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With a tattered bag slung over her shoulder, Wanni Zhou strides across the gym. She finds her familiar corner and crouches to unroll the plush mat from her hands. Rising to her feet, she rests her hands on her sides and gives a tight twist of her hips and neck, relaying to her brain she is ready. Whether kicking oneself for procrastinating on a 10-page paper due the next day, or in Zhou’s case,...

Where Working Students Go Wrong

Indiana State student Aaron Brown’s alarm clock interrupts his sleep like a gunshot at 8:30 a.m. He trudges over to the clock through empty pizza boxes and soda cans. He grabs his work clothes with yesterday’s lunch stains still on them, packs up his schoolwork and heads out the door. This is just another routine Tuesday.


iPhone Class Etiquette

Student Hayley Krause’s body may be in attendance, but her mind is elsewhere.


Failure to Intern

Kyle O'Conner wakes up at six in the morning and heads for the train station where he takes the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway to the Chicago Union Station. From the station, he walks a mile heading for State Street where he gets on the 136-bus route and proceeds to his final destination, the John G. Shedd Aquarium in Chicago, Illinois. His total travel time is 45 minutes.


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