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Students hit with Dempseys First Strike:

category national | miscellaneous | news report author Friday March 28, 2003 00:00author by Rigor Mortiz

Anybody receiving the Bact to Education grant will have to "be actively looking for work for the summer months". Postgraduates no longer qualify for the grant. Another example of how this pock faced bastard cannot be trusted. He promised that cutbacks would only affect those who could afford it. How we laughed.

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author by Raymond McInerneypublication date Fri Mar 28, 2003 00:44author address author phone

If you have exams to repeat in September let them know that you'll be too busy to seek work.

Work?
author by shakkowpublication date Fri Mar 28, 2003 03:14author address author phone

According to the Thomas St dole office you will have to be on the live register to resume the BTEA in sept.
So forget about looking for a job if you plan on staying in college!

Yes sir.
author by Bigglespublication date Fri Mar 28, 2003 10:59author address author phone

Did anyone see the interview with the minister in the Griffith student newspaper. He says he finds it very hard to send his children through college and he didn't think he could do it on any less then he was getting.
How much does this guy get. Upwards of 130,000 a year?
It doesn't make sense why he should bring back fees if he feels he can't afford it. What about everyone else who doesn't earn 130,000 a week??

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