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What type of job do you have?
"No jobs. I don't want to
work while in college."
Ashley Davis,
Junior, Nursing
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"I'm not working. I just
want to focus on school
and get good grades."
Chris Oguayo,
Senior, Biology and
Chemistry
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"I'm applying for jobs
right now. I've just
been looking around at
places like Just Tan It or
Montana's."
Jaymie McMains,
Freshman, Nursing
"I don't have any now,
but would like to work
as a waitress."
Meaghan Kent,
Freshman, Pre Vet
"I plan on getting one,
but I hear it's hard to get
jobs here."
Ransom Neely,
Freshman, Exercise
Sports Studies
"I don't have any right
now, but I would do
something on campus."
Ricardo Martinez,
Freshman, Undecided
"I work at Wal-Mart as a
sales associate."
Valerie Mayhar,
Senior, Education
"I've applied at Tractor
Supply and Back on the
Ranch."
Morgan Kainu,
Freshman, Pre Vet
All photos and interviews by Kelsey Fifzgibbon
Page 3
Senioritis: a silent
but deadly disease
Welcome back
Texans and Tex-
Anns!
Can you be-
lieve it? The 2009-
10 school year is
already upon
us. The time has
come to once
again to stand in line at the
bookstore, fight for a park-
ing spot at 7:55 two days a
week (minimum) and get
jumped by the Purple Poo
every now and again. The
groundbreaking of the new
nursing facility has already
taken place and initiatives
to begin the new residence
building are already un-
derway. But one thing has
remained the same at Tar-
leton, (and any other edu-
cational institution that
I've been a part of come to
think of it) and that is the
serious epidemic we know
simply as "senioritis."
Senioritis has been
around since man and
woman came to the no-
tion that "why do today
what you can put off un-
til tomorrow" was actu-
ally applicable in real life.
For centuries, studies have
taken a back seat to recess,
nap time, golfing, etc., but
no demographic is struck
harder with laziness and
lethargy than the senior.
Stanford University ed-
ucation professor Michael
Kirst said in an article ti-
tled "How to Combat Se-
nioritis" featured in TIME
Magazine that, "senior
year in the U.S. has been
based on the 19th century
premise that 80 percent of
students will go back to
the farm after graduation.
In small ways, people are
starting to reclaim senior
year."
The efforts to keep se-
niors interested In academ-
ics during their senior year
have come in the forms of
internships, dual-enroll-
ment for high school se-
niors, so on and so forth.
Even with the introduction
of such programs, have
they made any impact on
the "exit level" student?
I for one am currently en-
rolled in a practicum class
and an internship and I
can tell you first hand that
the extra load is more of a
hindrance than an "interest
MIKE CEDENO
enhancer." I still
am lackadaisical
during lectures,
daydreaming
when I should be
reading and pro-
crastinating un-
til the very last
second. What
amazes me is that the onset
of such indolence seemingly
set on me overnight. Don't
get me wrong, I've always
been one to wait until the
last moment to accomplish
things, but it didn't get bad
until the start of my senior
year last August. Assign-
ments that I would normal-
ly complete the day before
weren't getting done until
right before class. Projects
that usually require weeks
if not months of work were
getting thrown together
days before it was due. The
words "skipping class"
were synonymous for "hol-
iday." You get the picture.
While my case of se-
nioritis might not be that
bad, there are those who
have fared much worse.
I've heard multiple hor-
ror stories of seniors get-
ting the bug so bad that it
actually keeps them from
graduating.
Even though senioritis
is more contagious at the
high school level, the col-
lege senior should also be
wary of its affects. Since
universities are accept-
ing more and more stu-
dents yearly, employers
have more options when it
comes to selecting employ-
ees. I'm not a recruiter for
IBM or anything but I have
a hunch that companies
don't want the guy who
shows up 20 minutes late
wearing the same thing
from yesterday whose ex-
cuse was "sorry my alarm
clock didn't go off." All I'm
saying is when senioritis
starts to set in you better
find a way to combat it or
you're in for some trouble.
I'm not here to bust any-
one's chops or tell anyone
how to act. I'm just here to
spread the love, man.
Have an opinion? Tell
me what you think!
E-miiil me at michael.
cedeno@go. tarleton.
edu
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Cedeno, Michael. The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 182, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 3, 2009, newspaper, September 3, 2009; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth476485/m1/3/: accessed June 3, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Tarleton State University.