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:: By Amy M. Braverman
On the quads
More than 500 third-years got career advice from alumni at the eighth annual Taking the Next Step January 8. Held at the Fairmont Hotel, the event featured more than 30 panel discussions. Among the 180 participating alumni were film producer David Ortiz, AB’98, jewelry designer Tina Tang, AB’92, and HSBC bank international manager Shola Fafunso, AB’03....
The Blue Chips, a College student investment club, have a real portfolio thanks to Greg, AB’83, and Lisa Wendt, who gave a $100,000 gift. With the money the University created the Student Investment Fund, managed by the club with oversight by Andrew Harris, associate vice president and budget director in the investment office....
For the second year in a row the University ranked No. 1 (among institutions with fewer than 5,000 undergraduates) in the number of alumni who volunteer for the Peace Corps. A total of 39 College alumni joined in 2004. “Chicago students often are independent thinkers,” said Sophia O’Donnell, a Chicago–based Peace Corps recruiter. “They’ve done independent research or have experience taking the lead.”...
Apparently College readings take up a lot of time: 110 students showed up for a February speed-reading workshop put on by the Student Counseling and Resource Service, the Maroon reported. Social worker Sherry Wandler, who led the workshop, suggested students not speak each word to themselves, use a pen or finger to guide their eyes more quickly down the page, drop small words, and not stop to think mid-paragraph. Plan pausing times, she said, after each paragraph or section...
Two computer-science majors have made intellectual socializing a little easier. Isaac Wasileski, ’06, and Ryo Chijiwa, ’07, created openhive.com, where students can catalog and manage their book, movie, and CD libraries, and browse and share each others’ items. While saving cash on textbooks, students can also meet new peers. Or, as Eric Rogers, ’05, told the Maroon: “There is also this dorky sense of competition. Who has the most books?”
