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In depressed economy, unpaid college internships are on the rise

Would you accept a job offer if you knew you werenâ??t going to get paid?

For a good number of college students hoping to get their foot in the door, the answer is â??absolutely.â?

â??For me, itâ??s better to have an unpaid internship than no internship at all,â? says Max Appelbaum, a UW-Madison junior who will be spending a second straight summer in New York working as an unpaid public relations intern.