If Qwest offered voluntary overtime, I think they'd find enough people to take it,

It is really what I love to do.

They thought in two weeks it would be in the back of the closet.

I've been a ventriloquist since I was 10.

But on the other hand, employers are hiring quicker these days, sometimes within a week of posting an opening. My advice to applicants is that they need to act quickly on any job in which they are interested.

We'd like to see it increasing every year and would hope to see those increases,

Most of America at this time is living paycheck to paycheck, and I fit right in there with everyone else.

The 'above-the-line' allocations were not fees that the students had the ability to change because they were agreed upon long ago. I think the frustration for students was they wanted to change the fee, but they were unable to do so. This seemed to make more sense for everyone.

I suppose I was always a bit of a ham anyway.

I have faith in the bargaining committee, so I'm hoping it was a fair deal,