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Home-run leader Jose Canseco put the A's ahead with a homer, 21-game winner Dave Stewart allowed four hits in seven innings and major-league save leader Dennis Eckersley blanked Boston for the fourth game...
Martha H. Homer, who has served seven years in the Student Employment Office (SEO) as associate director of financial aid for student employment, says the employment situation for students is better than ever before, although Harvard has traditionally had one of the best college job markets in the country...
...Homer attributes the boom to a general economic upsurge in the Harvard Square area, combined with the fact that the Harvard name carries a certain cachet in the eyes of many employers...
About 75 percent of Harvard students hold jobs, according to the SEO. The rate of increase in salaries for student workers has outdistanced inflation in recent years, while roughly parallelling tuition increases, Homer says...
Despite the wide range of high-paying jobs available, many Harvard students pass up the cash in favor of public service or career-oriented work, Homer says. She says her office often encourages students to seek paid and volunteer internships in hospitals and community centers...