"But it's prudent to manage climate risk, " said the 20-year old sophomore at Wheaton College, a Christian school in Illinois.

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Mr Gerson was on a faster track, studying theology at Wheaton College in Illinois (motto: For Christ and His Kingdom), and contemplating studying at a seminary.

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In the suit filed by the evangelical Wheaton College in Illinois and Catholic Belmont Abbey in North Carolina, the court ordered government attorneys to provide a progress report on the new rule every 60 days.

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But Dahjanay Williams, a 21-year-old junior at Wheaton College in Massachusetts, still worries that if she doesn't get a job before her loans come due, she won't be able to make regular payments and her credit will take a hit.

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Melody Eastman has had unlikely success as a Lutheran pastor in Wheaton, Illinois, home to America's best Evangelical college.

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