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Show ^r I HE SIGNPOST Wednesday, September 26,2007 cont nue ' d from continued from page 4 page 4 Smith's study followed the lifetime reproduction success of 44 different females. "Wegotthechanceto deal with individual wolves," Smith said. "A lot of wildlife management deals with populations, but since the beginning, we were able to get to know and track individual wolves. This is something that has continued on to this day." The project is being studied long-term. "80 percent of wildlife studies last from 2-3 years," Smith said. "We are in our 13th year, so that's getting to be a truly longterm data set." More than 50% of the wolf studies in North America have studied the impact of wolves on their prey, yet Smiths project focused on other areas of study. He and his crew primarily used the strategy of flying in We're Fresh We're Local Free Drink Upgrade with this coupon. Wireless Internet Close to Campus 3005 Harrison M-F 6 am to 11 pm Sat & Sun 7 am to 11 pm www. Gro u n ds ForCoffee.com helicopters to evaluate the wolves. The crew uses collars that report the wolf's location to a satellite, which e-mails the information to Smith's office computer. "This technology has helped us considerably," Smith said. "This has shown us how territorial the wolves are." The project also involved getting DNA samples, studying the wolves' behaviors, territoriality, kills, demographics, measure of size, weight and how these effects change over time. Smith and his crew spent much lime following and catching wolves, and then taking their samples. ' "The stories of wolf's lives are almost always shown in their teeth/' Smith said, "You can tell if they have lived in a pack." He said two wolf sub-systems were studied; the northern range and the interior wolves, and the prey selection between these tow sub-systems. Smith said the killing rate and prey selection are closely linked to the amount of snowfall in the winter. Multiple years of drought appear to be affecting elk condition, and in turn wolf predation. Weather and climate have a huge factor on the wolves' killing of elk. Conditions of adult elk entering winter, as measured by amount of fat in bone marrow, has been declining thought time and is correlated with winter snowfall. "Therefore, I hypothesize a climate effect on the wolfelk-bison relationship that is related to snowfall and summer precipitation," Smith said. Smith explained how the wolf-prey interactions have wide-ranging influence on the Gonzalez said that truly ecosystem. YNP presents an ideal opportunity to examine understanding the culture is very pre- and post-wolf ecosystem important. "Be sensitive to what is important effects because data are available totheHispanic/Latinocommunity," on wildlife populations and vegetation since the late 1800's. Gonzalez said. Wolves may be having significant She emphasized the important effects onYellowstone ecosystem role family plays in purchase structure and function. Wolf decisions. ecosystem has taken two forms, "We make decisions as a family," a terrestrial trophic cascade, she said. and effects on community She said it is important to know ecology. After being suppressed the customer. By understanding a for nearly a century, willows customer's value system markerters have released approximately 2-3 will have more opportunities to years post wolf reintroduction. make money. ' "This occurred despite elk "You have the opportunity to being artificially controlled to learn howto market to these people," 25%of their current population Gonzalez said. "Preferences and prior to wolf reintroduction," g,choices are based on emotional said Smith. connection. If' you don't use Walter Scott, WSU computer the emotional connection, you science senior, said he sees the cannot do anything. Emotions are benefits of the lecture. importantforus. We make decisions "This provides a glimpse of to buy based on emotion." what we have yet to learn as Education level also comes a result of protecting at-risk into play when marketing to the species around the world," Scott Hispanic/Latino community. said. % "There is a big misconception that Hispanics are all 'blue collar,'" Comment on this story at Gonzalez said. "This is not true. We wsusignpost.com. "There is a big misconception that all hispanics are 'blue collar' workers/' - Gladys Gonzalez, President HMC /La Agency STOR-N-LOCK ^ S E L F STORAGE - J Ogden 801-394-1000 * *4 it. ^-*.cf~~\ C v / f t l l n I f JIC-Nrw. - SIZE '_ 5'x5' I •1 USES Boxes, Extra Inventory Clothes, Personal Items Washer, Dryer, More Boxes, Extra Inventory, Chests. Chairs SALE PRICE ^L $19 mo m L _ , Our cats work bard to get you the news, so you don't have to. In-1 HE SIGNPOST have doctors; we have people who do all kinds of different things." She said it is important to treat every customer with respect "Don't underestimate your client," Gonzalez said, "regardless of their culture." Finance senior Peter Owen asked Gonzalez how to promote financial planning for the latino market "You need to