<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/pre-go-live-resources/_migration/_dev-testing/2026-08-21/magazine/summer-2006/following-call-public-service.html" dsn="news"><pubDate/><title>Following a Call to Public Service</title><excerpt>Eric Stark ’90 quit his job at AT&amp;T to work for the Bush administration even before the president secured a second term. “My boss advised me to stay until the election to make sure my guy won,” Eric says. But he didn’t listen. He knew it was time to do something more meaningful with his life.</excerpt><author/><image>
            
            <img src="http://blogs.westmont.edu/magazine/files/2006/11/STARK-4.jpg" alt="Photo by Lisa Nipp"/>
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