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University Daily Kansan / Tuesday, August 29. 1989
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Fair helps match jobs with students
Bv Melanie Matthes
Kansan staff writer
Maria Butler, account clerk in the Athletic Department, and Susan Basilico, Chesterfield, Mo., junior, wait for student applications.
Students looking for campus jobs need to look no further than the Kansas Union Ballroom.
The Union is where the University of Kansas Student Employment Center has set up the first Campus Job Fair.
The fair, which began yesterday,
will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
today. Thirty-five campus employers
are represented at the fair.
The employers have set up individu-
al displays to appeal to the varied
population.
Snow Hall's Entomology Museum is displaying a collection of beetle and butterfly specimens. The department of East Asian languages and culture offers free fortune cookies to students and is displaying a T-shirt commemorating the Tiananmen Square massacre in Beijing.
A broad range of campus jobs are available at the beginning of each semester, said Julianne Cooper, coordinator of the employment center.
"The purpose of the fair is to create
a central spot for students and employers to meet." Cooper said.
Students often feel intimidated or discouraged when applying for jobs, she said, and the fair is designed to create an informal atmosphere and make it as easy as possible for a student to find a job.
ready to hire students on the spot while others were taking applications
Cooper said some employers were
"While there may be a listing of only 35 to 50 jobs here, we could be hiring up to 100 or 200 students," she said.
Each employer had at least one job opening, but some employers could
have more, Cooper said.
Ruth Hurst, office specialist at Academic Computing Services, said nine positions were open to students at the center. Computing services representatives were looking for students with good grade point averages and strong work ethics, Hurst said. Students who work at the center should be planning to stay at KU for at least one year, she said.
Jane Gates, manager of the office of Student Financial Aid, said three positions needed to be filled in the office. She said students would be filing records and checking computer lists for accuracy.
Gates said there usually were many jobs available at the office and that advertisements for job openings were placed on the job board at 26 Strong Hall. She said she was pleased with the employment center set up the fair earlier in the year, other times of the year, such as during new-student orientation.
Many students visited the fair to find jobs on campus because they wanted convenience and more flexible hours than those offered in off-campus jobs.
Commission seeks drop in student aid
By Dave Wakefield Kansan staff writer
County Commissioners say the county should stop paying community college tuition assistance for students who have recently moved to Douglas County.
Commission members yesterday recommended that a 12-month residency requirement be established for community college out-district tuition aid. Commissioners are requesting that the requirement be added to the legislative platform of the Kansas Association of Counties. The board of directors of the association will meet at 7 p.m. in Manhattan
A person now only has to live in the county one day to claim residency, said Chris McKenzie, county administrator.
"We suspect and have received reports that a number of people go to KU for a semester, then drop out and go to Johnson County Community College," he said.
The county pays $24 a credit hour for any student enrolled in an out-district community college who lists his or her place as his place of residence, he said.
Last year, the county paid 59 percent more than it had budgeted for out-district tuition. This year, it has already paid $86,000 of the $96,000 budgeted for aid to Johnson County, which is the biggest recipient of out-district aid from Douglas County, McKenzie said.
Other issues the county commission members want to add to the association's platform are:
state aid for local emergency medical service systems. state aid to help defray costs state aid to help defend federal and state laws that require the county to track and report the location of hazardous waste.
In other business, commissions accepted a bid from Laird Noller Ford, 23rd and Alabama streets, for six new patrol cars for the county.
Library shelves food machines
By Anita Meyer
Kansan staff writer
A sign on the main floor of Watson Library used to read, "No food or drink, except in readers' lounge." Now it reads, "No food or drink."
"Except in readers' lounge" has been covered with black electrical tape.
Now, no food or drink will be allowed anywhere in the library.
Vending machines in the first floor lounge were removed Aug. 23 by KU Concessions at the request of library administration members.
"We noticed a worsening of the problem of food and drink in the public areas and book stacks of the library and the resulting damage to materials," said Mary Hawkins, assistant dean of the library.
requested in a July 12 letter to Judith Ramaley, executive vice chancellor, that the machines be removed.
