Pulling up stakes required
to find architecture job
Editor's Note: This article is part
of a series on the job-market
outlook for University grad
uates
By CAROL MORTON
Of the Emerald
Most University architecture
graduates should consider
leaving the state if they want
jobs.
Because of Oregon’s
depressed economy, chances
are better for architecture
graduates in other parts of the
United States, says Gene
Brockmeyer, president of the
Eugene chapter of the
American Institute of Architects.
Architecture is closely tied to
Oregon’s declining major in
dustries — lumber and con
struction.
‘‘Students are graduating at a
bad time,” says Mac Hodge,
associate dean of the school of
applied arts and architecture.
“They will have to work harder
to find a job.”
But most graduates can find
the job they want if they’re
willing to go where the jobs are,
says architecture department
head Jerry Finrow.
“Our department has a good
national reputation. Offices are
eager to invite our students in
their firms,” Finrow says.
Cities that are "red hot, job
wise” include Los Angeles, San
Francisco, Houston, Dallas,
Atlanta, Phoenix and Chicago,
Finrow says.
“There are plenty of jobs —
and a lot of money — in
southwest Texas and that
area," Hodge says.
Larger architectural firms that
concentrate in cities like these
offer more job possibilities for
graduates, Finrow says.
“A firm with about 500
employees has a greater turn
over than the average archi
tectural firm with about five
people."
The architecture profession
operates on an internship basis,
Finrow explains.
Traditionally, beginning
architects are paid an hourly
wage of about $5 or $6 an hour,
he says. A graduate who works
for three years at one or more
firms becomes eligible to take a
three-day licensing exam that
includes design, calculations
and an oral interview, Finrow
explains.
“A license usually means a
shift to a salary. Then they can
start working their way up in the
structure.”
Finrow emphasizes the wide
range of architecture-related
opportunities available to
graduates who have good
general training in problem
solving and creative processes.
A typical alternative job for
people holding architecture
degrees is in the construction
industry, he says.
"Students are prepared to be
construction managers or to
own construction companies
because of their background in
subjects like design and struc
tural engineering.”
Firms with both designing and
building operations are becom
ing more common, Finrow says.
An architecture degree also
gives students the background
to understand the basic issues
in urban and regional planning
and in general business
management positions, he
adds.
A professional degree in
architecture coupled with a bu
siness degree is a highly
sought-after combination in
some areas, Finrow says.
But the demand "has had no
effect on the number of
students training for this."
Architecture students don’t
necessarily have strong bus
iness motivation, and they
often are more interested in
creativity, Finrow says.
"Architecture is a field where
people with fine arts-oriented
skills can actually get a job.”
University architecture
graduates have good general
training in decision making, and
there is a high demand for that
training in business and in
dustry, Finrow says.
Convicted killer converts
By SALLY HODGKINSON
Of the Emerald
Convicted murderer Manuel
Cortez is a “different person”
because of his conversion to
Christianity, several witnesses
testified in a sentence hearing
Tuesday.
Cortez was convicted in
November on two counts of
first-degree murder in the tor
ture-murders of Ashland girls
Deanna Jackman and Rachael
Isser on December 27, 1979.
Lane County Circuit Court
Judge George Woodrich is
expected to sentence Cortez
today. The maximum sentence
Cortez could receive is life plus
25 years.
Eugene Realtor Leslie Jack
son, one of the witnesses called
by defense attorney Harry Carp,
said she has visted Cortez on a
number of occasions and she is
convinced his conversion is
authentic.
“Manny isn't the same person
today that murdered those two
little girls. I know that in my
heart.”
Garry Van Landingsham, a
Washington pastor who headed
Medford's Faith Bible Center
until November, said he has
visited Cortez several times and
also is convinced of the change.
Although Van Landingsham
said some convicts present
phony conversions in an
attempt to manipulate people,
he’s convinced Cortez’s faith is
authentic.
Van Landingsham said his
years of counseling experience
with felons and street people
have sharpened his perception
of false conversion.
“We’ve been had a few times.
But no matter how clever a
person is, they slip up, and I
know what questions to ask.”
But Van Landingsham, the
father of four daughters, said he
wouldn’t release Cortez without
close observation.
“But we can’t throw him in the
refuse pile. He’s a valuable
resource. He has a great deal to
give.”
However, three state psy
chiatrists were leery of Cortez’s
conversion. Although they
admitted that true conversion is
possible among convicts, they
added that religious conver
sions are common among
felons and few seem to stick to
their beliefs once they are
released.
They said chances of
rehabilitating Cortez with
current programs are slim. “In
our present state of treatment, I
think there is no chance of
rehabilitation,” said Wesley
Weissert. “There is no viable
treatment in the state of Oregon
for a sexually dangerous
person.”
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