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‘FRUITVALE’: A LIFE DERAILED | 3 A LASTING BOND | 6 a-rOD SUSPENSION | 12 The Princeton s ummer J ournal A Publication of The Princeton University Summer Journalism Program Monday, August 12, 2013 Founded in 2002 princetonsummerjournal.com Many media CONFUSION ON THE MORNING AFTER internships 49 NYC pharmacies visited Only 16 aware of new FDA unpaid policy on Plan B One-Step Only 11 currently providing By Ashley Jones-Quaidoo, in the media this summer were the pill without restriction Lesley Le Platte, Jeanne Li not paid by their publications and Ellen Pham for their work. (Last week, the with the staff of The Summer Journal sent emails Princeton Summer Journal to approximately 1,000 stu- WHAT PHARMACISTS TOLD US dents who work for college Like many aspiring journal- newspapers asking about their • ‘I have no idea. They change [the policy] all the ists, Harvard University stu- summer employment. Eighty time. It’s hard to keep up with it.’ dent Michelle Hu went hunt- of those who responded were ing for media internships this interning in journalism.) Of • ‘As far as we’re concerned, you’ve got to be 18.’ summer. But as a student on those 80 students, 25 (or 31 financial aid, Hu had to con- percent) were on need-based fi- • ‘Now they’re saying 15. I’ve seen other sider money when making her nancial aid. According to data documents that say it’s 17 years old. Everything decision. Hu simply couldn’t af- compiled from U.S. News and is in limbo.’ ford to take an unpaid intern- World Report, 46 percent of ship. In the end, she got an students from the colleges and internship with Al Jazeera in universities that these 80 stu- Washington, and was able to dents attend are on need-based PHOTO BY SHAWDAE HARRISON :: THE PRINCETON SUMMER JOURNAL pull together money to cover financial aid. Plan B One-Step on an NYC pharmacy shelf with its new packaging (l.). The FDA’s new policy has led to widespread confusion among pharmacists. basic expenses—a $1,000 sti- The reasons for the dispro- pend from Al Jazeera and a portionate underrepresenta- $1,000 scholarship from the tion of financial-aid-receiving Asian American Journalism students in journalism in- Plan B rules cause confusion Association. Even with this ternships appear to be com- funding, however, budgeting plicated. Only six of the 27 By Erick Arzate, Shemaiah One-Step, the most common Teva Pharmaceuticals, as a pill over the counter]. I just for the summer still wasn’t students in paid internships Clarke, Miguel Diaz and “morning-after” pill. cause of confusion. don’t want anybody to abuse easy. are on financial aid—sug- Hunter Richards Of 49 pharmacists inter- In addition, several phar- the medication,” he said. “I had to find a place with gesting that money isn’t the with the staff of The viewed Wednesday in Man- macists interviewed said cheap rent,” Hu said. “Every only reason low-income stu- Princeton Summer Journal hattan, Brooklyn, Queens that, despite the lack of age Evolving Legal Landscape time I bought food it was a dents are not working at jour- and the Bronx, only 16 were restriction, they would con- IN APRIL, A federal judge in conscious decision.” nalism internships. (A lack of This June, in response to even aware that Plan B One- tinue to demand identifica- Brooklyn ruled that any- At least Hu was able to find family or friend connections a federal judge’s ruling, the Step was now available to ev- tion. Many said that they one, regardless of age, could funding. With the economy in the media world may be Obama administration made eryone without age or point- were concerned that making purchase emergency contra- sluggish and the news indus- partly to blame.) However, the emergency contraceptive of-sale restrictions. the pill available without re- ceptives without a doctor’s try struggling, unpaid journal- there is no doubt that lack pill Plan B One-Step avail- And of those 16 pharma- striction represented a risk prescription. In response, ism internships seem more of payment can be a barrier able over the counter to peo- cists, only 11 were actual- to public health. the FDA lowered the age re- common than ever. And that to low-income students. Of ple of all ages and genders. ly selling Plan B One-Step “I hate it,” said Hening striction for Plan B One-Step means students from low-in- the 19 students on financial But an investigation by without any restrictions. Sev- Kwan, a pharmacist at a from 17 to 15 in April, and come backgrounds are facing aid who were polled and are The Princeton Summer Jour- eral of the pharmacists inter- Walgreens in the