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Placement aide assists minority students By GAYLA LEOPARD Of the Emerald When it comes to finding a job, “everybody’s marketable," says John Estrada of the Career Planning and Placement Center. “You basically have to know how to market yourself," says Estrada, the placement as sistant for minority affairs. One "problem area" with Photo by Erich Boekelheide John Estrada minority students and em ployment is that minority students often are unaware of the job market and what's open to them, Estrada says. Another problem is the lack of time and manpower needed to provide all the information needed So students who need help go to Estrada "You just can’t physically hit everyone on campus and tell them about it (student services)." Students who find positions often spread career information by word of mouth This creates a network of people with informa tion that "feeds on itself," Estrada says. To complement this network, Estrada organizes workshops on "job search,” resume-writ ing and job interviews. In addition, he works with minority student unions and remedial academic groups around campus and attends seminars. He also assists internship developer Deborah Chereck in arranging intern ships for minority students. Despite the subtle barriers that affect minority employees in some fields, Estrada says all prospective employers who work through the center follow a policy of non-discrimination. The University, despite its small minority population, is ‘‘just a sampling of what's happening nationwide” with minorities. Minorities are encouraged to apply to all University de partments, Estrada says, and his office works closely with affirmative action director Norma McFadden. Estrada says his line ot work is also vulnerable to the budget ax "I don’t foresee my position being funded next year," says Estrada, whose post was creat ed at the beginning of the current academic year But while he is working. Estrada says he'll try to help minorities "take better hold" of job opportunities. STRETCH YOUR TRAVEL DOLLARS TO EUROPE Contact EUGENE TRAVEL for details 687-2825 State divestment bill favored By GREG WASSON Of the Emerald SALEM — What role politics should play in investment deci sions. is a controversial ques tion. Gov. Vic Atiyeh thinks the two should be separate Rep. Margie Hendriksen, D-Eugene, disagrees. Hendriksen supports a bill calling for the state to divest stocks in companies doing substantial business — more than 50 employees or $500,000 — with countries with established systems of dis crimination. Hendriksen says there is a line of repression that, if crossed, bars the state from investing its money in good conscience. “This bill has chosen to draw the line rather narrowly, by say ing we will not invest our money in countries that, by law, prac tice racial discrimination." South Africa currently is the only country in the world that meets that definition. Monday, Bill Sutherland, the Quaker representative to South Africa and surrounding coun tries, held a press conference to explain why the divestment bill should be supported. Sutherland catalogued the familiar list of atrocities perpetrated on the black major ity by the white minority government in South Africa Direct impact is only one reason to support the idea, Sutherland says. 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