10LUMN
Agreement
offers jobs,
opportunities
By Carole Wiedmayer
■ The Western Front
Western Washington U
(!r;iduating udcnts will lie
among the first to (act1 both the
opportunities and the challenges
presented by the( 'anada l S Free
Trade Agreement
The landmark agreement
lietwcen the two countries, while
hot W debated in ('anada. seems ot
i mils passing interest to mans
1 Americans
Perhaps this is because the
1 lilted States doesn't think it has
as much at stake as ( anada We re
10 times their size in terms ot gross
national product Three-quarters
of Canada's exports come here,
while sse sell them only one-quar
ter ot our exports
Viewed in these terms, it seems
tiles have more to gain than sse do
in terms of untapped markets
But think again 70 percent ot all
i l mted States and Canadian jobs
are m the service sector, and the
i FTA allows mans kinds of service
I businesses to engage in tree trade
It is now possible to apply tor
( anadian professional and bust
ness licenses and open offices ill
Canada No longer needed is the
tennis racket or set ot golt clubs to
justify crossing the border.
Canadian Tradt Commissionei
l’etei Frasei m an April 11 article
11 tin Smith I'nsi Inli'lliL’i’iKii
madt some recommendations
■ See sshai ( anada offers. cro>
tln border or.it ieast pick up smut
( anadian publications to get a lee I
tin the business climate
• Start networking by going to I
then conferences and contacting
professional organi/.ations
• Help promote information
sharing aboui the agreement
■ Head the FTA
While the agreement represents
an opportunity to expand business
north ot the border, it also will bring
increased competition, w Inch is not
bad thing unless we tail to recog
nize tin emerging need to compete
with our neighlxir to the north
A little know ledge now could pa>
oft tor graduates
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BUSINESS
Learning about competitors
business majors an- stud\ ing .Japanese to understand
then foreign competitor- and hi get an edge over other
American husine-s students
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ENTREPRENEUR
Hook on bucks
'Spare Time ( ash Rives
ideas In help students start
then own businesses
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From homeless shelter
to Stanford dorm room
By Janine Dt- I ao
■ Tl i .l.infora L'.i
Stanford U
"1 don't want all tht- attention that I'm getting It doesn't
seem hki I deservt it I just w ant to In-an ordinary Stanford
student
Stanford I freshman lai|« \asque/ considered herchild
hood dreams exaggerated She used to wish that she had a
house hk< he classmate' ot new clothes Now s|)i has mon
than she evei unarmed
Vasque/. who until fall semester was homeless, has not only
found a home at Stanford hut has received national media
attention in the process including I temp named Aid ‘ s “Person
ot the Week’ on "World News Tonight ’
Yasquey is one of the lew students m the country to attend
a ma|or university aftei l>eing homeless
Horn m Mexico she lived in a homeless shelter ill (fxnani
(’aid . near ly>s Angeles U toie she moved into hei freshman
dorm I lei family moved to the shelter a year ago alter living
evicted from their small apartment when thex could not pay
the rent
At the shelter. Yasque/, her mothei stepfather and tour sib
lings shared one room containing In-ds and a table Though
her parents spoke no Knglish \’asque/ learned the language
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CHRIS ElSENBERG ' V, A 'AV
Freshman Lupe Vasquez was homeless until fall semseter 1989
Law students give time, research to prisoners
By Connie Stambush
■ Indiana Daily Student
Indiana U.
()n one side of .1 small table sits a man
in his late .'il Is It is obvious f rom his mils
lies that he works to maintain his
physique Hut then, he has little else to
do.
Hi s|>eaks in a soft, polite tone to the
young woman across from him He has
a problem concerning his prison sen
tence and needs advice She listens as he
tells his story
The young woman doesn't give advice
at this time even though he seeks it dill
gently She promises to do legal research
In see it she can help
The woman is not a lawyer She is one
ol about 2U Indiana l law students who
volunteer time to an organization called
the Inmate Ix'gal Assistance Clinic
11 .At provides legal advice to inmates
at the Federal Penitentiary in Terre
Haute Twice a month alum! 10 interns
and supervising attorney Betsy (Ireene
travel to the prison to interview inmates
w ho have w ntten tor help Notices [>ost
ed throughout the prison tell inmates
about the program
The students listen to prisoners ques
turns and then discuss the cases with
(ireene. a lull time associate with the
Bloomington law firm ot Nunn \ Kelley
lireene provides lepal advice to the
interns and decides w Inch cases to take
She also appoints a student director each
yeai who handles administrative mat
ters
Almut 20 students, mostly second-year
law students, research the inmate's
problems and obtain court records the
prisoners may not have access to
Students meet weekly to discuss the
cases
ll.AC interns also handle problems
prisoners may experience after they are
imprisoned in Indiana (ireene said
Many prisoners, arrested and tried in
other states were moved to Indiana
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Expert predicts decline in living standard
Blames drop in number of engineering, science graduates
By Max Evans;
■ University Daily Kansai
U of Kansas
''I;, number of degrees awarded t<
l S citizen? and permanent rest
dent? ii. engineering ami othei sc.
enCes particular!' a tti. gradual*
level i dowi Mcm.v thi country ant.
it mat causi atleehm u th« l S stan
dard of living n th< nev lh-2< years
according loom national expert
Christophet Hill senior specialist
ii: scienct and technology ai tht
(’ongressional Research Service of tht
Library of ( undress saitl that m yen
eral having foreign students is a good
thing and show.- oni of Americas
strengths, but indicates u domestic
problem
“I don'i set ;i problem n foreigni stu
dent.- getting degrees Mm we're sim
ply not P0114 ti have all tin li»lk> wi
neei' ti develop new product.*- and pro
cesses tbi people who will di the truly
path-breaking work
lb addei tha; the l nitett Stale.** wil
havt ti import thai knowledgt 11 addi
tioi ti product.*- aim that thi country
would havi less export profits wit!
whicl t< pay tin burgeoning l S inter
nationa debt
"Wevi goi to inakt things and sell
them hi said “Weowt somt $1 01
billion to someone overseas ana we at
least have to pas back thi interest
"Might now sse import more engi
neers than wi do cars — particularly
ii. the area of faculty \\t an now
more than t*viT dependent on foreign
human resources Hil said
In the early 80s Hilt said interest
in cnpnwn^ “grew like crazy Inn
has declined ovei thi last lew scars
He added that thi numbei ol degrees
n physica science computet scienct
ant; mathematics alsi hast dropped
Ton Mulinazr.i associatt deal ol
engineering a' the l ol Kansas said
thai undergraduati engineering
enrollment was dowi mon that ft
percent from last yeai Hi said that
many students perceive engineering
as too difficult leading them to
pusue other fields of study
“Business is perceived as making
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