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Show WEDNESDAY, APRIlP 2 - DIXIE SUN Summer sales opportunities give Students consider students good, bad experiences concealed weapon BY MARK GREEN Dixie Sun Staff Writer Whether its selling pest control, alarm systems or satellite service, summer sales can be a lucrative opportunity for Dixie State College students in search of a summer job. Recruiters for summer sales programs are a common sight on campus, according to "Opportunity Knocks," an article by Jamie Huish Stum published in Utah Business Magazine on March 30, available at The summer sales industry does most of its recruiting on Utah college campuses, primarily targeting returned LDS church missionaries who already have two years experience knocking on doors. Brady Stone, a sophod more major from Orem, has been selling alarm systems for the last three summers. Stone said summer sales allow students to earn valuable experience while working in a new town making good money, provided they work hard. "You're going to work your butt off, but you'll make a bunch of money," Stone said. "You come back to school and you don't have to work. You can just focus on school." Mike Olsen, a DSC pre-me- alumnus, has sold for a pest control company for three summers and is now the head recruiter for SummerSalesBus.com, a marketing company that provides training and matches sales reps with pest control companies across the nation. Olsen said aside from the money, students earn valuable experience during summer sales. "Education is an experience; its not a textbook or a classroom only," he said. "I think what you gain is that you actually add to your education." Olsen said students get to move to different places, meet different people, learn to work hard, and gain communication skills that will be applicable for future careers. Unfortunately, not all summer sales companies live up to their promises, and students need to be careful about which company they decide to work through negotiations. A lower pay scale wasn't the only problem facing Stone in his first year of sales. Stone said he was supposed to get around $5,000 in his back-en- d check at the end of the summer, but he never got the money. Most summer sales programs pay their employees only partially during the summer and pay the rest of the commissions in a series of "back-end- " checks later in the year. Stone said the company listed many of his sales as "open tickets" as the summer came to an end, meaning there was ostensibly a problem with the account, and as such, he did not get paid on them. Stone said he called the customers in question and found out there were not really any problems with the accounts, and he believes the company just listed the accounts as open to avoid paying him what he was owed. He said the same thing happened to many of the guys he worked with in that office. "I thought about filing a lawsuit, but it just wasn't worth it," he said. Olsen said students considering summer sales should talk to a variety of companies before signing for. Stone said the first company he sold for, which is now bankrupt and out of business, didn't treat him fairly. "I was getting way underpaid," he said. "I didn't know what I was going into with the job." Stone said many times first-yesalesmen will take the first offer they are given, not realizing they can get better rates on. ar "Don't think that by looking at one or even just two companies is going to be all that youre going to want to learn," he said. Olsen said looking at different companies can help students find out what the common commission percentages offered are, and, armed with this knowledge, pick the best opportunity to fit their needs. Olsen also recommended that students understand exactly how and when they will be paid. Olsen said many companies or recruiters will say students can make a certain amount of money during the summer, but often will not mention these totals include bonuses few salesmen ever actually earn. "It's something they can say to beef up the total price they are telling you can - keyword - can earn, but the reality is hardly anybody gets the bonuses," Olsen said. Chris Skeem, a sophomore business and construction management major from Franklin, Ind., said concerns about a company's honesty are the reason he doesn't talk to recruiters on campus. "If I'm going to do it, I don't want to be recruited like that," he said. "I'd rather talk to someone who has done it themselves because you get more truth out of them, and they tell you truthfully how much money you can make." permits on campn BY MARK GREEN Dixie Sun Staff Writer Regardless of the varied opinions Dixie State College students have concerning concealed weapons, it is perfectly legal for students with concealed weapons permits to carry their weapons on campus. Randy Scott owns Guns and Diamonds, located at 649 E. Tabernacle, and has been hosting concealed weapons permit classes at the store for the last 15 years. Scott said Utah law allows those with concealed carry permits to carry their weapon anywhere they wish, except in state and federal government buildings, airports and private residences with posted signs forbidding guns on the premises. College campuses are not included in this list. Scott said he thinks citizens carrying concealed weapons make communities safer, and some students said the same about concealed weapons on campus. Carson Young, a freshman business major from Kaysville, said he is considering getting a concealed carry permit soon because of the security it offers. However, he said he probably wouldn't carry the weapon on campus. "I wouldn't carry the time, but it would be nice to have the opt,( he said. Young said he has noticed other students rying concealed weapon on campus, but he view, the presence of these weapons as beneficial the safety of students "I usually trust the pe( pie with the concealed weapons permit to be carrying safely, so I thin, its a good thing," he But not all students ait as comfortable with con cealed weapons as You Oceanna Barton, a fresh man elementary educau major from St. George, said she thinks it sounds dangerous to have studer carrying guns on campus They might get upset she said. They might something they might regret. 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