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MAY6, 2005 - Page B COMMENTARY Free Press Staff Commencement Advice Co-Editors-in-Chief Writers/Reporters Katie Martin '06 Patrick Bonaduce '08 Words of wisdom from Napoleon, Ron and Buddy Pat O'Toole '07 Emily Compton Chanan Delivuk year, reality sets in and the Art Director [enni Evans BRIAN PATTERSON question becomes, "What are trent in the work force to con- SENIOR WRITER Liz Matthews '06 Lea Fiddick '07 you going to do after col- vince an employer that he is an Eric Fuller '08 lege?" elf from the North Pole, than to Overcome the handicap of a News Editor James Gibbs Very few seniors know History or an English degree. Rob Goeke '07 Mike Habegger '08 for sure, yet everyone wants As I said before, I'm not an answer. I did not have an Taylor Hebden answer, until the first lines an expert on the real world or Features Editor Alyse Hollomon from Napoleon Dynamite came how to conduct a job search. Bayley Fannin '05 Shelly Hom to mind. However, Ido know McDaniel College, and at an institution Suzane Lester "What are you going to like this there aren't many Commentary Editor Todd Knepper do today Napoleon?" people that take after .Be~~: "Whatever Brian Patterson 'as Leon Mach '05 wauna do. Gosh." I feel like I from Old School, who said, Geoff Peckham DOing what Iwanna do will give nothing back to th~ Sports Editor Jacqueline Pundt '05 sounds fine to me, but I still academic community, as we\ Mike Habegger '08 Kelly Rampmeyer Anyone looking for know that at Some point as provide no public service.o any kind. This much Ipronus~ Greg Sandruck sage-like advice regarding graduates will have to go on you." job interviews. On any inter- Copy Editors Stacey Shaffer the real world, or words of view, confidence is a must. If Most of the students on Jesse Feldman '07 Amalie Shaffer wisdom as graduation looms an interviewee is cool and campus are involved in at least over the class of 2005 should one dub or organization, and Teri Hamer '07 Jill Stone look somewhere else. To my collected, the interviewer will this is one of the benefits of go- Marissa King '08 Jon Teter '08 knowledge, I've never been pick up on it, and the odds of ing to a liberal arts college. Eac~ Michael Vyskocil '05 thought of as someone landing that first real job im- student has a unique expert" prove drastically Page Design Beth Williams marked by wisdom and calm This brings me to my ence, and no two graduates are Lindsay Fairchild '08 AndyWu judgement, but l do watch a second bit of wisdom, and a the same, unlike the drones lot of movies. produced at larger universities. Beth McLane '07 I will be graduating on sure-fire way to ace an inter- And that will allow me to move Alyse Hollomon '08 Ad Manager May 21, and while reflecting view. It comes from Ron Bur- on to my final movie reference, gundy, who in Anchorman Emily Funk '07 on my four years at McDaniel never lacked confidence. a slight paraphrase from Officer Photography Ifound that Ihave a message "I don't know how to Del Spooner in t Robot. Sarah Black '07 Ad Representatives for my fellow seniors and for put this, but I'm kind of a big "Robots [have] nothing the underclassmen. What fol- Indira Gonzales '07 Rachel Bryant lows is not an attempt at com- deal. People know me. Ihave [inside). just lights and c1oc~; Suzanne Lester Christine Beers mencement advice per se, but many leather-bound books work. Go ahead and you tru I them if you- want to.". Jonathan Schultz '08 should be sufficient evidence and my apartment smells of I find it comforting that as to why Iwill never be for- rich mahogany." am not a massed produce d Th McDaniel Free Press is published biweekly. The mally allowed to speak at a Use a line like this and op:Uons expressed do not necessarily represent :05e commencement ceremony. you're in. It's not about what graduate. There are only a few hundred seniors each year at f The McDaniel Free Press staff, the faculty, or e In grade school, chil- you know, but who you McDaniel, and they are trust- o administrators of McDaniel College. dren are always asked what know, or at least that's what worthy individuals who con- I've been told. they want to be when they tain no lights or clockwork. My third quotation also The paper welcomes free-lance sent the . grow up. It's usually a lofty has to do with the job' mar- Forgive me if I have lost free ress®mcdanie1.edu. The editors reserve ~e right profession like a doctor or a ket. . anyone, and if a reader is con- to edit for clarity, length, and libel and to publish as lawyer or a pro football "I'm Buddy the elf." fused about my references, then player. The problem for most s ace permits. Please include a name a~d phone students is that medical and "Who sent you?" that reader is not a college stu- dent. As for any college stu- nu!ber for verification. Names will b~ Wllh!'eld only law schools are hard to gain "Papa Elf from the dents who haven't seen these by the discretion of the Editors-in-Chief acceptance into, and the NFL North Pole." movies, they did more study- draft is only seven rounds. By And what does this ex- ing than Idid, and in this group The McDaniel Free Press does not di~ate ~ased the time a collegian reaches change from' Elf have to do of students there's probably a on age, race, religion, gender. se~al onentati~n,. the second semester of senior with finding a job? Well, it commencement speaker Of national origin, condition of handicap, or mantal may be easier for a new en- two. status. The year is all but over, but the Free Press Mail to: The McDaIliel Free Pres.s will be back! Look for opportunities to McDaniel College, 2 College Hill WestminsteJ;MD 21157 _ (410) 751-8600 join the staff next year. Talk to Lisa FAX: (410) 857-2729 E-Mail: freepress®mcdaniel.edu Breslin in the Writing Center for details.