Bronx, who then eliminated it altogether a major barrier to entry in the working at unpaid intern- nal revealed that the vast viewed said they were still said that he would continue in June, making it the only industry. ships, at least 14 are receiv- majority of pharmacists in- enforcing the now-defunct age to sell the drug only to con- morning-after pill that can be In a survey conducted by ing scholarships or some help terviewed in New York City restrictions and cited lack of sumers who provided him purchased regardless of age. The Princeton Summer Jour- from their school—and might did not know about this re- guidance from the Food and with identification. Many pharmacists com- nal, 53 out of 80 college stu- not have been able to take the cent change regarding the Drug Administration (FDA) “I feel like everybody’s not plained, however, that four dents working at internships See JOURNALISM page 10 rules for access to Plan B and the pill’s manufacturer, educated enough [to buy the See PLAN B page 10 I SCREAM, YOU SCREAM ENTREPRENEURSHIP Dueling delicacies delight Start-up schools to address poverty By Hunter Richards ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: By Odett Salcedo ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: By Miguel Diaz By Lauren Smith By Navil Perez By Jasmine White allegan, mich.ith three es- new york,tudying n.y. abroad tablished ice in Cape Town, cream shops bronx,As you n.y. enter The Bent losPrinceton angeles, calif.residents know South Africa, thornton,Several Princeton colo. students birmingham,While studying ala. abroad in competing for Spoon, a Princeton ice cream their ice cream. There are last year, Ja- and alumni are looking to fol- South Africa during their ju- Wcustomers in Princeton, it shop, the decadent smell of three ice cream parlors Sson Warrington ’13 and low in the footsteps of Teach for nior year, Princeton students raises the question: Which organic ice cream wafts over within walking distance of Greg Groves ’13 could America founder Wendy Kopp Jason Warrington ’13 and one is getting the cold you, making it tempting to each other, each with its own not help but notice the ’89 by tackling the challenge of Greg Groves ’13 found them- shoulder? taste the flavors. The ice unique style, flavors, and am- poverty that surrounded education in America. selves engaged in deep discus- The newest of the trio is cream flavors are written bience. them. The two Princeton C h r i s t i a n sions about The Bent Spoon in Palmer on small pieces of cardboard The Bent Spoon, a small, students were especially Smutherman ’14, ::::: what they Square. Founded in 2004, above the counter, giving off cozy parlor established in struck by the homeless- Greg Groves ’13, were seeing— the store is known for its a family business feel. 2004, sits on a narrow strip ness and poor standards Jason Warrington for instance, a constantly changing creative The streets of Princeton on the west side of Palmer of education. While the ’13 and Amina Ya- ‘Black male homeless man flavors—it’s had over 500 in include many stores that Square. There are just three situation moved them, musah ’13 are es- students have the sitting out- See BENT SPOON page 2 See ICE CREAM page 2 tables in the shop, so it’s they realized that very tablishing a non- side a BMW not the best place for large similar problems were af- profit called the lowest graduation d e a l e r s h i p . crowds. fecting Americans back Freestye Montes- rate in the United Looking back, Its fans, however, couldn’t home. sori Urban Acad- Wa r r i n g t on care less. Along with Christian emy (FMUA). States … they are described the Long-time customer Chris- Smutherman ’14 and Ami- While studying not receiving the poverty as tin Mertz said she comes to na Yamusah ’13, they want- abroad in Cape completely “in The Bent Spoon “way too of- ed to find a way to approach Town, South Af- foundation your face.” ten, according to my wallet— the problem. rica, Warrington they need.’ These dis- and my waistline.” As she “We decided to create our and Groves were cussions made described the shop, her face business based on the profi- taken back by Groves and GREG GROVES ’13 lit up like a kid in a candy ciency of minority students the poverty and Wa r r i n g t on shop, or in this case, an ice in math and English. Black inequality they resolve to do cream shop. “It’s different, male students have the low- encountered. But ::::: s o m e t h i n g creamy, sweet. It reminds me est graduation rate in the they soon realized about poverty of summer,” she said.

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