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September 26: Don Allard sets a single-game passing record, tossing for 358 yards in the football team's 31-14 pasting of UMass...
About 90 percent of the student employees that the Athletic Department hires are eligible for work-study, a federal program which reduces the amount that the employer has to pay in salaries, Allard says. Between 1500 and 1700 Harvard undergraduates are on work-study. Allard adds, "You'll find a large percentage of athletes are work-study...
Some athletes also have special skills that make them better equipped to fill Athletic Department jobs. "There are natural ties between sports and the jobs that we have," says Allard. Some student employees are responsible for setting up for athletic contests. "For these jobs we hire a greater portion of athletes," Allard says. "They become naturals for that kind of job. For instance, there is a certain group of football players who know what needs to be done to a baseball field prior to a game...
...monitor jobs "are ideal jobs," Allard says. "Many buildings are empty at various times of the year and provide an ideal place to answer phones and do homework." He adds, "The jobs we ask them to do are not exactly difficult, but they require a lot of responsibility...
Furthermore, the presence of athletes in Athletic Department jobs can be exaggerated, Allard says. He notes that only one-third of all monitors play sports. The problem is that "athletes carry a high profile," he says. "When a varsity athlete is working in the equipment room or some place else, people tend to notice. What they may miss are the 15 other workers employed who aren't a Tom Yohe [Harvard's first-string quarterback...