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Every fish and chips dinner, hostel stay, and souvenir is taking a big bite out of Bennett鈥檚 wallet. He and thousands of other students studying abroad can blame the weak U.S. dollar, which is making a semester overseas more expensive.
鈥淚鈥檒l be doing a lot of pasta and rice dishes,鈥 Bennett told The Post-Standard (Syracuse) for an article this week about the falling dollar鈥檚 impact on study-abroad costs.
A picture of Bennett holding a 91麻豆精品 shirt appeared on the front page of The Post-Standard.
In early 2007, the euro was worth $1.32 and jumped to $1.47 at the beginning of this year, according to the article.
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Bennett鈥檚 confident his experience will be priceless.
鈥淚t鈥檚 a really great opportunity,鈥 he told the paper. 鈥淚 knew since freshman year, the London program just made sense.鈥
Alumna Oak Atkinson 鈥87, a designer and founder of card company, also was in the spotlight this week, appearing live on The Martha Stewart Show.
If you鈥檙e looking for ways to make clever Valentine鈥檚 Day cards, Atkinson may have the answer.
Martha Stewart thinks so.
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