<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/pre-go-live-resources/_migration/_dev-testing/2026-08-21/magazine/spring-1999/giant-opportunity.html" dsn="news"><pubDate/><title>A Giant Opportunity</title><excerpt>Although he wasn’t a baseball fan, Matthew Bawks ’99 persisted in seeking an internship with the San Francisco Giants because he wanted to work in the sports industry. As a participant in Westmont’s San Francisco Urban program last year, he needed to arrange an internship in the Bay Area. At first, the organization wasn’t responsive, but he kept calling and talking to people until they offered him a position in the group sales department. He even agreed to stay beyond the end of the semester and work for the Giants throughout the summer.</excerpt><author/><image>
            
            
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