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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 20, 1982)
Two typists tell trade tips By Frank Shaw Of the Emerald That ten-page paper is due tomorrow The student is all thumbs and can't even type his name without making a mistake In desperation he picks up the phone and frantically dials "Hello?” he says." I have a paper that I need typed right away Do you think you could do it for me?" Julie Reisner, a Eugene typist who has been taking in typing jobs for the past 10 years, has received her share of such calls "It just goes to show you how many different types of people there are in the world " she says. "Some people bring their papers in a week before they're due, and think the re getting them in at the last minute Others bring them an hour or two before they need them and think they're ahead of the game " "When I was going to col lege." she says, " I would type papers for my friends for extra money I'm doing it for the same reasons now " Reisner says she worked as a secretary for a while, but likes the feeling of working on her own, where she can set her own hours and take her own vaca tions "I enjoy typing for students." she says, " because they're in teresting.” She estimates that she can type a maximum of 40 pages a day Ruth Westlund, another home typist in the area, has been typ ing for students for about two and a half years She recalls one time when a student called her at ll:30 at night and asked her to type a paper for him by the next morning "Since he made it clear how important it was to him," she says, "and since he offered to pay twice the going rate. I did it." Both Westlund and Reisner charge $1 per page, and both will correct spelling errors \ / n m mmmimm Graphic by Betsy Chartton Westlund says she will cor rect only minor grammatical er rors "If the student wants to," she says, "I will arrange to go over the paper with him and explain what the problems are There is another charge for this " Westlund relies on students for only about half of her work The other 50 percent comes from free-lance work for busi ness Both typists agree that typing for students is seasonal work Reisner claims there is not en ough work throughout the term to keep all the typists busy, but at the end of the term they have the chance to make up for the slow weeks In an effort to im prove communications be tween the typists and the students, Westlund compiled a list of do's and don t s for students called "Tips from a Typist " Her suggestions include us ing lined paper, ink only, gener al neatness and consideration "Never expect the 20 page late night job” to look like the 20 page paper scheduled with typist ahead of time she says Hitchhiker Continued from page 3 the maze-like corridors Bent finally found a sign pointing the way to the Skylight Refectory He hoofed it up the carpeted ramp awed by the glass ceiling and twinkling lights Bent reached the highest platform and sat at a blue booth to cool his hoofs Two EMUeans were seated there — Alltuna Voojageek and Geespot Vroomumble Voojageek wore his green hair in a conservative Mohawk, while Vroomumble had sequins glued in the stubble of her pink hair They dressed like they were shoplifters at Goodwill. Voojageek, in silence, of fered Bent a plate of what looked like an old EMUean’s toupee “Sprouts?" he asked. “No thanks," Bent replied with his thumb held to the sky. “But I would like a bite of that Alpha Centaurian burger." “That's my frisbee," Voojageek said in alarm. “Nevermind here’s my ride," said Bent teleporting through the ceiling far /W Donated by Sat Peppers Lonely Hot Dog Stand 767 Willamette Bring this ad to any Search table or our office at EMU 111 Drawing Sept 29th W_______ ictmidmes ms tortoisinq, ^YirosUrio, / /j^vsun J/ I'penns, ^ y T-vCrtC. and Creative St^jino 804 M On the UofO Campus ^^Kted.^r,jV5Cth.9-9>" > Across from Prince Puckler's 633 E. 13th Ave. Eugene, OR 343-7086 This coupon good for 20% Discount on any two bicycle tires flVIJTRO-MinLER DICYCLEJ Good thru Oct. 31 1982 across from Prince Puckler’s
