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Homeless in Columbia: How To Be Homeless

Paul Bowers | Posted 05.25.2011 | College
Read More: Conflict Avoidance, Church, Soup Kitchens, College Kids, Homelessness, Humor, Prison, Subcultures, Public Libraries, South Carolina, Oliver Gospel Mission, Public Parks, Columbia, College News
Paul Bowers

Our three days with the homeless confirmed something a close friend told me before I left: We were stepping into a subculture.

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Homeless in Columbia: Heading Outside to Learn (VIDEO)

Paul Bowers | Posted 05.25.2011 | College
Read More: Anonymity, Homelessness, Oliver Gospel Mission, First Person, Journalism, South Carolina, Columbia, College News
Paul Bowers

The people who will be showing us the city over the next three days have a subculture all their own, and I'm bracing myself for a sort of cultural whiplash.

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