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...tour of duty was cut to four years, and he was allowed to attend art school. But, at 27, the famished student crossed the Tumen River into China, eventually finding a path to South Korea via Laos following three years in hiding. Once in Seoul, he used a government stipend to further his art studies, and since graduating has eked out a precarious living, supporting his wife - whom he met in China - and young daughter on an artist's income. It wasn't until his first solo exhibition - held last year and entitled "We Live in a Happy World" - that...
...number of lunches people have with their advisees,” the document suggests. A year-old program for students to discuss research opportunities with faculty over lunch will also be slashed. The peer advising fellows program will go virtually untouched, and there is no indication that the $1000 stipend for advisors will be cut. Funds allocated for study breaks—$20 per semester for every advisee—also are not mentioned. Last year, funding for PAF programming was cut by a third. Many PAFs have said that though their stipend is not being reduced, they would...
...this year, Marshall and hundreds of other third-year law students at prestigious schools have seen their job start dates pushed back anywhere from just a few months to a full year, leaving those affected scrambling to find other options to fill the time off. "To get my stipend from Kirkland, I can't take on any other paid legal work," says Marshall, whose job is now set to begin Nov. 30. "So I'm just going to take advantage of a little extra freedom this fall." (See how Americans are spending...
...first blush, receiving a generous stipend - sometimes as much as $75,000 - to do whatever your heart desires might not sound so bad. But for young lawyers facing upwards of $200,000 in law school debt, the outlook is less rosy. For starters, there's the very real possibility that that the deferred job may never materialize - nearly 5,000 veteran attorneys have been laid-off since last September, according to industry website Lawshucks.com. "I'd love to take the money and go backpack around Thailand," says David Kirchblum, who graduates from Boston College's law school next week...
...Some firms are forcing deferrals on incoming associates while others are taking a choose-your-own-adventure approach. Stroock & Stroock & Lavan in New York has offered incoming associates three options: start in January 2010 and get a $10,000 stipend, start in January 2011 and get $50,000 or agree not to come at all and get $75,000. Which sounds great until you remember that finding another firm job or any post-graduate work at all at this point will be next to impossible in this economy. (See 10 ways your job will change in the future...