What are the best part-time jobs for college Students?

...Show Me The Money!!!

One of the major problems students have here on campus is finding a good part time job that provides reasonable hours to help pay our way through college. Campuses throughout the State have different ways they provide or offer jobs to their students, here at Ole Miss students are encouraged to first go to the Human Resources page to be educated on recent jobs and job openings.

I had the opportunity to sit down with a few college students who hold part time jobs here on campus and off. Heather, a Dorm Desk Receptionist, explains her job description as checking guests in and out and enforcing the "two guest per room" rule. Negatives that she feels the job brings is being blamed for people getting locked out or when people sneak guests in without them knowing. A few positives she believes though, is that they are able to get most of their work done and they get to meet lots of new people. As a part time worker, Heather says she believes being a DR, you get the best hours because the job is 24 hours, when all other desk jobs shut down after a certain hour in the day.

Mary-Alden, a Rec. Staff member at the Turner Center, explicated her job description to me as greeting people, making sure no one sneaks in, and also providing towels and sports epuipment when she is assisting in the equipment room. positives she feels from the job is having time to study and get work done and that the job is fairly easy, whereas a negative about it is that it simply gets pretty boring sometimes. Being a part time worker at the turner, they allow each worker 15 hours max. per week, Mary-Alden says the hours are fine with her but constantly hears her coworkers complain about the short hours.

Tiesha, a Walmart employee, says that the job is very demanding and the job requires you to be a cashier one day and maybe the next you will be a door greeter. Negatives from the job, Tiesha says, is that with all the long hours,there is no time to study and it is easy to fall behind on your work if you're not deidicated and consistent. Positives she explains are it gives you the opportunity to balance your educational with your social and she believes the money is best there. Tiesha believes that the hours are best at Walmart if you're looking for good money, only thing is you have to learn to balance the long hours and school at the same time.

Ultimately, part-time jobs to some may be easy to come by and to some they are not, but college students have to plan first.

Final Project

Fighting for a Job

Ole Miss students are not alone

Entering the workforce in a bad economy can be similar to combat. Graduates have to fight against their peers, laid off workers and former retirees for spots within the job market. Now more importantly than ever students and graduates need to use all the resources at their disposal to break into the job market.

"There's more competition in the marketplace right now with the unemployment rate at 9.9%," says Jason Ferrara, a senior career adviser at online job-listing company CareerBuilder.com. "There is more pressure for the college graduate." To take some of the pressure off, student at Ole Miss have access to the career center. A place that is a one stop shop for a student needing assistance will all aspects of the job search process.

The Ole Miss career center aims to take help students fight off the difficulties that many graduates face when job searching. The variety of services offered are available to former and current students. Career counselor Alice Walker "urges all students to take the time and see how the career center can help them".

Students may begin at the career Center by taking assessments such as the Strong Interest Inventory and Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. These assessments will guide students to a area of interest and career path. Senior Melanie Hill "was able to see all the career options that fit my my personality after taking the assessments". For those that need some one on one time, appointments are available with career counselors. Counselors will assess students individually and are available for follow ups even after graduation.

With a click of a mouse the career center website is accessible. This online help center provides links to useful websites, job postings, and promotes networking.

Ole Miss students do not have to fight the job search battle alone, the career center is there to provide its services every step of the way.

Farewell Hogwarts

s we all know good things must come to a end, but who knew our beloved Harry Potter would be saying goodbye to all his loyal fans this year, with the final movie Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows Pt. 2 coming out this July, I wanted to get fans reaction on how they felt about growing up with Harry Potter and now that it’s ending do they think it influenced them? I talked to Ole Miss sophomore Donnah Jamierson and this is what she had to say, “Harry Potter and The Sorcerer's Stone was the first book series to peak my interest in fantasy stories. It also was the first series that I read from beginning to end. A lot of children don't read any more than they are required to for school, but Harry Potter made reading more popular as kids wanted to know what would happen next in each book”. Stephanie J. Coghlan mother of two said that she could never get her step son Ken Coghlan Jr (16) to read anything not even the cereal box until Harry Potter made its’ made it’s presence at Square Books 2002. Coghlan was first a little apprehensive to let her stepson 7 years old at the time start reading books about sorcery and witchcraft being Southern Baptist and all, but she over looked her spiritual believes and let her son read the books, she said instantly she saw a huge improvement on his willingness to read not just the Harry Potter books but school books as well. Now that Ken is 16 and a Junior in High school he’s in the top 10 percent of his class and now is a avid reader of American classics Charles Dickens’ (a tale of two cities among others)

