their acceptance rate is just 5.5%, one of the nation’s most selective colleges. Columbia is ranked the third best university in the United States behind Princeton and Harvard. Located in Upper Manhattan, the university was established in 1754, before the Revolutionary War. Three presidents, 10 Supreme Court justices, 96 Nobel Prize winners, 38 living billionaires, and 125 Pulitzer Prize winners are alumni of Columbia. Those planning to attend should expect to shell out over $74,000 a year. • Located in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, Bard College was founded in 1860 by the grandson of the founder of Columbia University’s medical school, who was also private physician to George Washington. The liberal arts college boasts that 98% of their classes have less than 25 students, a 10:1 ratio. It costs $72,400 a year for the privilege of attending this college. • The state of Massachusetts has at least 24 colleges that cost more than $60,000 a year to attend, with several upwards of $70,000. Boston College charges $69,293 a year for tuition and board. Seventy members of Congress have graduated from Williams College in Williamstown, a college that now has a cost of $70,000 annually. The women’s liberal arts Smith College, which opened in 1875, has a cost of over $72,000, while Tufts College’s price tag is $73,500. Amherst College was established as a men’s college in 1821, and remained so until 1975. Its annual rate is $77,000. That’s about the average rate at Harvard as well.

We're Not Victims

Veterans make up about one-third of the federal workforce. That means a lot of us were affected by the shutdown. Some in the mainstream press (as well as the government employees union) took that political opportunity to wring their hands about us poor veterans and how some of us might be driven to suicide because of a couple of missing paychecks. Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie was forced to address this in a terse letter to the president of the American Federation of Government Employees, telling him to stop promoting the "veteran as victim" mentality. There are no guarantees of employment. If we're in a civilian job, they can let us go with no notice. If we're in a government job, we can be caught up in shutdowns. While most last only a few days, the one in 2013 went on for 16 days (blame the Affordable Care Act). In 1995, it was 21 days (the problem: balancing the budget). As politicans posture and snarl, we get caught in the crossfire. However, there are ways we can take care of ourselves. Consider this a clip and save column for how to survive a government shutdown ... or even a civilian layoff. The best-advice financial rule is to have savings stuck away to cover six to nine months of living expenses, especially if you have a family. Do not buy that new car until you have that money. Do not buy a new anything until you have that money. Do a budget and pare it down to essentials, multiply that by six or nine, and that's how much you need to put away. Consider taking on a part-time job, if only for a little while, and put that money in your stash. No matter who we work for, anything can happen. Be ready. (c) 2019 King Features Synd., Inc.

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which is not uncommon with both Lexapro and Celexa. That's a simple blood test.

To Your Good Health By Keith Roach, M.D.

Man Loses Body Hair in the Wrong Places DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 63-year-old man. A visit to my urologist did not answer some questions I have. I was told by my regular doctor that aging is a factor in men losing leg hair. Is that true? I am losing pubic hair, and even hair up to the navel. Why is that? Years ago, I found that I had lost the hair between my legs. A medication I was prescribed (Lexapro/Celexa) had bad side effects for me. It caused sexual problems and the loss of perineum hair. Could there be a connection? It is funny that I have only slight chest hair reduction and little back hair loss. Maybe the urologist brushed me off, but it is important to me. I had been under a lot of stress during the summer. -- T.K. ANSWER: When I see leg hair being lost, the first thing I worry about is the circulation in the legs. This can be an early sign of peripheral vascular disease, which is important to recognize because it is treatable and also predicts greater risk of heart attack and stroke. If you have any risk factors for vascular disease, I would talk to your doctor about getting this tested, which is easy and noninvasive. However, the loss of pubic hair makes me concerned about a drop in testosterone. This can cause sexual troubles as well, but it sounds like your sexual issues were related to the medication,

