I can appreciate that the bulk of the work might be done in July or August. That is when high school students are out. Kids on their way to their first year of university might be trying to access the funding only for July and August. But for May and June, for the university students who are listening and are going to read about this in the newspaper, having to prepare for final exams and these kinds of things, hoping they will be able to find employment when they come back here...we do not have much of a response for these students. We can basically say to them we can do a little better in July and August. Are we suggesting they stay down south and look for work? It looks pretty bleak.

I think we need to be able to assure students coming back that we are not going to provide only 74 jobs with this $150,000. We are going to make the commitment to hire more students than that with the understanding that we will approve the funding in the mains. Certainly we commit to year-long contracts in other areas. I do not think this commitment is out of line with what we see in just about every department. We make year-long commitments. This is a four-month commitment. I do not see why we could not make the commitment for the length of the time. Even going back, if it means getting more money in this interim, more than $150,000, then we do it. I think that it is ridiculous to say to students we can provide a job for a few of you but only for a couple of months, and then you are on your own. Whether or not you will have employment or can find any employment for the last two months of the summer, we do not know. We cannot help you. Thank you.