Lady and Gentlemen;<div><br></div><div>In this day and age, the word "free" just doesn't carry the meaning it once did. For example, in the sentence, "Become a Microsoft Student Partner in the coming year, and get free stuff!", you immediately change "free stuff" to "a free extra-large T-shirt and a monogrammed Frisbee". In reality, the phrase more accurately means, "free copies of Microsoft Office, Vista Ultimate, Halo 3, a free laptop, and a paycheck". </div>
<div><br></div><div>Microsoft Student Partners represent the academic outreach liaisons that leverage... oh, forget it. You attend the occasional seminar and pimp Microsoft's stuff, they reward you handsomely for it. They say it'll consume about 5 hours of your life a week, but that amount seems to be highly variable, judging from the testimony of Stevens' resident MSP. It's a pretty sweet deal, considering that most of the seminars are hands-on demos of unreleased technology, which in the past have included Live Mesh, Surface, and the NXE. It's also a well-known program that looks very snazzy on any tech-sector resume, and hooks you up with all kinds of other Microsoft Student Pimps. And did we mention the free games?</div>
<div><br></div><div>Apply today at <a href="http://www.student-partners.com">http://www.student-partners.com</a> or by sending an e-mail to Ted, Stevens' current MSP, at <a href="mailto:treed@stevens.edu">treed@stevens.edu</a> . Think of it as your own way to stick it to The Man. Except that by The Man, I mean Apple.</div>
<div><br></div><div>With love and squalor,<br>-- <br>Zack Freedman<br>Stevens Business/Technology Junior<br>President, Stevens Game Development Club<br>Prospective Game Designer/Producer<br>*Note: Free swag may include, in addition to aforemention hardware and software, one or more XL T-shirts and/or Frisbees. We apologize for the inconvenience.
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