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by MIKE FROST
Once the temporary
euphoria of warmer weather
wears off, students must be
gin asking a difficult
question: "Where am 1
going to work this sum
mer?" More than ever be
fore, this is becoming an un
answerable question for
many students.
Usually, the Nebraska
Job Service is a reliable
source for summer employ
ment. This is not the case in
1983.
Jackie Baluch of the
Lincoln Job Service office
said corn detasseling jobs
are non-existent this year.
Last year, the Lincoln
office placed more than 500
young people in the corn
fields. "No applications
have been taken this year,"
Baluch said.
She blamed the lack of
positions on the new Pay
ment In Kind program, that
pays farmers to leave fields
idle.
The situation is some
what brighter at the Omaha
branch of the Job Service.
Although the number of de
tasseling positions is
Jownnearly30 percent from
last year, there are about
600 positions available.
According to Charles Olsen
of the Omaha office, de
mand for these positions is
quite heavy. Many positions
once the exclusive domain
of young people are now
being filled by underem
ployed adults, he said.
"THERE ARE very few
jobs available for college
and high school students,"
he said. Formerly, the Ne
braska Job Service in
Omaha had a "Rent-a-Kid"
program, where businesses
and individuals would call
the Job Service office to list
odd jobs they needed done.
Olsen said it was a very
successful program. How
ever, because of budget
cuts, the office is unable to
publicize the program this
summer. "We will have to
depend on public service
advertising," said Olsen, as
well as world of mouth.
Both Olsen and Baluch
offered the same advice for
out-of-school students:
apply early and often. Per
serverence may be the
difference between employ
ment and unemployment.
On a brighter note, there
does seem to be some hope
for employment at fast food
outlets. Steve Bailey of the
McDonald's at 14th and
West Bend Streets, said
there are positions available
at his restaurant. However,
they prefer year-round
employees, rather than sum
mer only. About 85 percent
of the McDonald's work
force is high school and
college students.
Meanwhile, at the leading
competitor of McDonald's,
Burger King, applications
for summer work also are
being accepted.
"We're not going to ad
vertise them in the paper,"
said Manager Adam Jones.
However, if a qualified
applicant comes in, they
may be offered a position.
WHILE PRIVATE food
establishments may have
openings, this is not the case
at the University Food Ser
vices. There has been a person
nel cutback of more than 50
percent, said Ann Johnson,
Assistant Manager of the
Harper-Schramm-Smith Fo
od Service, one of two uni
versity cafeterias open dur
ing the summer. She blamed
the cutbacks on university
belt-tightening.
There will be many uni
versity positions filled by
students, said Doug D. Severs
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"Yes," Gandhi says. "The British will try to stop it
of course. They will make arrests, though they have no
charges. But no matter what they do, we are not to
strike back."
"I will not strike back, even if they kill us," Nehru
says matter-of-factly.
"In this cause, I too am prepared to die," Gandhi
says, encouraging his lifelong friend. "There is no cause
for which I am prepared to kill. If they kill us, they
shall have our bodies, but they shall never have pur
beach."
"Don't be such a Gloomy Gus," Deadhead chimes in.
"Just think - 350 million people out on the beach
enjoying themselves! If you want to throw this party,
I'm with you all the way, Daddy-o. For my part, I'll
sell milk shakes at cost and hire a band to play. Sure,
I'm taking a loss, but anything for a free India and an
open beach!"
You get the idea. The summer movie and grand state
ments about the human condition just don't go together.
Education and self-improvement are important, lifelong
goals, but certainly too much has been made of the
business of education at the expense of good Old
fashioned "R and R." That's what summer, and tle
summer movie, are all about.
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of the Office of Scholar
ships and Financial Aids. He
estimated "anywhere from
350 to 400 students will be
involved with the work
study program this year."
This is about the same as
the summer of 19S2, he
said.
Work-study is a program
in which a student is
employed in a university de
partment. That specific de
partment only pays 80 per
cent of the student's salary.
The other 20 percent is paid
by the Office of Scholar
ships and Financial Aids,
with the exception that the
student employee will use
part of the money for
scholastically-incurred ex
penses. Nearly $300,000 has
been set aside this sum
mer for qualified students.
Severs said. Unfortunately,
for those still without
employment, the deadline
for applying with work
study was April 15.
So, the most prudent ad
vice for . out-of-work stu
dents would seem to be to
start the application process
as soon as possible, and
check often with prospect
ive employers. And save
your money. Things may be
tight for a long time.
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