Severe stress can rarely cause loss of all body hair, alopecia universalis, but that is really ALL hair, including eyebrows and eyelashes, which is not what you have. DEAR DR. ROACH: I am an 80-year-old female, and I bruise from the slightest tap on my skin. My skin is very thin. When you press too hard on my arm or leg, it hurts. I have seen vascular specialists, but I have been told it is because of my thin skin. I feel like I should live in a bubble. My doctor says the same thing as the specialists. Do you have any suggestions to make my veins stronger? I am taking vitamin C, as I read that this might help. -- J.C. ANSWER: Easy bruising is a common problem in the elderly, and although it sometimes is an indication of serious disease, most of the time it is benign. I begin to worry when I see bleeding from the gums or nose, with multiple large bruises with no trauma, or in people with a family history of bleeding. Some simple laboratory tests can help decide whether this is likely a sign of internal disease. In the majority of cases, with none of the worry signs above, people can be reassured. Vitamin C and vitamin K deficiency can cause easy bruising, so foods high in these nutrients or a supplement can be tried. I recommend getting these through food rather than supplements, if possible. A few years ago, a study showed that a bioflavonoid supplement helped with easy bruising, and most pharmacies and health-food stores carry bioflavonoid supplements if diet is inadequate. Many fruits and vegetables are high in these compounds, especially citrus fruits, legumes, hot peppers and onions. These certainly can't hurt, and may help. Dr. Roach regrets that he is unable to answer individual letters, but will incorporate them in the column whenever possible. Readers may email questions to ToYourGoodHealth@med. cornell.edu. (c) 2019 North America Synd., Inc. All Rights Reserved

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EXPENSIVE COLLEGES (continued) • It’s not an easy task to get into New York City’s Columbia University. Their acceptance rate is just 5.5%, one of the nation’s most selective colleges. Columbia is ranked the third best university in the United States behind Princeton and Harvard. Located in Upper Manhattan, the university was established in 1754, before the Revolutionary War. Three presidents, 10 Supreme Court justices, 96 Nobel Prize winners, 38 living billionaires, and 125 Pulitzer Prize winners are alumni of Columbia. Those planning to attend should expect to shell out over $74,000 a year. • Located in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, Bard College was founded in 1860 by the grandson of the founder of Columbia University’s medical school, who was also private physician to George Washington. The liberal arts college boasts that 98% of their classes have less than 25 students, a 10:1 ratio. It costs $72,400 a year for the privilege of attending this college. • The state of Massachusetts has at least 24 colleges that cost more than $60,000 a year to attend, with several upwards of $70,000. Boston College charges $69,293 a year for tuition and board. Seventy members of Congress have graduated from Williams College in Williamstown, a college that now has a cost of $70,000 annually. The women’s liberal arts Smith College, which opened in 1875, has a cost of over $72,000, while Tufts College’s price tag is $73,500. Amherst College was established as a men’s college in 1821, and remained so until 1975. Its annual rate is $77,000. That’s about the average rate at Harvard as well.

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Senior Scamming 101 One in 18 seniors will become the victim of scammers this year, and those thieves will steal $3 billion from us. Others say these figures are too low because many scams aren't reported, and the thieves could well be getting as much as $36 billion a year. How do the scammers con us? Maybe we did well in life and not only have money in the bank but we also receive a Social Security check every month, so we're more relaxed about money. Maybe we didn't do well financially and could use some extra cash if it's offered, not recognizing a scam. We might have a medical problem, and it's just easier to give in when we're pushed. Often we're lonely and are too willing to talk to people who call us, or we're scared when they threaten us. There are many ways thieves can break down our barriers.

What do they want? Money, any way they can get it. They want our banking information, passwords and logins, Medicare number, Social Security number -- anything that will get them access to our money and identification. Why don't we turn them in when we get scammed? We're embarrassed ... shocked that someone did this to us and that we fell for it. How do they get to us? The Internet is the most likely way, or they might call on the phone. Mortgage, pretend grandchildren, Social Security, home repairs, sweepstakes prizes, Medicare, phony IRS calls, investments, counterfeit drugs -- all of these and more are associated with scams against seniors. If you haven't taken a scam class at the senior center, do so. Or if none is offered, ask for one to be created. Out of approximately 20 people in a class, at least one has already been victimized. (c) 2019 King Features Synd., Inc.

