Friday, January 29, 1982
Eugene, Oregon
Oregon daily
Volume 83
Number 89
As federal cuts lead to layoffs
University placement office faces cut
By Ann Portal
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Two University Job Service
employees — and the job ser
vice itself — are endangered by
a recent cut in federal funds that
helped pay the employees'
salaries
Supervisor Ken Masterson
and interviewer Anne Svarver
ud. the University service's only
full-time employees, are among
more than 250 job placement
employees the state em
ployment division is laying-off
as a result of a 12-percent
reduction in the money the state
receives from the federal
government.
The University job service, a
branch of the state employment
division, is staffed by the two
state employees and three
University work study students
Unless the University or the
state employment division
comes up with an alternative
soon, the loss of those two em
ployees would shut down the
placement office, located at
1511 Agate St. according to
John Moore, manager of the
state employment division's
Eugene office
"If we just coldly close the
place down, they (Masterson
and Svarverud) would be out of
there by March 11" Moore says.
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But Moore says there are "a
lot of late developments" in the
lay-off situation, and he says he
is willing to bet the office will not
be shut down The University
branch placed 1,345 people
from Oct 1 through Dec 31,
and about 98 percent of those
placed were students, students'
spouses and faculty members'
spouses, he says
"I don't think the University
can afford to have that office
closed," Moore says, adding
that "somehow or other there
has to be an effort at the
University for students to find
jobs ”
Ed Vignoul, financial aid dir
ector at the University, says his
office is working with Moore's to
find an alternative to shutting
down the placement office
"The University is concerned
about maintaining options for its
students so they can attend
school, and we will do every
thing within our power so there
is no reduction in service," he
says
One obstacle to keeping the
office open is that work study
students, because of a "lack of
expertise,” cannot entirely staff
the office, Vignoul says The
supervisory positions require
employees who know how to
locate jobs, which is a profes
Photo by Duane Schrag
University placement office supervisor Ken Masterson may be out of a job soon
sion in itself, he says
Masterson, the service's
supervisor, agrees that the
University shouldn’t run a "hit
and miss” operation. Employers
need to be able to call up and
talk with someone who works
there as a full-time professional,
he says
That means either the Univer
sity or the state must pick up the
tab for the full-time salary posi
tions and Vignoul says "the
money isn't just laying there to
do that. ”
But he says both sides are
making an effort to keep the
office open and serving
students, although the general
public may no longer be able to
use it as they do now Also, if the
service is kept open it may be
available only on a part-time
basis, he says.
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Photo by Duane Schrag
Ron shakes
down Leonid
And now all you West Coast sports fans, get
ready for the Eugene premiere of Bedtime for
Brezhnev* Starring Ronald Reagan, Leonid
Brezhnev, Nancy Davis and not far behind come
an ornery cast of characters Haig, Kissinger,
Castro, Khadafy and "Introducing Jerry Brown
as the Preacher" — all your favorite
nuke-slingers are here!
Whoa dawgies, this ain’t no picture show (it’s
only reality), but a poster for sale If you race
down to the intersection of University Street and
13th Avenue, you'll see Mike McCoy shivering at
a card table. But note the box of rolled posters
behind him and don't miss the display copy
laminated on a mat displayed nearby
The picture shows Reagan throttling Brezhnev
by his black collar Of course, both wear western
outfits, a natural for Ron — but not for Leonid
Another picture shows Miz Nancy cowering by
Ron’s side You almost expect to see House
Leader Tip O'Neill as Reagan s white horse
McCoy, a junior at the University, didn't dream
up the posters. John Freund and David Porter,
two Harvard business majors, did a few months
ago. McCoy says they’ve been selling up a storm
in Boston and New York In fact, 40,000 posters,
which go for $4 each, have been sold already
McCoy, acting through his newly born
Irishmen Enterprises’, is the second West Coast
distributor of the posters It’s reported that
seeing the poster made Reagan chuckle and
even coaxed a smile ©ut of the bear himself,
Brezhnev.
McCoy’s business Thursday was slow but
enthusiastic. Ron Whisler, P E sports medicine
major said with a confident laugh, "Put me down
as the first customer.”