Petition deadline nears
for late term enrollment
University Registrar Les Turner is warning students to “do
their stuff early.”
Students are now expected to file petitions for late enrollment
by Friday.
This is a new policy handed down by the Academic Require- ■
ments Committee, the group charged with reviewing petitions.
The change has come because many students file for registra
tions as late as the eighth week of the term, according to Turner.
There s been a lot of flexibility in the past,” admits Turner.
But, he added, “the flexibility is beginning to wear thin.” Turner
added that three applications for winter-term registrations were
received this term.
Turner indicates there are three major problems with stu
dents petitioning later than the third week.
He says people who do not petition until late, such as the
seventh or eigth week of classes, are not on the class rosters all
term.
Another reason why students should petition early, accord
ing to Turner, is because the University does not get reimbursed
by the state for students who register after the fourth week of each
term.
Finally, he says, “students lose a lot of benefits” if they
register extremely late.
9 OSPIRG positions open
Nine volunteer positions open on the Oregon Pub
lic Interest Research Group (OSPIRG) local board
will be filled in the April 26 and 27 election. The filing
deadline for candidates is 5 p.m. today. Students
may apply for positions at OSPIRG, Suite 3, EMU.
Five of the positions involve projects in consumer,
environmental and human rights issues. Other posi
tions open are treasurer, office manager, community
liaison and media person.
In the past, OSPIRG members were elected to the
board without specifying an area of concentration.
Sharon Hill, OSPIRG state board chairer, said the
board changed the format this year, electing each
person to a specific position and thereby allowing
members to “focus their interest” more effectively.
Local OSPIRG members spend “a bare minimum”
of six hours per week on their projects, according to
Randy O’Toole, OSPIRG state board representative.
Members choose their own projects which must then
be approved by the OSPIRG executive board.
Hill said some projects suggested for spring in
clude researching endangered species, investigat
ing recycling in state agencies and determining the
monetary value of various energy saving tips. OS
PIRG will also sponsor activities during Earth Week
next week
Persons in consumer, environmental and human
rights affairs are encouraaed to teach SEARCH
classes or independent studies with University pro
fessors to attract additional interest to their areas.
Board members meet twice monthly to discuss
campus activities and plan future projects.
The community liaison is responsible for gathering
information and maintaining a calendar of committee
meetings that affect current issues. The liaison will
also attend meetings as the OSPIRG representative.
Publicizing OSPIRG projects and increasing par
ticipation in OSPIRG activities are the duties of the
media representative. Additional duties include writ
ing for OSPIRG Impact, the group’s publication.
The office manager staffs the office to receive
complaints and receive information requests.
The treasurer works on the University funding pro
cess and sits on the state budget committee.
Job opportunities: Just a computer program away
By RICHARD SEVEN
Of the Emerald
Having trouble deciding what
occupation is right for you? Does
the thought of a complete check
of job opportunities around the
state appear too time consuming.
If so, look again.
Using the Career Information
System (CIS), a statewide in
teragency cooperative, a com
plete check would take about an
hour. CIS, located on various high
school and college campuses,
provides up-to-date labor market
and educational information to
students, schools and institutions.
The Oregon system uses both a
computer terminal and a data
card system that is less sophisti
cated but works on the same prin
ciple. The computer can narrow
down the jobs best suited for the
user from 250 possible occupa
tions, from computer operating to
roofing. The CIS eliminates fields
of interest by responding to the
user s answers to prepared ques
tions
research associate for CIS,
Oregon was the first state to come
up with the system five years ago.
Most of the eight other states in
the program are either partially or
totally modeled after the Oregon
system.
“We’re just concluding a series
of workshops around the country
(the latest in New York) to provide
technical assistance and encour
age implementation of the sys
tem,” says Burton.
If the user has a particular field
in mind, the computer will de
scribe the skills needed, the emp
loyment outlook, the range of
salaries and other “tips.” It can
even pinpoint the variability of
chances for employment in each
of the different regions around the
state.
The program helps high school
students Hiking for colleges as well
as college students and
graduates looking into the job mar
ket. It can simultaneously com
pare three educational institutions
in the state and stores information
on everything from dorm fees to
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“CIS” frees counselors from the
task of accumulating all this infor
mation and helps them direct stu
dents,” says Burton.
“The possibility exists that a
nationwide CIS network could de
velop in the future. We don't have
any real strong ambitions about it,
but slowly, as various states are
setting up systems that build up
consistency between us, a net
work could evolve." She says this
would be extremely beneficial to a
person looking into job markets
across the nation.
“The system is costly to set up,”
explains Burton. “We have three
people continually updating
everyday.
“CIS programs around the
country are partially funded by the
Department of Labor as we were
in our early years. Now, however,
we are supported totally by our
subscribers and we include about
95 per cent of the occupations in
this state,” Burton said. Mainte
nance of a national system would
increase the cost significantly.
Anyone may use the service.
Computer terminals are available
at Lane Community College in the
Center Building and at the former
Montgomery Ward department
store building in the downtown
mall. The "needle sort” data cards
can be found at Academic Advis
ing on campus.
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