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Campus | Career Connections
Career Connections Center paving the road for success By ADRIANNE LAKY According to Julie Way, Associate Director and Employer Relations of the Career Connections Center at the Texas Woman’s University Denton campus, it is the goal of the center “to make it as easy as possible for students to get jobs and attract employers to our talent.” The Career Connections Center guides students in two main ways. One major focus of the center is giving TWU students the
opportunity to meet possible future employers and gain necessary interview and networking experiences. The center does this by hosting a number of career fairs pertaining to numerous different majors, holding mock interviews to fine tune effective interview skills, providing free professional headshots, and helping build strong resumes. The other main focus of the center is on TWU students who fall under the career exploration cate-
gory. The center works to provide students who are unsure about what they want to do for their career a variety of evaluations and career placement assessments to match the person to a career they may be compatible for or enjoy doing. This side of the Career Connections Center can be a useful tool of development for anyone who feels either undecided about their future career options or indifferent to what they think they should do.
The Career Connections Center also has many options for freshman students on campus, who may think that it is too early to begin thinking about internships or networking. The center offers learning opportunities to underclassmen about the possibilities for their future and knowledge of what they could perhaps do with the degree they are receiving. An important feature of the center is the abundance of career fairs it
hosts throughout the year. Way advocates that “the whole reason you come to school is to get a job,” and the center works to provide the opportunity of obtaining a valuable and rewarding career by hosting these career fairs. Some upcoming career fairs include a Nursing Career Fair at TWU’s Dallas campus on Monday, Feb. 11th from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and a Career and Internship Fair at TWU’s Denton campus on Wednesday, Feb. 13th
from 12 - 3:00 p.m. Another Assistant Director and Employer Relations of the Career Connections Center, Glenn Jensen, says his one piece of advice to students preparing for the workforce is to start early and build networking relationships with recruiters. He encourages students to do so by showing up to career fairs and reaching out to the center to take advantage of all the tools for success that the center offers.
Opinion | Love Letter
Love letter to The Lasso The Lasso occassionally receives guests columns and opinion peices from readers. In honor of Valentine’s Day, we are printing a letter we have received anonymously from a Texas Woman’s University student. By ANONYMOUS Dear John, We first met back in elementary school. We were classmates for roughly 7 years and at one point I despised you. You seemed like such a know it all and I thought you had everything which in turn made me jealous and dislike you even more. Now I have everything by having you. Finding you again after roughly 6years while in college has really turned things around for me. I’m happier, lighter. I’m just more at ease and comfortable with you. I swear we’re turning into some cheesy special on hallmark. I mean your mom joined us on our first outing, now if that doesn’t say romantic comedy I don’t know what does. And I know we’ve just got around to saying that terrifying L word, but I mean it. You’re just like a nice tamale on Christmas day, something I look forward to seeing all year, warm, and packaged beautifully. We cringe a little everytime we get all
cheesy and I thought what’s cheesier than professing my love for you in a letter? Te amo. Eres como una taza de café despues de un dia largo y frio. Un abrazo calido despues de un dia dificil. La sonriza que yo necesito para poner me las pilas. Ahor que te tengo en mi vida de nuevo no se si voy a poder dejarte ir otra vez, sera imposible para mi. Entonces eso significa que estas atrapado aqui con migo. I love you. I’ve uttered those 3 words to past partners, but with you, I realize it was an infantile feeling. It doesn’t compare to what I feel for you and it definitely doesn’t hold the same emotion, the same passion. I love you just the way you are, I think you’re perfect now and that you don’t need to change. Having said that I know you want to and I want you to know I support you. I want to help you. I understand that you just want to better yourself so I’ll be there for the ride. I love you so much that it hurts me when you put yourself dowe or when you tell me about your injuries, it physically
pains me and when it gets bad I want to cry. I don’t know how to help sometimes so I listen and I’ll listen as long as you want me to hear. I’ll offer my comfort and love and when we’re apart I’ll show you in different ways. I know I can’t fix anything either, but I hope that I can show you it’s okay to make mistakes and while everyone has room for improvement you’ll always be perfect in any stste. Te amo tanto que no puedo parar de pensat en ti. Cada vez que trato de ser un trabajo solo puede pensar en tu sonriza, el tono de tu voz cuandome dices que me quieres, tu riza cuando sabes que solo yo te puede escuchar, la manera en que hablas cuando me cuentas de algo emocionanteque te ha pasado, como cambia el color de tu cara cuando confieso mi amor enfrente de todos. Apuesto que cuando lees esta carta hasta tu cuello se va poner el color de un tomate. I love you, you big nerd
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Campus | Crime
Crime Blotter By KATELYN GARST This week’s blotter will cover Jan. 28 to Feb. 4. •Bradshaw St. – A non-TWU affiliate was arrested on Bradshaw St. for driving while intoxicated Tuesday, Jan. 29. •Guinn Hall; University Dr. – Marijuana odor
was reported at Guinn Hall off of University Dr. Tuesday, Jan. 29 and was unfounded. Additionally, a theft of a bike greater than or equal to $100, but less than $750 was reported at Guinn Hall off University Dr. Monday, Feb. 2. This case was still active as of Feb. 4. •Guinn Hall Lot, North – Citations were
issued for possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of less than two ounces of marijuana in the north Guinn Hall lot Tuesday, Jan. 29. •Windsor Dr. – A non-TWU affiliate was arrested for driving while intoxicated with an open alcoholic container on Windsor Dr. Monday, Feb. 2.
