Temporary work offers
quick cash, flexible hours
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Jade statues and ornaments will be on display beginning
Sunday.
University museum
displays jade work
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of jade carving highlights an
exhibition which opens Sun
day at the University Museum
of Art.
Works by a Eugene oil
painter also will be featured in
the museum’s main galleries,
and black-and-white prints by
a Seattle photographer will be
displayed in the photo gallery.
The jade exhibition, titled
"The Stone of Heaven,” con
tinues through Feb. 8 and
includes jade carvings dating
back thousands of years.
"Jade ornaments and pen
dants carved with animals,
flowers and symbols of good
fortune combined with color
photographs of major pieces
are included in this fascinating
exhibit,” says museum direc
tor Richard Paulin.
Organized by the museum’s
Visual Arts Resources, the
jade exhibition traces the his
tory and significance of the
treasured Chinese art tradition
of jade carving, Paulin says.
The museum’s entire jade col
lection will be taken from stor
age and from its normal dis
play area in the Chinese gal
lery for this showing.
The work of Kay Buckner, a
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ed through Feb. 8 in the first
floor main gallery.
Buckner says her subject is
"the human figure with a rich
setting, employing line and
subtle color harmonies. Draw
ing and compositional balance
characterize my paintings —
the dual influences of personal
involvement and objectivity."
Buckner has exhibited
widely and her works are dis
played in many private and
public collections. Since 1976
she periodically has served as
a visiting drawing instructor at
the University.
In the “Photography at
Oregon Gallery,” prints by
Seattle photographer James
Burns will be on display
through Jan. 25. Burns' work
consists mostly of large black
and-white portraits. He cur
rently is editor of Northwest
Photography, a monthly pub
lication.
The museum is open to the
public free of charge from
noon to 5 p.m. daily except
Mondays. Free guided tours
are given every Sunday begin
ning at 2 p.m. in the main
foyer. For information call
686-3027.
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Campus Interfaith Ministry
and
New Call for Peacemaking
Present...
John Howard Yoder
Lecturing on the Topic
“The Politics of God
and The
Politics of the World”
January 6, 1981 at 12:30 pm
Koinonia Center 1414 Kincaid
John Howard Yoder, theologian and Anabaptist
scholar, is the author of The Original Revolution and
The Politics of Jesus.
By LINDA SALSER
Ol th* Emerald
Temporary employment
offers students flexible hours
and work at various jobs, but
consider the pros and cons
before counting on the extra
money.
The big advantage is quick
money. While most permanent
jobs pay twice a month at the
most, temporary employment
agencies pay their employees
weekly or daily.
Despite the quick pay,
students working for temporary
agencies forfeit insurance and
medical benefits.
Students can earn a monthly
bonus for working a certain
number of hours per month or
referring employees who also
work a certain number of hours
to the agency.
Not all Eugene agencies need
benefits to attract help because
workers flood the local market.
Another point for job-hungry
students to weigh is that tem
porary employment simplifies
the job-hunting process. In
stead of contacting numerous
employers, the student need
only contact the temporary
agency.
University student Patricia
Mullarkey capitalizes on the
flexibility temporary work offers
by calling temporary agencies
when she moves to a new town.
“I worked temporary jobs in
Phoenix, Champagne, Portland
and Eugene until I obtained per
manent jobs. But I had to wait a
week and a half just to get an
appointment with an agency in
Eugene," Mullarkey says.
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Western Temporary Services
manager Dave Oakes says tem
porary employees often work
with total strangers in a foreign
environment.
“People are evaluating your
performance, attendance, ap
pearance and attitude,” Oakes
says.
But some people like the in
stabilty of temporary jobs, he
adds.
"I held a different job every
week for about 12 weeks,” says
Barbara Hollens. “It became
routine to go to different places,
to meet people."
Hollens says she enjoys the
variety — last summer her work
places included a bank, a ho
spital, an insurance company, a
real estate office and a govern
ment agency.
“I got a sense of what it's like
to work in different businesses.
One day I was in a grimy parts
shop and the next in a plush
corporate office,” Hollens says.
Most temporary workers hold
clerical and manual labor jobs.
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Emerald graphic
When considering temporary
employment, remember the fol
lowing:
• Sign up for an interview ap
pointment well before a job is
needed.
• Make preferences about
temporary employment clear If
you want to make quick money,
say so.
• Maximize the chance of
obtaining work by contacting
several agencies. Each agency
has different clients — and dif
ferent jobs.
• If you want to improve skills,
many of the agencies have text
books that can be borrowed and
equipment that can be used
• If the the agency doesn’t
call, call the agency.
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