Career 911
Alumni can use the Career Center’s resources
for one term after they graduate
By Michelle Golden
Freelance Reporter
Graduation is the time when many
students are thinking about a job or
career. In some cases, students have
no idea what to expect or what field
they want to enter after graduation.
The Career Center, located in 220
Hendricks Hall, has a number of
tools to help students realize and al
locate their strengths toward a major
or future job.
"I suggest for freshman to come in
and get an orientation of what the Ca
reer Center has to offer," Career Cen
ter adviser Kassia Dellabough said.
One of the programs the Career
Center offers is the Mentor Program,
which provides students the oppor
tunity to meet professionals in a
particular field.
"The Mentorship Program con
nects students from a local lawyer to
someone in D.C.," Dellabough said.
In addition, counselors at the cen
ter offer critiques of cover letters and
resumes.
"I did the Mentor Program, and I
learned a lot about the kind of servic
es and resources the Career Center has
to offer," senior Jonah Lee said.
The center also provides students
and graduates the opportunity to de
velop their interviewing skills and
potentially get a job through the
Campus Interview Program. The pro
gram brings employers from leading
companies and businesses to cam
pus to look for students to fill jobs
and internships.
The Career Center uses a Web-based
program called UO-Job Link, support
ed by the National Association of Col
leges and Employers, to connect stu
dents and employers. The center also
puts on workshops for students to al
low them to meet with potential em
ployers, learn appropriate dinner eti
quette or learn to overcome a fear such
as public speaking. These workshops
are geared toward students of all majors
looking to improve their personal skills.
"I found these workshops to be
helpful and beneficial," Lee said.
The Career Center has services for
alumni for up to one term after
graduation.
"If the graduate has no clue as to
what they want to do, they can sit down *
with a counselor and get a direction.
They can also come to the career library
and find out about the job they are in
terested in and make an educated deci
sion as to what the want to do," Career
Center employee Jennifer Sowins said.
Visit the Career Center Web site at
http://uocareer.uoregon.edu or call
346-3235 for more information.
Michelle Golden is a freelance
reporter for the Emerald.
Force-fed liberalism
results in bitter taste
for one conservative
Now that I have just a few short
days left of my college career, I know
I should be thinking about the good
times, but I find myself reflecting on
all the things that pissed me off the
past four years.
First of all, the group commonly re
ferred to as "hippies." These people
are not hippies. Hippies were a peace
ful, kind and loving group. These
unfortunate souls, better named
"granolas," can often be found harass
ing conservatives and defacing prop
erty, such as those who tore up signs
at a recent conservative rally.
Lisa Catto
Conservative wacko
This hypocritical crowd preaches di
versity and acceptance. What a load of
crap. Diversity includes various beliefs,
even those that aren't liberal. How can
people claim to be accepting when
they pick and choose who can belong?
Even worse, many professors have
tried to force-feed me information
without discussing opposing views.
During my first term at the Univer
sity, I took a philosophy course. In the
first weeks of the discussion class, I
found myself ganged up on, with the
graduate teaching fellow putting me
on the spot.
"You're a conservative. How could
you possibly think Bush would make
a good president?"
Mind you, this happened in the fall
of2000. I'm a shy person who doesn't
speak up in class, and yet here I was,
forced to defend my beliefs to a sea of
scowling faces staring at me with hate
in their eyes. I simply raised my hand
one day when he asked who was vot
ing for whom in the presidential elec
tion; I regretted doing so on that day.
What does the 2000 presidential cam
paign have to do with an introduction
to philosophy class, anyway?
I also remember attending a get
out-the-vote rally that fall. Bill Bradley
was speaking, and the band Everclear
was slated to play. I attended, curious
to hear what Bradley had to say and to
watch the band.
In the back of th£ crowd, there was a
small group of the College Republicans
waving Bush-Cheney signs and a
group of Ralph Nader supporters. Art
Alexakis, lead singer of Everclear, began
a liberal rant putting down the gutsy
Bush and Nader supporters, when he
should have been encouraging all stu
dents to vote for who they believed in.
I have dozens of experiences like
this that make me cringe when I think
of this place. 1 cherished the profes
sors and classes that taught both sides
of an issue and encouraged students
to form their own beliefs.
I came to the University knowing
full well how liberal it was. I thought
that by hearing the opinions of oth
ers, I could become more solid in my
beliefs and develop reasoning to why
I felt the way I did.
I leave the University a bitter con
servative, tattered and worn by the
liberalism shoved down my throat
and the lack of acceptance of my be
liefs. I hope that when I have chil
dren and they go to college, people
will at least agree to disagree.
Contact the crime/health/safety
reporter at lisacatto@dailyemerald.com.
Her opinions do not necessarily
represent those of the Emerald.
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