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McCullough's family has assisted him pri
marily with college expenses, and he said that
even though his parents are happy to support
him financially and mentally, they are ready for
him to finish college.
“They balance it well by
making sure 1 know that they
will always be there to sup
port me, but are anxiously
waiting to get me out on my
own,” McCullough said.
“Being the last of three chil
dren in college, I am pretty
sure they are planning a party
to celebrate the day I graduate
and move from beyond their
help.”
When Erica Weinberg came
to college, she did not realize
how hard living on a budget
would be and said she regrets
the way she has handled her
money in the past.
“My parents used to warn
me that I would watch my
money fly out of my bank
account without even know
ing it,” said Weinberg, a
sophomore English major. “1
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warn me that I would
watch my money fly out of
my bank account without
even knowing it I laughed
at them... My freshman
year was very hard for me
to learn where and when
to not spend my money.
hard for me to learn where and when tonotsj
my money.”
Learning to adjust her lifestyle to:
money has not been easy for Weinberg, bin
said some of the alternatives have aciu
turned out better.
“This semester, 1 am using meal plans
finding ways to hang out with my friends wit|W<> r
spending lots of money,” Weinberg said.'
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chilling with your friends,
beats the movies any day'
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work because it gives
something to do and mom
to buy the extra things |
she wants.
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Magic Johnson's foundation
donates $200,000 in
computer equipment
Charlotte Church gets control
of $30 million trust fund
JOHNSON
MIAMI (AP) — Even though Magic Johnson’s
basketball career is over, he’s still providing
assists.
Through his foundation, the
Hall of Fame player helped
donate $200,000 in computer
equipment Friday to the
Mattie Koonce Learning
Center in Overtown, one of
Miami’s poorest neighbor
hoods.
It’s the 12th Magic Johnson
HP Inventor Center to open
community in the past three
opens next week in Seattle and nine more are
planned by July T.
The center includes two dozen desktop comput
ers, digital cameras, printers, a server and other
accessories donated by Hewlett-Packard Co.
Johnson, whose playing career was cut short
in November 1991 when he tested positive for
the virus that causes AIDS, won five NBA titles
with the Los Angeles Lakers.
in an inner-city
years. Another
LONDON (AP) — Charlotte Church, thebriglt
eyed Welsh soprano who has sung for two U,
presidents, the pope and Queen Elizabeth
turned 18 on Saturday, meaning she now In
control of her $30 million trust fund.
Church — whose bursts of rebelliousness,fairf
ily spats and a now-discarded boyfriend ha?
become a tabloid soap opera — now faces tie
difficult transition from child prodigy to adultstai.
With more than 10 million records sold arotifti
the world, the singer’s financial future seeiii
secure. But Church said she planned to
most of the trust-fund money where it was, tel;
Britain’s GMTV television: “I just don't wantt
don’t need a lot of money now.”
Church’s last album of new material appeal
in 2001 and there is no set date for a new one
She said she wants to leave behind the light clas
sical musical that endeared her to millions ant
forge a pop career.
Her next album will include “some rocky stuff,
some soulful songs and some electric—it's real
ly mixed,” Church told Britain’s Daily Mirrorinan
interview published Friday.
"Daredevil" star in dispute
over right to buy a house
Connery will not join
Taiwan's human chain
protest against China
KEITH
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) —
Actor David Keith, whose film
credits include “An Officer
and a Gentleman” and
“Daredevil,” is in a dispute
with movie theater executive
Gregory W. Dunn over the
right to buy a house.
Keith, a Knoxville native, said
he was promised first right to
buy the house where he and
his wife have been living. The Knoxville house is
owned by retired physician Matthew Bargas.
Dunn, chief operating officer for Knoxville-
based Regal Entertainment Group, said he
made a deal with the doctor to buy the house.
Keith refuses to move out and Bargas’ lawyer,
C. Paul Harrison, said he would go to court
Monday to ask that Keith’s claims be rejected
and Dunn be allowed buy the house.
Court records show Keith will fight the effort.
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Sean Connery saysh
actor will not be joining Taiwan’s human eti*
protest against China next week as the islanfs
official media had claimed, a spokesman said,
On Thursday, a ruling party official inTaiwansail
the Scottish-born actor was considering wf
to join the Feb. 28 protest against China's used
missiles to threaten the island.
However, the official media on Saturday cited a
U.S.-based agent for Connery who denied tie
actor ever planned a trip to Taiwan.
“Sean Connery is not now, nor was he evef.
planning a trip to Taiwan or Japan,” the En
language daily Taipei Times quoted b
Seltzer as saying in an e-mail.
The island’s “Hand in Hand to Protect Taiwi 1
protest against China’s missiles is a human chat
which will stretch across the island over a dis
tance of more than 190 miles, organizers said.
Connery plans to be in Los Angeles to attert
the Academy Awards ceremony on Feb. 2!
Seltzer told the paper.
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Saturday, February 28t
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