SECTION TWO
MONDAY,AUGUST 27,1990
Rush '90
Photographs by E. Joseph Zurga
TOP: Retire learning of their bids. 689 carpies are greeted by the rbi chi in front of Allen Field House. TOP RIGHT: After getting their bids from the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority, Sarah Bash, (background) and Angie Oades, both St. Louis freshman, celebrate their pledging. BELOW: Camille Young, Ames, Iowa, freshman, wipes away a tear after she was accepted into Alpha Gamma Delta sorority, her first choice.
Naming of pledges ends 1990 rush for sororities
By Holly M. Neuman
Kansan staff writer
Hundreds of women gathered Aug. 22 on the east lawn of Allen Field House. Some of them said they were nervous, and some said they were excited.
they were all had one thing in common. They were ready to find out which sorority had decided to accept them as pledges.
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The day was the culmination of rush, which began Aug. 15. The women spent the week moving from sorority to sorority, attending parties, being interviewed by active sorority members and meeting their prospective sisters.
"It was easier than I thought," said Lorie Johnson, Carry, Ill, freshman. "By the end of each day you feel like, 'No more talking!'"
talking
During rush, each rushue is assigned to one of 52 pledge groups. Each group is led by a rush counselor, or ro chi.
On the last day of rush, the rho chis line up in front of all of the rushes and sang a song that named all of the sororites. As the rho chi's sorority was named, she took off her rho shirt to reveal a sorority shirt underne-
After the rho chis revealed their houses.
the rushes got into their pledge groups, and the rho chis handed invitations to each girl. When the rushes opened their invitations, they were at which house had decided to accept them.
After they were told which sorority had selected them, the rushes raced across the lawn to find out what houses their friends had gotten into. Rushes jumped up and down yelling, "We're sisters now, we're sisters now!"
Some of the about £30 women who rushed said they went through rush to meet people.
Jenny Sigale, Niles, Niles, freshman, said,
"Rush is a great way to break the ice."
Stacy Staz, St. Louis freshman; Brooke Meyers, Highland Park, Ill. freshman; and Marcy Schachter, Highland Park, Ill. freshman; they had enjoyed meeting people during rush.
"I think there is a real sense of togetherness about rush and soreness." Staz said.
Ama Jaffe, Overland Park sophomore, said that although rush could be gruelling, it was worth the effort.
Jaffee also said that going through rush had eliminated stereotypes she had about the city.
Only women were chosen to pledge a house were at the field house Wednesday. The roth is called all the women who did not get into a house, Jaffee said.
Internship experience lets students consider future
By Elicia Hill
Kansan staff writer
Students' internships can be much more than just photocopying, coffee fetching and general gofering.
Although he said the summer began with a lot of photocopying and filing, by August he was assigned to a special task force on the Persian Gulf crisis. He said the office was shortened, which worked to his advantage.
Chris Holley, Topeka senior, said he spent his summer working in Washington, D.C., with the Legislative Affairs Bureau.
"I had to get a top-secret clearance," Holley said. "I was my job to handle congressional calls to update them on the situation. Sometimes I had to refer the callers to a special security clearance phone, and sometimes I helped organize briefings for the congressional leaders."
Chris Kenney, KU law graduate, is one of eight Douglas County assistant attorneys. She said her internship experience in the KU Legal Aid Clinic helped her get her first job as an associate for the law firm of Berkowitz and Chappell, 932 Massachusetts St.
"I learned by practical experience things that we just talked about in my classes," Kenney said. "I strenuously recommend an internship while a student is in school, because you have supervision from professors to help you in case you make a mistake. But I had full responsibilities. The cases were my cases and my clients."
my clients.
Suzanne Duman, third-year law student, is working as an intern at the
"You wouldn't know how to deal with other attorneys or the judges," she said. "Here we get to do everything a lawyer does, and we deal with clients directly, but there is always a lawyer with us to make sure we don't commit malpractice before we even have a practice."
Legal Aid Clinic. She said she would not want to practice law without her experience as an intern.
Several employers said they hired interns with the idea that there was a mutual benefit.
"It's a real 'win-win' situation for all concerned," said Donna Brewer, director of personnel resources for Lawrence Memorial Hospital.
The hospital, 325 Maine St., has been using interns in pharmacy, physical therapy and personnel for eight to nine years, Brewer said.
"They get a beyond-the-book knowledge of what the job entails," she said. "and we get a first-hand experience with dedicated and how hard they work."
Some internships are not paid positions. But at Hallmark Carls Inc. of Kansas City, Mo., interns are paid, and those who work with relations representative for Hallmark.
"Our interns are given everything from day-to-day work to special projects, such as doing research for a product line," Miller said.
She said Hallmark often hired its interns to fill full-time positions because of the experience they gained while interning.
KU students can find out about available internships by visiting the
University Placement Center, 110 Burge Union, said Terry Glenn, director of the center.
"Students who are interested should check at their own departments and here at the placement office, because many times an internship might be available that the student would not have thought their major qualified them for," he said.
In addition to helping students with resumes and drafting cover letters, there also is a graduate assistant, Teri Avis, who will give presentations and workshops to any of the residence halls that might be interested, Glenn said.
Last year the placement center had more than 150 students inquire about internships, and a catalog is available during office hours, claire said.
"Last year the department of political science had us come over and give a presentation," he said.
Ann Hartley, assistant director of the placement center, said that any student interested should beginLookout for deadlines many had deadlines in the fall.
"A student's success in getting an internship depends on the student's initiative," she said. "It will take a little bit of work for the students if they want one, but very few inter-views, and it will just fall into a student' lap.
"They have to go out there and go after it."