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4 weird ways students make money in campus

With the country’s economy proudly stuck in the toilet, the saying that life is never a walk in the park seems to gain more and more substance each day. This is true for university students, who, in a bid to cushion themselves from the ugly pressures of these hard economic times, have devised ways to get that extra coin into their pockets. They have to subsidize the ‘peanuts’ they receive from their parents and the heaven-sent Helb.

Agreeably, money is never enough. You can have loads of it, but the desire to hoard some more of it is ever raging. And when times are hard as they are presently, a few extra pennies are highly welcome. So, in this piece I delve into some of the ventures comrades pursue to ensure they never run broke.

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