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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
VOL.102.NO.22
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22,1992
Kansas football for free with KUID
Officials want a large crowd for the nationally televised California game
By Kristi Fogler
Kansan staff writer
Don't be worried about getting a ticket to Thursday night's Kansas-California football game.
To increase the student participation in the game, the Athletic Department announced yesterday it would allow students with a valid KUID into Thursday night's game for free.
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Students who want to attend the game but do not have tickets can enter the stadium after 6 p.m. through Gate 35. Seating will be open for those students.
Bernie Kish, director of ticket operations and sales, estimated that as of last week, 20,000 tickets had been sold for the California game. But Kish estimated 40,000 people, including KU students, would show up for the game. Memorial Stadium seats more than 50,000.
Impressive resumés help job hunt
Kish said that at the beginning of the
During an open meeting, Kent McAnaill, graduate assistant in education representing the University Placement Center, explains how to prepare a good resume. About twelve students showed up to the informational meet Tuesday in 1:49 Burge Union.
Chrisrine McFarland / KANSAN
By Kirsten Anderson
Special to the Kansas
Special to the Kansan
When Ali Sizemore worked for one summer at a construction company, she had no idea that the experience would help her enter her chosen field, advertising.
Ali, a 1992 graduate from Newton, now works in the sales promotion department of Valentine-Radford Advertising in Kansas City, Mo. She believes that working in a construction company gave her some unique experiences.
"I learned to communicate with and assist many different types of people," she said.
"Getting this experience early helped me work more effectively later as a team member. I made that point clearly in my resume, and employers recognized it as a benefit."
Ann Hartley of the University Placement Center advises job seekers to feature their experience positively.
Hartley recommends an early start in building experience for your resumé.
"Your work experience is a critical part of your resume," she said. "If you worked as a cook in a fast-food restaurant, describe the important skills you acquired. These may be valuable to a prospective employer."
"The more experience you gain, the more you can offer an employer," she said. "Freshmen and sophomores can begin not only by choosing relevant work experience but also by becoming involved in appropriate activities such as clubs and organizations."
a way to sell yourself on paper. Your resume should reflect your skills, ideas and personality. By concentrating on business-related issues, a prospective employer can see what you have done to prepare yourself for your career."
When you are ready to write your resume, the University Placement Center can help. Hartley said, "Writing your resume provides
be as important as the resumé itself. Al Drier, an executive with Sprint in Kansas City, Mo., said, "A good cover letter should state how your qualifications fit the position you are seeking. It's a good idea to call my attention to that 'something extra' that you want to make sure I see in your resume."
To employers who see many resumes, the cover letter accompanying the resume can
experience. The University Placement Center and other resources on campus can help get you started. As Ann Hartley explained, "You can gain practical experience from almost any job, but you still need to show what you have learned."
Building your resume begins by building
"All you need ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure."
"All you need in life is
-Mark Twain
Best wishes from the Kansan at the Career Fair
The Escher Experience
"I'm walking around all by myself in the garden of regular division of planes. No matter how much satisfaction maybe derived from possessing one's domain, the loneliness is difficult to bear."
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September 21, 1992 *K~you* • CAREER FAIR '92
Toxins to be cut EPA says
Industry says county will trim waste levels
By KC Trauer
Kansan staff writer
"We believe this is a very significant commitment by Lawrence industries to reduce the volume of emissions in the air, water and land," said Kav. who
An Environmental Protection Agency official yesterday announced a plan by a Douglas County industry group to cut toxic-waste emissions 50 percent by 1995.
sees EPA regulations in Iowa, touri, Nebraska and Kansas.
Six companies, which are among the top eight polluters in Douglas County, plan to reduce emissions 33 percent this year and 50 percent in three years, said Morris Kay, EPA regional administrator.
sides the benefits to the environ- rive, the toxic-waste reductions d result in fewer pulmonary ill- health cases and r health costs, Kay said.
e effort, dubbed Project 33/50,
n in January after EPA officials
d local companies to make vol-
y cuts in their emissions. Those
panies then created a plan to
h the reduction goals suggested
e EPA, Kay said.
e participating companies are dix/King, Davol, FMC, Farmland ustries, Hallmark Cards and vence Technology.
e six companies are among eight fired to report to the EPA the un of waste emissions they pro- The two other companies are kaker Oats and Packer Plastics.
Ungas County ranks high on the of Kansas counties with the most reason, said Charles Jones, a repreative of the Kansas Department health and Environment. But he said that Sedgwick County, which includes Wichita, produces 80 ent to 90 percent of Kansas' toxic es.
according to the EPA's Toxic
ical Release Inventory Report,
glass Company companies emitted
8,696 pounds of toxic wastes in.
The industry group's plan calls
reduction to 2,209,348 pounds.
e companies plan to reduce emus through recycling, changes in manufacturing processes, conation and substitution of materi-
some instances, the companies have to make investments in pro-changes to reduce emissions, said.
said good environmental con- could lead to good business if companies could keep their mater- from becoming waste by prod-
you can avoid losing more of e materials to waste, you can on disposal of those materials", s said. "And as disposal costs there are going to be benefits that from this."
Farmland Industries Nitrogen, located off Kansas Highway 10, sees the most toxic emissions in Las County. It produces chemimide in agricultural fertilizer.
k Lind, plant manager, said land already had made processjes in its effort to reduce by halfproximately 3.8 million poundsste the plant emits.
said that if the plant could regain f.2.6 million pounds of waste ts from ammonia production, it produce an extra 550 tons of zerot product to sell to customers.
rtunities
u and spend a day at KU." she less intimidating because you 're just as excited to find new you are to find a job."
id the fair helped her practice h corporate representatives.
can catch a shuttle bus that will Summerfield Hall to the every hour on the half hour from 5:30 p.m., stopping by Staufall en route. It will run back to on the Holidome every hour p.m. and 6 p.m.