The book that started a reading revolution 

In 2006 Scholastic released a statement saying how the Harry Potter series had a positive impact on kids reading and their schoolwork. Only once in a lifetime does phenomenon happen like this, to be able to start a reading epidemic. J.K Rowlings never in her wildest dreams would have foreseen not only a in fortune but in changing the way a child reads one book at time. Rowlings was a single mother on the verge of being homeless Harry Potter was only a figment of her imagination until she put she lets the words pour from her pin like magic, even though it’s taken 17 years to write this epic childhood series for Rowling the series it was more than a young boy learning to use witchcraft but fighting good and evil as we all do on a day to day bases. We all have our trials and tribulations, just reading the Harry Potter saga made some kids/teenagers felt like it was okay to be different and finally an underdog we can all relate too is winning. With the last wand stoke of Wingardium Leviosa right around the corner fans are wondering will there be an 8 or 9 book? J.K said back in October 2010 she hinted there could be. However it’s been confirmed that this will be the very last book in the series. Us muggles (humans) will forever be grateful to J.K Rowling for her contribution no just for our fantasy lives but in our everyday ones as well.

Red, Blue, & Green!

By: Ariel Ladner

The University of Mississippi has improved its sustainability each year and continues to improve with recycling more than just aluminum cans, paper, and plastic.

A used aluminum can is recycled and back on the grocery shelf as a new can in as little as 60 days. A bicycle that has flat tires can be fixed up and needs no gas to function and it helps reserve energy for the environment. That's closed loop recycling at its finest and Ole Miss is well on its way to helping these processes take place.

Plan in action!

On April 16 of this year Ole Miss launched its new plan on recycling. A more broad approach to recycling instead of just aluminum, paper, and plastic. “This program helps recycle E-Waste (electronic wastes) such as ink cartridges and ink toner from printers,” says Jim Morrison, Director of Sustainability at the University of Mississippi. “The recycling of these products will eliminate tons of wastes sent to the landfills from the University as well as put money back into the school for other material needed. “

The new approach to recycling is reducing costs of sending the wastes to the landfills. But there are other ways to recycle and help benefit the environment besides just separating paper and plastic. The University of Mississippi has also started recycling bicycles, cell phones, and batteries.

And this is how we do it!

The recycled bicycles are given to students that have no transportation and need a way to get around the university as well as around Oxford. After the students finish with the bikes they are encouraged to return them so they can be reused again. It’s an easy and efficient way to save money and to contribute to the environment’s safety.

“Refurbishing old abandoned bikes not only helps out students who need transportation, but it also helps keep the environment cleaner with less pollution involved.“ Morrison says. “These are more beneficial alternatives to helping save the university money, too.”

Recycling helps regardless if it’s a small effort or a large effort. Every bit helps the university, the community, as well as the environment.

If you’d like to know more about recycling at the University of Mississippi contact Morrison at recycle@olemiss.edu or if you would like to know about the bicycle recycling visit www.bike.olemiss.edu.

Find out more about Red, Blue & Green at:

http://www.olemiss.edu/green/recycle.html

or at

http://zing.olemiss.edu/green-week-recycling/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbt_Y_jqkE4

World Wide Bullying

Cyber Bullying on Campuses

Give me your lunch money, kid! No, not really, but this kind of bullying is growing out of date by the minute. The new way? Social Media. As high school students start to transition their way into a new college setting, their “online friends list” continues to grow. After life begins to settle in the first couple of months, your “friends” begin to know who you really are as a person.


This can bring up a problem that is faced by thousands all across the nation. Cyber bullying is a worsening problem. Tyler Clementi, a student at Rutgers, recently committed suicide because of a web broadcast of him having relations with the same gender. This cyber bullying is leaving campuses vulnerable to already stressful students to contemplate on suicide or generate other mental behavior.

Students in college have the stress of exams, independency, social and study lives to have yet another worry. When other kids leave rude comments on social networking sites, what may seem harmless, can really affect a person who it was pointed towards. Gerard Manogin, a sophomore at Ole Miss, believes this is a serious problem that needs to be handled. “I believe there is need for more education on it, because it can save someone’s life,” said Manogin. Such programs like “Let’s Talk”, a program started at Ole Miss to help students who need someone to talk to in a troubling situation, such as bullying, does this. For more information on “Let’s Talk” visit www.olemiss.edu/letstalk.

