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Getting a taste of lifeat area universities

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Earth Dayevents hereon April 22Making the planet a better place

GWC STUDENTS gather at the Microsoft booth during the April 16 Career Fair.

“We’ve received at least 30 applications so far, so

it’s been pretty successful for us.’”Ali Pangle

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By Tre NesbitSun executive editor

Jobs, internships, careers oh my! A multitude of busi-nesses ranging from Micro-soft, Jack in the Box, even the FBI congregated outside of the Golden West College Book Store on Thursday, April 16 for the college’s first career fair in five years.

Students meandered through a maze of booths manned by employers who were eagerly accepting ap-plications and resumes, even hiring on the spot in addition to sharing tidbits of career in-formation and advice for pro-spective employees to nibble on in addition to the candy and snacks many provided.

“We’ve received at least 30 applications so far, so it’s been pretty successful for us,” says Ali Pangle who worked the

Waterworks Aquatics table. “I’ve been working for this company for a year and a half and volunteered to man the booth,” she says.

“It’s the first [career fair] we’ve done but we plan on doing a few more at Orange Coast College. The positions we’re fill-ing now, [ l i feguards and swim instructors], are excellent for students b e c a u s e they’re flex-ible. We get to design our own schedule, more or less, so it’s great for working around busy class schedules.”

One applicant, Genaro Rosales, 20 year-old student majoring in theatre arts said “There’s a lot of great op-

portunities out here that I wouldn’t have had access to otherwise. I filled out a few other applications for jobs and one for Dream Trips which arranges large groups of people to travel together.” Media Mix 365, a market-ing call center represented by

Holly De-spies tried to loop potential student work-ers by having them take a personal i ty quiz rather than just fill out an appli-

cation or submit a resume. “We’re very people-

oriented so we want to re-ally get to know our em-ployees. We want everyone who works for us to enjoy each other so we really sift

By Joey Blood Western Sun staff writer

April 22, 2015 is Earth

Day, a time where people come together to try and solve a common problem, try-ing to make our planet a bet-ter and safer place. If you’ve been on campus lately you’ve probably noticed easels with the word “Indonesia” and a young man in a river boat floating along in a river com-pletely surrounded by trash. This is the everyday real-ity for some people living in countries like Indonesia. Due to pollution individuals in third world countries are forced to endure harsh conditions.

One aim of Earth Day is raise awareness about tak-

ing care of this planet so that everyone around the world can enjoy its riches. This year the focus is on plas-tic pollution in our oceans. Many people are still very un-aware of how severe the plas-tic pollution in our oceans is and the hope is that this event will change the way our stu-dents, faculty, and staff think about their everyday use of plastics. It will also be a great opportunity for students to come together and have mean-ingful conversations about their role in sustainability. There will be three designat-ed stations that students can visit to learn more about: The Path of Plastics, The Global Effect of E-Waste and The So-

By Tre Nesbit Western Sun executive editor

Gone are the good ol’ days of trips to the Aquarium of the Pacific or the Museum of Tolerance as in middle and high school.

With many young adults in community college hop-ing to transfer the grown up version of the school field trip consists of visiting universities, gearing up for the real world, and equipping themselves with as much knowl-edge and insight into their hopeful professions and how to achieve their aspirations. Golden West students took