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1. 1 For which major-league team did Francisco Rodriguez save a record 62 games in 2008? 2. Name the last team before the Minnesota Twins in 2016-17 to go from 100-plus losses in one season to a winning record the next. 3. In 2018, Kansas City's Travis Kelce became the second tight end in NFL history to have three consecutive seasons of 1,000 or more receiving yards. Who was the first to do it? 4. When was the last time before 2018 that the University of North Carolina's men's basketball team lost an NCAA Tournament game in the state of North Carolina?

5 In how many seasons did Chicago's Bobby Hull lead the NHL in goals scored? 5. 6. 6 When was the last time before 2018 that a U.S. athlete won an Olympic medal in cross-country skiing? 7. 7 Name the last time before 2018 that Tiger Woods won a PGA event.

• On Feb. 28, 1844, President John Tyler cruises the Potomac with 400 others aboard the U.S. Navy's new steam frigate USS Princeton. The Princeton carried a new 12inch, 27,000-pound cannon called the Peacemaker. During a test firing, the cannon exploded, killing several aboard, including two members of Tyler's cabinet. • On March 3, 1875, the first indoor game of ice hockey is played in Quebec. Prior to the move indoors, ice hockey was a casual outdoor game, with no rules regarding the number of players per side. For the 1875 Montreal game, the ball was replaced with a wooden disc, now known as a puck. • On March 2, 1929, The Jones Act, the last gasp of the Prohibition, is passed by Congress. The act strengthened the federal penalties for bootlegging. • On Feb. 27, 1936, Shirley Temple receives a new contract from 20th Century Fox that will pay the 7-year-old star $50,000 per film, equal to $910,264.49 in today's dollars. The studio also altered her birth certificate, making it appear that she was a year younger. • On Feb. 26, 1949, from Carswell AFB in Texas, the Lucky Lady II, a B-50 Superfortress, takes off on the first nonstop round-the-world flight. The Lucky Lady II was refueled four times in the air and returned after 94 hours. • On Feb. 25, 1964, Cassius Clay shocks the odds-makers by dethroning world heavyweight boxing champ Sonny Liston in a seventh-round technical knockout. Later that year, Clay took the Muslim name of Muhammad Ali. • On March 1, 1971, a bomb explodes in the Capitol building in Washington, D.C., destroying a bathroom and barber shop but injuring no one. A group calling itself the "Weather Underground" claimed credit for the bombing, done in protest of the ongoing U.S.-supported Laos invasion. (c) 2019 Hearst Communications, Inc. All Rights Reserved

1. The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. 2. The 2008-09 Seattle Mariners. 3. Carolina's Greg Olsen (2014-16)4. It was against Pennsylvania in 1979. 5. Seven times, with a high of 58 goals in 1968-69. 6. Bill Koch won a silver in the 30 km in 1976. 7. He won the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational in 2013. (c) 2019 King Features Syndicate, Inc.

DOG BISCUITS

There are some unusual observances in the world, and perhaps one of the strangest is Dog Biscuit Appreciation Day on February 23. It’s time for Tidbits readers to “bone” up on these facts about doggie treats! • Believe it or not, the history of dog biscuits dates back to the era of the Roman Empire. Dogs were given “bad bread,” that which was considered low quality and unfit for human consumption. Bread for dogs was called “parruna,” and was made from bran. This was the practice until the 1800s, when a dog food made of vegetables mixed with grain came onto the scene. • A Brit by the name of “Mr. Smith” sold dogbiscuit food in the area of Maidenhead in 1827. It consisted of oats, potatoes, carrots, and parsnips, and according to an 1828 publication, the factory was producing sales of five tons a week. • In 1860, an Ohio electrician traveled to London to sell his new invention, lightning rods. Upon landing in London, as James Spratt stood along the harbor, he observed several mongrel dogs eating discarded hardtack, the cheap, dry, tough biscuits that sailors ate while on long sea voyages. Spratt was inspired to develop a biscuit for dogs, before long he had patented his mixture of grains, beetroot, vegetables, and gelatinous beef parts and beef blood, and was marketing as “Spratt’s Meat Fibrine Dog Cakes.” • Others jumped on the bandwagon quickly, including Dr. A.C. Daniels’ Medicated Dog Bread, and in 1871, advertisements for Slater’s Meat Biscuit for Dogs bragged that this product contained “vegetable substances and 25% of prepared meat products.” They claimed that their biscuits would “give dogs endurance” and “keep them in fine working condition.”

