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Students take internships to gain work experience, establish contacts
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to do and where I wanted to live,” said
Blader.
Meanwhile, Purtill worked as an
assistant event coordinator and as-
sembled a telephone conference to
teach grass roots organizations how to
run campaigns.
“I suggest to everyone to get an
internship because it teaches you what
is required of you after college,” said
Purtill. Both positions were unpaid,
but Blader and Purtill received college
credit.
At St. Louis University, sophomore
biochemistry major Karen Pitlyk
worked as a lab assistant for Dr. Bruce
Luxon on an experiment to see if vita-
min A had any effect on fibroids in the
liver. “Even though the experiment
turned out to be negative, it was still a
wonderful opportunity, and I made
several contacts,” said Pitlyk.
Pitlyk found the internship by ob-
taining a list of doctors who had grants
for laboratory science. “I learned the
atmosphere of the lab and how to
perform many tasks. I hope to go into
medical research,” said Pitlyck.
Other student internships took
participants abroad. Senior Chris Fish-
er worked as a quality control manag-
er outside of Birmingham, England.
Fisher, who is a pre-MBA student,
can use the internship as credit for the
MBA program. He called it “good ex-
perience for all who want to taste the
real world before getting into the real
world. It establishes a correct idea of
what is out there after graduation.”
Sophomores Amanda Pearse and
Sarah Dreckman both worked in tele-
vision stations for the summer. Both
called different stations in their re-
spective areas to see if any producers
were looking for summer assistants.
At KBIM T.V. in Roswell, New Mex-
ico, Pearse manned the cameras for
the news producers and ran commer-
cials during the weekends. “This ex-
perience made me appreciate my ma-
jor [drama] and the working of theater
because television really [stinks],” said
Pearse.
Dreckman’s major responsibilities
at the ABC affiliate Channel 12 in
Phoenix, Arizona, were writing sto-
ries, video editing, and helping pho-
tographers with ligfmng The most
tedious jjob was logging tape which
consisted of writing down every word
that was said for a particular newscast.
“My most exciting story was inter-
viewing little kids on Father’s Day. I
really encourage people to ask around
about internships; in their fields of
interest because it is die only way of
knowing if that is what you want to do
for the rest of your life,” said Dreck-
man.
Guatemala program leads students to
internships in Central America
By Paloma Belmore _
Contributing Writer
Last summer 25 students who par-
ticipated in the Guatemala Study Pro-
gram in Central America studied the
Spanish language, received credits to-
ward foreign language requirements,
studied education, and worked along-
side doctors.
Mike Troutt, a pre-med student,
volunteered at Hermano Padro, a pub-
lic National Hospital. Pie assisted doc-
tors in patient examinations and stud-
ied tuberculosis and hepititis. He ap-
preciated the 11 hours of credit he
received, but also believes it “does
your heart good to help somebody.”
Sarah Halverson, an education
major, received a chance to study the
photo by Timothy Virnig
Marjean Wagner and her maestro visit a music museum in Antigua.
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Spanish language and participate
in an educational mentorship. She
studied the fundamentals of ele-
mentary teaching at local public
and private schools. “When the
Spanish language is all around you,
it makes the learning experience
fuller,” Halverson said.
Cynthia Merkley, a Spanish ma-
jor, returns to Guatemala once ev-
ery year because of her positive
learning experience. She believes
that the intense Spanish classes
gave her “a better understanding of
the Spanish language and different
cultures.”
Elbe Straub, an English major,
studied Spanish at the Christian
Spanish Academy. She attended
six hours of classes each day from
Monday to Friday, taught one-on-
one by a native Spanish speaker.
She said that the Guatemala Study
Program allowed her to experience
a different country with many sim-
ilarities. She said that she felt like
“all barriers were dropped.”
The students in this program
received a rare opportunity to see
the magnificent volcanoes, Mayan
ruins, and exotic displays of Span-
ish colonial architecture that are in
Guatemala.
This summer, Spanish Profes-
sor Elizabeth Sanchez will direct
the program to Zacatercas, Mexico.
Students interested can speak to
Sanchez in the Foreign Language
Department in Carpenter Hall.
Campus
Safety
Report
October 19 to October 25,1996
10-19-96 - Saturday - 5:25 p.m - A GSM student reported that someone had
unsuccessfully tried to break into his vehicle while he was in the library.
10-20-96 - Sunday - 7 a.m. - An entrance door to a residence hall was found
pried open and a TV was found missing from the lounge area-
10-21-96 - Monday - 3 p.m. - The portrait of J_M_ Dagger was found missing
from the Haggar Center. It was found in a student’s Tower Village
Apartment and returned to the University.
10-21-96 - Monday - 10:30 p.m. - A dorm resident reported to the Irving
Police Department and the Campus Safety Office that a former boyfriend
was harassing her.
10-23-96 - Wednesday - 8:30 a.m. - The stripping to the windows of a UD
staff member’s office was found pried off.
10-23-96 - Wednesday - 11 a.m. - A limb to a peach tree outside the art
department was found cut off.
10-23-96 - Wednesday - 3:15 p.m. - An opossum was spotted in a dorm
room. The opossum was not caught, but the hole in the floor, where the
chill water pipes feed the A/C unit, was sealed to prevent the opossum from
coming back.
10-24-96 - Thursday - 11:34 p.m. - A beer keg was confiscated from a
Student Apartment. A report was filed with the Office of Student Life.
TORNADO ALLEY
Dallas is located in what is known as “tornado alley.” Weather conditions spawn a disproportionate mmmfoer off tsanniadoes in a
corridor extending from Texas through Nebraska. Because of this threat it is important that each off us he aware off what to expect
and what actions to take in the event of a tornado.
The National Weather Service has the following level of alert:
• TORNADO WATCH: This means weather conditions are favorable for the formation of a tornado.
• TORNADO WARNING: This means a tornado has been spotted or detected by radar in the watch zone.
In the event that our area is placed under a tornado watch, stay tuned to the local news for updates. Listen for nhe emergency
notification sirens used by the City of Irving and prepare to take cover if conditions worsen. If coriditKoiiis worsen and our area is
upgraded from a tornado watch to a tornado warning, take the following action immediately:
• If you are in a car, leave the car and take shelter in a ditch, ravine or substantial building.
• If you are on campus, move to one of the following buildings containing a shelter area:
. Haggar University Center basement
Carpenter Hall, sit down in the hallway
Science Building, Blakely Library or Braniff basements
Any residence hall, sit down in the hallway
Take shelter in closed rooms away from windows ^
Campus Safety will monitor the weather channel, weather radio and local police scanner. If a tornado warning is issued for our
area, Campus Safety will notify the Residential Life Staff and students by using the car siren and sending maranars across campus.
CAMPUS SAFETY PHONE NUMBERS
EMERGENCY 5050 NON-EMERGENCY 5305
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