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Internships key to gaining experience, career

By Aimee Trost · Tuesday, Oct. 5,2004 1:14 a.m.

Trying to find a job can be one of the most difficult and challenging tasks facing students as they finish their college careers. This is especially true in today's world of layoffs and downsizing. But there is something you can do to thrust your foot in the corporate door -- and that is to work at an internship while you are still in college.

More than just learning the ropes

By Stacie Vasko · Tuesday, Oct. 5,2004 1:13 a.m.

For some people, an internship is just a bonus on the road to graduation -- but for TV people, it's a necessity. As a broadcast journalism major, I'm launching myself into a cut-throat market based simply upon competition.

God can't speak Spanish

By Alyson Brodsy and Felipe Maya · Tuesday, Oct. 5,2004 1:12 a.m.

Dora the Explorer just isn't enough. You know, the big-headed Latin cartoon girl who speaks Spanglish to a monkey on Nickelodeon. I love that show (not that I watch it or anything). It teaches little kids to be bilingual, which is great. But what's not so great is that it's just about the only Spanish-language show in Bloomington. And there's a chance this could be a symptom of a language prejudice, the belief that everyone should speak English.

IU junior gets 'D.C. experience' on Capitol Hill

By Adrienne Dye · Tuesday, Oct. 5,2004 1:11 a.m.

Junior Matt Tyrrell didn't go back home to Naperville, Ill., to work during the summer -- he went to Washington, D.C., instead.

Hamer's Hammers

By Alyson Brodsy and Waddell Hamer · Tuesday, Oct. 5,2004 1:11 a.m.

Not too many Americans can argue against the fact that since President George W. Bush has taken office in January of 2001, he has been a big help to the financial elite of America. Whether you're a Bush supporter or not, no one can argue that many of the positions and stands that this administration has taken during the past four years have supported and aided the rich more than anyone else.

Let's be honest

By Alyson Brodsy and Amanda Trost · Tuesday, Oct. 5,2004 1:09 a.m.

Last Thursday as I trudged to campus for my marathon of classes, I was suddenly struck by a major wave of anxiety. I realized I had left my most important school supply at home: my cell phone. I know what you're thinking: "Poor brat can't be without her precious cell phone for a day." But that's not true at all. Of course I can be without my cell phone, I just don't want to.

Students choose between paid, unpaid internships

By Teri Rosenbaum · Tuesday, Oct. 5,2004 1:08 a.m.

Many students, particularly upperclassmen, choose to enhance their college experience with internships to further their career. However, the question of taking a paid or unpaid internship often arises. Kris Mathes, a promotions intern for Emmis Communications' WNOU 93.1 in Indianapolis, felt his unpaid internship was beneficial for his future career.

Letter to the Editor

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Oct. 5,2004 1:07 a.m.

Editorial Board took the position that compulsory voting is a bad thing, leading to ignorant voters. However, in numerous past editorial pieces, the Indiana Daily Student has held that everyone should vote, that voting is a civic duty and that to not vote is irresponsible. So what is it?

Hillel career program offers networking

By Colleen Carroll · Tuesday, Oct. 5,2004 1:06 a.m.

Jewish business students interested in creating contacts for the future might wish to take notice of a club offered by the Helene G. Simon Hillel Center. The Business Leadership Initiative, which began seven years ago at IU, brings business leaders and students together, creating possible networks and giving insight into various industries.

Volunteer opportunities might replace job search

By Colleen Carroll · Tuesday, Oct. 5,2004 1:05 a.m.

As many students prepare to join the workforce, a small percentage of IU students look to volunteer organizations, such as the Peace Corps or Teach For America, as a place to go for the few years after graduation. Jan Van Dyke, senior assistant director for career resources at the Career Development Center, said students express serious interest in volunteer organizations.

Interviews, internships key in achieving success

By Mandy Wilczynski · Tuesday, Oct. 5,2004 1:03 a.m.

INTERVIEWS The key to having a successful interview is to be yourself said Sharon Chertkoff, director of outreach programs and services at the Student Academic Center. Although this may sound terribly cliché, it's crucial to remember to show the "real you," she said. Ask yourself what makes you better and more qualified for the job than the next person.

