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By NICOLE BYRD Ann
Staff Writer nator,
Summer is approaching fast, and, dents t
with it, students are adding the fin- mer 11
ishing touches to resumes, sharpen- Januar
ing cover letters and anxiously lines '
waiting for interviews, all in the Match.
She
hope of settins a summer mternto
the
ship.
Because of the weak economy ^er__n^.
and tough competition for jobs, (|ie va
many USC students are realizing
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the need for summer internships to Qne ? ^
gain career-related experience. ^ v
Journalism junior Jennifer ;
Britton said, "I think hands-on siuden
experience is essential in the '90s. sllipS >
Jobs are so few and far between a$ j q
that if you don't have internship AT&T.
experience or a graduate level slate p.
degree, then a college education wiie
alone won't allow you to com- interns]
P^- mind I
The Career Center, located in the SOme a
BA building, is a good place for Acc
students seeking a summer intern- Interns
ship to start. sponsc
Exhibit here
From Staff Reports ports.
A new exhibit that recalls the The
great days of river transportation in the
during South Carolina's plantation directt
era has been completed by the Mark r
owners of Magnolia Plantation near gathere
Charleston with the help of the on ahat
S.C. Institute of Archaeology and The
Anthropology and its 14 feet
Archaeological Research Trust at ters U!
USC. frames
The exhibit features an authentic piling:
reproduction of an early 19th-cen- Savann
tury river flat, a heavily built barge ship's '
craft used by African-American fr?m a
crews to carry plantation produce felled (
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down the state's rivers to coastal D> Ul
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Participants were able to climb
Mountaineering and Whitewater
Competition occured on P.E. Field
climbers got a chance to demonstrate
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e Orange, internship coordi- compensation i
said, "The best time for stu- or weekly sti
0 begin looking for a sum- reimbursemen
iternship is no later than costs.
y or February, since dead- Not only
ire often in February and improve your i
your key to ge
suggested that students come door and fori
Career Center and view the tacts. It can
hip board, which lists intern- decide if they
or all majors, as well as read Field of study,
rious books, pamphlets and Frank Marcl
materials available to every- istration majoi
Grange said. last spring at
ariety of internships in all College in N<
are open to college students, was a student
ts can choose from intern- letics director,
villi major companies such "Basically, I
1 Penney, Toys R' Us and did a lot of pk
, to internships abroad and at ment," Marche
uks. experience the
n thinking about a summer further interest
hip, students should keep in administration
that while many are paid, centage of sp
re non-paid. majors who d(
ording to the Career with that orgar
hip Program, 58 percent of tion."
irs during 1991-92 offered There is a v
iIds glory da
to research ti
exhibit, the first of its kind methods used
state, was designed and ters," Newell si
;d by USC archaeologist "As a result
vlewell using information he deal about the
:d from historic craft found the skill invol
idoned rice plantations. mance of these
flat, measuring 41 feet by are impossible
, was built by three carpen- historic wrecka
sing massive yellow pine The finishe<
cut from 150-year-old dock flat as it migl
s recovered from the the Ashley Riv
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'knees," or interior supports, which is loade
250-year-old live oak tree rice barrels ant
>n the plantation by a storm, cal of antebelh
ilding the flat we were able area.
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a 36' wall, shown above, at The
Club's 6th Annual S.C. Climbing
D. Beginners as well as advanced
their skills Saturday and Sunday.
aroliri
s with experi
in the form of hourly tunities available
pends, housing, or ing a summer int
t of travel or other is to use the res
and to consider all
can an internship Orange said th<
esume, but it can be students seeking j
tting your foot in the to make their resu
ning valuable con- tei- as neat pre
also help students pie t0 aiways
've chosen the right phone call Going
what makes a si
lese, a sports admin- from the other apf
r, had an internship Orange also se
Duchess Community de[US ^ake sur
;w York, where he , , .
assistant to the ath- ey re yin" '
they are looking
was a gopher, but it experience, and
inning in the depart- =?P '
:se said. "It was the ^'ie aieei *-e
;re that spurred my ducting inteinshi
in the field of sports April 7 and 14.
