Western Front - 1986 March 14

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~=VoL. 78, NO. 17 WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, BELL1NGHAM, WA FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 1986
16% ofgrads unemployed
By Sandra Treece
staff reporter
. A recent survey of last year's
Western graduates revealed 77
percent found employment,
while 16 percent still were seek­ing
employment.
The survey, conducted last
year by the Career Planning and
Placement Center, showed a 2-
percent increase in employment.
Of 1,778 graduates, 1,210 or 68
percent responded to the center's
questionnaire concerning their
employment status.
"We are very pleased with the
number of graduates that
responded," Louis Lallas, center
director, said. "It's unusually
high."
Of the respondents, 926, or 77
percent, said they had found
employment and 87, or 7 per­cent,
were continuing their
education.
Teacher placement increased
to 94 percent for 1984-85, a gain
of 4 percent over the previous
year. Of the 321 new teachers
who registered for placement
services, 79 percent had reported
placement in full or part-time
positions as of Nov. 11, 1985.
Fifteen percent were employed in
non-teaching' postions. Of the
total number reporting employ­ment
in teaching, 35 percent are
substitute teaching or assisting.
"Initial part-time involve­ments
often lead to full-time
teaching contracts, so we con­tinue
to advise candidates to
consider these opportunities,"
Lallas said.
Average starting salaries for
first-year teachers were: $15,780
in elementary education and
$16,080 in secondary education.
Placements in business, indus­try
and government increased 3
percent over last year's Figure.
Western students were hired by
more than 240 agencies through­out
the Northwest, 77 of which
interviewed 1,242 Western
students.
Private firms hiring most
Western graduates were Boeing,
hiring 48 graduates and K-Mart
C o r p o r a t i o n , hiring six
graduates.
Accounting, business, com­puter
science, industrial technol­ogy,
liberal arts and social
science majors were eagerly
sought, while physics, chemistry
and mathematics majors were
moderately successful.
Declines in mining and petro­leum
exploration led to fewer
available jobs for geology and
geophysics majors. Biology and
enviromental studies majors also
faced a tight job market.
* Loans now have waiting period
By Lynn Hersman
staff reporter
Because the majority of West­ern
students applying for emer­gency
loans was using the fund
for convenience rather than for
actual emergencies, an overnight
waiting period has been imple­mented,
officials have announced.
Now students applying for an
emergency loan must complete
the loan application and leave it
at the financial aid office. The
money is given to students 24-
hours later after receiving loan
approval, Ron Martinez, direc­tor
of Student Financial Re­sources,
said.
"Someone with a real emer­gency
can get the money right
away," Martinez said, but they
will have to go Jthrough the old
procedure of waiting for an
interview. A student with a real
emergency usually will receive
the money within one hour, he
said.
Martinez said he made the
decision based on the fact most
students coming for emergency
loans just needed them for con­venience
not for emergencies.
During the old interview process
students had to wait for an inter-
Viewer to become available.
Also, with the increasing
number of these types of loans
being made and no additional
staff to process the applications,
Martinez said the new procedure
would make the operation a
smoother one for his department.
"Someone in the office can go
through all the applications at
one time. It will streamline the
system, students won't have to
wait and it will be a better use of
our time," he said.
The interview information was
not necessary, since it could be
accessed from the computer. The
information was used by the
interviewer so the. decision to
approve the loan could be made
then.
WSL blames a
recording error
By Tim Chovanak
staff reporter
Computer operators may
have failed to record donations
to the Washington Student
Lobby during the recently com­pleted
spring quarter registra­tion,
student leaders were told
Wednesday.
Robert Chamblee, local WSL
chair, told Associated Students
Board of Directors he estimated
donations dropped this quarter
by 10 to 20 percent.
Some registration computer
operators may have
been confused about
ending donations to
the Washington
P u b l i c I n t e r e st
Research Group, he
said. As a result of
this, Chamblee said,
the operators might
also have failed to
log donations in^
tended for WSL.
Chamblee requested help from
the Associated Students, as a
neutral body, to manually count
the number of donations on regis­tration
slips. The AS Election
Board will help count the slips if
the registrar relinquishes them.
In other AS business:
AS members appropriated
$ 106 for a college bowl quiz show
April 16. Afolabi Fakayode,
coordinator of the Cross Cul­tural
Center, said the bowl would
be a good place for the CCC and
other cultural groups to dissemi­nate
information on themselves.
The bowl would pit a team of AS
members and Front staff
members.
Director of Communications
Paul Clark received $65 for bev­erages
for an April 15 AS open
house. The open
house is a publicity
day for AS clubs and
organizations. He
also discussed and
demonstrated the
difference between
9- and 1!- inch bal­loons
to be used to
advertise the event.
The 11-inch bal­loons,
Clark said, "is more bal­loon
for your buck."
AS members voted to recog­nize
and compliment the
women's basketball team
members and coach.
By Donna Davis
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