Theater majors face job difficulties after graduation

By Kathleen Quilligan and Kathleen Quilligen · Tuesday, Oct. 5,2004 1:01 a.m.

At 9 a.m. the sidewalks and courtyards of campus are empty, with students either tucked away in bed or looking bleary-eyed at their 8 a.m. professor. In Room A200 of the theater building, graduate student Samuel Wootten leads his seven sleepy students through a series of yoga exercises to wake them up.

Junior lands dream internship with Colts

By Carrie Ritchie · Tuesday, Oct. 5,2004 1 a.m.

Growing up, children often dream about having exciting careers when they become adults. Some want to be doctors or lawyers. Some dream of becoming singers or actors. Others, like junior Kevin Anderson, dream of being involved in professional sports -- yet not many are lucky enough to live their dream. However, after his internship with the Indianapolis Colts this summer, Anderson, a sports marketing and management major, is one step closer to living his dream.

Cuba's thriving hip-hop scene seeing changes

By Alyson Brodsy and Vanessa Arrington · Tuesday, Oct. 5,2004 12:59 a.m.

HABANA DEL ESTE, Cuba -- On broiling summer days more than a decade ago, teenagers here spent hours watching breakdancing on "Soul Train" and listening to American rap floating across the radio waves from Florida. Then they gathered on street corners, surrounded by rows of apartment buildings with chipped paint and laundry hanging out the windows, and copied what they'd seen and heard.

Letters from Abroad

By Alyson Brodsy and Andrea Opperman · Tuesday, Oct. 5,2004 12:58 a.m.

I'd like to extend an apology to my faithful readers. I lied in my last column. This one isn't about food. The closest it gets to dealing with food ... well, I'll explain later. You see, things came up, and I ended up going to the last bull fight of the season. Let me attempt to provide you with a visual ... I expect it to be difficult, but I will try my utmost: Bull fights (or corridas) are formal events.

'America,' the splendidly funny

By Alyson Brodsy and Tony Sams · Tuesday, Oct. 5,2004 12:55 a.m.

Welcome to Democracy 101 -- but don't snore yet, because you're in for a treat. The self-effacing and quick-witted Jon Stewart, host of Comedy Central's immensely popular faux-news program "The Daily Show," will serve as your professor while you walk down history lane. Your primary reading will come from "America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction," a new satirical textbook of American government from Stewart and his fellow "Daily" writers that, hands down, will turn into a much better investment than that civics book currently collecting dust on your dorm room floor.

Early musicians play church

By Benjames Derrick and Benjamin Derrick · Tuesday, Oct. 5,2004 12:52 a.m.

The Bloomington Early Music Festival held a concert with Ensemble Lipzodes, a five-member group that specializes in 16th century Guatemalan church music, in the Trinity Episcopal Church Saturday night. The concert was a precursor to the Early Music America Medieval and Renaissance music competition in New York. The group was invited to the festival, and if this weekend's performance is any indication of how they will perform in New York, many among the audience said they should do very well.

Iran's top dissident cleric turns attention to Iraq

By Alyson Brodsy and Brian Murphy · Tuesday, Oct. 5,2004 12:51 a.m.

QOM, Iran -- These are pilgrims of a different kind. Several times a week, Shiite Muslim clerics and community leaders from neighboring Iraq climb stairs to a little office in this Iranian city of shrines and Islamic seminaries. There, an aged and hunched figure sits on a swivel chair fitted with an electric blanket.

Bush, Kerry vie for critical undecided vote

By Alyson Brodsy and David Espo · Tuesday, Oct. 5,2004 12:50 a.m.

HAVERTOWN, Pa. -- Put Barbara White down as undecided in the race for the White House. "The economy makes me afraid of Bush, but I'm scared of Kerry because of security," she said, standing in the doorway of her home outside Philadelphia.

Car bombs kill 24 in Baghdad

By Alyson Brodsy and Bassem Mroue · Tuesday, Oct. 5,2004 12:48 a.m.

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Insurgents unleashed a pair of powerful car bombs Monday near the symbol of U.S. authority in Iraq -- the Green Zone, where the U.S. Embassy and key government offices are located -- and hotels occupied by hundreds of foreigners. Three other explosions brought the day's bombing toll to at least 24 dead and more than 100 wounded.