Image via Wikipedia FAP827: Student credit cards, coffee scholarship, Free stuff Friday Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + Chronicle: Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo of New York hopes to have completed by this fall an investigation into the relationships between credit-card companies and college officials, according to Benjamin Lawsky, deputy counselor to Mr. Cuomo, who previously investigated questionable ties between student loan companies and financial-aid officials. + Mr. Lawsky testified at a hearing today of the House consumer-credit subcommittee in which members considered various ways to reduce students’ credit-card debt and misuse. Panelists, including Mr. Lawsky, sketched a scenario in which students are taken advantage of by predatory companies, who offer free gifts and withhold important information about payments and rates to students who apply for credit cards. + Check out our student credit card guide at StudentPlatinum.com + Inside Higher Ed: It’s that rare story involving a pig, a taser and a happy ending. For weeks now, Colby College officials and Maine authorities have been trying to capture a runaway pot-bellied pig that escaped from its owner, a student, at a picnic. The pig was roaming the campus and managed to elude capture with nets. Local press coverage has been extensive. This week, the pig was enjoying a snack of some French fries offered by an area resident who called the police. The Morning Sentinel reported that the person who shared the fries also called the police, who used a taser to stun the pig, leading to the pig’s capture and ending a month of freedom for the animal. While the pig will not be continuing on at Colby, it will stay in education, and has been adopted by a preschool. Scholarship Update + Maxwell House Minority Scholarship + ELIGIBILITY: Applicants must be minority high school students or graduates from New York, Philadelphia, Detroit, Chicago, St. Louis, Baltimore, or Newark. Applicants must be willing to attend one of the black colleges participating in their local black college fairs. + AMOUNT: $3,000 + Details at our free college scholarship search site Free Stuff Friday + CL Desktop - visual Craiglist shopping tool - I’m checking out the free stuff in Boston category by photo - VERY useful! + WebKut - application to make a PDF of any web page - also very useful! + Fotobooth and iSpy - two other free apps + Free Prima J tank top at Wet Seal + Free pack of Stride gum + Updated info on the free credit reporting from Transunion + Google Finance adds NYSE quotes in real-time + Evernote has a Mac desktop application now + Boxee is a Tivo style interface with social stuff + Stupid fun: make a radiation shield from your cell phone out of a Red Bull can Free Song of the Week + Geoff Smith, Bohemian Financial Rhapsody Did you enjoy today’s show? If so, please consider subscribing for free to get it delivered to you . Subscribing for free means you don’t have to remember to download it every day. + + + Direct MP3 file download: Click here to download the MP3 Reminders + + Financial Aid Podcast Show Notes at FinancialAidPodcast.com. + Free scholarship search secrets eBook at StudentScholarshipSearch.com/ebook + Open an FDIC-insured savings account today! + Private student loans available at any time - visit AlternativeStudentLoan.com + Student credit card information at StudentPlatinum.com + FAFSA form tutorials and free help at FAFSAonline.com + Financial Aid discussion forums + Get FAFSA news at the FAFSA blog + Stafford federal student loans at StaffordLoan.com + The Financial Aid Podcast is a publication of the Student Loan Network. I want to hear from you! Email me at financialaidpodcast {at} gmail {dot} com, visit http://www.FinancialAidPodcast.com, or call 206-350-1208. ShareThis Less