BATON ROUGE, LA – An LSU graduate with a master’s degree in finance expressed disbelief this week after learning that federal student loan collections will resume May 5—meaning he’ll soon be expected to repay the $96,000 he borrowed.
Travis Delhomme, who asked that we not mention his name, was stunned by the news.
Despite authoring a 60-page thesis on borrower default trends, Delhomme claims he was completely blindsided by the concept of becoming one himself.
The Department of Education, when asked for comment, responded, “He has a degree in what?”
Delhomme has since launched a campaign demanding LSU absorb his debt, citing the “cruel irony” of being ambushed by loan terms he spent two years academically dissecting.
He insists he was never adequately warned about repayment—aside from the entrance counseling, the signed promissory note, six reminder emails, and the mandatory financial literacy module he skimmed while watching TikToks.
Asked what he plans to do next, Delhomme said he’s considering a doctorate in economics, “just to finally understand why this is happening to me.”
