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Wrestling
with debt? Stay on top of college finances with
a kick-butt part-time job.
Pay
for School and Save Money, Too!
By
Robyn Tellefsen
February/March 2003
The
CollegeBound Network NewsClick -- How can STONE
COLD, the sleeper hold, and SmackDown!
help you work your way through college? While
watching wrestling on TV probably won't relieve
your financial burdens, working at The WORLD (formerly
WWF New York) might. Just ask recent Rutgers University
grad' Stephanie Fisher, who served World Wrestling
Entertainment fans delicious dishes in the heart
of Times Square, and got a big college cash tip
in return.
While
at Rutgers, Marlboro, NJ-based Stephanie found
waitressing to be truly tuition-feasible. "Working
at [The WORLD] helped me pay for college," says
Stephanie. She shelled out about $13,000 each
year for room and board at Rutgers, with an extra
$1,000 for books. But, she says, working at The
WORLD through her last two years at school covered
all of those costs. She even had cash to spare!
How
is this financial dream-come-true possible with
an hourly wage of $3.55, which Stephanie never
saw because of taxes? It's simple: In addition
to her restaurant duties, she also worked as a
cocktail waitress at The WORLD nightclub. "That's
where the money is, and it's all tips," she says.
Working
30-35 hours at the restaurant and nightclub during
the weekend, while balancing a double major in
journalism and media studies and anthropology,
was tough at times, says Stephanie. She was determined,
however, to make her situation work. If she had
an exam on Monday, she knew that she didn't have
the whole weekend to study, and would plan accordingly.
"After work, I'd wake up around 1 p.m., and then
study for as many hours as I could without killing
myself," she says.
Though
Stephanie worked like crazy, she had no complaints.
"I don't think it's lame that I spent my weekends
working," she insists. "It was fun to me."
After all, there were perks. While she didn't
know a pile driver from a drop kick before her
waitressing days, she got to pal around at work
with WWE superstars like VINCE and STEPHANIE McMAHON.
So,
what are you waiting for? Turn off that wrestling
Pay-Per-View, and let The WORLD of sports entertainment
start paying you!
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