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Graduation advice: Take charge of your student loans

This year?s college graduates will get a lot of advice over the next few weeks from a parade of commencement speakers. Find your passion. Believe in yourself. Take risks. But here?s something graduates probably won?t hear from the dignitary at the podium: Pay your student loans. That?s too bad, because the consequences of defaulting on student loans are nothing short of catastrophic.