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Odd jobs ease
college expenses
BY NATALIE HAMMEL
STAFF WRITER
In the age of triple-digit priced
textbooks and unpaid resume
building research work, Bert
Scerbo, a junior biomedical engi
neering major, bargain shops
online for his books.
Scerbo does what he can to help
scrimp and save his way through
the “priceless” college experience,
which includes evading the typi
cal SSOO price tag for a semester’s
worth of books by buying them
online.
According to a recent eßay survey,
most college students say they are
struggling financially, with 55 per
cent saying they are either “broke” or
just “breaking even” even though
the survey states thjat more than
80 percent of students are working
while attending college.
“This time of year is much more
difficult for students because ...
(the) break is so short in between
semesters," said Kal Chany, author
of “Paying for College Without
Going Broke.” “It’s hard for stu
dents to replenish their funds.”
Chany has been helping stu
dents and their parents navigate
their way through the financial aid
process for more than 20 years. He
said he’s heard of students setting
up their own businesses, running
laundry services, cleaning rooms
and making meals for other stu
dents, selling clothing and tutoring
to make money.
Jess Hanlin, a freshman com
munication studies major from
Maryland, donned goggles, a hard
hat, work boots and earplugs to work
40 hours a week at a cement plant
during the summer. All the money
she earned went to help her parents
pay for out-of-state tuition costs.
“Literally, we swept giant piles of
cement dust and then shoveled it
out of the building,” she said. “Just
think construction sites, a big heap
of dirt. This is what it looks like,
except dust. It’s really gross.”
Chany recommends a pragmatic
approach to students who are try
ing to save for college that includes
applying for financial aid before
the priority deadline, budgeting
expenses, resisting temptations
and taking advantage of student
discounts in the area.
“(Students) need to be savvy and
realize a lot of people are trying to
market to them,” he said.
He also said students should
look into the differences between
work-study jobs and outside jobs.
While work-study income won’t
reduce a student’s eligibility for
financial assistance, he said other
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total income earned, if more than
$2,650, could reduce aid about 50
cents on the dollar.
Jeremy Valtin, a ffeshman politi
cal science major, has a work-study
job at Coker Arboretum doing yard
work.
After filing the Free Application
for Federal Student Aid, he and his
mother decided he should have a
work-study job instead of taking
the offered loans.
He said the scheduling is very
flexible his boss knows that school
is his priority, and the job gives him
a feeling of accomplishment.
But UNC students might be
graduating, on average, with less
debt than students at other schools.
John Ellison, member of the Board
of Trustees, said that in the past four
years, the average loan that a UNC
student graduates with has dropped
from $13,000 to SII,OOO.
For students who might have
their own tuition costs covered,
there are still relatives with tuition
expenses.
This summer, Emmanuel Bello,
a freshman Morehead Scholar,
woke up at 4:30 a.m. each week
day to catch a bus from his home
near Philadelphia to his internship
at Goldman Sachs, an investment
bank on Wall Street.
Bello spent some of the money he
earned on “play” such as dates and
birthday presents, but he gave about
$1,500 to his sister and cousin to
help them pay their tuition bills.
“Every morning, I’d get about
100 to 150 resumes, and I liter
ally decided who was going to be
scrutinized,” he said. “An 18-year
old with absolutely no experience
was holding the fate of Ph.D.s in
economics ... in his hands.”
Marcia Harris, director of
University Career Services, said
the office offers a wide scope of
services that students consis
tently rate as their No. 1 resource
for employment. The office has a
part-time employment service, an
internship service program and
helps seniors find employment
after graduation.
But until college is over and it’s
time to get a real job, a lot of stu
dents are happy with part-time work
that funds clothes, movies, dinners
what Harris calls “extras.”
“Many students might have fam
ily support for tuition and fees, but
not necessarily for living expenses,”
Harris said. “I think students want
not only the basics, but also the
extras, too.”
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Students connect with Israeli heritage
BY JACQUELINE BRILL
ASSISTANT FEATURES EDITOR
Colin Sutker spent the worst
night of his life during his winter
excursion to Israel. He was sick
and stuck sleeping in a tent shared
by 200 people while touring the
Negev Desert.
“It was warm, we were in dirty
sleeping bags, and a lot of other
people were sick, so it was just
like an incubator of disease,” said
Sutker, a senior journalism and
political science major.
He wasn’t ready to pack his
bags, though. Instead, the expe
rience made him realize how sig
nificant this adventure really was
for him.
“I maybe got two hours of sleep,
but I still walked away with a good
feeling,” Sutker said. “I figured that
if I could do that, then this trip was
pretty special.”
Sutker, along with 35 other UNC
students and several more from
other colleges around the state,
traveled to Israel for 10 days over
Winter Break with the Birthright
Israel program, which sent them
halfway across the world at nearly
no cost.
“(Birthright Israel) is an interna
tional program where a number of
philanthropists decided that every
Jewish young person should have
an experience in Israel in their
lives,” said Or Mars, executive
director of N.C. Hillel. “It creates
a stronger connection (among the
students), their heritage and the
Jewish faith.”
The program, which is available
to those between the ages 18 and
26 who affiliate themselves with
the Jewish faith, has treated about
78,000 young adults from more
than 35 countries to a free first
encounter with Israel. Typically,
UNC sends 30 to 50 students to
Israel through the program, which
has both winter and summer ses
sions.
Funded by several different
Jewish philanthropic organizations,
including the North American
Jewish Federation and the Jewish
Agency for Israel, those participat
ing from UNC only needed to pay
for snacks, souvenirs and their air
fare to and from New York.
The next-to-nothing price
tag wasn’t the only reason stu
dents were to get on board,
though.
“I knew I was going to go (to
Israel) at some point in my life, but
it was a matter of doing it while I
still could with friends,” Sutker
said.
Rachel Rosenberg, a senior envi
ronmental studies major, was tak
ing advantage of her final Winter
Break.
“It was such an amazing oppor
tunity to visit a country you hear so
much about, but it was also prob
ably the last time in a while I’d have
ten days to see (Israel),” she said.
A relatively steady political and
military state in Israel also gave the
green light to students previously
nervous about the prospect of visit
ing the Middle East.
Upon touching down, the stu
dents hopped on a bus and headed
out to explore the young country
that declared its independence
only 57 years ago.
In addition to the Negev
Desert, the UNC students were
able to visit such exotic locales
as Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and Golan
Heights, among many other sites
of historical and archaeological
notability.
Rosenberg’s favorite point on
the itinerary was a stop at the
ancient mountaintop settlement
of Masada, where her group was
able to take a sunrise hike to the
summit.
“There was just so much unity,
energy and spirit,” Rosenberg said.
“I had a really powerful feeling.”
Sutker remembers a visit to
a modern dance company in
Jerusalem as one of his most mem-
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