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Show THE FORUM 8 Pizza Vote Continued from pg. Continued from pg. 1 Career 1 for the night, so the students From education and riage to Social Security mar- and Medicare, issues impact young people because they impact the society we live in, he says. Traditionally 18- - to are the least likely to vote. Consequendy, the issues concerning senior cidzens get more attention than tuition. Senior citizens vote in record numbers, Wharton adds. Politicians and lobbyists take notice of the constituents who make themselves heard. To make sure that students are educated voters, Westminster will be hosting a debate of county mayor candidates and will present Voter Awareness Day. Lui also says that this year Westminster is making an effort to work with other schools. Westminster will help fund a concert scheduled to take place in October presented by the University of Utah and the VoteProject Web site (www.voteproject.org) created by U. of U. and BYU students. The site allows citizens to type in their zip code and determine their local representatives and provide contact information. We are here and we want to be connected with other schools, Lui says. But weve won the competition to get the highest percentage of students to pledge for two years in a row with a really solid victory. We need to maintain our reputation, Lui says. got a good deal. This is what the stu- dents fees go toward, said Panunzio, their fees pay for good activities and we want students to enjoy them because they pay so much anyway. The student fees also help to go toward Lagoon Day, which is coming up Saturday, Sept. 1 8. Students bought the Lagoon tickets at the pizza tasting for only $5. This saved them $28 off the original entry fee. ASWC covered the remaining costs for students, which added up to nearly $10,000. Its all for the students, said Panunzio. The student government has been very happy with the turnout at Wild Wednesday activities so far. This is only the third activity, but Panunzio said that student involvement has already been very high and she has received good feedback on the activities. Music blared throughout Shaw as everyone decided which pizza they wanted to tty-- This is a great activity, said Nick Nageli. It brings everyone out to eat and just hang out. It even brings the upperclassmen out from their caves.OS commander in chief.5 Apprentice Continued from pg. 7 toy in a focus group. Team Mosaic chose an interchangeable action figure dubbed Crustacean Nation, while Team Apex opted for a remote control car with transposable pieces, The Metamorpher. The focus group, consisting of young boys, chose Metamorpher as the The better toy. Team Apex won the assignment, and a member of Team Mosaic became destined to hear the infamous words from Trump. In the boardroom. Mosaic members Day, Flanagan and Andy Litinsky, Harvard graduate, 23; were chosen as the worst performing team members. After deliberation, Flanagan was fired for lack of initiative. He left the show that evening. The remaining 17 contestants will go on to face new jobs, hoping to hear two very different words, Youre hired.CJ Prince Continued from pg. 7 enthusiastically danced every hand motion from his video) and many other songs that made him famous almost 20 years ago. Prince and the band moved through his newest hits to older songs. They also played songs made famous by other artists like I Wanna His saxoTake You Higher. phonist, Maceo Parker performed a Ray Charles tribute complete with sunglasses. Prince kept the crowd alive with Little Red Corvette, a Rolling Stones number, Satisfaction, and Raspberry Beret. He played a few more favorites and of course ended el industry cause many people to overlook government careers. should that benefits like remember Job-seeke- rs inexpensive, health insurance and regular vacation time make a career within the government a comhigh-quali- ty petitive prospect to a career within the private industry. Be open to a variety of job possibilities, said Erickson. If you like to multitask and do a variety of different things then a career in a nonprofit can be a great thing. If you are going dance all night with friends.C to work in a nonprofit because you want to help the community Student Continued from pg. 7 chin slightly quivering. For many years Foster ignored his feeling by keeping himself very busy with school and work. From the time he was a young teenager Foster began working for his dad at the familys business. His father started the company 20 years ago, specializing in video, audio, and now digital production and maintenance. Foster still works for his father, but he will be leaving when he begins school in January at Westminster College where he plans to pursue a career in medicine, hoping to eventually become a family doctor. Working for his father has been incredibly important to Foster who has an unshakable closeness and loyalty to his family. My family totally rocks, theyre the best, said Foster who is the middle child between two older twin sisters and a younger ence is important, said Hartz Warsoft. Slater said that applying for a career within the govern- thats great; but pick an area that makes you excited to get up and go to work in the morning, said Hartz Warsoft. ment can be a long and com- All four panelists agreed that internships and voluntary service are the most useful way for job seekers to discover their level of interest in different careers, and gain valuable work experience for a future career. All experience is credible, whether paid unpaid, said Slater. plicated process. Slater volunteered to return to Westminster College to give a presentation on the process of applying for a career within the government at a latter time. Students and alumni or Hartz Warsoft advised use basic that employment etiquette when applying for a position within the nonprofit industry; such as creating a unique cover letter for the position for which they are applying, and sending a thank you note to the employer after they have been interviewed. When applying for a position in a nonprofit job-seeke- interested in attending the presentation should express their interest to the Career rs 832-259- 0. Center sponsored events is dependant upon the interest and participation of students and alumni. If students do not take advantage of these events then employers will not recruit here, said Beverley Christy of the Career Center.CJ polite persist organization Center at The success of Career brother. His siblings know of his homosexuality but find it difficult to accept. My sisters think its just a ents sent him to numerous psychologists, even as far away as New York, to treat his depression and cure his phase. They try to hook me up with girls thinking that maybe the right girl wrould change me. Foster has never discussed his same-se- x attraction with his younger brother but says they are close despite the age difference. homosexuality. His depression was eventually overcome with the help of therapists, religious counseling and medicine, but Fosters father put an end to the counseling visits when the issue of electric shock therapy was introduced. Since then his parents have remained quiet about the issue but are still deeply disappointed, as Foster says somberly, with the whole situation. Foster understands their feelings of disappointment for he still longs to be married with children someday. Most guys my age drive down the road and look at Fosters parents were the first to learn that he was gay. By the time he reached his senior year of high school, the secret inside of him was becoming a heavy burden to bear. Subsequently, it caused him major depression and his grades at school slipped. Foster was always a decent student but his failing grades and socially withdrawn behavior aroused suspicion with his parents. Together, his girls thinking thats what they want. I look at a Suburban full of kids and think thats wThat parents confronted him, although they divorced when Foster was 15, and asked if he mw dmwif I want more than was gay. I never went on a date with a girl in high school so thats probably why they suspected, Foster said. From there, Fosters par lys pool, Foster is living as normally as possible.C '$iFkni r tot- J ft any- thing. Although Fosters depression is always lingering, he is focusing on trying to create a future for himself. Whether its spending time with friends or swimming laps in his fami' the show with, Purple Rain. We danced, laughed and sang all night. It was a successful show in more ways than one. It helped me to realize that I am a fortunate lady. I have fabulous friends, and endless opportunities to make more. I also remembered that when I first started dancing to Prince, I felt lucky to be old enough to dance all night with friends. As for now, I am lucky to be young enough to 1 wages and a slower rate of career advancement in government careers, when compared to careers in private entry-lev- There are many reasons to vote, Wharton says. Soldiers are fighting to bring a voice to people overseas. We are throwing our voices away while they are dying for a principle we ignore on election day. We need to vote because it is our responsibility, he says. While the soldiers abroad may not have decided to go to war, it is young peoples voices and choices in the elections booth that will determine the Continued from pg. September 15, 2004 A'UZi ; H i 1 f For Sale! 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