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With the recent changes to student financialaid awards, some students are quitting theirwork-study jobs. According to Homer, of thestudents affected by the new awards, half haveresponded so far and one-third of these have usedtheir awards to offset work-study expectationsrather than loans...
During the season, however, they lift two tothree times per week to keep up the strength theybuilt up over the summer and offset the fatiguethey experience in competition...
Second, any diminished safety is more than offset by the safety benefits of universal keycard access. No more propping doors for friends and anyone else who might come along. No more letting anyone and everyone in behind you, assuming they're students when they might well not be. No more waiting out in the cold and the dark, alone, for someone to come rescue...
...more money for phone banks and direct-mail appeals; Schumer is counting on what's left of New York labor to pull voters, especially in the five boroughs, where Democrats outnumber Republicans 5 to 1. He needs a huge turnout there--and in upstate cities like Buffalo--to offset D'Amato's relative strength in the suburbs and the North Country...
...Harvard roster was 1998 Ivy League Player of the Year and team captain Ivy Wang. She was forced to sit with a possibly torn rotator cuff and will miss next weekend and maybe the entire fall season. The Crimson has an array of freshmen with the potential to offset the loss...