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The following is supposedly a true story. To be included, besides being true, the story is most likely strange, weird, surprising, or funny. LOS ANGELES TIMES, September 14: According to a database maintained by Academic Guidance Services, there are 3, 000 scholarships earmarked for golf caddies, newspaper carriers, glee clubbers, and band members. Juanita College in Pennsylvania gives grants to needy left-handers. Parents whose children were born on June 12, 1979 can plan ahead to apply for a scholarship to the Rochester Institute of Technology in honor of the school's 150th anniversary. Bucknell University gives grants to students who do not use alcohol, tobacco, or narcotics and don't engage in strenuous activities. A judge in Seattle uses the fines he collects from prostitutes to finance scholarships for their reformed sisters who want to return to school.