Job Recruiting at Record Level
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Vol.16 No.2 The University of Western Ontario N6A 5B8 January 17,1980 160 firms on campus Job recruiting at record level More companies are conduc interviews this year.. for graduates,” she said. been a “drastic” reduction in job marks were “not a very high ting on-campus job interviews at “There seems to be an increas Despite tight economic times, opportunities this year is in the priority with certain employers”. Western than in any previous ed number of openings available students for the most part are not federal government, according to The five most important fac year, reports the UWO Place this year,” Mrs. Siberry said. just interested in jobs that pay Mrs. Siberry. tors cited were: communication ment Office. The Placement Coordinator the most, she said. Attributes of students valued ability, initiative, willingness to A total of 160 firms so far are reports a “general increase in the “Students are not accepting most by employers vary accor accept responsibility, leadership recruiting at Western this year to number of openings for students jobs strictly on the basis of ding to the employer L but Mrs. potential, and ambition/motiva fill full-time and summer job from all disciplines”, but cited a salary. Many are looking for jobs Siberry said a recent attitudinal tion. openings, according to Ruth particularly heavy demand for that will interest them and are survey of Canadian employers Among other factors rated Siberry, Placement Coordinator mechanical engineers this year. willing to accept less money for conducted by the University and highly were: intelligence, high in the Counselling and Career “There is also a fair bit of com an interesting job.” College Placement Association energy level, self-confidence, Development section of Student petitiveness among firms looking The one area where there has revealed that a student’s course sociability, and imagination. Services. Mrs. Siberry said campus recruiting is up over last year when a total of 138 employers participated in the recruiting pro OSAP will be increased to meet gram for the whole year. On- campus recruiting interviews begin in the fall when classes any hikes in tuition above 7.5% start and continue until the end of March. “We’re at 160 firms now and The Ontario Student Assistance Director, John McClure, said he crease in the OSAP funding concern about the failure of the it’s only just January,” Mrs. Program will provide funding to is concerned that student leaders which it announced. OSAP program to keep pace with Siberry said. match any increase in tuition fees appear to have the impression “That $3.3 million figure was inflationary living costs, but he Mrs. Siberry said there is little above the 7.5 per cent minimum just an estimate which will be also said that the Provincial hard data currently available set by the Ministry of Colleges (Other stories on tuition fees revised if the individual schools government is experiencing because the office is still in the and Universities in its recent an are published on Page 6.) decide to increase their fees financial difficulties. midst of its 1979-80 on-campus nouncement on university fun above 7.5 per cent,” Mr. McClure “Their budget is pretty well recruiting program, but she said ding. that the Ministry will not provide said. stretched to the limit.” firms seem to be granting more Western’s Student Awards any more than the $3.3. million in He said he shared the student He said the Province is study ing the possibility of providing more cost-of-living adjustments to the programs. However, he is not aware of any contact between awards officers and students to appeal jointly to the government for more funds. Student leaders have said the decision allowing individual universities to increase their fees up to 10 per cent more than the 7.5 per cent authorized by the Ministry could adversely affect access to professional schools by lower income students. Mr. McClure said that only about 33 per cent of the students at Western are receiving OSAP. He added that about 40 per cent apply. He said it is his impression that the majority do not apply because they know their family incomes are too high to enable them to qualify. He said a family of average size with an annual income of $25,000 represents the cutoff point for OSAP applicants. Series The special purpose of Western’s $12.5 million Second Century Fund campaign is to “enhance the proven and distinctive margin of excellence of the University as a whole so that the University may retain its vitality and con tinue to contribute to the betterment of society”. Western News today 4Fun in the Sun’? continues its series of ar “HEY, Dr. Morrow, give it up and come play squash!” It takes Don Morrow, who teaches cross country skiing to 3rd and 4th ticles on the special pro determination to be a skier with the weather we’ve been having year Physical Education students, won’t be around for it though. jects for which funding is lately. Somehow, “Fun in the Sun” — the theme of Winter Week H e’s so determined to get in some skiing this year that he’s taking being sought. Please turn (Foundation Western Week) which will get under way over the his students to Sault Ste. Marie fo r five days. For those o f us stay to Page 4. weekend — doesn’t seem that wildly out of place this year. Dr. ing here, there is a list of “Fun in the Sun” activities on Page 9. Letters to the Editor OPIRG M iscellany freeze Provincial grant termed Installation on Feb. 8 ‘good news, bad news joke’ rem oval? Former UWO Law Dean David L. Johnston will be install ed as Principal and Vice-Chancellor of McGill University on A decision is expected today on Friday, Feb. 8 at 3:30 p.m. The ceremony will be held in Theatre Maisonneuve, Place des Arts. Prof. Johnston, 38r Dear Sir: whether the University will allow the UWO chapter of the Ontario was Dean of Law at Western from 1974 to 1979 when he was I’m surprised at the apparent euphoria with which the appointed McGill’s fourteenth Principal and Vice news of a 7.2 per cent increase in the grant from the Public Interest Research Group access to its funds which were Chancellor, effective Sept. 1, 1979. He is among the five Government of Ontario was received by certain members youngest chief executives in McGill’s history. of the Western community. In fact, if we look at what’s frozen in November at the direc happening it sounds like the classic “bad news” /“good tion of the Board of Governors. news” joke. First, the Government chronically under funds the Universities with a 1979/80 increase of 5.2 per The decision to freeze the funds Visiting Scientist cent that was less than 60 per cent of the increase in the was made after the OPIRG group cost of living. Then it shows its magnanimity and restored filed suit against the University Dr. Barry Gow, Senior Lecturer in Physiology, University confidence in the post-secondary education system by in Students’ Council in the Supreme of Sydney, Australia, is a Visiting Scientist in the Depart creasing this largesse to 7.2 per cent, which, if the Court of Ontario for breach of ment of Biophysics, January 1 - March 30, 1980. Dr. Gow’s economists’ forecasts are at all believable, will be approx contract. research concerns “The role of mechanical factors in the in imately 60 per cent of the increase in the cost of living for The OPIRG group has dropped itiation of atherosclerosis” and while at Western he will be 1980/81. This is no increase in real terms, and simply en the suit as of last week and has undertaking a joint research project with Dr. Margot Roach. sures that we will move closer to the “brink of collapse” of proposed that a referendum be the University system, forecast in the OCUA brief held at the time of the February “System on the Brink”. USC elections asking students L*t no one, Administrators, Academics, Students, or whether they support the ex Learned societies ‘80 those in the community who recognize the need of a sound istence of OPIRG on campus. University system let up for one moment in the pressure The 1980 meetings of the learned societies will be hosted by they exert on the government to restore the University The origin of OPIRG’s suit was the Universite du Quebec a Montreal from May 26 to June 4. system to a financially viable state. a response to a proposed USC The annual meeting of the Royal Society of Canada will take referendum which would have place June 1-4. The organizing committee of the learned Jeffrey Gandz asked that part of the funding societies meetings, headed by Gilbert Dionne of UQAM’s Assistant Professor, allotted to OPIRG be used to Department of Philosophy, expects to accommodate about School of Business Administration establish a student research 6,000 scholars during the meetings. Further information is organization. available from Dr. Dionne at UQAM, C.P. 8888, Succursale A, Montreal H3C 3P8 (Tel. 514-282-7800). At the time the Board imposed the freeze on the OPIRG funds it Good reasons for support set as a condition for their release that the University be satisfied Mustang Day — Jan. 26 ‘far outweigh complaints’ that OPIRG is under the direct control of the University ) ' Mustang Day will be held at Western on Saturday, Jan.