Word: internic
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...sure," I said, and he handed me the package and the pen, the grimy list of deliveries pulled from his waterproof satchel. Thinking as an intern, I knew my signature couldn't possibly be traced if this package was lost, but with typical intern bravado I looked like I had signed many of these before. As I stood near him, the temperature in the office building seemed to rise from its normal level of refrigeration. The room also filled with a rich musty scent of a courier at work...
...visage stayed with me as I walked home, wincing at the pain my shoes were causing, sweating as the long-sleeved collar shirt ran rough on my neck, soaked through. Such is the end of a D.C. intern's day. When commuting from an unpaid workplace to my expensive housing, often the best way to go is on foot, since Metro money can add up to fund dinner later...
...associated with Kansas City, Mo., and lie to the south on both sides of the state line. Johnson County is the Kansas side of suburbia and it looks like every other sprawling suburb in America--houses, malls, schools and parks. When we drive through it on our tour, one intern says it looks like suburban Chicago. Another says it looks like Plano, Texas...
...make up for it by tacking an extra hour onto the end. When I timidly ask whether 9-to-7 are appropriate working hours, she replies, "Sure, for the first few weeks until we can find more for you to do." Such is the life of the unpaid summer intern...
...Initially I wanted to work there because I needed a break," she says. Ludwig also wanted to continue a research project, with access to the libraries and other Harvard resources. The reasonable hours also allowed her to work as an intern at the Boston Review, a political and literary magazine, three nights a week...