VISTA recruiters note poor turnout
by CAROL GOETSCfflUS
Nebraskan Staff Writer
'm shocked at the lack of
student interest in terms of
their commitment to the poor,'
said Bert Cohen, VISTA
recruitment manager.
This is the fifth year VISTA
(Volunteers in Service to
America) recruiters have been
on campus, he said, and it's by
far the worst in turnout After
two days, only 17 people had
talked to the recruiters in the
Placement Office, he added.
Amid the stacks of pamphlets
in the Placement Office, VISTA
veteran Marty Stouffer drew on
personal experience to describe
a volunteer's role in the com
munity. 'In Baltimore we organized
the welfare recipients in a low
income neighborhood, inform
ing them of their legal rights
and working with the welfare
department to increase the
quality of service. We became
the voice of the welfare reci
pients," he said.
A new VISTA recruit attends
a six-week training period in a
particular region and becomes
aware of its problems and
resources. He will serve in this
area for one year.
Recruits can serve a max
imum of three years, and about
half of the volunteers extend
for at least a second year,
Stouffer said.
VISTA operates a "rent-a-volunteer"
service for com
munities and agencies around
the country, Stouffer said.
Agencies request volunteers
and, if VISTA decides the job
description is legitimate, a
volunteer is assigned, she con
tinued. Although the volunteer is at
tached to an agency his salary
is paid by VISTA, and he can
remain so mewhat in
dependent. VISTA pamphlets describe
the volunteer as "a skilled
analyst, a go-between, the
catalyst" Stouffer said being a
volunteer allows a person "to
give something and be creative
on a person-to-person level."
VISTA wants skilled people,
she said, and 90 of college
applicants are accepted.
Recruiters are looking for
liberal arts majors, education
majors, business g r a d s ,
lawyers, architects-planners
and health specialists.
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the poor have problems with
health, education, housing,
recreation and high prices
which are out of line with their
wage scale," Stouffer said.
Recr uiter-lawyer Chuck
Johnson said, "To the poor, the
law always meant prohibitions,
not rights. We have to show
them that the law can mean
rights."
Poor people have no means
of developing their abilities.
VISTA organizes a community
so it can be more self-sufficient,"
said recruiter Carol
Pierce.
Volunteers must be at least
18 years of age and a citizen or
permanent resident of the U.S.
or its territories.
VISTA was organized in 1963
under the Office of Economic
Opportunity. This i year there
are about 5,000 volunteers
working on 500 projects in 49
states and U.S. territories.
Recruiters will be on campus
until Friday in the Placement
Office. A film about VISTA
projects will be shown
Wednesday, 7 p.m. in room 243,
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THE NEBRASKAN
WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 9, 1970