School budget cuts
rip local economy
By DONALD COULTER
Ol th* Emerald
Where's the sixth-toughest
city in America to find a job?
This article is the second of a
four-part series exploring the
University's relationship to the
local economy
Eugene, Oregon, is a horrible
place to look for a job Just look
at the statistics
A national magazine recently
rated Eugene as the
sixth-toughest city in the United
States to find employment
(Flint, Mich , was number one )
The unemployment rate in Lane
County was 11 7 percent in Oc
tober — 3 7 points higher than
the national average — and
although no official figures have
been released for November,
the consensus is that it will un
doubtedly top 12 percent As a
result, EWEB has estimated that
15,000 Eugene-Springfield re
sidents have moved from the
area in the last year in search of
work
I've been in personnel em
ployment for the last 10 years in
Eugene,'' says Mari Burton,
manager of Emerald Em
ployment Agency, and I've
never seen it like this Even the
last recession (1975) wasn't this
bad
"There’s very little turnover
(of jobs) in any field People
won t leave their jobs because
there's nothing better for them
to go to "
Even optimistic predictions
about Eugene's economy are
bleak Most experts say that the
employment situation won't im
prove until at least May or June
This upswmg is sure to be brief,
especially if the University —
Lane County s largest employer
— is forced to absorb the 20
percent across-the-board cuts
requested by Gov Vic Atiyeh
"Until now, the unem
ployment problem in this area
has been related almost exclu
sively to the lumber industry."
says Margaret Hallock of the
State Employment Division It
will be another problem if the
University faces an enormous
cut All recovery will be blunt
ed "
Although it is impossible at
' this point to project exactly what
the effects of a major budget cut
will be on the economy, it will
surely mean the layoff of both
faculty members and classified
employees In addition,
students who can no longer af
ford higher tuition costs —
which may increase by 80 per
cent — will be forced into the job
market
Losing students as well as
staff will have far reaching ef
fects, because the University
utilizes so much of the com
munity's services and goods,''
says Don Mason of the Eugene
Chamber of Commerce He says
the effects of a 20 percent cut
would ripple down to the econ
omy, eventually knocking other
poeple out of their jobs
Obviously, some out-of-work
professors and University em
ployees will join the exodus out
of the area, but it won't be easy
for those rooted in Eugene
How many jobs do you know
that are open in Eugene to mid
dle-aged English professors?"
quipped one faculty member
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