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+ X. x2 O9 J9 z* _" _0 j9 c Morehouse College seniors got a surprise Sunday when billionaire investor Robert F. Smith announced during his commencement speech that he would pay off the student-loan debt for the historically black college s graduating class. My family is going to create a grant to eliminate your student loans,  he told the newly minted graduates in Atlanta.The announcement -- in which Smith urged the graduates to follow his lead in paying it forward -- was met with a standing ovation and chants of  MVP! Th stanley water bottle e sum among the 396 students adds up to about $40 million, said Morehouse President David A. Thomas. He  stanley cups called Smith s gesture  a liberation gift.  When you have to service debt, the choices about what you can go do in the world are constrained,  he said.   Smith s gift  gives them the liberty to follow their dreams, their passions.     Students say they re overwhelmed with gratitudeStudents couldn t believe their ears when Smith made the announcement, three graduates of the all-men s college told CNN. We re looking at each other like,  Is he being serious   That s a lot of money,  salutatorian Robert James, 21, said.Jonathan Epps, 22, said Sunday afternoon he still hadn t fully grasped the magnitude of the  tremendous blessing,  which he called the kindest, most g stanley uk enerous thing he d ever witnessed. It ll sink in as the years go on. I know that for a fact,  he said.  I still don t really have words. ... It makes a great day just that much better. Epps said he has about $35,000 in student Sccr I-TEAM: Wisconsin 1 of 15 states to allow voter registration on Election Day
5 K% ?! |: V- b4 o A recent Barna Group study found the majority of Americans now think cohabitation is a good idea.The data was gathered through an online survey of 1,097 adults between April 7 and 14, 2016.Two-thirds of adults  65 percent  were found to either somewhat or strongly agree that cohabitation was a good idea while one-third  35 percent  were found to somewhat or strongly disagree.Millennials  72 percent  were more likely than previous generations  36 percent  to believe cohabiting is a good idea 鈥? a consequence of being raised in a secular culture where gender roles have shifted and marriages are delayed,  according to Christianity gourde stanley  Daily s report of the study.Richard Fry, the author of a recent Pew Research study, told the Deseret News,  Today s young adults are sort of unique, at least in the past 120 to 125 years, where they are waiting until they feel financially and job-wise stable and successful until they re willing to make commitments  stanley cup to a partner. The shift in gender roles could be linked to the rising participation of women in the workforce. The Pew study noted wages for young adult women have increased, giving them rising su stanley us ccess in the labor market. According to the United States Department of Labor, a total of 54 percent of women currently work.Political views also played a large role views on cohabitation. Liberals were twice as likely as conservatives, who have a more traditional view on marriage, to say cohabitation is a good idea.Deseret News, publisher of this ar