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; -? Scholarship HOPE SCHOLARSHIP continued from pag per semester for N.C. residents. In South a Carolina, tuition ranges from $420 to d $550 a semester for students who at- h tend schools in their home counties. On some campuses, including UNC rVmrlntte onH .TnVmcnn C. Smitli TTni. Normally, payment is due Dec. 9, a and students who fail to pay are delet- ii ed from their registered classes. d CPCC, which is extending pay- n ment until Jan. 6, is explaining the tax a credit in the spring class schedule ol V I mmmmmmmm WBKKKBKMimkMtmmmmm DELL DIMENSION M200a m 200MHz PENTIUM? PROCESSOR 30| WITH MMX TECHNOLOGY Mini-Tower Chassis ^ 32MB SDRAM Memory/ 4.3GB Hard Drive 6 (9.5ms) 5 512KB Single Bank Pipeline Burst Cache / 800LS Monitor (13.7" v.i.s.) 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Now *y they are getting stressed out about j^e all they have to do, because they are mentally kicking themselves for waiter ing so ling to do their work." 1^ Open mj^ *Tr ?Se L3 -?.F-lijife ct 1? IpiWU^niotrcoi lipj? ^ W,u fil n WiTTTL L'llUldfJ I L h X S3dhristmaj ^'?ra Celebration ii I w Music fr Pra I ^^nrca Partnershi| FfrLM Body & Sot 728 Pickens St. Proaram: 799-7363 Welcome! Sunday St. Thomas More Mass Schedule: Sat Vigil: 5 pi Sun: 11 am & 6pm Daily: Mon. - Thurs. 12:15 pn Rev. 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