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Tuesday Washington D ations, protesters sett;; vith marches aimed at national Monetary Fuoii / accuse the finance gi ;hing debt payments, AGGIELIFE day, April 18,2000 THE BATTALION Page 3 ■H, ,v V s orking hard for the money Rummer jobs help students gain experience, extra income BY KELLY PREISER The Battalion 1 lisonDf ' THE MALL M- X met break s the end of the spring semester approaches, most stu dents cannot wait for the school year to end. After May 10, the last day of finals, students can begin their sum- three months of relaxation. ||But for many students, this is not the case. Pfeome students have to work during the summer months to save up money for the next school year, among other reasons. ffHowever- if a student chooses his or her job carefully, he or she can still have an enjoyable summer. ^■Jim Pike, a junior computer science major, has worked at 'dntionai Air and Spacej n g an Antonio for the past four summers as a life- U.S. Capitol guard in the Lost Lagoon Waterpark. -■“The best part about the job was working with the other lifeguards,” Pike said. “Most of the guards were either high school or college age. We’d always goof around before and af- hours. It was sort of like a clique. There were always bar- , . . mil in — lllf>s and parties to go to.” msgoa is o promote mte»p^ e sa j ( j one 0 p ^ nia j or benefits of the job was that all 'f| ® 00 L00!3t Sea World employees were given a pass that allows them free •toMtar« any Anheuser-Busch theme park. He said he even had the chance to mingle with the animals once in awhile. Washington Monument Department of Commerce Department of Justice . J Gastello. S Ho!" ;d 10 fellowships forttie| 0 academic year and or it scholars ^ an( ^ S ^®j|l“The park offers a program for kids called ‘Camp Sea - World.’One thing they do with the kids is let them get in with the dolphins. They would ask for a lifeguard to be in there with ith Qti iripntQ and\/ici + ':iL ; . . r J 0 ?t with students and visit ht scholars in228Memo r t Center at 4:30 p.m, the kids, so a couple of times, I did get to swim with the dol phins,'’ Pike said. || He said that while his job was fun and offered many perks, |ere were also a few disadvantages. “The only major drawback of the job was when I’d have to tch the wavepool. Being a lifeguard can be relaxing but also stressful. Most of the time when something would happen, it was nothing serious, but if I didn’t go in, it could have been,” Education Association: ^ saiti j. i • i • u i jct U re by Diane Grafiar Bren Haas ‘ a chemica ' engineering major, has said he also !< hino Semester at8 ■ wor * <ec ' as a lifeguard over the summer. ' || “Some benefits of being a lifeguard are that you can get a good tan, it’s easy, and you get to meet a lot of different peo ple. Plus you get really good break times. You get about a half hour for every hour you work. But, you don’t get paid a lot. The summers in Texas are really hot and the job can get kind Friday ontact Jamice at 694-72' i. Saturday of boring; you just kind of sit there sweating if nothing happens,” Haas said. Haas said the rewards of working as a lifeguard out weigh the discomforts. “When you actually get to save someone from drowning, the job can be re ally rewarding. It gives you a really great feeling to know you just made a dif ference in someone’s life. The family is really appre ciative and it makes you feel really good,” Haas said. Working at a summer camp can also provide stu dents with an opportunity to work outdoors. Jill Sawyer, a junior history major, worked as a camp counselor at a YMCAday camp in Houston for the past two summers. “It’s a great summer job because you don’t have to work nights or weekends. You also get to go hiking and on really cool field trips once a week with the kids [for free]. Last summer we went to [Six Flags] AstroWorld, and to a few [Houston] As tros games,” said Sawyer. “You have to really like kids and playing outside. You also get a really good tan and the staff you work with is most ly college kids. We became really good friends over the sum mer and went out on the weekends,” Sawyer said. But far more important to some students than having their fill of fun and sun are the benefits of working at a job that not only provides valuable experience in one’s future career, but one that may provide an edge when potential employers look at their resume. For example, many museums offer summer work. They provide an interesting atmosphere while also looking good on a resume. “We normally need students to work at summer camps,” ivia Maldonado, the operations manager at the Brazos Valley Museum of Natural History. “We hire a lot of education and wildlife majors. It’s great experience working with children. Plus the hours are flexible JEFF SMITH/The Battalion ... and you don’t have to work weekends. It also can look real ly good on your resume.” It’s a lot of fun working with the kids, they are so fun, they give us a little chuckle every day,” Maldonado said. 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