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Nice to meet you! Making a good impression starts with a firm handshake. Maintain eye contact and engage with your internship interviewer.
It's 4:30 P.M. after a long day at the office. Only 30 minutes stand between the interns and their freedom and they are getting restless. The clock ticks by slowly. Tick. Tock. They have completed all of their assignments. They have wasted all the time they possibly can on Facebook, Twitter and their favorite blogs. What else can they possibly do?
Not stare at the clock, for starters. Sarah Ferguson, senior account manager at Barkley, an advertising firm in downtown Kansas City, says there is always work to be done and sitting around waiting for five o'clock does nothing for the intern and nothing for the company. She says taking the initiative to reach out to coworkers and send an email asking for work not only helps out around the office and gives interns experience, it's also an impressive quality.
Erin Wolfram, KU's internship coordinator, says there have been 238 students at the University who have participated in an internship since Summer 2007. Those 238 students represent almost every major offered at the University, from education to economics to women's studies, and that number does not include students who didn't register with Wolfram's office. With their internships, these students were offered a foot in the door and a great networking opportunity, but Wolfram says those aren't the only reasons you should consider participating in one.
An internship, she says, offers you the opportunity to experience working in a professional environment specific to the field of work you want to pursue after graduation. But, before accepting an internship, it's important to know what an internship should do for you and what you should do to get the most out of your internship.
THE CHANGING FACE OF INTERNSHIPS
HOW TO GET THE MOST OUT OF YOUR INTERNSHIP
In today's market, companies are struggling with smaller budgets and often can't afford to pay interns. Of the 238 students who registered with Wolfram's office, 65 percent were unpaid. But while unpaid internships are a growing trend and the opportunity can often be payment enough, make sure the experience you are
BY KATE LARRABEE
getting is worth it.
"If they aren't paying you, you need to do some meaningful work," Patty Noland, career advisor for the journalism school, says.
The U.S. Department of Labor redefined the statutes for an internship under the Fair Labor Standards Act in April 2010. According to the
Sophomore forward Thomas
ALWAYS ACCEPT AN ASSIGNMENT WITH A SMILE.
report, the business employing the intern should not be dependent upon the student's work. With the economy in the state that it's in, businesses are forced to cut back, often leaving companies with fewer employees burdened with twice the workload. If an intern is solely performing the duties an employee on payroll would do, such as filing or answering phones, and not learning from their experience, under the Fair Labor Standards Act, they should be paid.
SARAH FERGUSON,
SENIOR ACCOUNT MANAGER AT
BARKLE ADVERTISING FIRM
But there are other options for unpaid interns. The majority of companies offering unpaid internships provide their interns with the opportunity to earn school credit.
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The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences offers Pre 575: Internship Exploration, a course where students complete reading and writing assignments in addition to their work-related activity, and submit a portfolio of their work at the end of the semester. Students must work a minimum of eight hours a week, which can earn them one to three credit hours. If they work 15 or more hours a week they can be eligible to receive one to five credit hours. Professional schools, such as business, education, engineering and journalism, also offer similar courses for their students. You, not the businesses you are working for, are financially responsible for paying for the tuition
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Marcus Morris said the difference may be most noticeable on defense.
"I think without Cole and having Keef at the five and having T-Rob coming in, we're going to be a quicker in coming off ball screens and being able to trap and sometimes switch with the five," he said. "Keef can guard and T-Rob can guard, so I think we'll be a lot quicker on the perimeter."
Senior guard Tyrel Reed is one of the quickest players on a fast Kansas roster. Reed said the athleticism on this year's team reminded him of the 2007-2008 national title-winning team.
Robinson said he doesn't think the game plan will change — Self always wanted to play up-tempo last year, he said — but the team this year is more geared to play to those strengths.
Coach Self wanted us to play
fast from the beginning, so for us to have a more athletic team from top to bottom just put us right where we want to be." Robinson said.
Reed said the ability to go from one through five without a significant drop-off reminded him of another team he played for at Kansas. One that won a national championship.
