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tomato fields, scorching h<
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exactly ideal conditions for a sumn
job.
Unless, of course, you're David I
erner, a USC graduate student w
spent six weeks this summer on Soi
Carolina's Sea Islands helping La'
American migrant workers find pri
er health care.
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staff writer APRIENNE THOMPSON
The key factors to cooking on ca
pus seem to be keeping it quick a
keeping it easy.
The kitchens in dorms provide
convenient alternative to a meal pi
because they're always open, and soi
students find that they can eat mc
cheaply if they cook for themselvi
Kitchen are equipped with
stove, a sink, and sometimes a n
crowave for those who don't alrea
have them in their rooms.
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the McBryde Quad and the Roost ha
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prenatal doctor's visit with Inez Garcia.
Doing the job "I depended on t
mation and an occasi
he The job was part of the field-place- said.
-at ment requirement for a dual master's He began workh
!ot degree in social work and public health, migrant "subculture'
*er "I hooked them up with health ser- meeting and gettii
vices, transportation and translation," within the commun
5o- Koerner explained. ~ He networked wi
ho He lived out of his 1989 Subaru sta- ers, health workers
ith tion wagon and a small tent at a ers> and he familial
tin coimty campground, except when cer- the area,
op- tain locals took pity on him and gave Next, he found n
him a place to sleep. met the workers.
itchens offer c<
kitchens on some floors or every floor, to spice up some mt
Joe Cote, a senior living in Colum- Cote said cooking
m" bia Hall, cooks most of his meals in- "It is more convei
nd stead of getting a meal plan. with a meal plan,
He said he usually spends about $50 you more eXperienc(
*a to $60 for three weeks worth of gro- when you won't hav
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,re to cooking in the dorms, according to ... s in '
es- Cote. Rices can be mixed with corn, Wo?? w'feels the
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dy ded or parmesan cheese, spaghetti sauce when. I don't feel pr
and butter. ing certain hours
se> Sausages are another staple for him, hungry, I don't feel
ve and he keeps some hot sauce handy a meal," she said.
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>fJ David Koerner (left) t
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?$W JBI "It took less time to gi
%?w !^t than I thought," Koernei
ifltf ?''ll He Put a lot of effort
relationships with the v
Cr - going to mass every Sund
;* "social aspect."
f qBp|y^: hi the evenings, he cut
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The workers tried tc
^^frwP''' him for his services, alt
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"They didn't think th
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preciative of any service
Koerner said,
he locals for infor- His help began with
lonal sofa, Koerner assessment covering bot'
. , _ physical health. Fluent in
^ his way into the emer was the link betwee
by doing just that. workers and their Engl
ig to know people heaith providers.
, , In a normal day, Kc
th community lead- haVe made a surgeIy ap|
i and church lead- a raan with a hernia, hel
nzed himself with gct government beneflts
. dren and driven someor
iigrant camps and pitai h, Charleston.
onvenient
;als. Harrell said she usua
[ for himself is easy, tween $45 and $60 a mont
Qlto Iraonc manornni a
ueiit man iia.as.LUig ""
and it also gives of Noodles, and Hormi
; for later on in life >,?? ? cabinets and si
e a meal plan,' he d?Ss b* Puttm?them dl
oven rack.
... "The food is cooked tl
a senior living in ^gre ^ Q^;en ieftoVen
same way. ^ wjiat j want to eat and i
my own apartment cafeteria had surplus of,"
ol what I eat and Roommates Susan A1
essured to eat dur- nifer Bellamy, both jun
, and if I am not Sims, have meal plans, 1
guilty for wasting plement meals by cooki:
crowave.
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alks with Ediberto Perez about an upcoming doctor's
dships He helped find treatment for everything
from prenatal and neonatal health [
fin their trust problems to skin irritations and back v
r said. problems.
into building After the field work ended every
/orkers, even night, he visited the small, run-down
ay just for the migrant camps, talked to the workers
about new problems and followed up t
mlated among on old ones. He used that time to pri- g
oritize and plan who to help the next ii
?compensate day. n
hough some- c
r was a soda Life in the field
;ey were enti- v
vere very ap- Most of the migrants Koerner g
11 rendered," worked with were young, single men. n
He estimates 80 percent were Mex- P.
a basic-needs ican, 10 percent Guatemalan and the
h mental and rest fr?m other Central or South Amer- u
i Spanish, Ko- ican countries. A few were local sea- h
n the migrant sonal workers.
ish-speaking A good picker, Koerner said, could ii
earn $100 cash in one day after taxes, s
lerner might They were paid by the bucket, and those (
aointment for who wanted extra money could work fi
ped a woman at night in packing houses. a
> for her chil- The average worker was in the fields
ie to the hos- from dawn to dusk with a break from p
noon to about 1:30 or 2 p.m., when ii
the heat was the worst. e
place to mak<
lly spends be- Using just the microwave, they cook t
h on groceries, hot dogs, pancakes, macaroni, corn, i
nd cheese, Oo- green beans, spaghetti sauce and ravi- t
el chili stocked 0h. f
be grills hot "It would be cheaper for us to cook
rectlyonthe here instead of having a meal plan," 0
T Albert said.
^smcUhefood Albert and Bellamy said they would
lot what some onIy spend $50 to $60 a week for both S
' Harrell said tbem to eat a g??d breakfast, lunch
bert and Jen- ^d dinner. t
iors living in Dorm kitchens might be convenient,
but they sup- but they also can have a potential down- t
ng in the mi- side. . s
Cote said he could recall several a
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appointment.
"They provide a huge service to us
by doing] stuff most Americans don't
yant to do," Koerner said.
Reaching out
He believes strongly in the imporance
of full-time outreach since the migrant
workers don't typically initiate
nteraction with the surrounding comnunities.
Thev live in their own "sub
ulture."
Koerner graduates this year and
/ould like to stay involved with miTant
outreach, especially during the
oain growing season, which lasts from
ipril to July.
"I would definitely do it again and
ise what I learned to be more effective,"
le said.
Koerner earned a degree in Spansh
and sociology from Boston Univerity.
He volunteered with the Peace
lorps in the Dominican Republic beire
coming to South Carolina two years
go to attend graduate school.
To make suggestions about imiroving
outreach or for more informa
in about working with migrant workrs,
call Koerner at 779-5295.
e meals
imes in the past two years he has lived
n Columbia Hall that people have
>urned food in the kitchens and set the
ire alarms off.
Mark Jennings, of the Department
if Housing and Residential Services in
he Capstone Area, said there are acually
few problems with alarms being
et off from students burning food.
When it does happen, the incidents
ire taken on a case-by-case basis to deermine
the actions to be taken.
"Responses usually include some
ype of educational follow-up on kitchen
afety, temporary closing of the kitchen
ind so on," Jennings said.
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