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SPECIALS EVERY NIGHT OP THE WEEK All New Authentic Mexican Restaurant, EL CRAN PAVO Swingers N ICHTCLUB I ~ 535 Main St. Springfield - 747-0307 Real life: Is it worse than school? By Lisa Millegan Emerald Assooate Editor Worried about a 15-page paper that's dun to morrow7 Mad at a professor who alwuys gives killer tests? Don't sweat it The word from recent University graduates Is that life after college can Ih! a lot worse. Whether they're in working in positions they enjoy or still waiting for that perfect job. many graduates agree that life was easier when they were students. "I want to go back to school." said Mark Dillon, who now works with severely emotionally dis turbed children in Oakland "At school, you don't have a ixiss and it was easier to meet peo ple." Even though he dislikes the regimentation of the work world, the former psychology major and Honors College student said he is happy with his job because it's in his field Hut because he makes only S8 an hour. Dillon said he would like to eventually enter a psycholo gy I’ll D program With new graduates competing against so many puoplo for jobs. Dillon said they should Ixi (ire pared to take positions that are not exactly what they want "1 was surprised by how little money I was able to make." he said "After graduating from the Honors College, and writing a thesis. I'm barely, barely making it " If today's tight job market continues. Dillon said he would encourage this month's graduates to consider traveling rather than looking for ca reer-truck positions "It's a hell of a lot more fun than working." he said Deanna Adams, who graduated last June, decid ed to take the travel route. Instead of emlwrking on a career search a year ago. Adams stayed at her job at the Valley River Shutlerbug and began saving money This sum mer she plans to head to Europe Adams, who earned degrees in history and in ternational studies, said new graduates should view the poor job market as a chance to look at different options. Adams said she would advise students to "try not to stress about it loo much If there's some thing you want to do. go ahead and do it." Use Coorjian. a December ltt»l graduate who was able to find u job. said she was disappointed by the realities of the job market "The real world is not as much fun." said Coorjian, who now works for on art. science and technology journal in Oakland. lining in the real world is a good incentive to go back to school.” Goorjian. who was a fine arts major, likes her work as an editorial assistant but would like to make more money Her $7-an-hour job pays tho bills but doesn't do much more. Goorjian hopes to ultimately fatten her pay check by eventually returning to school to get an architectural degree. The biggest surprise Goorjian had after graduat ing was learning how long It would take her to find a )ot> She had to search two months before she got one. "I really had never had a problem finding a jot) before." sho said “I had to eat my prido a little bit when I didn’t get hired the day after gradua tion.” Goorjian said she believes she would have had an easier time finding a job if she had accumulat ed more work experience In college. She said she would advise current University students con cerned about the job market to meet as many peo ple in the Hold thoir interested in as possible. Nigel Giraudior, who earned a degree in geogra phy in December, hus been looking for govern ment jobs for a year. In the meantime, he has been working as a sales associate for Eugene’s Best Products Co., where he's been employed for five years. ”1 wus surprised by the overall lack of jobs.” he said "I read books that said you should be able to got a job if you’re qualified. That hasn’t been the case for me." Giraudior said he wished he would have taken a class on how to get a good job before ho gradu ated He said be thinks the University should re quire such a course for freshmen and sopho mores Former political science major Pat Herbert, who does maintenance and lab work for the Uni versity science departments, said he has some re grets about how he spent his college days. The fall 1991 graduate said he has had prob lems looking for management work because be didn't start his search until February. "Even a year before you graduate isn't too early to start looking." Herbert said. Herbert said he also wishes he would have got ten belter work experience while he was still in school However, he said he remains optimistic that he will eventually find a good position and he en courages other soon-to-be grads to do the same. “Don't be discouraged," he said, when asked . what advise he had for 1992 grads "just realize that it's going to lake a while.” PLANNING Continued from Pago 1 Elections Bonn! Applicants may hand deliv er the applications and ex change them for ballots. Vot or* can also mail in forms pro vided they allow enough lime for a ballot to be moiled out and returned. "Make sure you do what needs to bo done so that you vote and your ballots are counted, rather than naively lotting it all pass by," Davis said. The Lone County Eloction Board's address is 135 E. 6lh Avo The phone number is 687-4234. 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