The awareness of this ongoing problem, however, is growing. Recently, Ole Miss held it’s first ever Diversity Week, sponsored by the Meek School of Journalism. During this week-long event, students from all over campus would learn about and mingle with other cultures, backgrounds, and sexual orientation. They even started their week off right with this amusing, but perfect, video:



There is plenty more support and awareness growing throughout the country. StopCyberBulling.org is one example of this. This is great tool for kids or parents of kids that are being bullied and what to do. It also has preventative measures on the site. If you see someone saying something online that you would get offended to, stand up for what's right and do something about it. It's time this nation accepts everyone and their lifestyles. It's time to stand up against cyber bullys.

The Wedding of the Century

How will it affect trends?

The Royal Wedding is now week old news, but will the trends it set last? We all know that this was the most anticipated wedding of this decade. Hopeless romantics from around the world gathered around their television sets on Friday to see the big dress reveal. After the big day ended, the world now weighs in on what will be the biggest trends from this Royal affair.

Wedding dress designers are rushing to create a look-a-like dress. Sarah Buxton created the beautiful dress; she is a designer for the Alexander McQueen label. The long-sleeved lace ensemble was a hit among all the fashion critiques.

Now to discuss what will be the most popular trends from the big event. The sapphire ring is already a huge phenomenon. The classic round cut is an elegant piece that is considered timeless. Since the Royal engagement was announced there has been numerous imitation rings produced. Jewelry stores across the world have been creating rings in hopes of duplicating the one the princess now displays. This ring from Helzberg Diamondshttp://www.helzberg.com/product/oval+lab-created+sapphire+ring+1773049.do?sortby=ourPicks is an example of a replica ring.

Pippa Middleton, the picture perfect maid of honor and the sister-of-the-bride was beautiful in a cow neck, form-fitting dress designed by Sarah Buxton. The biggest surprise of the day was that Pippa’s dress was ivory. Will this be a new trend for wedding parties? For years the bride was the only one to be seen in white, but now the trends are already being set for all white bridal parties. Stores such as J.Crew have already created a line of ivory dresses. http://www.jcrew.com/AST/filterAsst/wedding_bridesmaid_color/Ivory/PRDOVR~29286/29286.jsp

Neiman Marcus buyer, Rebecca Gremillon spoke briefly about how the new trends will influence the stores fall line. The fall contemporary catalog will be highlighting the differences between Kate Moss and Kate Middleton. This represents how Kate Middleton has risen to a top British icon like Kate Moss. The catalog will feature many blue pieces for it will be the color of the season, simply because Kate Middleton wears the color excessively.

The Royal Wedding Party exemplifies class. The trends it has set will be remembered forever.

The War in the Middle East

...and Ole Miss

The War on Terror is one that the United States has been engulfed in for nearly ten years. Many Americans move on with their daily lives and have all but forgotten about the U.S’ involvement in the war. However for one Ole Miss student the country's involvement in the war touches close to home.

Carl Case, is a freshman Psychology and Spanish major here at the University of Mississippi and his father, also named Carl, serves in the United States Army.

"He is currently on his 2nd tour in the Middle East. His first was in Afghanistan now he is stationed in Iraq," Case said of his father.

Case talked of how it was hard for him going day to day and not knowing if his father was alive or not. "It's hard in a way, because we lack that strong central family figure. At home we try to maintain a cohesive family unit. My mother tries to be a disciplinarian, but its hard with 2 boys, especially when juggling school and a part-time job."

"It just gets hard sometimes with all the news of soldiers being wounded and killed overseas."

After months of dismail reports coming out of the Middle East on the United States efforts overseas, the country recently got a ray of hope.

Al Qaida's top man, the the world's best known terrorist, Osama bin Laden had been killed by American ground troops in the middle east.

"I think that Osama's death was a great effort by the U.S. It was very beneficial to the U.S because it has united everyone and helped produce more patriotism. Most importantly its helping boasting the moral of the troops," Case said.

Often times we get to hear what people back in the United States feel about the war. However, we never get the opportunity to hear how the soldiers feel about the United States involvement overseas. "My father is enthused by the U.S's efforts has is very happy that the people back home can see tangible results. He also thinks it will be a moral boast for the rest of the soldiers."

The War is one that will continue at least until the United States has brought about a significant end to the large magnitude that the terrorist group Al Qaida has over the Middle

East. For Carl this means that he and his family have to go without their father just that much longer. However, for Carl he knows that at this point his father much more than just a father.

"I get sleep at night knowing that my dad is risking his life to make sure that me, my family, and my friends can maintain the freedoms that we so rightly deserve.

Case, whose father is currently in Iraq, posed with one of his good friends Maddie Fumi.