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Summers at home lead to rest, cash
Jobs often send students back home
BY GREG SMITH
STAFF WRITER
Although it might seem as though
almost every UNC student will be
traveling the globe and saving the
world this summer, some students
are finding that their best option is
returning to their hometown.
“The number one reason I’m
going back home is that I want to
make money." said junior I .aura
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Castrodale, who is from Concord.
“I thought about doing World
Camp, but for that, you have to
spend two grand, whereas if I get
the job at the YMCA day camps.
I’ll be making two grand."
Castrodale, an education major,
said she was excited to gain experi
ence working with kids.
“I also like being able to live
for free at my parents' house,"
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Castrodale said. “And not having
to worn- about anything related to
school and relaxing without feel
ing guilty."
Freshman Lesley Mcßride of
Mocksville said she is going home
to look for a job.
“I work in retail over winter
break, so hopefully 1 can get a job
in that rather than work in a res
taurant," she said.
Mcßride also is looking forward
to spending time with old friends
whom she doesn’t get to see during
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the year, as well as catching up on
reading and personal art projects.
Some students are returning
home to focus on more than work.
Junior Cara Ray from Boone is a
transfer student from Wake Forest
University and said she was home
sick for her friends and family.
“I didn't really consider any other
plans for the summer," Ray said.
“I’m going to do volunteering
at a hospital, maybe take a class
at Appalachian and maybe work,
too, but mostly I’m just counting
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down the days until I can see the
mountains again."
Freshman Charlotte native
Austin Monroe said he considered
multiple summer plans, including
a trip to London, but said he wait
ed too long to do any of them.
“I will be traveling around the
country to various music festivals,
that's the one really good thing
about the summer," Monroe said.
“I'm excited. I’ll have so much
free time to do things, and that's
what summer’s for."
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