. A very large per- Having an inter
iorts administration an unwritten rule i
3 internships end up ates. Students nee
lization after gradua- just to get ahead, I
in the race. Witho
vide range of oppor- get left behind.
ys of riverb
he techniques and The flat will rer
by historic carpen- Magnolia, which
aid. the world for its
, we learneci a greai ueris on me oam
construction process, River. The garden
ved and the perfor- their kind in Norti
crafts ? things that "Although horli
e to discover from mary focus of M
ige," he said. that something si
1 exhibit shows the acknowledge the
it have appeared on Americans on our
-er in 1850. A three- Drayton Hastie
tationed on the flat, Magnolia and a <
d with cotton bales, of the first plante
I other produce typi- 1860. "They wei
im plantations in the who built the flats
up and down our 1
Psychology graduate student Johi
below, says he likes the challenge a
rock climbing gives him.
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ut one, you might
'Stalin' is one
. "Art as Actr
C anc* Eastern
fMuseum of A
nain on exhibit at A T*|
is known around xJLA V vl
magnificent garcs
of the Ashley C?4~T*11H
s are the oldest of l,J[ |_| M
t America. ~
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culture is me pri
lagnolia, we felt The Columbi
lould be done to presents a rare
role of African view Central
plantations," said Europe's strug
, the owner of and democracy,
direct descendant "Art a:
:r at Magnolia in Revolutionary
re the craftsmen Central and E
and piloted them presents a look
ivers." ical tradition
poster. Unlike
reliance on ele
political
expression,
/these posters
from Europe
adorned wall
and storeys
fronts
J? exhorting
people to
revolution
during
Eastern
^ Europe's rise
from under
the yoke of
communism
/ in the late
1980s.
rosters
mocking
their oppressors
have
historically
i Johnson, been a
nd exercise favored
medium of
dissidents depr
state-controlled
The Europea
been the "art
During the 19;
Central and Ea
poster becan
means of comn
"Art as Act
the different ro
has served in
Revolutionary
way of studyi
social and poli
occurred durii
unorganized tin
moil and uphea
Poster art is
of self-expressi
Icai activism n.
mon man. Ma
in the exhibitu
by highly accl;
unfortunately,
in quantity foi
ment retributioi
Others are
mimeographed
painted by stu
mous citizens
desire for freed
Many of the
acterized by t
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t of more than 80 posters in the exhibition
fist: Revolutionary Posters from Central
Europe" on display at the Columbia
jrt through May 23.
lepicts European
;gle for freedom
)rts slogans such as "End Rule by
a Museum of Art One Party!", "Marx is Dead!"
: opportunity to antl "40 Years of Lies!" Others
and Eastern are: complex and unique works
gle for freedom ?f arl rich colors and vivid
dramatic imagery,
s Activist: These posters trace events of
, Pnciprc fmm the first democratic movement
Astern Europe" of solidarity in Poland in 1980,
at a unique polit- Mikhail Gorbachev's "perestroiof
Europe: the ^a ?1 1980s, the fall of
: the American ll*e Berlin Wall in 1990, the colctronic
forms of 'apse of Communist governments
and the
? ^struggle for
T^K|maSZ^I
~ of these
The poster 'Make Your Choice' European
is part of the Columbia countries
Museum of Art exhibit today, this
through May 23. exhibition
poses quesived
of access to tions about the new challenges
media. ot freedom, such as minority
n poster has long and ethnic lights, the lole of
of the streets " government in society and the
89 revolutions in problems of elections and demoistern
Europe, the cratic choice,
te the primary "Art as Activ>st" was orgatunicatin"
ideas nized by Marta Sylestrova, curaivist"
focuses on tor at the Moravian Gallery in
les that poster art Brn0< Czechoslovakia, and Dana
European history. Bartelt< a graphic designer from
posters provide a Raleigh, N.C. The Smithsonian
Ing the complex Institution Traveling Exhibition
tical changes that Seivice, SITES, worked with the
lg an essentially organizers to develop tne exnioine
of national tur- tion for travel to 12 locations
ival. through January 1994. Most of
a critical means the posters are form the collec011
used by politi- tion of the Moravian Gallery.
> reach the com- "Ait as Activist" will be on
ny of the posters display in the East Galleries at
in were produced the Columbia Museum of Art
aimed artists, but, through May 23. The exhibition
were not printed 's sponsored by the Happy
r fear of govern- Bookseller,
n. The Columbia Museum of Art
: silk-screened, is located in downtown
and even hand- Columbia at die comer of Senate
dents and anony- a?d Bull streets. Operating hours
; united in their are 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday
lorn. through Friday and 12:30-5 p.m.
posters are char- Saturday and Sunday,
old graphics and Admission is free.