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Students to protest World Bank president’s speech
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The State News
Michigan State University
EAST LANSING, Mich. (U- /
WIRE) - Area groups and other
interested individuals met at the
Uyion April 24 to organize protests
against World Bank President James
Wolfensohn’s visit to Michigan State
University.
Wolfensohn is slated to address
MSU’s undergradyate graduating
class May 5 at 1 p.m. at Breslin
Student Events Center.
Controversy has surrounded
Wolfensohn’s visit since he was
announced as the keynote speaker
April 10.
Critics of the World Bank say it
pushes developing countries into
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University of Kentucky
LEXINGTON, Ky. (U-WIRE) -
An internship could be the difference
between finding a job right away and
searching long and hard.
There is a 60 percent chance that a
person doing an internship will be
offered a job after their internship A
completed, said the University or
Kentucky’s Louise Stone, director of
experiential education.
Only one percent of people are
hired over those who have interned,
even though they may have more
experience, she said.
“You are going to be a more desir
able candidate because they know
you, and they have spent time training
you,” she said.
Some students, such as Mindy
Little, are proof.
Little, a dental laboratory technol
ogy junior at Lexington Community
College, recently got a job at a dental
lab in Corbin promised to her after
she graduates.
“The employer was very
impressed, and I got a job over the
summer and a future job after I gradu
ate,” she said.
Little has also had part-time jobs
in dental offices. She feels that the
combination of that experience along
with her job this summer will help her
get ahead.
If an internship is not a possibility,
some students find volunteering in
their field of study good preparation.
Amanda N^oore, a speech pathology
junior, is getting her foot in the door
early through volunteering.
She has'.volunteered numerous
hours tp several learning centers hi
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Moore has also volunteered at the
VA Medical Center, where she
worked with the elderly.
Moore has volunteered for two
yqars at the Kentucky Speech,
Language, and Hearing Association
office. It is more like a paperwork job,
but she said it introduced her to differ
ent fields within speech pathology.
Her latest work has been tutoring
for the School after School program
at the Carnegie Center for Literacy
and Learning.
Little advised students in whatev
er field of study they may be in to start
getting experience now.
“Get your foot in .the door,” she
said. “Do whatever you can because if
you’re going to do this your whole
life, you need to make sure you like
it.”
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debt, causes starvation, supports
sweatshops and destroys the environ
ment. Thousands of protesters
descended upon Washington, D.C.,
early last week to demonstrate
against the World Bank and
International Monetary Fund’s April
16-17 spring meetings.
MSU protest organizers have
already been in touch with national
organizations to try to rally support.
“I just got excited about doing
something when I heard about
(MSU) students going down to
Washington,” anthropology senior
Jon Hanson said. “I started doing a
lot of research and decided to make
something happen.”
Supporters have developed a
Web page including protest informa
tion, a mailing list and directions to
Breslin. The site is
http://zz4j9m.freeservers. com/may5
protest.htm.
University officials have stood
behind their decision to have
Wolfensohn speak. University offi
cials could not be reached for com
ment.
Hanson said he has sent about
300 e-mails to special interest groups
about organizing an MSU protest.
He said he has received positive
feedback.
Some organizers favor nonvio
lent methods, but others suggested
measures such as stopping people
from getting into Breslin.
About 70 people filled the Union
cafeteria to begin organizing the
event. They developed committees to
focus on special topics such as pub
licity, developing information pack
ets, obtaining university permission
to rally on Munn field and recruiting
seniors to actively protest during the
ceremony.
Organizers discussed asking sen
iors to walk out when Wolfensohn
stands up to speak.
They also threw out ideas of ask
ing seniors to wear armbands or just
stand up and turn their backs to the
speaker.
However, Amy Cairns, a 1994
MSU alum, suggested protesters
take a more creative approach. She
asked graduating seniors and specta
tors to stand and sing the fight song
to drown out Wolfensohn’s speech.
“I just want to encourage folks to
think as creatively as possible and
really put their best efforts into this ”
she said.
While many discussed the possi
bility of actions protesters could
take, many stressed the need to edu
cate people about the World Bank’s
activities.
“It’s one thing to stand up and
make a statement,” international
relations junior Jordan Harris said
“It’s another thing to be educated
about what you are making a stand
against.”
Some at the meeting suggested
activists partake in civil disobedi
ence to make their statement, and
others said nonviolence is the key to
getting a message heard.
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