Jessy Segal

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Need to Know: Top 5 Ways to Wow Them at Job Interviews 3/30/2012	As the end of the school year approaches, I find myself faced with a familiar senior conundrum: what to do after graduation. I don’t want to move back home. My dream of going to law school (since I was four I’ve been preparing closing arguments) fell apart when I realized I don’t actually like law side of lawyering, only the argumentative, put-on-a-show-in-public aspect. Instead, I secured two internships for the spring, hoping they would a) help me decide what I want to do, and b) offer me a job. Now it’s April, and as much as I love both jobs, neither of them are home to my future workplace. So, instead of celebrating the end of my college life with too much alcohol and not enough sleep, I’m putting on my big-girl panties (and slacks and a blazer in 85 degree weather) and hitting job interviews and networking meetings. I’ve gotten plenty of advice from my office co-workers on the best ways to interview – from the helpful to the not-so-much – and I thought I’d pass them along!
Give Me Back the Grocery Store 3/18/2012	In this month’s Cosmo, under the “Cosmo Life” section, the editors recommend grocery stores as a new spot to pick up guys. They suggest that maybe the reason you’re still single is because you’re limiting yourself to only meeting guys in bars. Instead, you should dress up and hit the grocery store on a Sunday afternoon in order to meet a guy doing his weekly shopping. EXCUSE ME!? Not only does that mean I need to give up valuable couch and lounging time on one of my few days off a week, but you’re telling me I actually need to put on make-up and cute clothes to go to the grocery store? The grocery store?! To browse the frozen foods section and fill my cart with Lean Cuisines, because, as Cosmo so aptly puts it, “I’m still single”? First of all, I’d like to think I’m still single because the right guy hasn’t come along yet, not because I don’t dress up to go to the grocery store or that I limit myself to only picking up guys in a drunken haze at a bar. Besides, the right guy will like me no matter what I wear to the grocery store (preferably his sweatshirt and a pair of jeans).
Campus Celebrity: Ian Stowe, #StoweStrong 2/20/2012	“One Tribe, One Love” has never meant more to the W&M community. Recently, we lost one of our classmates, Troy Pelish, and the outpour of support on Facebook was phenomenal. At the same time, nothing has demonstrated our collective love and support for one another more than the StoweStrong campaign, launched by the College’s soccer teams and friends of Ian Stowe. I met Ian Stowe the summer after my sophomore year. I was working in Williamsburg with another member of the soccer team, Ryan Snyder, selling advertising space in the directories and planners for a company called University Directories. It wasn’t the most fulfilling internship, and often in the evenings we would engage in other activities to entertain ourselves. One night, I ventured over to the soccer house (where Ryan lived) to hang out with him and some of the guys.
Pin It to Win It: How Pinterest Helped Me Lose Weight 2/5/2012	During finals last semester, I discovered Pinterest; the ultimate procrastination tool. You can design your perfect closet, plan the perfect wedding, look at a never-ending supply of attractive guys, not to mention drool over the most amazing desserts and find inspiration in fabulous quotes. After days of pinning and re-pinning onto my numerous boards, I realized Pinterest might actual have a functional use in my life. Plenty of people that I follow had started “motivation” boards; a way to pin exercise ideas, tips, and pictures designed to inspire them to get off Pinterest and actually work out. But I was sure that while the pictures of women with their flawless bodies, washboard abs, and perfect skin would make me green with envy and motivate me at least mentally, I would never actually put into use anything I saw online. How wrong I was. I stopped spending my time looking up wedding dresses I can never afford and clothes I would need to save years worth of paychecks to buy, and instead I started looking up healthy eating tips and recipes. I looked at the motivation boards and saw, not pictures of perfection I could never achieve, but exercises I could do at home in twenty minutes. I saw something that was attainable and within reach. And so, fellow pinners, I want to share with you the five best things I’ve found on Pinterest.
A Girls Guide to Watching Football with the Boys 11/2/2011	This weekend, I cemented my “bro” status - I survived football Sunday with the boys. We watched three straight football games; we literally spent all day in front of the TV, watching football. Now, for most girls, a full day of football with the guys could be intimidating. Luckily, my dad instilled in me a few principles for keeping up with the boys. I thought I’d pass them on to you, so you can all impress the boys with your supreme Sunday Night Football skills. 1. Pick a team, and stick to it. Don’t pick a team based on their colors. The cute uniforms are a bonus, but pick a team based on something “substantial” - where you’re from, where you were born, what team your dad likes. And once you’ve picked one, stick to it. A fair-weather fan is an easy way to spot a football newbie - boys are religious about their teams. Even if their team loses every game in a season, guys will continue to watch, root, and bitch when they lose. So stick to the team you pick, and defend them when they’re losing. 2. Get some gear. The plus side of picking a team is suiting up! You don’t have to go crazy and buy a jersey, but invest in something cute in their colors. Victoria’s Secret PINK has some really cute stuff for the NFL, so you’ll look cute and be comfy!
