Internshipspave way to future careers

PATRICK McGOWAN GUEST WRITER PVM722@CABRINI.EDU

Co-ops and internships are part of college experience, but few underclassmen actually realize what they involve. Cabrini has an excellent co-op program for students that will help them carve a path for the rest of their lives.

Nancy Hutchison, director of co-op and career services, said, "The difference between internships and co-ops is that in co-ops one would go to school for a certain amount of time, go to work for a certain amount of time, then return to school to repeat the process while internships are more loose. People tend to become confused as to which is which so here we use the names interchangeably."

The program is 16 years old and is considered a course that is worth two to six credits. Most coops are fail/pass oriented, however English and communication and religion majors ate given a letter grade.

There are 1,300 employment opportunities contained on the co-op database. There is usually betwee~ 30-70 students a semester who are participating in a co- op. Fifty-nine percent of the students that go into a co-op are offered • future employment beyond college.

"Ninety-nine percent of the time it is very simple to get the job you are looking for," Hutchison said. The process is easy as well You need to at least be a first semester sophomore and you need a grade point average of 2.0. You need to fill out an application and resume, and select your job. A brief report on the co-op is required after the co-op is complete.

Maria DeVirgiliis, a senior English and communicationsmajor, wanted to apply to a co-op that applied to her major. "I was concerned about what career I should go into," DeVirgiliis said. Her co-op involved the show "Make over Stories" on TLC. She said she really liked the job and· realized what she wanted to do. After finishing her co-op, DeVirgiliis was approached by Comcast for a part time job, where she works today.

When asked about the process she went through, DeVirgiliis safd, "It was a long but easy process." She said that she had two interviews for the job before she began working. If not for the second interview she might have had a shorter process.

Dana Houck, a senior English and communication major, worked for Promotional Marketing in Lafayette Hill, Pa. She was also pleased with her co-op as well. "Jeannine and Nancy helped me so much, the process was very easy. There are so many jobs to choose from through Cabrini's web site," Houck said.

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Hussein threatens no-show to trial

Fonner Iraqi President and current prisoner for crimes against humanity Saddam Hussein threatened to not show up to court on its next schedule date proclaiming, "I will not be in court without justice. Go to hell, you agents of America."

Hussein has been on trial for his massacre of his own people in 1982 and has beendisagreeable and belligerent since the trials began. The 140 people he killed in '82 is supposedly a result of retribution over a failed assassination attempt, according to CNN.com.

Katrinia victims blame racism for lack of aid

According to MSNBC.com, survivors of hurricane Katrina are blaming the lack of aid-0n the idea that people in charge of the system are racists. They also went as far as to compare their situation to that of genocide and the Holocaust. At the congressional hearings held Tuesday, accusations were made, many out of frustration and grief, over how poorly the response to such a horrible disaster has been. With the survivors speaking out about the situation, and speaking their concerns to a congressional committee, improvements could be made in the near future.

Former'AmericanIdol' contestantarrested

To learn more about ~p's, stop by the Coop and Career Services office in Grace Hall. There are multiple r~urces there, includ1 ing a 26-page list ot past co-ops. There is also a link on www.cabrini.edu to rmd job listinp, alumni mentors and tips on building a resume.

According to the Associated Press, fonner "American Idol" contestant Julia DeMato, 26, was arrested and charged with alleged drug possession and drunken driving in her hometown over the weekend.

Once her SUV was seen driving into a parking lot of a restaurant that had been closed for more than an hour, police searched her car and found "two marijuana pipes, a small quantity of marijuana and a baggie with a small amount of white powder that tested positive for cocaine."

DeMato was part of the top ten in season two of "American Idol."

"I am not a drug user," she said in a phone interview from her home. "It's going to be taken care of in court and that's that."