Career fair brings opportunities
The event is now two days
because of last year’s
overwhelming turnout
By James Scripps
Oregon Daily Emerald
Today marks the beginning of
the Graduate School and Career
Fair, a two-day event put on by
the Career Center, which is de
signed to provide a forum for stu
dents to visit with representa
tives from 60 graduate schools
and more than 70 employers.
The fair takes place in the
EMU Ballroom today and tomor
row from 11 a.m. to 4p.m, and
with more than 130 different
schools and companies repre
sented “it will be the biggest Ca
reer Center sponsored fair in his
tory,” said Virginia Garrison,
Career Center event planner.
The two-day format is new, a
change prompted by the over
whelming turnout last year and
the expectation for an even bigger
event this year, Garrison said.
Today 60 graduate schools will
have representatives on hand to
answer questions about a wide
range of programs. Some of the
schools represented include Co
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person who’s suffering and subject
them tocriminal prosecution," said
Geoff Sugerman, a member of Ore
gonians for Medical Rights.
The measure allows patients to
grow a small amount of marijuana
on their own, but they are not al
lowed to grow numerous plants in
one location.
Opposition to Measure 67 comes
from Oregonians Against Danger
lumbia, Hastings, Annenburg
School for Communication and
Vancouver Institute of Anima
tion.
On Wednesday, the event will
feature representatives from local
and nationwide employers. The
Career Center encourages stu
dents to dress professionally and
to bring 10 tol5 resumes.
“I am planning to spend the
whole day Wednesday talking to
companies,” said University se
nior Rachel Bridges. “I am not
necessarily looking for a job; just
seeing what’s out there.”
Garrison also recommends that
students plan ahead and priori
tize their time.
“Think about what you are in
terested in and be specific be
cause there may not be enough
time to talk to everyone,” Garri
son said. “This is probably the
only time in your life that the job
is coming to you rather than you
going around and knocking on
doors.”
The Career Center has been
providing students with work
shops designed to prepare them
to meet with schools and em
ployers.
ous Drugs, an organization formed
specifically to oppose the measure.
Jennifer Hudson, member of the
organization, said the measure ex
hibits a lack of regulation for mari
juana. The organization does not
want to support laws that will
make more drugs available to
young people, she said. The orga
nization is afraid that the measure
will lead to increased use of the
drug, Hudson said.
“Close to 150 students have re
ceived instruction on everything
from constructing a resume, to
personal appearance,” Garrison
said.
For students who missed the
workshops, drop-in counselors
will be on hand to provide infor
mation and feedback on interview
techniques.
“A lot of the response that is
making this fair so popular is be
cause of the thriving job market,”
Garrison said. “It is still a good
time to find a job despite the ups
and downs of the stock market."
The Career Center has three ma
jor events a year, one each term.
Winter’s event, the Career and In
ternship Fair, will take place in
January. That fair incorporates
more non-profit and social service
organizations. In spring, the cen
ter will host the Summer Job and
Career Fair.
Over the years, the fair has be
come a popular place for schools
and employers to look for new tal
ent.
“Wearegainingareputation for
having one of the best career fairs
i n the country," Garrison said.
"You don’t practice medicine at
a ballot box," Hudson said.
Burt is also opposed to Measure
67. Smoking marijuana is not
medicine, be said, citing studies
that show it is harmful and dam
aging. This measure gives "blan
ket legal protection "to anyone, he
said.
“We don’t vote on penicillin,
and we don’t allow people to grow
their own opium,” he said.
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