Tired of Bearing the Contraception Burden? Men Might Soon be Able to Carry Their Weight 10/4/2011	A few days ago, I was hanging out with a bunch of my guy friends. Since they think of me as a “bro,” they feel comfortable expressing their sexist opinions in front of me, and normally I laugh at their sexual exploits and jokes. But when one of them turned to me and asked why all girls don’t just take the pill, to make their lives easier and condoms unnecessary, I snapped. Why is contraception always the girl’s responsibility? Birth control comes with often unwelcome side effects and a sometimes expensive price tag, not to mention the hassle of refilling your prescription each month! All boys have to do is provide condoms, since none of us are mean enough to insist on vasectomies in college. So why do they keep complaining? Turns out, there might soon be something more they can do. Scientists are working on the development of a male birth control pill and alternate contraceptive devices that do not require surgery or uncomfortable latex. In fact, a male birth control pill could be on the market in as little as five to seven years! Beyond that, men could even have options: a daily pill, a patch or gel applied to the skin, an injection once every 3 months, or an implant placed under the skin ever 12 months. Ladies, imagine watching your boyfriend take the pill every morning knowing he’s fully responsible, instead of you!
Carter Rosekrans, 2012 9/27/2011	Name: Carter Rosekrans Year: 2012 Major: International Relations, Accounting Minor What you are involved in on campus: Phi Kappa Tau, Senior Interviewer and Tour Guide at the Admissions Office, Local Internship at the National Center for State Courts What are you looking forward to most about the school year: Being here in the spring. I took a semester abroad in Germany last year and did the W&M in Washington program the year before that, so I’ve never done Campus Golf and have only had one true Blowout. The first thing you notice when a girl walks into a room: Smile. I think I’m a smile-y person, and I’m drawn to people who smile as well. Smiling tells me that you’re fun and I should hang out with you. Favorite thing about women at William and Mary: It seems like the majority of women at W&M are grounded and down to earth. I don’t like women who are full of themselves, and there seem to be very few of those at W&M. Your favorite thing a girl can wear in the summertime: Tight white pants. They are hard to pull off for a reason, so if you can do it, please wear them. They are just very clean and refined, a great look for a girl in the summertime.
Clayton Kenerson 9/1/2011	Name: Clayton Kenerson Year: 2013 Major: Chinese, Finance What you are involved in on campus: Soccer, throwing away dues for Chinese Student Organization, recruitment chair for Phi Kappa Tau The first thing you notice when a girl walks into a room: How she carries herself. A woman has already said a lot to me before I introduce myself. Favorite thing about women at William and Mary: I really enjoy studying other people’s thoughts and behavior as we become closer. William and Mary women are a breed all their own so getting to know people here is always interesting. Your favorite thing a girl can wear in the summertime: Gold and turquoise on golden summer skin.
Miss Social Etiquette: The Do's & Don'ts of Dating and Cell Phones 8/13/2011	Recently, I went on a first date. . The Mexican restaurant he had chosen was perfect – I love cheap Mexican food – and he’d even showered and put on cologne. I was feeling good. But as I sat across from him at dinner, both of us glued to our phones actively conversing with other people, I began to wonder if the technological age has begun to affect our relationships. Going to dinner with one person is no longer a strictly two-person activity; now we can bring along as many friends as fit in our phone books. There’s no such thing as a private conversation anymore; instead, we post our communications on websites like Facebook and Twitter, for the world to see and comment. We open our thoughts, feelings, and ideas up for ridicule, for our friends to “like” or “retweet” if they feel we have a valid point. As I sat eating my enchiladas and waiting for my date to look up from his phone so that we could exchange the obligatory comments on our food before returning to our text messages, I wondered how far our society has deteriorated. Are we really that afraid of human interaction that we spend our first dates talking to anyone but the date? What is the protocol for dating in this day and age? Is it now acceptable to text at the dinner table? Should cell phones be muted, silenced, or even left in the car? What is the proper dating etiquette when it comes to cell phones?

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