Students resort to winter work By Chris PentMa Emerald Contributor Imagine trading in your books and the Oregon rain to spend winter term on tin- ski slopes and working in a ski resort Many University ski fanatic's are doing just that at resorts suc h as Sun Valley. Ida , Keystone re sort in Colorado and Oregon's Mt Bachelor Sun Valley Ski Resort will i>e on campus Nov 1 *» re cruiting students for the winter season. Interviews will take place in Century Room C at the EMU. Interested students should visit the Stu dent Employment office in Hendricks Hall for more Information Carolyn Miller, a University senior majoring in business, plans to spend her winter at Sun Valley Miller plans to work evenings as either a house keeper or a food service employee at the ski re sort. "I want to spend the mornings and the after noons skiing," she said. "Skiing is so expensive I don't want to miss this opportunity. 1 want to ski all I can." College students who work at Sun Valley either rent an apartment or stay in a dormitory located within the ski resort. Dorm rcx>m costs average around $70 a month, and a typical two-bedroom apartment in the Sun Valley area rents for $000 a month. Many students, like Gary Bennett, an econom ics and political science major, decide to share an apartment to keep costs at a minimum. Bennett said he plans to share a two-bedroom apartment in Sun Valley with three friends "Sun Valley is far less expensive than Colorado ski areas, where a holo-ln-the-wall, two-bedroom apartment can rent for SI 100 a month," Bennett said. Kura Kisto. a spokeswoman for Keystone Resort in Dillon, Colo., agreed with Bennett, saying housing in Colorado tends to run higher. "Last year I paid $000 a month for an average! one-bedroom apartment.” Kiste said, "And for employee housing, it costs anywhere between Sl(M) and $300 a month." she said Kiste said mns! students are hired In operate ski lifts or to teach ski classes Others work in the re sort iis kitchen helpers or housekeepers Kiste s.iul winter is the busiest time at key stone, and college students .ire hired for the Christmas season "We expect to hire between 200 and 250 stu dents to work at Keystone during Christmas break, from mid-December through January.' Kiste said Typic al jobs ,jt Sun Valley are similar to those at Keystone. Including food propping, fcxxi bus sing and bartending There are also bakeries and movie theaters nearby that employ students Shannon Besoyan. a spokeswoman for Sun Vul ley. said although most jobs pa* minimum wage, some pay more depending on a student's work experience Students who work at Sun Valley also pay less for a ski pass Instead ol paying S I 1 a day to ski, students pay S12 a day. Ken Kleeker. Director of Skiing at Ml Bachelor, said the University's trimester system makes it easier for them to recruit student workers Students arc1 usually interviewed for jobs six weeks before the' jobs fiegin Wayne Allen, u recruiter for Sun Valley, said Sun Valley employers wants to hire" a total of tVO students recruited from the University of Wash ington, Oregon State University and the Universi ty They will be hlrod mainly for restaurant jobs "Wo am Icxiking to staff the mountain restau rants," Allen said "These am generally H-hour day positions We try lo gel forty hour weeks out of the students " Most students average two-and-a-half days of skiing per week, he said Both Miller and Bennett said they are looking forward to putting away their Ixxiks and flitting the slopes They sex; this as an opportunity of a lifetime "I'm doing it for the fun of it," Bennett said Miller agreed, saying. "Soon i ll have a re.ii job and lots of responsibilities "I! you like skiing, this is just something you want to do " MADD Continued from Page 1 Bill Rue, president of the MAPO's Lano County chapter, said his involvement with th«; group began four years ago, shortly after his son died in an alcohol-related accident "I'm hoping tins your that there are no fatalities, that no one gets that phone (all from : police officer," he said. 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