start by educating the Hispanic community," Gonzalez said. "You need to explain it to them and show them how it works." ! As a business owner and a successful immigrant, Gonzalez was a source of encouragement for student Angel Sarao, a business administration junior who is originallyfromMexico. "Most of the time, I think that it's scary to be in front of people because of my accent and the different culture," Sarao said. "Today it was very nice and I was thinking 'Wow this is something that we can do. We don't need to have a wall in front of us.'" Comment on this story at wsusignpost. com. Focus on Careers By Lynn Wilde business editor The Signpost . and talk to different companies about internships. "They're not looking for a job, they're looking for an internship," Stanger said. According to Karen Doutre, career counselor for the College of Applied Science and Technology, an internship is a must. She said the real-world experience of an internship gives the student an actual idea of the work involved in his or her major. Also, she said with the experience the student has is more marketable. "They have a level of competence compared to someone who didn't have an internship," Doutre said. She said Part 3 of a four-part series The third part to the Weber State University's Career Service Center guide to employment is focus. Winn Stanger, director of the center said the best way to focus on a potential career is through internships. An internship is important not just for experience but also to see if the intern actually enjoys working in his or her chosen field. The intern might determine he or she will like working in that field based on answers from the informational interview; however, the internship has practical applications. "So it's not like their students "This is degree is wasted/' who learn all hands on," theory have a Stanger said. difficult time Stanger - Karen Doutre, a p p l y i n g said students they employment counsler what s h o u l d l e a r n ed for COAST completeone in college internship in because the their junior havenotseen year and one re aI -wo rI d intheirsenior applications. year. The second internship "If you give them these might be at the same place as experiences early on. then they the first for more experience or have an understanding of both at a different place to broaden worlds," Doutre said. experience. She said the career center has Also, the intern might find he developed working relationships or she likes the work but dislikes with businesses. The business the first company so interns can bring interns into the elsewhere. A second internship business and groom them for is easier to find because of prior what they need. experience. "It's almost like a job shadow Another benefit is work experience," Doutre said. experience. Stanger said though She said when a recent college he encourages employers to graduate starts employment pay a student for an internship, without internship experience, don't turn an unpaid one down that person often starts out in because the experience is an entry level position. valuable. "You've got the degree but it He said most companies use doesn't mean you're working in internships for a hiring pool and the area that degree qualifies you to screen employees to find the for, if you have no experience," best employees. Doutre said. "The statistic is 60 percent She said an intern is of all interns are hired into usually partnered with a more the company with which they experienced worker. worked," Stanger said. "They get experience by Another benefit is money. watching that person," Doutre Student with internships are paid said. She said if students apply 5-10 percent more when hired compared to their counterparts themselves and learn at the job site they also may get hired. with no internship experience The company often benefits "Especially if they are hired by the company who they interned as well. Interns bring new ideas and are on the cutting edge of with," Stanger said. The career center is aggressive technology; a company can fight finding internships. They have off stagnation with new blood, an outreach coordinator who according to Doutre. "It's a great win-win diligently searches forcompanies situation," Doutre said. that provide internships. She said if an intern finds he Stanger said students should or she does not like the work, go to the career fair in February all is not lost. For example, tax accounting might be the wrong fit but general accounting might be right. Also, many government agencies' requirement for employment is only a bachelor's degree to get hired. "So it not like their degree is wasted," Doutre said. Stanger agrees. He said if a teacher decides he or she does not enjoy teaching children, the teacher can work for a corperation in their training department. Comment on this story at wsusignpost.com. Fall graduates who plan on attending the December commencement ceremonies should file a graduation appliation with the Graduation office by the deadline. 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