"It does not make me uncomfortable," said Sarah E. Beasley '99-'00 . "I don't care if people know I am on financial aid. I'm not ashamed of it."

Francisca M. Geyer '01 agreed, adding, "I can't see that this was done intentionally, although I could see how people would be upset." Homer said she believes that students should find comfort in the length of the list.

"It was a breach of confidence, but the students whose confidence was breached have a lot of company," said Homer, who added that her intent was to help students learn about ways to make money.

"It is hard for a legitimately good program to get students' attention at this time of year," Homer said. "The spirit was right, but the execution was not."

The program has caught the attention of hundreds of students, but not necessarily in the ways originally intended.

"First of all, I didn't want to have to scroll through all those names to read the e-mail," said Daniel A. Ponce '99-'00. "A 44K e-mail takes up a lot of space, and I am now less willing to keep [the message] in my inbox for future reference."

Homer said the error was an isolated incident.

"This is an example of the disadvantages of massive e-mail messages," Homer said. "We have taken every step to avoid this. It has not happened before and will not happen again."