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Internships found near campus Melissa Candck-Story Foe ffm Origan CfcNV (Err^mjl A variety of internships, which tan help students yam the experience and improve their chance* of landing a dream job. are available right on and around campus The majority of Internships can be found through the Career Center in Room 2-t-t Hendricks Field* such as human services, event planning, environ mental/wildlife. rnarketmg/publir relations and financial servicos are well represented bocal orga nizations. including Ml Pisgah Arboretum, lane County Youth Services and Willamette Wildlife Rehabilitation, offer internships, which are gener ally for credit but not for pav University departments sometimes offer work experience ns well, and corporations such as Se.irs. Target and Frito-Lay offer paid internships Students will (hi able to utilize n number of skills w hile interning Writing and editing skills are not ed as important, if not required, for a number of internships offered through the Career Center, even those not directly related to these skills Computer experieni e and/or knowledge is also listed as help ful for many jobs Gaining an edge over other qualified graduates can lie as simple as having internship experience, ns well as a degree. Competition for jobs is increas ing as the number of college graduates entering the job market is increasing Bureau of Labor pro jet tions have indicated about 75 percent of college graduates who enter the job market between 1992 and 2005 can expect to find a college-level job According to Occupational Outlook Quarterly. 17.9 million graduates are projected to join the lalxir force at this time, while 13.7 million jobs requiring college degrees are expected to open up This leaves about one-fourth of the graduates with jobs that don't require a college education. To prepare for the job crunch, many resources art) available on finding internships at the Career Center. The Career Development Internship Pro gram helps place over 300 students a year in intern ships, according to Deb Cherwck, associate director of the Career Center. The program is open to juniors and seniors of all majors Among the skills gained in this internship pro gram are: research, training and/or teaching, cor respondence. advertising, record keeping und writing. I Student* may find the advantage* of having internship experience ran help them secure a job in the competitive market clirtsie Kyratsous. a senior majoring in (oumahsm/publit relations ha* been working as an intern at the Convention and Visitor* Association of Lane County Oregon, in Eugene, since January Her |oh duties include con vention sales n ■search, assisting the dins tor of mem bership servo es and working on s[hs ini projes ts She received her internship through the intern ship program and said of the opportunity You learn and grow a lot through your internship." she said Kyratsous said she has had many responsibilities at the (Convention and Visitors Assix lation. includ ing working on publicity for the lane (Counts Trade Fair She wrote and sent out press releases and also worked with Chambers of Commerce throughout lane County, promoting the trade fair “I was able to improve my writing skills through the pnx ess." Kyratsous said Other benefits of interning are real job exponent e for a resume, networking and making lot al busi ness contacts ‘My internship has been a great way fur tne to network with people and define my ( areer goals," Kyratsous said She also nx mnmends students utilize the (Career (Center to find information on t areer opportuni ties as well as help with resumes ami Interviewing skills. /an k Fountain, a senior marketing management major, has completed two internships "Internships are one of the most important things students t an do in college." he sanl Fountain interned in San Francisco with Mi Cfian-ICrikson. a marketing i ompany basetl in St Louis, w here he wav involved in the World ( up promotion He w orkt-t! on'. . msuinei rese.in h i *:. t market strategies for a sponsor of the World ( up He is now interning with A merit an Telephone A Telegraph Co. as a sales representative in the wire less division, where he works with current and potential customers “It’s a good experience being in the business world." Fountain said. He found his interviewing skills were greatly improved through applying for internships, whu h should be an advantage in future job interviews. PROPOSAL Continued from Page 1 siiitu |jcn»r>l funds could pos sibly replai e money cut from kindergarten through high s< hoot. However, he said this would dm rease funds avail able to higher education "The demands of general funds in this biennium are. in most people's estimation, beyond the available rev enue." Frohnmayer said Twenty percent of the Uni versity's budget is funded by state revenue, but that has dm reused from alnnit Sfi per i ent a few years ago, Frohn rnayer said The University has gone from being stale funded to state assisted Les Swanson, president of the Oregon State Hoard of Higher education, said in the early SUHOs about 16 pirn ent of the state budget was appro printed for higher education. In this biennium, the contri bution has dropped to 10 mi cent. Hie proposed initiative has no protei live clause for edu cation funding A clause added to Measure f> required cuts in property taxes to be re pi fti ed by the Legislature Me<tsure ri resulted in hun dreds of millions of dollars of mi ome taxes to be tunneled into school budgets ['he clause was an attempt to pro tect s. bool funding. Si/emnm said. A i lause protei ting public safety is included in the pro posed initiative, stating that for every dollar cut from pub il< safety. S i must tie cut else where first The full implementation of Measure 5 cost the state school system approximate Iv $100 million in state sup port and the University $20 million. I'rohnmayer said Sizemore said the pro posed initiative petition would have varying eflei ts throughout the state This is due to a clause in tin* initia tive that allows jHHiple to add more money to their pro|verty tax hill and designate what m hools the money will go to It will he really easy for people who will vote no on tins measure to give money to the schools, to sort of put their money where their mouth is," Sizemore said He added, if they don't it will prove they are more willing to spend other peoples’ money and not their own Frohnmnyer said this is no way to fund schools, and lie knows of no voluntary tax systems that have worked " This has potential of enor mous inequality from district to district depending on its existing wealth," I'ronnmay er said Sizemore --1111 t.ixpeyeia in wealthier areas i an already give money to schools and they 1 an 1 house to give to poor st hook "It's not roy job to see that si hook get all the money they want," Sizemore said "My job is to see ihal lax pay ers don't pay a higher tax than is m« essary to maintain essential services " 1 It’s One Of The Most Useful Credit Cards On The Planet. 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