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Students Paying
Thousands for
Internships

wtf trend

Aug 30, 2010 1:19 PM CDT

Students Paying Thousands for Internships

With economy in trouble, paid positions harder to find

(Newser) - As internships get harder and harder to come by, forget the idea that you'll actually get paid for one: Increasingly, college students are the ones paying for the internship. The Washington Post investigates the phenomenon in DC, where the supposedly nonprofit "internship program" industry has been thriving (millions of...

GOPers Run
'Witch Hunt' for Muslim Spies

Glenn Greenwald

Oct 16, 2009 10:37 AM CDT

GOPers Run 'Witch Hunt' for Muslim Spies

Advocacy group tries to place Muslim interns in Congress. So?

(Newser) - Four House Republicans are using a document reprinted in a fringe book on a supposed conspiracy to “Islamize America” to call for an investigation into Muslim “spies” in Congress—spies in the form of interns in congressional offices, that is. How “repugnant” and crazy, writes Glenn Greenwald...

College Ups
Supervision of
Letterman Interns

Oct 13, 2009 2:12 AM CDT

College Ups Supervision of Letterman Interns

Quinnipiac vows to keep students out of 'harm's way'

(Newser) - A Connecticut university supplying interns to the David Letterman show has initiated stepped-up measures to "diligently" oversee the program to "ensure that our interns are out of harm's way." The precautions follow leaks indicating that the randy talk-show host bedded at least one NYU intern among the...

C'mon, Dave
Letterman Is
No Bill Clinton

Maureen Dowd

Oct 7, 2009 8:05 AM CDT

C'mon, Dave Letterman Is No Bill Clinton

And he's no Clarence Thomas, either. He didn't harass—or lie.

(Newser) - These days you can't drink and smoke in the office like the ad execs on Mad Men, but when it comes to affairs with young women, working men are still living in the 1960s, writes Maureen Dowd. David Letterman is only the latest boss to fall for the interns and...

SNL: Dave Extortion
a 'Stupid Human Trick'

LETTERMAN ROUNDUP

Oct 4, 2009 7:19 AM CDT

SNL: Dave Extortion a 'Stupid Human Trick'

Plus, the Daily News thinks Dave has a secret love nest in his office—or at least a couch

(Newser) - Add Saturday Night Live to the ranks of those making sport of David Letterman's difficulties. But in the hands of SNL, Dave got off pretty easy. "Weekend Update" anchor Seth Meyers dubbed the extortion attempt "a stupid human trick," adding that the would-be blackmailer was threatening to...

Young Hopefuls Hit Hard by Credit Crunch

Sep 21, 2008 7:00 PM CDT

Young Hopefuls Hit Hard by Credit Crunch

Interns give up dream of retiring at 35 with house in Hamptons

(Newser) - The sad eyes of interns watched Wall Street's precipitous drop all week. These "lackeys," who had worked all summer at investment firms, can no longer expect to retire at 35 with houses in the Hamptons and "a closetful of Brioni suits and Hermès ties," David...