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Show Monday, September 26, 1988 Chronicle - Page Twenty Internships edlycaooimaP U. sends students to develop talents By Akiint Calkins Chronicle staff writer Some students at the University of Utah take summer jobs primarily to earn the expenses of the money to off-set school year. There are, however, some students who take jobs in order to get hands-o- n experience in their chosen field. They pay good money to work long hours just s to further their careers. No, they're not called fanatics; they're called interns. There are many types of internships and many requirements for them. Barbara Hamblin, chair of the dance department at the U., explained the different programs and internships her department offers. The dance department uses graduate students as teaching assistants for some of its classes. There is also a program where students may study ballet at Ballet West in its aspirant program This is done on a scholarship. Dancers take academic classes at the U. and dance classes at Ballet West The only flaw in the program is scheduling problems, Hamblin said. However, the dance department's version of the internship program must be viable because John Hart of Ballet West has asked for 12 of the U.'s dancers to perform with his company. Two U. graduate students, Christy Freebarin and Amy Thayne, have been asked to join the Ballet West company, on-and-- off and students Sara Oshinsky and Cynthia Ridler, have been asked to dance this season. U. student Diane Fisher has been hired by the Eugene Ballet Company in Eugene, Oregon. She will recieve academic credit for her work with that company. On the other end of the spectrum, the Hinckley Institute of Politics offers a variety of internships in Washington, D. C. TECHNICAL PEN SAVINGS PSFREESCHOOLSUPPUES rjrjgflBD Get this FREE Value Pack of Staedtler schoof supplies and reuseable CacheCase worth $12, Marsmatic . when you buy a specially-price- d technical pen set with 7 pens plus ink. Available now at your college store.. Mathews said they take four students from the acting emphasis program in the This past summer, the Hinckley Institute sent several students to the theatre department for one quarter. nation's capital to leam how to ply their trade. Some of the internships offered were working with the Supreme Court, Mathews works with them exclusively. They work in various capacities in three of the shows at Pioneer Theatre Company and do four scenes for some of the theatre classes on campus. the Senate Conference Committee, Benchmark Corporation (an international consulting firm concerned with third world development), the Senate Banking Committee This year's ; interns are: Trudy Jorgenson, Belinda Morgan, William Osborn, and Sam Stewart. Early next year, they will be putting on an undecided production. Last year's intern produc- - or the United States Conference of Mayors. Bae Gardner, assistant director of the Hinckley Institute, said the interns are paid $600 monthly lor all their trouble. "In addition to the money, we arrange housing for the students at a nominal cost to them in Alexandria, Va.," Gardner said. In another type of internship, Janet Jenson, who received her law degree at the U., did the unexpected. She interned at the American Conservatory Theatre in San Fransico, Calif. "Theatre was my first love," she said. "I went to law school to pay the rent, but theatre was my first love. I just wanted to be in love." The summer training congress at ACT takes a year-lon- g program and r XL com- a presses it into 12 weeks. There are 12 classes daily, including acting, master acting, singing, jazz, ballet, tap, stage combat and yoga, which interns attend from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. They rehearse after that for whatever play the interns have been hired to work in. Between tuition and living in San Francisco, the program cost Jenson $5,000 for three Jim Steven Kissel mm (left) and Kent Hadfield were acting interns in last season's production of "The Glass Menagerie." months. Jenson is a sucessful lawyer in Washington D.C. now, but is contem- plating a career change. So the intern- tion was 'The Glass Menagerie," directed method to by Mathews. ship was, for her, a low-ris- k find out what a different life would be So, if a career change or a different like. is in the future, an internship is a The U.'s theatre department has a fine good way to test out that decision. But internship program under the direction internships offer practical experience for life-sy- le 700 S7 of Richard Mathews. any career plans. C f TOE MMffl mmmm Pick up your Student Survival Card today, it's FREE at any Utah Hardees. Bring this ad into any Contcmpo Casuals and receive $10 off any purchase of $50 or more! (offer expires October 24, 1988) 3 Q 0 Q 0 |