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Same day...# Keepsake w#| Bachelor Gown, \u\ Cap & Tassel ONLY «j $12.95 | In stock, all sizes. I Available anytime during store hours. (| >100% Solution-Dyed Lightweight Acetate Fabric. Color is * blocked in for the life of the fabric. ^ Graduation Announcements $4.50 pkg. 10 45«! each Name Cards also available Copy Center More than ever, more than a Bookstore., Open Mon.-Fri. 8-5:30 Sat 9-5:30 Thurs. 'til 9pm 1300 Q Street (402) 476-0111 Federal job application simplified Test open to UNL graduates By Jennifer O’Cilka Senior Reporter A new government program will make it easier for graduates to apply for non technical federal positions through the University of Ncbraska Lincoln Office of Career Planning and Placement, an official said. Gcri Cotter, assistant director of the office, said that since Tuesday, graduates can apply to take a federal job test. The test is split into six job areas, including health, safely and environ ment; writing and public informa tion; business, finance and manage ment; personnel, administration and computers; benefits review and tax and legal positions; and law enforce ment and investigation. Before, she said, graduates apply ing for federal jobs all took the same civil service test. Lawsuits against the government, claiming the tests were discriminatory, led to the change in 1981, Cotter said. But the govern ment took about nine years to come up with the new system, she said. “These have been pulled out of the traditional system to promote inter est from college students,” Colter said. Cotter said applications will be available until May 31 in the place ment office. The first round of testing will begin in June on campus. After graduates take the four-hour exam, Colter said, they will be put on a new national register in order of test scores. From there, students’ resumes will circulate to any federal office that has an opening, she said. Cotter said the test is a good op portunity, because the register has not yet been established and inter ested job-seekers would not face competition from past applicants. Available entry-level jobs have starting salaries from $16,305 to $20,195 a year, Cotter said. Although these salaries may be at or below private-sector positions, hotter said, federal jobs have the potential of leading to a $29,891 salary within the first two years. She said that because federal jobs are available all across the country, those who like to travel probably would be interested. And “if a student has a concern for the welfare of society, they may be attracted,’’ she said. Cotter said federal positions are a good opportunity for any type of major, because a variety of jobs arc offered. Other options exist for entry into the federal job system, Cotter said. Graduates with a grade point average of 3.5 or higher are encouraged to apply directly to individual agencies without taking the exam or to contact the federal personnel management office, she said. “If I were a student now with about a 3.5, I’d do all three,” Cotter said. “That’s covering all the bases.” Mission Continued from Page 1 the regents. After approval by the regents, he said, the role and mission statements must be approved by the Nebraska Legislature as a resolution. The revised role and mission state ment also will be reflected in the university’s budget request, Hansen said. Hansen said he hopes Widmayer and Associates, the Chicago consult ing firm that currently is doing a comprehensive study of Nebraska post secondary education, will not try to draft its own role and mission state menus. Instead, he said, the firm should make suggestions about the statements approved by the regents. John Goebel, vice chancellor for business and finance at UNL, said a committee of faculty members and administrators has been formed at UNL to draft a new mission state ment. Goebel said the new statement will reflect UNL’s leadership role within the NU system. The new mission statement also will include UNL’s commitment to the development of telecommunica tions and education centers across the state, he said. Goebel said he expects UNL’s revised statement to be completed this week. Pot Continued from Page 1 and alcohol, which are creating so cietal problems, he said. And making hemp legal would lead to an explo sion of the economy, he said. Blake Chance, a 28-year-old jun ior general studies major, said he will try to form a student group, called NORML (National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws) at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Then next year’s rally for the legalization of marijuana might be held on cam pus rather than at the Capitol, he said. Beginning midnight Friday, May 4, 1: !8 a jri. - Stereo CDs and equip ment reported stolen, Area 1-2 parking lot, 1820 R St., $3 /0, two non-students cited arid released, items recovered. 9:24 a.m. -* Car reported dented, Area 6 parking lot. Burr Residence Hall, $200. 11:04 a .in. Textbook reported stolen, Andrews Hall, $32. il;38 a.in, - Bookhag reported stolen, Nebraska Union Bookstore, $155. 2:05 p.m. — Two-car, non-injury accident, Area 2*3 waking lot, 16th and Y streets, $150. 3:19 p.m. — Bicycle reported sto len, Pound Residence Hall bicycle rack, $100. 3:56 p.m. — Gas and gas cap re ported stolen from car, Area 10 parking k>t, 16th and Y streets, 4:46 p.m. — Car roof reported dented. Acacia Fraternity, 2255 Vine St parting lot, $30. 9:37 p.m. — Hit-and-run accident repotted, Area 3 parking lot, Harpcr Schramm-Smith Residence Hails, $500. 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