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Criticism slows University’s
new logo adoption process
■ Some question the need
fora universal school image,
while others criticize the lack
of student and faculty input
By Leon Tovey
Oregon Daily Emerald
University administrators are
planning to adopt a new logo for the
school, but the adoption process
seems to have hit a little snag.
In December, officials an
nounced that the University was
evaluating its graphic identity and
was working to create a universal
image to replace the four that are
currently associated with the
school — Donald Duck, the inter
locking “UO,” the University seal
and the Nike “O” — with a single
image, either the interlocking “UO”
or the Nike “O.” But the proposal
has been criticized by students and
faculty who question the need to
consolidate the school’s image and
the way administrators are con
ducting the process.
ASUO Student Senator Eric Bai
ley ,who sits on the University Sen
ate, said he thought the idea of hav
ing different images for sports teams
and the academic side of the Uni
versity was a good thing, and the
consensus among students he
talked to was that changing the logo
to the Nike “O” would be a bad idea.
“It furthers this perception of us
as ‘Nike U\” he said. “If they try to
get rid of the seal, I think that’s a
real tragedy.”
Currently, the University seal ap
pears on all University publica
tions, business cards and letter
head. With its inscription “Mens
Agitat Molem” — Latin for “the
mind can move mountains” — Bai
ley said the seal is a much more ap
propriate image for a university
than any of the other suggestions.
Bailey also took issue with the
fact that students haven’t been in
volved in the decision. He said the
first he had heard about the pro
posed change was at a Jan. 30 Stu
dent Senate meeting.
Vice President for University Ad
vancement Allan Price, whose of
fice is in charge of the change, could
not be reached for comment at press
time, but Bailey’s concern about the
lack of student input was echoed by
sociology instructor Doug Card.
“I’ve been around since the ’40s,
and students have always been in
volved in these sort of things,”
Card said.
Card also criticized the faculty
input portion of the process, say
ing the open comment period was
not publicized widely enough. The
call for comments was announced
in the Dec. 12 edition of News and
Views, the faculty newsletter, but
since the deadline listed was Dec.
14, two days after the publication
was released, Card said he and
other faculty members really did
n’t have enough time to voice their
opinion.
University Senate President
Nathan Tublitz said there has been
discussion of the proposed change
in faculty advisory councils and
the senate executive committee,
but no decisions have been made
on the senate’s official stance on
the matter. Tublitz said the debate
was ongoing, and that he would
give a report on the situation at the
next senate meeting on Feb. 13.
E-mail higher education editor Leon Tovey
at leontovey@dailyemerald.com.
Graduates experience job hardships
■Many alumni say that jobs
for college-educated people
in the Eugene area are scarce
By Brook Reinhard
Oregon Daily Emerald
Rhonica Petty has a journalism de
gree from the University, but has spent
the last four years waiting tables in
stead of writing stories.
“Pretty much everyone who works
Looking for a way to
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UNIVERSITY OF OREGON
CAREER
TER
The Career Development Internship Program (CDIP)
Orientation for Spring Term 2002 will take place Monday,
February 11, 2002, in the EMU Fir Room from 3:30-5:00 pm.
Students will have the opportunity to sign up for interviews
at Orientation. Make-up Orientation sessions will be held
in Hendricks Hall, Room 12, on Tuesday, February 12, from
12:00-1:00 pm, and Wednesday, February 13, from 2:30-3:30 pm.
Contact Jen Sowins, CDIP Coordinator, at 346-6011 for more
information.
The following organizations will be looking for interns:
Birth To Three
ContiNet
Convention & Visitors Association (CVALCO)
Downtown Eugene, Inc.
Eugene Family YMCA
Jacobs Gallery
Lane County Law & Advocacy Center
Lane County Youth Services
Looking Glass Evaluation fit Treatment Ctr.
Maude Kerns Art Center
Marketing/PR;Education
Science/Computer; Management
Marketing/PR
Research; Marketing
PR/Media
Marketing/PR
Law/Legal Services
Human Et Social Services
Human Et Social Services
Art Education; Publications
PR/Media Relations
Environmental/Natural Resources
Environmental Education
Youth Services; Marketing/Fundraising
Et Social Services
Reporting
(at West Bros.) has a degree,” said Petty,
an assistant manager and one of65,000
alumni living in-state. “There just
aren’t jobs in this town for graduates. ’ ’
Recent figures from the Oregon Em
ployment Department validate Petty’s
claim: Only two of the 20 jobs with the
meat current openings require a col
lege degree.
The top 20 jobs for 2002 include
retail at 3,029 openings, office
clerks at 1,300 and higher educa
tion instructors at 601. The .list
doesn’t consider rates of economic
growth in particular industries. For
instance, the demand for computer
support specialists is expected to
increase 68.1 percent by 2010.
Officials admit that having a degree
doesn’t equal an instant job.
“We’ve got people with University
degrees working at The Home Depot, ’ ’
OED workforce analyst Carol Fair
boum said. She added that most em
ployers in Oregon are looking for peo
ple who have general skills. “The more
skills you have, the more employable
you’ll be,” she said.
Petty said Eugene is a tough place
to use her journalism degree. She
worked in an advertising firm after
graduation but hasn’t been able to
land a job at a newspaper. She
plans to move east or to a big city
within a few years.
Paul Stieber, spokesman for the
University Alumni Association, said
other University graduates may need
to move to Portland or another big city
to find employment.
“More than 31,000 (alumni) five in
the Portland area,” Stieber said.
“Clearly people are going to have bet
ter prospects in a metro area. ”
Stieber admitted that if he were back
in college this year, he’d consider go
ing to graduate school or moving else
where.
“Times are tough,” he said. “Jobsare
harder to get here than anywhere else. ”
State Economic Analyst Dwayne
Stevenson said students with degrees
should apply for jobs for which they’re
passionate—where students can hon
estly say, “This is what I would do if
no one were paying me for it. ”
Students who delay graduation un
til the economy recovers might still
have problems finding work in their
field. Even if the job market rebounds
later this year, economists predict Ore
gon will take at least one additional
year to recover because of how far the
state’s economy has fallen.
Many graduates have followed
Stevenson’s advice and landed jobs
that they love. Shane Ayrsman, who
works at Paul’s Bicycle Way of Life on
Alder Street, has an environmental
communications degree from Antioch
University McGregor, but pays the rent
by repairing bikes instead.
Bill Chase, manager of the Alder
Street Paul’s, said most of the employ
ees at the shop are college-educated.
Chase agreed with what
Fairboum and other state officials
already know: Oregon’s economy is
not necessarily nicest to people
with college diplomas.
“There’s an awful lot of unem
ployed people with degrees,” Fair
boum said. “But I don’t see too many
unemployed plumbers or electricians
right now.”
E-mail reporter Brook Reinhard
at brookreinhard@dailyemerald.com.
News brief
Tax help available at VRC
Several tax experts will offer
assistance from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Saturday at Valley River Center.
Experts from the Oregon
Department of Revenue, represen
tatives from the Internal Revenue
Service and volunteers from the
American Association of Retired
Persons will aid tax payers with
simple federal and state tax return
preparation questions.
Computers will be available for
immediate online filing, and federal
and state tax forms will also be
available. People planning to file
online should bring photo identifi
cation, Social Security cards, tax
booklets, income and interest state
ments and copies of their 2000 tax
returns. For joint filing, both spous
es must be present to sign the re
quired forms.
Spanish-speaking representatives
will also attend.
Those with questions should
bring copies of their W2 and 1099
forms, as well as any other relevant
tax information.
Marty Toohey