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Students go against career norms;
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By Rhonda Reinhart
Staff writer
B etween classes at Texas A&M, chatting
with friends and walking across cam
pus, “Samantha” looks like the typical
Aggie co-ed.
But when night falls, a glance at her getting
ready for work reveals another side to this
senior computer engineering major. She is an
exotic dancer at the Silk Stocking Lounge, the
only gentleman’s club in the Brazos Valley.
Samantha, who has been dancing at the
club for three years, said most people who
come to the Silk Stocking do not recognize her
on campus. She said one person who did rec
ognize her said she looks like a mouse on cam
pus compared to the way she looks at work.
“A lot of my friends come out here,” she
said. “All types come out here — profs, corps
members, fraternities, even guys with dates.”
Samantha said her family and most of her
friends know what she does for a living, and
she is not embarrassed by it.
“It’s the best job I’ve found,” she said. “ It’s a
good way to stay in shape, and you get to listen
to the music you want.”
Samantha said working at the Silk Stocking
allows her to make her own schedule, and in
one night, she makes the same amount of
money she would make working at a mini-
mum-wage job for two weeks.
Samantha is not the only A&M student who
has a job that is less than ordinary.
Todd Haney, a senior business analysis
major, puts himself through school by running
his own body-piercing business.
“I’m totally self-supportive,” he said. “I’m
taking nine hours, and I work afternoons and
nights.”
Haney is starting his fourth year of doing
body piercing.
He said after his parents divorced he had
to find some way to pay for school and pay
the bills.
Haney worked at several part-time jobs
before discovering body piercing. He said he
was waiting tables when he met the person
who taught him the craft.
“He opened my eyes to it,” Haney said. “I
kind of did it on a whim, and I realized I could
make a living with it.”
Haney said his work is not all about money.
“I love what I do,” he said. “I just love putting
metal in people. It’s an interesting art form.”
Haney said regardless of what people think,
body piercing is a business.
“Most businesses fail within the first two
years, so I must be doing something right,”
he said. “It keeps me goal-oriented. I’m hav
ing a blast going to school now.”
Another A&M student whose job deviates
from the usual position of restaurant staffer or
mall employee is Melissa Keerins, a sales clerk
at Adult Video.
Keerins, a senior journalism major, started
working at the store in July because she need
ed extra money.
“When I first started,” she said, “I wasn’t
sure what to expect, but as I worked here
longer it became easier to deal with. I don’t do
stuff like this [watch adult videos], so I wasn’t
sure how to react to people’s questions.”
Keerins said customers inquire about
everything from which video to rent, to which
magazines to buy.
“People assume that I must be a sex maniac
or something to be working here,” she said.
“That’s what annoys me the most. I treat it as
just another job. I just sell the stuff.”
Keerins said working at Adult Video is an
interesting experience.
“It’s a real eye-opener to what goes on,” she
said. “We’re the only adult video store in the
Brazos Valley, so we make a lot of money. You
get to know a whole other side to people.”
Keerins works one day a week and makes
minimum wage plus a 10 percent commission
on everything she sells.
She said the job is good because it pays well.
“It’s a lot more lenient here than working at
the mall or something,” Keerins said. “When
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