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Slideshow: Food, water and shanties

Issue date: 9/11/09 Section: News
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What happens when over 70 students, surviving on only the bare minimum, set up camp in the Central Quad shanties? Beans, stench and, for a lucky few, a spot on the nightly news.



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Greg Hubbs

posted 9/16/09 @ 7:39 AM CST

While their intentions are noble they will never know what poverty is like till 60 days or so is spent outdoors. Begging to use a stores restroom, wearing ragged ill fitting clothing. (Continued…)

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