BeacoWEEKLnY MONDAY, APRIL 22, 2002 William Paterson University • Volume 68 No. 23 FREE Sociology Department Paterson Mayoral Holds Career Workshop Candidate On By Lori Perlmutter the event. All the speakers emphasized The Beacon that it is never too early to begin think- ing about the future.. Whether students Campus On April 16th the Sociology are graduating this May or in 2*005, Department and the MOST Program they should begin preparation for their held their semi-annual career work- futures. They also made mention of By Steve DeGennaro The neighborhood shop, "Careers in Sociology and doing internships over the course of, a The Beacon precincts will also Criminal Justice." There were several * college career as some allow for a quicker speakers present who touched on thing that can be advantageous. On April 18th I had response time and help issues regarding interviews, resume Another point shared by all was to for- the opportunity to to combat the ever writing, and other related information. mulate a resume no matter what your interview Jose "Joey" growing drug problem Allyson Morgan, a '00 graduate of experience entails. Torres, a candidate for that Paterson faces. Torres feels that if the William Paterson, spoke about the vari- There were many other issues cov- Mayor of Paterson. same police officer ous career opportunities available to ered concerning resume writing and Torres is a three term walks the same streets graduating students in Sociology. She interviewing. Here are a few the councilman serving on everyday, they will also highlighted some "do's and Career Center points out: the Paterson City know exactly where don'ts" of interviewing. The second A resume should be no more than one Council; since 1990 he the problems are. speaker, Lynette Butler of the-William page. has chaired the City Photo courtesy of patcity.com Lower crime rates will Paterson University Police Department, Its primary goal is to get you an inter- Council Community from within and wants serve to spur the revi- discussed the benefits of getting view, so you should highlight all your Development to get down to the talization of the neigh- involved with law enforcement. The skills and experience. Committee and served on the Paterson local level to revitalize borhoods. keynote speaker, Dr. Use action words when describing the decaying neighbor- Roseanne Martorella, gave a brief lec- Restoration Council. Mr. Torres wants to job functions. Torres has lobbied the hoods. ture on constructing resumes. She Before you interview, do research on incorporate agree- city council to approve Torres also hopes to ments with businesses emphasized the importance of having the company. bring the arts to_ internships, especially when you do not the revitalization plan for student job train- Take a trip there prior to the inter- and incorporate the PatersWi; he has lob- have enough experience in other areas. view date, to know exactly where it is ing. This will allow HUD (Housing Unit bied the council for a high school students a There were also individuals from the and how long it takes to get there. Do Request for Proposal Career Center present at the event. Development) plan to chance to work in the not arrive there more than 15 minutes get Federal money. For for an area in down- While this workshop was geared early. real world and better Paterson to be eligible town Paterson to build prepare them for the towards students in the areas of sociol- Dress conservatively. for this money, they a 10,000 seat civic cen- ogy and criminal justice, students from The Career Center is located in the future. He also feels have to present a long ter that will help stim- school facilities are other majors may have gained some Student Center. Stop by there for addi- term (five year) plan ulate the economy. valuable information from attending tional information. under-utilized and and a short term (one Due to the fact that that schools should be year) plan to rebuild Paterson is the only community centers, the community. city in the nation to which would benefit Through the creation have a double digit the public immensely of the Community increase in crime, by providing impor- Development Torres plans to decen- tant information. MEISA Committee, Torres tralize the police force Torres feels that hopes to empower, the and create individual "information is power community through neighborhood and that schools Career Day education which will precincts. This will should be the clearing allow the city to look By Jenna-Lyn Rounsaville the eleven member panel questions that help get the city back house for informa- on track. Torres at crime stats and see tion." Contributor pertained to their particular part of the where there is concern. music industry. Members of the panel believes in working Over fifty students attended the Music included a music industry business man- and Entertainment Industry Student ager, an entertainment attorney, the Vice After the panel discus- event with Road Recovery, great success and I would Association's (MEISA's) 2nd Annual President of sales of a record company, sions, the format of the pro- if he had had any regrets personally like to thank Career Day on April 10th 2002. Like the three representatives from Road Recovery gram became more infor- during his lengthy career in those who planned it for previous year's event, the Career Day fea- (an organization that deals with addic- mal, and students were the music industry. He stat- doing a great service for stu- tured a panel discussion on various "tions), two members of an independent allowed to network with the ed that he regretted being dents at this university. aspects of the music industry, followed by public relations firm, a booking agent, a individual panelists and ask nasty to a lot of people, Many students are perhaps an informal networking session. concert promoter, and a full service enter- questions that may not have including his first wife, that already looking forward to The panel discussion was moderated tainment company. The panelists also been answered during the he wasn't there much for his next year's event which, by Dr. Stephen Marcone who is head of provided information about how they panel discussions. During kids, that he got heavily into like this Career Day, has the Music Management program at WPU personally got involved in the music the networking session I sex, drugs and rock-n-roll proven to be bigger and bet- and MEISA's advisor. After an introduc- industry and what a person who is look- asked Walter Yetnikoff, a and something about a girl ter than those that came tion of statistics about the current state of ing to work in the industry can expect veteran of music industry in Vancouver. before it. the music industry, Dr. Marcone asked when looking for internships and jobs. who was attending the Overall, this event was a .,' ",' 1 The Insider gets Notable WPU "Painters" L. 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