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Can’t ski, too broke

By: Yasmin Hassan, Staff Writer So, uh, I’ve been invited to go skiing. Skiing? In this economy? Right, right, I forgot that not everyone has to choose between ski boots or textbooks every time the temperature drops and it snows all the way yonder on yee old mountains. The saying among us peasants is that you cannot have both unless you learn how to ski on financial aid papers. However, others in . . . another tax bracket may not see it this way.  You can tell someone grew up skiing when their idea of “saving money” is skipping apres-ski…

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