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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (April 22, 1987)
Page IGAThe Battalion/Wednesday, April 22, 1987 66 HOW I MADE S18.000 FOR COLLEGE BY WORKING WEEKENDS )ec iVASHI pfcme Co Be death Bn if stat ■dout in n its n If 113 * P u i coi rt sp rgia’s < gh kill sic are 1 ned tc :ks. [he ru |ih pen; HUNT B ih Ro ■rpiise \ Beme Co Bjor cap inf. instea Mute peo JThe c( tion to si lopvicted larillo i When my friends and I graduated from high school, we all took part-time jobs to pay for college. They ended up in car washes and hamburger joints, putting in long hours for little pay. Not me. My job takes just one weekend a month and two weeks a year. Yet, Fm earning $18,000 for college. Because I joined my local Army National Guard. They’re the people who help our state during emergencies like hurri canes and floods. They’re also an important part of our country’s military defense. So, since Fm helping them do such an important job, they’re helping me make it through school. As soon as I finished Advanced L Training, the Guard gave me a cash I bonus of $2,000. Then, under the Nef GI Bill, Fm getting another $5,000fc tuition and books. |up Not to mention my monthly Am|o j Guard paychecks. They’ll add up to more than $11,000 over the six years Fm in the Guard. And if I take out a college loan Guard will help me pay it back—up|; $1,500 a year, plus interest. It all adds up to $18,000—or nr —for college for just a little of mytiii And that’s a heck of a better deal tha any car wash will give you. THE GUARD CAN HELP PUT YOU THROUGH COLLEGE,! SEE YOUR LOCAL RECRUITE FOR DETAILS, CALL TOLL-F 800-638-7600? OR MAIL THIS COUPON. in my min |The hi ■tlmldini By law, s; jfional de Beks con moie likel Jit is tli Beme Co Tat have for haltinj Bid, notii Bs strue Bath per iClifforc *In Hawaii: 737-5255; Puerto Rico: 721-4550; Guam: 477-9957; VirginI (St. Croix): 773-6438; New Jersey: 800-452-5794. In Alaska, consultyourB Teen . a , phone directory. larketiny c 1985 United States Government as represented by the Secretary of Dels l I,h child All rights reserved. 11“ |n Matte . triers g, MAIL TO; Army National Guard, P.O. Box 6000, Clifton, :\! : ?v NAME ADDRESS CITY/STATE/ZIP jonimissii fednesd; ‘Texas |g No. 1 e are f Irtunatel teen-agers ars of aj He said ferall nu fneies, v> I 1 unwed pr>. “We si AREA CODE PHONE US CITIZEN, DYES0» helves, P ciet y. hi e °ple the ion sensi SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER I'oblem , luiimarriec J Mattox P'ocess of peaking j lri ' a g e P |*§ proble ‘ said vvi ten-age n We an 1 him tht lx said. AlCLJCOTNf^'^g'a pass — Army National Guard | nts of tec teen ■reacht J thinl T'ng to < about the be they