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Author Archives: Erik Hansen
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It’s time to choose how you want to retire
As you get ready to leave Cal Poly, join the working world and do whatever it is you learned by doing, probably the last thing on your mind is getting old and wrinkly, retiring and dying.
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Protecting your valuables — the pros of renters insurance
If disaster, calamity and woe strike down upon you, and your rental unit, let renters insurance be your saving grace.
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The benefits of doing business with a credit union
Erik Hansen is a graduate student pursuing a Master of Public Policy and the “When I Was a Mustang…” columnist. Tired of transferring money from your checking account to your savings account every month just to keep your “free” checking account at one of the large, for-profit banks? How about those overdraft charges you might […]
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Building your credit score
Erik Hansen is a graduate student pursuing a Master of Public Policy and the “When I Was a Mustang…” columnist. While you may think it’s too early to start worrying about your credit score, as buying your first house is probably still a ways off, there are a multitude of other institutions that are already […]
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Googling yourself — How to clean up and maintain your online identity
Erik Hansen is a graduate student pursuing a Master of Public Policy and the “When I Was a Mustang…” columnist.
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Buying a car: why used beats new
Erik Hansen is a graduate student pursuing a Master of Public Policy and the “When I Was a Mustang…” columnist.
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The ‘happiest place in the nation’ lacks perfect crime record
Erik Hansen is a graduate student pursuing a Master of Public Policy and the “When I Was a Mustang…” columnist.
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Job hunting: the early bird catches the worm
Erik Hansen is a graduate student pursuing a Master of Public Policy and the “When I Was a Mustang…” columnist.
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Paying off your student loans versus having a career pay them off
Erik Hansen is a graduate student pursuing a Master of Public Policy and the “When I Was a Mustang…” columnist.
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Becoming multilingual can boost your chances in the workplace
Erik Hansen is a graduate student pursuing a Master of Public Policy and the “When I was a Mustang…” columnist. As data is slowly released from the 2010 census, an interesting statistic to watch for will be the “language spoken in home.”