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Lawyers for Poor Face Own Financial Struggles

By Trish Anderton on Tuesday, July 3, 2001.

The cost of law school has risen sharply in recent years. That's not too much of a problem for lawyers making record salaries at big firms. But if you want to help Mediciad beneficiaries, or the environment, or indigent criminal defendants, repaying those law school loans can be a crippling burden.

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Survey finds decrease in Unwanted Sex on Campus

By Mark Bevis on Tuesday, July 3, 2001.

A RECENT REPORT OUT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE BRINGS SOME ENCOURAGING NEWS.
RESEARCHERS HAVE FOUND THAT THE NUMBER OF WOMEN WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED INCIDENTS OF UNWANTED SEXUAL CONTACT HAS DECREASED OVER THE PAST 12 YEARS.
THE STUDY WAS BASED ON A SURVEY OF HUNDREDS OF UNH STUDENTS IN 1988 AND THEN AGAIN IN FEBRUARY 2000.
UNH PSYCHOLOGY PROFESSOR ELLEN COHN (CONE) WAS ONE OF THE SIX RESEARCHERS CONDUCTING THE SURVEY FUNDED BY THE UNIVERSITY.
SHE DESCRIBED THE FINDINGS TO NHPR?S MARK BEVIS.

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