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the standpoint that we have a lot of guys that can go and go get scores and do their own thing. We're all unselfish, and I think that's kind of the way they were."
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With two wins, Jayhawks start season strong
Mariah Montgomery, a sophomore infielder from Ralston, Neb. slides home safe Wednesday night at Arrocha Ballpark. The Jayhawks beat Johnson County Community College 16-1 in an exhibition match. The Jayhawks racked up 15 hits against the Cavaliers.
SOFTBALL
BY BLAKE SCHUSTER bschuster@kansan.com
Coming off a 10-0 win against Baker in the practice season opener, the Jayhawks looked to continue their winning streak, taking the field against Johnson County Community College Wednesday night. The Jayhawks won 16-1.
night. The Jayhaws struck first, going up 2-0 after a homerun by senior outfielder Liz Kocon to right field in the bottom of the first inning, with a runner on second. In the next inning, the Jayhawks chased Johnson County's starting pitcher Lynna Kays after adding eight more runs onto their lead on six hits.
The Jayhawks lost the shutout in the third inning after an error by KU led to a run scored by the Cavaliers. That would be the only run scored against Kansas for the rest of the game.
The Jayhawks pounced on the Cavaliers, totaling 16 runs on 15 hits with two errors. The Cavaliers totaled one run, three hits and six errors.
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In only their second practice game of the season, the Jayhawks already looked to be in mid-season form, both on offense and defense.
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"We really try to make it a focus for us at practice, to really work on that base running so we can utilize that during our games this season," Smith said.
tributing to KU's win was smart, effective base running, according to coach Megan Smith.
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The lajahwaks were very attive on the pads, stealing bases at appropriate times and getting good leads which turned into runs scored.
Complimenting the base running was the hitting clinic put on by the Jayhawk batters.
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Sophomore outfielder Rosie Hull helped ignite the team's offense, accounting for three RBIs including a run scored.
"It was awesome," Hull said on her offensive night. "My normal role on the team is a slapper, and my job is to just get on base, so I don't get a lot of RBI's. To come up in the situation and perform just felt really great."
The role of closing out the game belonged to sophomore pitcher and outfielder Alex Jones. With the slaughter rule about to take effect, Jones stepped to the mound in the seventh inning looking to get the job done.
job done. She finished the game, retiring the side in three consecutive batters. After the game Jones commented on the backup her team gave her while she took control of the mound.
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The Jayhawks take the field next on Saturday with double header action against Seminole State Community College and Washburn at Arrocha Ballpark.
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"I know that my defense is gonna back me up if the ball is put in play, but I was feeling it tonight, and I just felt really good and the defense did step up when they needed to," Jones said.
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Gill brought new rules just as any coach would do to keep his team focused and in line. Three of the biggest changes are the new rules on not cursing in the locker rooms or on the field, not using telephones the night before a game and not seeing women after 10 p.m. on any night.
Another thing that really stood out to me about these rules was how they fit in to "forming the man," which is one of Gill's goals. These rules, while they take away distractions, also seem to take away some of the traditional football stereotypes of big tough guys who curse and womanize whenever the opportunity arises. I am by no means saying that any player actually fits that stereotype, or that Gill's rules have made a change, but on paper they sound good.
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The last one stood out to me as most interesting because the first thing I thought of was a line from the 1975 film "Rocky." Rocky is training for a heavyweight title bout when his trainer Mick tells him he cannot see his girlfriend anymore because, "women weaken knees." This was not Gill's reason exactly, but there are some common elements.
Gill has defended these changes as ways of keeping distractions away before games, which is a completely valid point. Although the rules may sound odd at first, they start to make sense when you think about how distracted the average person is by his or her phone or the opposite sex.
The way I see it, Gill is not going to turn this program and its reputation around dramatically within a year, which is to be expected. But what he can do is start to change the reputation of the athletes. Some reporters have said that this will hurt recruiting, but I think if Kansas' trademark is producing well respected young men, that is not a bad reputation to have.
Especially if the success on the field follows.
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