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Eighth graders get internship opportunity ■ Kevin Kahle and Elliot Crosswhite are learning the ins and outs of the ASUO through hands-on experience By Emily Gust Oregon Daily Emerald It’s not every day that the person sitting next to you on the bus can lead you to an internship, but that’s exactly what happened to eighth grade Roosevelt Middle School student Kevin Kahle. In a twist of fate, Kahle was placed next to ASUO Vice Presi dent Mitra Anoushiravani on the ride home after a University pep ral ly in El Paso, Texas, for the Sun Bowl. After chatting for awhile, he mentioned how he needed to do a mentorship in order to graduate from his middle school this spring. Anoushiravani, seeing how she could help, immediately offered Kahle what she could: the chance to intern in the ASUO office. “Mitra was really nice to me, and it seemed like I was welcome here,” Kahle said. Anoushiravani also encouraged him to involve his friends, so Kahle brought along fellow eighth grade Roosevelt student Elliot Cross white. For the past three weeks, the two have come into the ASUO of fice every Tuesday and Thursday Want to be the Editor? The Oregon Daily Emerald, the independent student newspaper at the University of Oregon, is accepting applications for Editor in Chief for 2000-2001. Editor is responsible for all editorial operations and editorial content of the newspaper. Interested parties should pick up an application packet, which includes a job description, at the ODE front desk in Suite 300 EMU or call 346-5511 for more information. Application deadline is Tuesday March 28 at 5 p.m. Candidate must be a student at the University. Emerald to learn the ropes of student gov ernment. Between making posters advocating the United States Stu dents Association referendum and distributing surveys for the ASUO’s renter’s rights campaign, Kahle and Crosswhite are receiv ing a crash course in student gov ernment at the college level. On the agenda is an ASUO Stu dent Senate meeting for next term, and they’ve even been given a copy of the Green Tape Notebook, which outlines ASUO rules, to read and look over. “I think it’s great that the UO has a student government that can present ideas that can help the stu dents and the University,” Cross white said. At Roosevelt, both Kahle and Crosswhite are involved with their own student government. As is to be expected, the scene there is a bit different from the one they have been experiencing the last few weeks. Through work on vari ous committees, duties range from putting together school assem blies to allocating money made from the school’s magazine drive. Anoushiravani said she hopes that the experience of seeing the governments in both middle school and college will help Kahle and Crosswhite recognize the sim ilarities as well as the differences. “I hope that it shows them how student government in college has a much bigger impact than in jun ior high or high school,” she said. “But also that the leadership skills in junior high and high school can be built upon.” Additionally, Anoushiravani said she believes the internship will give Kahle and Crosswhite a different view of the University than the one they had before. Both of their fathers are professors at the University, so they haven’t really had the chance to see education struggles from the student per spective. The mentorship program that has prompted Kahle and Cross white to intern at the ASUO is one of the requirements to graduate from eighth grade at Roosevelt. For one to two months, the stu dents are required to provide more than 12 hours of service to a busi ness or operation of their choice. Students are encouraged to seek out opportunities in fields where they are considering careers, but they do not necessarily have to re strict their choice. Looking ahead at the college op eration of student government, Kahle and Crosswhite have been able to see if it is something they want to do in the future. Returns so far show both considering the option. “Probably [I’ll do] student gov ernment in high school. I’m think ing about it,” Crosswhite said. In college, “possibly [I’d do] a small er position.” “I wouldn’t want to be vice president because it’s a lot of hard work,” Kahle said. “And if you want to play sports, then you couldn’t do it.” In addition to service, students are expected to do a final project to display what they have learned during their mentorships. Many do papers, but Crosswhite and Kahle plan to take the technologi cal route. The two are going to do a video that documents the way things work at the ASUO. A video would be the natural choice for the Kahle and Cross white, who have been friends since first grade when they attend ed the French immersion program at Fox Hollow. During their free time, they like to work on student films and are currently working on a script for a spy movie. But for now they continue to bustle around the ASUO office, at least until a few weeks into spring term. Anoushiravani said she feels that other than being a bit overwhelmed, they seem to be en joying themselves. “I would like to think that we’re a fun group to hang out with,” Anoushiravani said. “It’s been good,” Kahle said re garding his tima in the ASUO. “They’re really nice’people.”
