COMMUNITY PKulti In k1«ti k ^ Ifn ILuhi ift.in! s in tin\ lilr skills i Lis s at //»#* h mn aid /ub ( ontrr art' wurktnn to obtain tin i onfulvm r and skills mu I'ssai i to nr! hai k into thr w ork/ilai r COMPACT DISC WORLD S 2nd ANNIVERSARY SALE EVERY DISC IS ON SALE 2nd anniversary (ends !>-2(>-91) Everything is on vile at anniversary prices \ ■vVt\"V Stop in and ask to hoar any of tin's!' Nar.wLi title's Ix'tore you Ihiv Doug Cameron J ° U R N E Y T O you V'RAI>\ stop in and tiiter to win aIxMutitiii framed David Arkenstone lithograph (ends SAKAI >A U\K II (Ml thrsr titles) NARADA nil H'HDKfM ss ( OllH. 7 /(>S N \K VI )-\ {Pence, Brewer 'H£ p'P£ff s . If it's in stock it's on sale All storage units & c arr\ irij* ( .ihs art* (Mi silo (>83-6902 (7 (Lins a vuii. 21(H) W. 11th Ac ross from Waremart Emerald Job Center seeks to be refunded By Lisa Millegan f f.e'aiO H-'!h ::!(*■ \ul too long ago. Gary Baszler was .1 discouraged. dts pi or i'd logger Itii mg welfare .is sistanr e foi the fourth time in 1.! years Today he has confident e, ni'w skills and ambitions of he i oinii’g a i able television in stallef Kven better. Baszler fi nallv thinks he'll be able to leave the welfare system for good H.s/ler said lie owes his newfound optimism to the Km erald Job (Center, a federally funded program designed to help welfare ret ipients regain self silffii lelK \ Sim e Or tuber the $l .r> mil lion pilotproject has offered i lasses m life skills. |ob search stialegies and General Kdur a tion Diploma completion to over '*00 welfare rer ipients I he i enter a Joint venture of public and private agencies, is located in the former Merritt I),was Business (College build mg at 7H (Centennial Loop |ob (enter directors are (in rent I v working to secure uni tinned funding tor the project from the (fregotl Legislature at ter the i urrent funding ends in J uIv L o direr tor K i Ie en Mart roft t .eorge said Go\ Bar bara Roberts and other state legislators have led her to be lieve that tin1 program w ill con tinue at least until December Kile Southern Willamette I’m r ate Industry (Council adminis ters the program in rnnjum lion with the Adult and f amily Ser y k es Division, the state em ployment division the Lane ( minty Mental Health Div ision l.ane (Community (College and ( atholir Community Services George said she hopes to have a precise dollar figure ol support lot the (enter from the 1 .legislature by lune Continued financial support lor the Kmerald Job (Center ts (ritual bc( ause ol the benefi ( tal serve es the program offers she said Kathpr than just focusing on <><iin atinn or job plat ement. the ( enter tries to do a mix of both We tn to give people the tools they need to take th.it first step toward seif-sufficient's (ieorge said The center’s life skills < lasses foi us on sin li topii s as stress management, sell esteem and parenting skills "We trv to gise (clients) a good support svstem as well as job skills said bate Stahl, a life skills instructor foi the i en (er s teen program "We talk about vvhv ihev’re in tins situa lion and how they can get out ot it I'erri I rent ois. w ho is en rolled in tl.ie teen program.:'said the life skills i lasses have been partu ularlv useful to her I learned about being asser tne and how to deal with im mother '' she said The . lass es help you learn how to deal w ith people in general Partic ipants c an also take vo c ational classes and gel help for preparing for the tiKI) (ioun selmg is also available The eiuiter helps i bents with start up costs associated with job scare liing Tor example, participants < an receive gas mooes to get to interviews in addition to stamps and erne lopes for mailing out resumes ( bents c an use the center’s phone and answering mac hine to contact prospective emplov ers Partic ipants c an also use c enter funds to bin c lothing for interview s 'People think sine e we re on welfare (and) we want a hand out but we really don't have w b.ct it lakes to gel a good job said center client Sandy I lever eaux (ieorge said the center gives c lients the* push then need to get their lives true k on trac k "You meet \er\ few people here who want to he where there at. she said Most peo pie here have a real desire to improve hut then don't know how Students occupy office By Carrie Dennett Empiald RepoMec_ About tv stuiit'iits crowded into the office of University Presi dent Myles Hrunii in .1 sit in protest Thursday against military re i ruitment on < ampus Students filled up a\aiiable seating, .is u ell as spat e on vs imiovv sills desk tops and the floor waiting to speak with Provost \or man U essells Uessells is serv ing as .it ting I 'niversitv president until Brand re turns Wednesday from receiving an honorary doctorate from his alma matter Rensselaer I’olytet him Institute When W essells arrived to talk to students, he initially agreed to only talk to them 111 the Johnson I tall foyer. not 111 Brand's off it e However by that point access y\as restricted to Brand's outer ol fit e and if students left the uffit e to talk to Uessells. they were riot allowed hai k 111 During that time protesters hung out the windtnvs to talk to Tel ey ision t revvs. who were also barred from Brand's offices Protesters issued a series of demands that the University abide hy the anti-discrimination policies 111 the Oregon Administrative Rules, that the University upholds recommendations made hv the gay and lesbian task forte, that the University follow a five-year phase out of the R()T(.'. that Ikepartment of Defense involvement 011 1 ampus including research, end. and that military recruitment on campus end Students left the office after they had an opportunity to talk with U essells Recycle this paper.