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• "I store my extra sheets under the bed they go with in a storage box. On the lid of the box, I write the date when the mattress needs to be flipped. This way I never forget how long it has been." -- W.F in Arkansas • One way to de-pill a sweater is using a new scrubbie from kitchen. Just hold the sweater taut, and use the rough side of a kitchen sponge to lightly brush the fabric, letting it catch the pills and sweep them away. • "To get rid of brassy undertones in your hair, mix 10 drops of blue food coloring and 5 drops of red food coloring in 2.5 cups of vinegar, and apply as a rinse to hair. The purple cools the red tones, and banishes the brass. The vinegar smell does dissipate, and it leaves hair with a softened shine, too." -I.W. in Louisiana • Did you squeeze out too much eye cream? Use it on your cuticles." -- A.S. in Florida • Here's the secret to dealing with muddy shoe prints: Let them dry. Loosen dirt clumps and vacuum up as much as possible. Then come in with an appropriate carpet cleaner. Never add water to mud. • Set a standing appointment to check in with your budget and checkbook. If you don't already have a budget set, now's the time. Remember to factor in quarterly or yearly payments. You can divide them by the number of months they cover (say, six for car insurance) and pay that amount into your savings account each month. When the time comes to pay the bill, you'll have the money ready. Send your tips to Now Here's a Tip, 628 Virginia Drive, Orlando, FL 32803. (c) 2019 King Features Synd., Inc.

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1. Is the book of 2 Thessalonians in the Old or New Testament or neither?

2. From Song of Solomon 8, what is so powerful that many waters cannot quench it? Hope, Love, Salvation, Peace 3. Thorns and what else grew from the ground that God cursed after Adam and Eve's sins? Vines, Ivy, Thistles, Weeds

4. According to Paul, in hardships Christians are "more than" what? Friends, Conquerors, Warriors, Innkeepers 5. From Luke 19, what town was home to Zacchaeus? Jericho, Tarsus, Thessalonica, Corinth 6. How many sons did Isaac have? 2, 4, 6, 8

1) New; 2) Love; 3) Thistles; 4) Conquerors; 5) Jericho; 6) 2 (Esau and Jacob) Visit Wilson Caseyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Trivia Fan Siteat www.patreon.com/triviaguy. ÂŠ 2019 King Features Synd., Inc.

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Don't Sweat the Mess!

DEAR PAW'S CORNER: I just adopted a beautiful little mutt named "Beatrice." She's my first dog, and she's wonderful. The problem is, she's not very clean! She rolls in mud and tracks it all through the house. She scatters her food everywhere when she eats. Her fur is all over my furniture. I had no idea pets were such a mess. How can I get her to be neater? -- Neat Is Nicer, St. Louis DEAR NEAT: I've got really bad news for you: Pets can be messy! They just don't share our aesthetic sensibilities. They don't need a perfectly clean rug. They don't need air fresheners. They don't worry that Marie Kondo is secretly judging their book collection. To a dog, the world is a wonderland of interesting scents. To preserve the most interesting smells, they often roll in them. That's part of why Beatrice is walking in from the yard covered with mud. Pets, especially rescued pets, need love more than anything else in the world. You'll need to compromise with Beatrice -- and mostly in her favor. Keep an old towel near the door so you can quickly rub down her fur when she comes inside. That'll keep the worst mud in check. Note where she hangs out the most around the house, and put a pet bed or just an old towel in those spots to reduce fur buildup on the carpet. Train her not to sit or lie on the furniture. Steel yourself for occasional messes -- pee, poop, vomit or spilled food. Vacuum twice a week. You won't have a perfectly clean, orderly house. That's fine. It means you're spending your time doing something far more important: taking care of Beatrice.Send your questions or pet care tips to ask@pawscorner.com. (c) 2019 King Features Synd., Inc.

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