University Daily Kansan / Tuesday, September 1, 1987
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State unemployment down rate was 4.4 percent in July
TOPEKA — Kansas' unemployment rate fell from 4.6 percent in June to 4.4 percent in July, the Department of Human Resources reported yesterday.
The July rate compared with 5.5 percent during the same month in 1986.
The Associated Press
However, Lawrence experienced an increase in its unemployment rate from 4 percent in June to 4.1 percent in July. The rise was blamed on temporary loss of public sector jobs, mostly in schools. In July 1986, the Lawrence jobless rate was 4.5 percent.
The number of employed Kansans was placed at 1,198,527 in July. The number of those without jobs was placed at 55,644. Comparable June figures were 1,218,423 with jobs and 59,308 without them.
Topeka also showed a slight increase in joblessness, up from 4.2 percent in June to 4.3 percent in July, with the increase also attributed mainly to seasonal school layoffs, but some manufacturing job losses were also reported. The Topeka rate a year earlier was 5.1 percent.
Dennis Taylor, secretary of human resources, said he could detect no
economic trend in the reduced joblessness but said the numbers suggested "good long-range news" because employment growth in the state was being sustained over the course of this year.
The modest decline in July resumed a downward trend in the state's jobless rate this year. The jobless rate was interrupted briefly in June when the number of school jobs declined and students entered the work force seeking summer employment. The students either found work or gave up trying and dropped out of the jobless category for statistical purposes in July.
"We found no surprises last month," Taylor said in releasing the monthly jobless figures. "As predicted, employment numbers tumbled from record numbers in June — the result of continued mid-summer temporary cutbacks in state and local schools.
The state's unemployment rate has dropped steadily since reaching 6.4 percent last January.
"Unemployment also declined as many of the younger job seekers, who entered the labor markets when school ended, ceased looking for work."
Taylor said the state's employment level had stabilized this year because of the recalling of workers to jobs and the reporting of gains in jobs in the services, retail trade and manufacturing sectors.
He said that the services industry showed the greatest growth, mainly computer and data processing services, personnel supply services, advertising, credit collection and building services.
The 1.198 million total for people working in July was down by 20,000 from June, but the number of jobless also declined by 8,700 because fewer people were seeking work.
Between June and July, the monthly report showed, temporary layoffs of school personnel was more than offset by employment gains in manufacturing, mining, construction, finance, insurance and real estate.
Wichita, the state's largest city, saw its unemployment rate drop between June and July from 4.7 percent to 4.5 percent. That compares with 6.2 percent in July 1986. Increases in manufacturing jobs led the way in the July improvement, but all industries reported employment gains for the year.
KU business students attempt to create new training program
By JORN E. KAALSTAD
Staff writer
A group of KU business students is trying to establish a local chapter of an international student exchange organization that would give students an opportunity to work as trainees in foreign countries.
John Jacob, El Dorado junior and spokesman for the group, said AIESEC, which is a French acronym for the International Association of Students in Economics and Commerce, also would provide opportunities for foreign students to come to Lawrence and work for local businesses.
Jacob said AISEC was a worldwide non-profit organization with 40,000 student members in 64 countries. "It is the largest non-political student organization in the world," he said.
nistered by students, offers under-graduates practical work experience in internships that last from two to 18 months.
AIESEC, which is entirely admi-
Some of KU's peer institutions, such as the universities of Colorado, North Carolina and Oklahoma, are members of AISEEC. In Kansas, only Wichita State University is affiliated with the organization
Financial support is still a problem for the group.
Jacob said the group requested $7,450 from the Student Senate this spring but was turned down. Stephanie Quincy, student body vice president, would the Senate Finance Committee would not give money to organizations aimed at providing students with job positions.
John Garland, associate professor of business and faculty adviser for the group, said the finance committee might have misunderstood the
AIESEC provides students with internships to enhance their professional development while they are still in school, he said.
purpose of AIESEC. It is not a job placement center, he said.
The KU group received a one-time federal grant this summer. "It was enough to get it started but only a portion of what we need to run the organization," Jacob said.
Jacob said the group must apply for extension status from the national chapter of AIESEC, which will decide whether KU has the proper environment for the organization. The proper environment would include a business unit, municipality and an active and interested student body, he said.
"We haven't taken a formal poll on campus, but all the students we've spoken with so far have been enthusiastic about AIESEC," Jacob said.
RECREATION SERVICES FALL SOFTBALL SEASON
TONIGHT: Softball managers mandatory meeting, 6:30 p.m. in the Robinson North Gym.
If you miss this meeting you may miss the softball season! Priority scheduling for instant scheduling will be given at this meeting. Instant scheduling will be Wednesday, September 2nd and Thursday, September 3rd. Sign your teams up and pay fees from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Entry fees are $5 for Rec A, Rec B and Co-Rec. Trophy Leagues are $10.00.
REMEMBER, WE ONLY PLAY SOFTBALL IN THE FALL... Get your teams organized now!
The University of Kansas University Theatre 1987-88 Season
by Christopher Durang
Thursday, September 24, 1987
7:30 p.m.
Saturday, September 25-26, 1987
8:00 p.m.
Sunday, September 27, 1987
2:30 p.m.
Hamlet
by William Shakespeare
Thursday, November 12, 1987
7:30
Friday & Saturday, November 13-14, 1987
Friday & Saturday, November 20-21, 1987
8:00 p.m.
by Marsha Norman
Friday & Saturday, February 26-27, 1988
Friday & Saturday, March 4-5, 1988
8:00 p.m.
Thursday, March 3, 1988
7:30 p.m.
CAROUSEL
by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein
Friday & Saturday, April 8-9, 1988
Friday & Saturday, April 15-16, 1988
8:00 p.m.
Sunday, April 10, 1988
2:30 p.m.
Thursday, April 14, 1988
7:30 p.m.
Special Holiday Production
Amahl and the Night Visitors
by Gian Carlo Menotti
Friday & Saturday, December 18-19, 1987
& 20 p.m.
Sunday, December 20, 1987
2:30 p.m.
Season Tickets Now on Sale
Contact the Murphy Hall Box Office 864-3982
Priority Seating Other Seating
Public $23.00 $16.00
KU Student with ID 11.50 8.00
Senior Citizen 19.60 12.80
Other Student
Amahl and the Night Visitors
(Amant and the Night Visitors) is not part of the season ticket package but season subscribers can retrieve tickets to this publication at www.amant.com.
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