Starting salaries for new grads have risen 3.4%

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Finally some good news! For the graduating class of 2012, the average starting salary rose by 3.4%, according to the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE), a non-profit group that links college career placement offices with employers. The average salary for a graduate with a bachelor degree is now $44,455, compared to $42,987 in 2011. 

If marriage is dead, why is everyone getting married?

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Last year I attended an engagement party. I was a freshman in college and a friend of a friend was getting married. On a whirlwind trip to Barcelona, her boyfriend of four years popped the question. Keep in mind she was my age, 19 years old.

My first question was whether the bride-to-be was pregnant.