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Article: More Than A Summer Job - It's an Adventure
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- May 29, 1994
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When it comes to a summer job, some college kids are looking for
more than a tan and a paycheck.
Why settle for lifeguarding or housepainting, they figure, when
they could be making serious money on an Alaskan fishing boat,
tending bar in London or monitoring elections in Mozambique?
Students also take jobs with careers in mind, knowing that "How
I spent my summer vacation" may look good on a resume some day. Here
are the stories of some adventurous workers.
Renee Richer has spent summers tracking black bears in North
Carolina and musk oxen in Alaska. After graduating from the
University of Chicago next month, she's off to Zimbabwe to study the
Cape pangolin, a variety of anteater.
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