DENA-KAY MARTIN AND LIVIA CHEUNG

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Students Turn Creativity and Skill into Dollars and Cents

Christopher McClure's knack for making bead and hemp necklaces provided him with the means to travel the expanse of Brazil for a year after he graduated from high school.The sophomore media study major described his friends' and his adventure making enough money to sustain themselves during their stay in Brazil."Being pretty poor we were looking for easy ways to make money."We went to a local bead shops and bought some beads and hemp and blank shirts then went to San Paulo for a week and we sold our stuff as American made necklaces and American made tie-die and people loved it."McClure and his friends used their skill to make money in a way that many would consider unconventional.