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CALENDAR what's going on
BITE
throw another one on the bar-be
FEATURE sealing the deal on a job
SPEAK overcoming pickiness
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EDITOR'S NOTE
This week's feature about job searching (p.10) made me feel lousy — because I need it. Bad. Not only
have I ignored the looming Real World for four years by not getting internships, but I chose a major filled with the most initiative-taking people since the gold rushers. For five semesters now, I've returned from breaks to hear my peers
Though it took a full four years for me to do it, I've finally accepted that serving won't suffice much longer, and that Fortune won't drop an income on me, like in the novels I read.
talk about internships in Boston, job offers in Chicago and skills acquired with the fierce ambition and unrelenting passion of the Journalists of Tomorrow.I spent my breaks serving beers and burgers and reading novels.
Last semester, I talked my dad into letting me stay in college playland one more year, tacked on an English major and planned on "applying" for "intentships" to "gain experience." I've only now started the process.
Not that I don't secretly hope for a plan B. This week's other articles taught me how to pack up and run away (p. 7), or hey --- maybe I'll take up the exciting life of a DJ (p. 15).
Natalie Johnson
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