Jim Ranz, dean of the library.
KU Concessions also received a letter requesting the removal.
"Jim Ranz wrote and said that, basically, over the years the problems with the machines and the litter had not improved and that he wanted the machines removed prior to Aug. 15," said Bob Derby, manager of KU Concessions.
Derby said the library had been the largest single vending location on campus, grossing from $85,000 to $125,000 a month. The library administration's request
ment.
The library had tried an awareness campaign in 1984 to improve control of food and drink.
"It was very successful." Hawkins said. "The problem was that we returned to the exact same problem after the trial period was up. We just don't have enough personnel to control all the stacks and public areas that were being controlled during that time."
Ranz was unavailable for com-
Some library employees had mixed emotions about the removal of the food services.
"As a person who works here 40 hours a week, I hate to see the machines go," said Bayliss Harsh, reserve supervisor. "However, there has always been a lot of food and litter around that looked like it came from Watson machines. That isn't good in a library."
Styrofoam makers dislike KU's plan
could begin.
By Chris Evans
Patty Ireland, environmental affairs representative for Dart Container Corp., said that the company, which supplies the KU unions with foam containers, was likely to intervene before the transformation
With a squeeze bottle and a plastic foam cup sharing equal space on his desk, Bob Richeson, manager of food services of the Kansas and Burge Unions, said the change from foam to paper food containers would be underway by Christmas.
"We will begin the transformation as much as we can, changing the cups over," he said. "After, we'll change the plates to paper plates. Beyond that, we'll have to do some exploring of our capabilities."
"It would be our policy to talk to the people who made the decision and try to work with them," she said.
By Chris Evans Kansan staff writer
Ireland said that Dart officials were aware of the environmental hazards of foam, which is commonly called Styrofoam, and that they were involved in various efforts to improve the environmental standing of foam.
Polystyrene is a polymer used in the production of foam. Polyesters believe are
"Our whole industry has just put in $16 million for a polystyrene recycling council, which should be up and running by 1990," she said.
With the help of this council, Ireland said, 25 percent of Dart polystyrene should be recycled by 1994.
products contain CFCs, or chlorofluorocarbons," she said. "Our program followed a voluntary phase of elimination of the CFCs in any of our food products."
Wes Williams, chairman of the merchandising policies and practices committee at the University of Kansas Memorial Corporation, said that the committee was aware of Dart's claims when they decided last Saturday to ban the use of foam in the Kansas and Burge Unions.
Dart and other groups, such as Environs, a student environmental awareness group, made presentations to the committee, Williams said. The students posed by the people who explained the hazards of foam, he said.
"This Styrofoam stuff is like a rock," Williams said.
Also, a tot of people believe our
Andrew Morrison/KANSAN
Housing says KU halls full, not crowded
Valerie Gligore, Kansas City, Kan., sophomore, reads in front of Watson Library. Gligore found time to relax yesterday morning between classes.
By Lisa Moss Kansan staff writer
Break time
"We are just really pleased," he said. "We are where we like to be."
KU residence halls are full, but they are not overcrowded this year, Kenneth Stoner, director of student housing, said yesterday.
sald. "We are where we like to be." Two years ago, 176 KU students were living in temporary housing because there was no room in permanent rooms. This fall, only six students are living in temporary accommodations.
Stoner said he expected that these students would be moved into permanent rooms by the end of the week.
The temporary accommodations are McCollum Hall end rooms, which are used for various resident activities during the school year.
Last year there were some vacancies in residence halls, and the east wing of the fifth floor at McCollam and the third floor at Templin Hall were closed. Now, one wing at Joseph R. Pearson Hall is not being used, said Fred McEllenbie, associate director of housing.
Stoner said there had been a change in the mix of students living in the residence halls.
Because of a policy change regarding single rooms, the number of single rooms allocated in KU's restroom doubled in 1988. Stoner said.
In the past, the number of single rooms allocated was restricted, but now there are no limitations on the number of single rooms available. Stoner said. In Fall 1988, 218 single rooms were allocated. This fall, 490 single rooms were allocated.
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