No Time For Fun

Students used to kick back when summer came. Now they're too busy beefing up their resumes

Once upon a time, in the land of the silver screen, summer was reserved for hanging out and making out--preferably at the beach and not in that order. That was how Gidget found her Moondoggie, how Frankie and Annette learned beach-blanket bingo and how Grease's Danny met a girl crazy for him. Sure, those were movies, but when Danny waxed poetic about his nights of summer loving, nobody thought, "What a slacker!"

Compare Moondoggie to Lovelle Menzie, who just completed his junior year at Morehouse College in Atlanta. As a summer intern at New York City's Chase Manhattan Bank, he plans...

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