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Christine C. Yokoyama ’04, a Crimson editor, is a social studies concentrator in Adams House. She is an exhibition design intern at the National Museum of American History but avoids the museum’s public areas during operating hours to repress her desire to kick spoiled children in the shins...
While living in Washington on the campus of American University two summers ago, I got to learn first hand about the killing Washington universities make renting out their dorms to the city’s enormous intern population over the summer. Tiny dorm rooms—shared with one or two others—rent for roughly $200 per week per person. And for those extremely high prices, tenants aren’t granted access to any of the university’s other facilities. Even worse, the District slaps onto these rooms its enormous 14.5 percent hotel...
...summer, other than accepting inevitable financial loss at the outset. Given the relatively small sums of money involved and short duration of summer sublets, there’s little threat of any legal consequences to dishonest renters. And given the limited supply and incredible demand for summer intern housing, even in the midst of a recession, it’s certainly a seller’s market...
Daniel P. Mosteller ’03, a Crimson editor, is a history concentrator in Mather House. He is an intern with Sen. John Edwards’ (D-N.C.) Political Action Committee in Washington. This summer, he has been further honing his skills as The Crimson’s fastest phone answerer...
Working as an advertising intern this summer, I frequently skim through trade publications and can’t help but marvel at TiVO’s growth. Introduced to the market only five years ago, it is scheduled to break-even by the end of this year, and has reported a threefold increase of revenue from the same time last year. Its subscriber base has climbed 124 percent since last year as well. With the downturn in the economy and dwindling advertising budgets, TiVO has the potential to severely undermine television advertising as we know...