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WEDNESDAY a April29,1992 IPeek 1 return of Vol. 94, Issue 90 Bagman? / The University of Montana Higher ed. gets average score on study commission goals HELENA (AP)—Higher education of­ versity system’s funding level to the av­ ficials said Tuesday they have done an erage of comparable schools in other average job in carrying out recommenda­ states. More money should be obtained tions issued 19 months ago by a commis­ from the Legislature, tuition should be sion studying Montana’s universities, col­ increased, enrol 1 ment should be restricted leges and vo-techs. or a combination of all three options CommissionerofHigher Education John should be used, the commission said. Hutchinson gave his office, the Board of The regents have increased tuition next Regents and the university system an aver­ school year to offset most of the budget age grade of “C” in responding to the 13 cuts made by a special legislative session suggestions of the Education Commission and are considering enrollment limits. for the Nineties and Beyond. The self- Hutchinson acknowlcdgedTucsday’s imposed report card was presented to a meeting is timely because of some recent gathering of several members of the now­ criticism leveled against the regents over defunct commission. those actions. Hutchinson said he proposed the meet­ “Our side of the story needs to be ing to let the members know what has told,” he said. happened to their proposals since submit­ Mudd said the update given the com­ ting them to Gov. Stan S tephens in Septem­ mission reinforces the need for changes ber 1990. in higher education at an opportune time “Unlike many of these blue-ribbon re­ as the political season heats up for the ports, this one has not sat on the shelf,” he 1992 elections. said. “You should feel pleased about that. While some commission members Your work has not been in vain.” expressed concerns about restricting en­ Jack Mudd of Missoula, commission rollment, Mudd and Hutchinson said the chairman, said Hutchinson’s grading may regents have little choice. be a little too harsh. Faced with the unlikelihood of a big “We are not surprised that they are not boost in state funding and little room for finished” complying with all the recom­ any more major tuition increases, the mendations, Mudd said. “Clearly there’s a only option left is reducing the number of commitment to move forward on all those students by limiting access, they said. fronts.” The commission recommendation that Hutchinson denied the commission re­ drew the most atten tion was one suggest­ union was staged to emphasize that contro­ ing a $9 million annual increase for five versial steps taken recently by the Board of years so the university system can catch Rebecca Huntington/Kainriin Regents merely reflect recommendations up with funding levels of similar schools MONTIE WOFFORD, a freshman in psychology, throws Larry Evans during a by the commission. elsewhere. judo demonstration In the UC Tuesday. The demonstration was one of the Among its suggestions, the comm ission The 1991 Legislature Drovidcd little activities planned for Wellness Week. offered three methods to unprove the uni­ money toward that goal, Hutchinson said. UM graduates can expect bleak job market By Karen Coates and Kevin Anthony East Coast, Mid-West, Rocky Mountains, Pacific Northwest Kaimin Reporters and California. The average salary for UM students who graduated with This year’s crop of graduates will face a tough job market bachelors degrees in 1990 and found in-state employment was whether they stay in Montana or go out of state, the director $17,946, according to the survey. The average salary for those of UM’s Career Services said. employed out-of-state was $23,037. Don Hjelmseth said there are job openings, but it will be Keith Schauf, the coordinator of the annual survey, said that harder for graduates to find employment in their chosen by this time last year, about 60 percent of UM graduates had fields, especially if they want to stay in Montana. responded to the survey that focuses on employment positions, “The job market is tight, it isn’t bad,” he said. “The salaries, when students began job hunting and how long it took recession is real.” them to secure their jobs. In addition, UM students aren’t being recruited as actively However, he said only 45 percent of last year’s graduates as in the past. have answered the question­ Hjelmseth said JOB FINDING FACTS naire thus far. he invites different “My guess is that it’s hard businesses to re­ to respond to a survey re­ cruit at UM, but it •The job market growth rate in America is 1.2 percent, down from garding your employment is difficult to attract 2.3 percent in 1991. status when it may not be them to Missoula •In Montana, only seven of the 25 jobs expected to produce the what you want it to be,” he when they could go most openings between now and 1997 require college degrees. said. to a larger metro­ •Campus recruiting for jobs is down between 10-30 percent In Montana, the top six politan area where nationwide. jobs expected to produce the there are more uni­ •Graduates are having the best luck finding engineering, ac­ most openings over the next versities and more counting and education jobs, but graduates with liberal arts, market­ five years require only a high students. ing and general business degrees are having a tough time. school diploma, according The recession to the state Labor Depart­ seems to have hit ment even the big businesses that used to recruit, he said. Cashiers, retail salespersons, waiters, food preparation work­ “Campus recruiting is off all over the country,” Hjelmseth ers, fast food workers and truck drivers are expected to have the said. “They don’t have the money to recruit like they used to.” most luck finding jobs. Bookkeeping, with 262 openings pro­ Many UM graduates stay in Montana despite lower pay, a jected between now and 1997, is the only job in the top 10 that Photo illustration/Joe Koiman 1990 survey shows. requires more than a high school diploma. CASHIERS, RETAIL salespersons, waiters, food According to the survey, 60.5 percent of UM graduates The top jobs nationally, however, require a higher education, preparation workers, fast food workers and found employment in Montana. Nine percent were employed according to projections. Seven of the top 16 spots require a truck drivers are expected to have the most in Washington state and the rest were distributed among the See "Grads," Page 2 luck finding jobs in the next five years. Montana Kaimin. Wednesday, April 29,1992 2 Police Beat said that an officer will patrol the CRIME — bathrooms in the building during a ON •****^^^»^ 15-minute break in the class. He said campus officers would have to catch the students drinking or taking drugs before they could take any action. The following is a partial com­ B.B. gun pests take aim pilation ofUM Police reportsfrom April 21-28. again Campus robbery nets The B.B. gun bandits are at it again in Jesse Hall. $3, injures student Jim Conkle, a graduate student, Two UM students were ac­ said that a shot came through the costed early Sunday morning near window of Food For Thought on McGill Hall by five men who de­ March 22, a campus police report manded money, a UM police re­ said. The restaurant is on the west port said. side of Arthur Avenue, across the Patrick M. McCarthy, a fresh­ street from Jesse. Conkle said he man in general studies, said that he thought the shot came from a win­ and a friend were walking back to dow in Jesse. Elrod Hall from Taco Bell at 12:30 UM Police have received three Rebecca Huntington/ Kaimin a.m. when five men started fol­ reports about B.B. and pellet gun PREPARING TO slide along a beam, sophomore Chris Randolph departs from the celling of lowing them at the footbridge. firings from windows in Jesse Hall the Harry Adams Field House. The riggers were preparing the grid, a suspended 50,000- When the two reached McGill Hall, since April 4. pound latticework that supports sound and lighting equipment for concerts. the four men grabbed McCarthy’s Mark Derbyshire, the head resi­ friend from behind and started hit­ dent of Jesse, said he has drafted a letter and the dorm’s residents should ting him and demanding money, Ceiling work suits rock-climbers McCarthy said. receive it today. The letter informs residents that the shootings have oc­ beams, he said. When he was new After taking $3, the men went By David Carkhuff experienced is if they have their curred and that keeping B.B.