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April 14, 2012

Study Abroad, Mormon Mission Style

Josh Kron, New York Times

 LAST summer, Jared Dangerfield was simply 19, skateboarding the streets of suburban Salt Lake City, plugged into the Jewish reggae singer Matisyahu. He had just wrapped up his year at Utah State University, where there was a girl he liked to make laugh.
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