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Eighth graders Kevin Kahle and Elliot Crosswhite work diligently during their internship for the ASUO. Kahle met Vice President Mitra Anoushiravani during a trip to Texas.
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
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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.”