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CAMPUS VIEWS Our Take The end is nigh Good morning. In less than a month, cars from here will join others from around the nation and you will be launching the largest aerial battle in the history of | mankind... Oh, wait. Thats the beginning of the presidents | speech from Independence Day. I guess that speech still applies--sort of. As we pre- | pare for our finals we begin to make our plans for the | summer which can be very similar to the invasion | and near destruction of the earth. I mean we are inundated with the questions about | work, vacations, beach and road trips. Even spending the summer in your underwear , while watching Netflix can have its merits, it helps to make plans. Laura Odom, Editor-in-Chief lodom@westerncarolinian.com 109-D Old Student Union - Cullowhee, North Carolina 28723 828-227-2694 Dr. Mary Adams, Faculty Adviser Kaitlyn Connelly, Copy Editor Allison Adkins, Sports Editor Ceillie Simkiss, Photographer/Designer Chris Ward, Photographer Jeffery Wilson, Cartoonist Ryan Michaud, Sports Writer Joshua Turner, Sports Writer Rachael Hedden, Staff Writer Christian Henderson, Staff Writer. Tabitha Hill, Staff Writer Shelby LeQuire, Contributing Writer Chandler Black, Contributing Writer Jamie Lalley, Contributing Writer Mindy Ledford, Contributing Writer Hank Hodge, Contributing Writer _. Ronald Davia, Contributing Writer Jonathan Hardesty, Contributing Writer Katy Samuel, Contributing Writer Julie Reis, Contributing Writer Tabby Price, Contributing Writer _ www.westerncarolinian.com Facebook: The Western Carolinian Twitter: @WestCarolinian Mailing Address: The Western Carolinian P.0. Box 66 Cullowhee, NC 28723 - Cartoon - Stress TIPS TO AVOID STRESS |. PLAN ANEAD FoR TOUGHER SUBJECTS 2% KEEPCALM DON'T SLACK OFF UNTIL. THE LAST "MINUTE! Quotable Hunter Library, named after the third president of what is now Western Carolina Univer- sity, may never be the center of campus, but it is the center of our education. --Julie Reis PLQIGHT, AFTER GOING over OF ners tAmNes ONEMORE TIME, | iTS ENGLISH NEXT. The Waiting Game: Internships Wanted: Faith, trust, pixie dust Waiting in the wings Laura Odom Editor-in-Chief When it comes to interships, as an education stu- | dent at Western Carolina University, I am lucky. | As an education major, before I can graduate | I have to intern in a local school. The first semest : er I will play a small role in a classroom where I will actually be in charge of a group of students. Where others have to search out com- panies on thier own to apply its own The Office of Field Experience is are willing to help whenever they LETTERS POLICY: We welcome letters from our readers. We urge brevity, both for the sake of effectiveness and the de- mands of space; letters should be no longer than 500 words. All letter are subject to the same editing for clarity applied to our staff contributions. We will not publish anonymous letters; letters praising or criticizing professors by name; letters making personal attacks or personally hurtful statements; endorsements of or letters from political candidates; or copies of letters to other publications. Be- cause we want to provide access to a variety of viewpoints each letter writer will be limited to one letter every four weeks. All letters should be signed, and writers should enclose their addresses and daytime phone numbers. Addresses and phone numbers will not be published but will be used to verify letters. We reserve the right not to print any letter. Email your letters or questions to lodom@westerncarolinian.com Ceillie Simkiss Photographer/Designer Asa journalism student here at Western Carolina University, an internship is a graduation require- ment. And not just a part time internship - at least 150 hours must be spent over a ten week period in ot L - an internship in order for it to count for the require- will be observing how a teacher runs her class- | room. The second semester of my intership I. ment. : Now, you might think the application process would be the easiest, but thats really not the case, or fon aie Col ' at least it wasnt for me. Being a mainly print/digital : journalist, my first step was to hunt down newspa- lege of Education and Allied Professions has ; . office that handles field experience. | : : com- ' ting them, like with NPR. prised of an amazing group of people who. can. | Although theapplication processisrelativelystress 5 timan Resources person, sometimes a Chief of ee a ie net mena ldohctines | Staff - just to find out whether they were looking for which includes a thorough paper and online ap. 2" intern or not, and if so, to see who I should con- plications, a full resume and extensive research of | tact and what they were looking for. school systems, there is the possibility that we do _.. j : not recieve placement until late in the summer. | sign up for classes, I applied to nearly 30 internships After we turn the application in and we recieve | notification email that it is processed there is a form | of radio silence until we recieve our placement. : The stress we face as interns is less about the | application process and more about the waiting. I | feel that if there was more information out there about what we are to expect then we would not | be as nervous and bitter about our placements. | I know that some of my peers have already | been placed for the upcoming year and. I am hap- | py for them. But I do know that there are many | of us that are still waiting for our placements. When I recieve mine I will probably dance around and announce it at the top of my lungs. | Until then I will wait patiently in the wings with | my stomach churning as I wait for my placement. | pers and magazines near me, as well as a few dream ones that Id love to get, but I wouldnt count on get- My next step was to contact someone at each of those companies - sometimes an editor, sometimes In order to make sure I had something in time to before March 15. Some of them were paid, most of hem were not. Out of those I applied for, I did not get responses at all from about 10 of them, and I received 18 rejection letters, for various reasons in the first week of April. I am still waiting on a response from one, and Im interviewing for another. It was an incredibly hum- bling experience, and a frankly depressing one. I love my work as a journalist, and I know the job market is tough. Believe me, every single one of my family members has told me so at one point or an- other, as well as many others. But I have faith in my own writing ability and I trust that my work will speak for itself. I think that if Peter Pan were here, hed tell me that all I need now is a happy thought and some pixie dust.

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The Western Carolinian is Western Carolina University's student-run newspaper. The paper was published as the Cullowhee Yodel from 1924 to 1931 before changing its name to The Western Carolinian in 1933.
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