&nbsp;<h2>Econ major wins Rhodes Scholarship</h2>
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<img src="/ec/img/brett.jpg" alt="Brett Huneycutt" align="right">
<font size="-1">Economics graduate Brett Huneycutt '2003 is one of the first two
Boston College students to receive a <a href="http://rhodesscholar.org">Rhodes Scholarship</a> in the 100-year history of the 
prestigious scholarship program. Huneycutt and Paul Taylor '2003 join 30 U.S.
students who have been awarded the Rhodes in the 2003 competition. Approximately
95 Rhodes Scholars are selected worldwide, with 65 being reserved for Commonwealth countries
and Germany. With this year's election, 3,014 Americans have won Rhodes scholarships,
representing 306 colleges and universities. Huneycutt and Taylor are the first Boston
College students to win the award, which provide full funding for two or three years
of study at Oxford University. Harvard University students won four awards; other U.S. institutions
with two scholars include the U.S. Military Academy, Stanford University, Williams
College and Washington University in St. Louis.</p>
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Huneycutt was previously profiled in <a href="/EC/newsarchive/news.php">these pages</a> as a recipient of a Fulbright
Scholarship (one of 14 won by BC students this year) and the Undergraduate Research Award 
of the American Academy of Political and Social Science for his study of El Salvadoran
migrant remittances. 
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 <address>24 Nov 2003</address>