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By Gina Roth, Cincinnati Herald InternGina Roth, Herald intern. Photo providedOf course I move to Over the Rhine in the middle of a blizzard. As a Miami University student taking part in a special program, I’m only in Cincinnati to write for the Cincinnati Herald for 3 weeks.It’s just my luck that on day one of my internship the city is struck with snow like it hasn’t seen in years. I was completely snowed in.The Herald works completely remotely, so it’s not like the weather was keeping me from coming into the office. I should just be able to hop on the zoom call from the comfort of my own apartment. Wrong.My university provided accommodations don’t have Wi-Fi service. At my place, my computer is practically useless. I knew about the remote work and lack of Wi-Fi in advance, but I wasn’t prepared for the snow.I had planned to go to a nearby café or the newly renovated library to hop on their free internet, but with the advent of Snowmageddon, that was liking less possible.At 8:30 a.m. Monday morning my roommate Kiley and I made it down all three floors of our walkup and across multiple city blocks to...

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