Every Wednesday during her junior year of high school, Janelle Bynum made her way to the Capitol with a gaggle of her peers. “First of all, you had to have your clothes picked out,” she says. “I think ...

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University of Oregon students interning at the Prison Education Program volunteer three days a week at Sponsors, Inc., a nonprofit organization in Eugene that provides a variety of support services to ...

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After arriving in Washington in mid-August, Olive Guillory quickly fell into a rhythm. The Texas Tech junior, who is interning this fall in a House Democratic office, worked on the Hill during the day ...

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