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[UPDATE] Sentinel 9/5/05
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 		[UPDATE] Sentinel 9/5/05
Study Shows Games Year Aids Careers
By ALWHIN COPI

A study by the Perplex City Academy shows that students who take a games year make 8% more salary at their first jobs, and a stunning 22% more after ten years, even after adjusting for any variance in academic achievement. PCAG Chairman Robert Zhi-hui found the results unsurprising. "We find that the best and brightest really are the students most dedicated to the games," he said. "Employers recognise that drive toward innovation and reward it."

Employment lawyer Yasmin Olivette pointed to a darker perspective. "This is the starkest portrait of employment bias I've seen in years," she said. "It's like a little club. All of the boys and girls who took a games year are unfairly considered over their peers who choose to go directly to the workplace."

Sienna Greenlawn, 24, currently a puzzle-setter in the PCAG organisation, indicated that Olivette's logic was a big part of her decision to participate in the games year. "It just seems like the sharp thing to do," she said. "Was I worried that foregoing the games might hurt my chances of getting a great job after school? Yes, absolutely."

Zhi-hui vehemently disagreed with Olivette's stance. "Students in the games year get a broad exposure to skills and significant responsibility. ... These graduate students do some really hard work as puzzle-setters, judges, events and project manager," he said. "These bright young men and women build confidence beyond their years. It's really no wonder at all that this early chance to prove yourself keeps bearing rewards throughout your career."

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The study focused on the income and position of nearly a thousand Academy graduates with otherwise similar academic achievements. The study also found that students who take the games year are more likely to gravitate toward high-stress and high-visibility roles. Those who remain within the Academy are more likely to become adjunct or full Fellows.

The so-called games year is an option for Academy students to spend a year seconded to the largely student-run PCAG organisation.

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 		There is also an archives section that has all the past articles that we were allowed to view as well as the other headlines. Intrestingly, it seems as though we might need real keys this time as the url looks for a key...

"http://www.perplexcitysentinel.com/authenticate/?target=Hannigan's%20Focus%20on%20Quality"
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 		I find it odd the the < i > (%3Ci%3E) get passed as part of the target argument in this link

does that just make the scripts easier to code to pass the exact same string as the head line? or is this abnormal?

NOTE: < i > : spaces add so text isn't in italics.
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