Dixie State University Student Newspapers | 2001-02-28 | Page 6

6 THE SUN WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2001 First in a series ... Exploring the options of life after Dixie State College By Rachael Hughes A & E Editor hughesfamlansrc .com A lot of you might be struggling with some difficult questions in your life right now. Questions about where you're going and how you're going to get there. Will you go on to get your bachelors degree at a university? Will you get married and settle down? What will you do after graduation in May? As several forks in the road present themselves, it becomes important to ask yourself the direction in which you are going and if it is truly the right one for you. Even after you have decided what you want to do, the questions continue: How will pay for it? Where will I live and who will I live with? Am I ready for the next step? For the select few who have already figured out the path they are on and have found a way to stay on it and get to where they are goin- g- the questions still apply. The vast majority of students however, are still stuck in indecisiveness as they consider the many options available to them. Now is the time to make those decisions 1 that will start the rest of your life. It is important to remember that with all decisions you make there is always a back door you can take. Nothing is concrete enough that you can't change your mind, whether its your boyfriend, major, or career choic- e- there is always to option to find another route. You shouldn't feel pressured to know right now what you want to do- - most people don't. One of the best things you can do is step back without making commitments that you don't know you want. Breathe and look at the big picture. Sometimes taking time off from school to work is the best thing for you RIGHT now, and sometimes taking time off from work to go to school is the better thing. If its not making you happy then thats a good indication that its not right for you. Change is almost always a good thing to consider, and there will never be another time in your life when it will be this available. Over the next few weeks, in continuing editions, we will explore those different choices by taking a closer look at the transfer student, the graduate, and the engaged. Perhaps by following them through some of the important decisions in their lives, you can gain some insight into your own future. Learn speak, how to The Sun puh-leez- e By Margo Adler Tulane University Tulane Hullabaloo Before you read this article, put down your paper, walk out into the hallway of your dorm and count the number of 'likes,' 'ya knows' and 'whatevers' you hear in one minute. I'm confident that unless you live on a hall with mutes, speakers or riut .t I.' headless horsemen, your one minute tally A Federally Funded Program will attest to the bitching that is to follow. 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U9201010, Nisson Halls with Upward Bound students and be available to students 24 hours per day five cency in speech (as well as in everyday life), TC will provide positive role and in order to avoid asserting herself, a days per week Sunday evening through Friday allemoon. residential woman learns to modeling, and assist with general welfare and supervision ol students during the her speech and able to relate to with hedges and confirmation requests. program. Must be a responsible individual witli good interpersonal skills students of varying economic and cultural backgrounds. Must be actively pursuing or already Using words such as 'perhaps,' 'maybe' received a baccalaureate degree. Must have a valid Utah Drivel s license. and 'like,' and introducing statements with 'I think ... ' is called hedging. Confirmation Program Dates: June 8 Orientation (required) requests, such as 'ya know?' and 'right?,' as - July 27 Summer Program June well as a question-lik- e rise in intonation at the end of a sentence (sometimes called and board $1,800 for six week program, plus room Salary: also indicate a lack of confidence in speech. Applications can be picked up at the Dixie State College South Applications: But women and insecurity are not solely Administration Building, or filled out on line at www.dixie.edu. responsible for our generation's verbal ineptness. Granted, it seems clear that the aforeSubmit resume, transcript, and two letters of lecommendntion by March 9, 200) mentioned words are usually associated with to: a female vocabulary. After all, "Valley Girl" speech is named after a group of females in Nelda C. Kissinger, Director California. And for awhile it was trendy to 107 Browning Building hair from (435)652-765ditzily flip your bleached-blond- e side to side as you said, "Like... whatEVER!" Dixie State College TRIO Programs 225 South 700 East Please see Speech, page 9 St. George, UT 84770 Dixie State College Upward Bound Summer TutorCounselors h -- How to Reach Us Dixie State College, Neath Plaza Bldg., Rm. 125 225 So. 700 East St. George, UT 84790 Newsroom Advertising Fax [phone] [phone] (435) 656-401- 9 thedixiesunhomud.com http:sun.dixie.edu 1 1 "up-talk- ), 9 The Sun is distributed each Wednesday during and Spring semesters as a publication of Dixie State College, its Arts, Letters and Sciences, and Dixie State College Srudent Activities. The unsigned editorial on the opinion page represents the position of The Sun, as determined by its editorial board. 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