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...merger basically left RUS floating for a while, sort of groundless, homeless, not really knowing where our club was going to get its next paycheck,” says Natalia A.J. Truszkowska. ’04, a former co-president...

Author: By Catherine E. Shoichet, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: At the 'Cliffe's Edge | 6/5/2003 | See Source »

...Committee made its annual rounds this spring, soliciting donations, at a $10 minimum, from graduating students. The fundraising drive is always controversial—students who have paid over $140,000 in tuition often question the reasoning that would have them donate even more before they start earning a paycheck. However, by asking for money before students are even out the door, the Gift Committee argues that its helps to build loyalty among alumni and establishes a life-long “pattern” of giving back to the University. The Senior Gift is only one manifestation...

Author: By Garrett M. Graff, | Title: All Hail, Harry | 6/4/2003 | See Source »

...more than 20% in Tod's case. He now makes $70,000 a year even though he has taken on additional duties. He and Wendy have cut household spending, but their credit-card debt--and their anxiety--is soaring. Tod says he is grateful just to have a regular paycheck...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Where Did My Raise Go? | 5/26/2003 | See Source »

...year--"and to them, that's good money." He was making $80,000 a year at a programming job in Chapel Hill, N.C., before Temtec USA laid him off last October in a broad cost-cutting move. He has been unable to land a regular paycheck, despite sending resumes to 300 U.S. tech firms. Now, with unemployment benefits running their course, he's trying his hand at commissioned sales for a human-resources company in his hometown. He says he is finished with tech and moans that "computer programmers are the textile workers of the future...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Where Did My Raise Go? | 5/26/2003 | See Source »

...outdoorsy lifestyle espoused in its catalogs. S.D. Deacon, a construction company based in Portland, Ore., gives new hires $100 to decorate their cubicles, "just to make it feel homey," says an administrator, "since we're here so much." In today's labor market, in which simply getting a paycheck can qualify as a morale booster, some firms are providing inexpensive stress reducers that have the added benefit of squeezing more work out of their staff...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Perks: A Homey Cubicle Helps a Little | 5/26/2003 | See Source »

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