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University Daily Kansan
Campus/Area
Thursday, Oct. 24. 1985
Interns to reap benefits of experience
By John Williams Of the Kansan staff
While many students are deciding which classes they will take next semester, 13 students are gearing up for spring internships in Washington, D.C., which offer an opportunity to learn marketable skills, two internship sponsors said yesterday.
Robert Riggs, Washington bureau chief of Dallas' WFFA-TV news, one of the organizations that offer spring internships, said that interns at WFAA were regular members of the news team.
"The skills they learn here are things they can't pick up in a classroom," he said. "That's important for those reporting for TV because the reporter acts as the producer and they need to know the fundamentals.
"They can have a skill that is competitive to go into the marketplace with."
But disadvantages also stand in the paths of interns, Riggs said.
"The most common is being starstruck." he
said. "At some places, like the networks, they can do little or nothing because of union restrictions, so they are reduced to errand- running."
John Banta, the volunteer coordinator of the lobbying group Common Cause, said the interns got a look at the internal workings of the government.
"The interns work very closely with staff and are an integral part to running the organization," he said. "We can't run without them."
Pete Rowland, associate professor of political science and next spring's program coordinator, said the unpaid internships supplemented classroom work.
Colleen Joeran, St. Louis junior, who interned with WFAA-TV, said she realized she was a part of the working force when, on her first day, Vice President Bob Bowers had met her at a small White House press conference.
"I was flattered when Vice President Bush stepped up to me in my blue jeans, pink sweatshirt and Nikes," she said. "He introduced himself with his name. I thought 'Vice President? No kidding.'"
She said the internship helped her decide she did not want to become a reporter.
"I learned in four months what could have taken 10 years to find out," she said.
The department of political science and the College Honors Program sponsor the Washington internships, which are offered during the spring semester only. The deadline for the program was Oct. 4., and the participants for next semester's program have been selected already. But they have not found internships yet.
The 13 interns are Steve Aleman, Hutchinson senior; Jane Almquist, Salina sophomore; David Christy, Topea senior; Lila Clark, Brookfield junior; Susan Dumay, Fairway junior; Steve Goering, Derby junior; Tammy Harrison, Silver Lake junior; Robert Luder, Cottonwood Falls junior; Ann Murphy, Western Springs junior; Neearenberg, Overland park senior; Gregory Nelson, Lenexa junior; Jim Regan, Shawne weshman; and Doreen Torgerson, Joplin junior.
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