During her hourlong structural engineering class she sends 20-plus e-mails, works on a class paper and takes meticulous notes in outline form on her MacBook Air.

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During her 9 a.m. hourlong structural engineering class she sends 20-plus e-mails, works on a class paper and takes meticulous notes in outline form on her MacBook Air.

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