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Unemployment high; summer jobs scarce b y Mary H o u t i n g " D i s m a l " and " g l o o m y " are the w o r d s used t o describe t h e s u m m e r j o b o u t l o o k f o r the Holland-Zeeland area by Zane C o o p e r , H o l l a n d b r a n c h manager of the Michigan E m p l o y m e n t Security Commission. " T H E S I T U A T I O N is not t o o m u c h d i f f e r e n t f r o m last y e a r , " C o o p e r said. " S t u d e n t s are going to have t o dig t o find e m p l o y ment." T h e m a j o r h a n d i c a p for stud e n t s seeking high p a y i n g t e m p o rary w o r k . C o o p e r said, is t h a t t h e y are c o m p e t i n g against a large n u m b e r of p e o p l e seriously looking for full-time j o b s . HE P O I N T E D t o t h e q u e u e of s o m e 4()-odd people waiting t o collect u n e m p l o y m e n t c o m p e n s a tion. " I t ' s like this all d a y , every
d a y , " he c o m m e n t e d , a d d i n g that t h e m a r k e t will also s o o n be flooded with graduates from both high school a n d college. H o l l a n d has had a p p r o x i m a t e l y 1650 p e r s o n s claiming u n e m p l o y m e n t b e n e f i t s every week for t h e past several w e e k s , C o o p e r revealed. He placed t h e u n e m p l o y m e n t rate f o r this area at roughly eight-and-a-half p e r c e n t . J U S T AS L A S T year, o p p o r t u nities for e m p l o y m e n t in i n d u s t r y are m e a g e r . C o o p e r i n d i c a t e d , which h u r t s s t u d e n t s since " t h e y w a n t t o get t h e highest dollar possible." He a t t r i b u t e s t h e scarcity of p o s i t i o n s in i n d u s t r y to t w o factors: first, employers have " t r i m m e d t h e f a t , " laying off not just p r o d u c t i o n w o r k e r s but emp l o y e e s in all strata of a d m i n i s t r a tion.
S E C O N D L Y , he said, e m p l o y ers o n c e k e p t a s u r p l u s labor p o o l because of t h e high t u r n o v e r r a t e . With little t u r n o v e r n o w , the e x t r a people have been laid off b e c a u s e t h e y are n o longer n e e d e d . "All this d o e s n ' t i m p r o v e t h e situation f o r college s t u d e n t s
l o o k i n g for s u m m e r j o b s , " C o o p e r pointed out. T H E BEST possibilities will b e in t h e service area, he r e p o r t e d . U n f o r t u n a t e l y , these are t h e lowest p a y i n g j o b s . Even p o s i t i o n s in a g r i c u l t u r e will not be t o o plentiful, C o o p e r said. In fact, his o f f i c e d i s c o u r a g e s migrants from coming up because of t h e d i f f i c u l t y of finding w o r k . In an e f f o r t t o alleviate this pessimistic s i t u a t i o n , the f e d e r a l government recently announced a p r o g r a m to increase s u m m e r j o b o p p o r t u n i t i e s for s t u d e n t s . THE NIXON administration claims it has lined u p s u m m e r employment opportunities for 1,070,400 youths between the ages of 14 and 2 1 . If s u c c e s s f u l , this p r o j e c t w o u l d m a k e available nearly 8 9 , 0 0 0 m o r e j o b s t h a n last summer.
Public p r o g r a m s will provide 7 3 4 , 4 0 0 of t h e j o b s , w i t h t h e r e m a i n d e r in t h e private s e c t o r s of business and i n d u s t r y . EMPLOYMENT in f e d e r a l l y s u p p o r t e d p r o g r a m s will be delegated to t h e N e i g h b o r h o o d Y o u t h Corps S u m m e r Program, Federal Summer Employment Program for Y o u t h , Public E m p l o y m e n t Program and Y o u t h C o n s e r v a t i o n Corps. The Neighborhood Youth C o r p s will provide nine w e e k s of s u m m e r e m p l o y m e n t at $ 1 . 6 0 an hour. Despite these m e a s u r e s on t h e n a t i o n a l level, the feeling of imp e n d i n g d o o m r e m a i n s . O n e cannot help but recall Z a n e C o o p e r ' s f o r e b o d i n g w o r d s regarding t h e local outlook: "dismal" and "gloomy."
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A t t e m p t i n g to walk d o w n - and s t o m p out - c a n c e r , 4 8 m e m b e r s of H o p e ' s f r a t e r n i t i e s and sororities p a r t i c i p a t e d in A l p h a Phi O m e g a ' s Cancer Walk S a t u r d a y . Marchers t r e k k e d 20 miles, n e t t i n g $ 1 2 0 0 in d o n a t i o n s to be used f o r cancer research.
H o p e ' s English d e p a r t m e n t will host s t u d e n t s and f a c u l t y f r o m six colleges for the a n n u a l Great Lakes Colleges Association Literature C o n f e r e n c e this Friday a n d Saturday. FEATURED AT the conf e r e n c e , w h i c h is primarily for the p r e s e n t a t i o n of o u t s t a n d i n g student p a p e r s , will be t w o nationally k n o w n p o e t s , S a m u e l Hazo a n d William S t a f f o r d . Both S t a f f o r d and Hazo will read and c o m m e n t o n their o w n p o e t r y F r i d a y at 4 p . m . in t h e s t u d i o t h e a t e r of the DeWitt Cultural C e n t e r . F R I D A Y AT 8 p . m . Hazo will deliver an address e n t i t l e d " W o r l d Without a N a m e " in Wichers A u d i t o r i u m . Both e v e n t s are f r e e and o p e n t o the public. S t u d e n t s f r o m G L C A colleges will p r e s e n t original w o r k S a t u r -
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day m o r n i n g in s e m i n a r s at 8 : 3 0 and 10:1 5 in the s t u d e n t r o o m s of the DCC. T h e p r e s e n t a t i o n s will i n c l u d e critical and a n a l y t i c a l p a p e r s , original p o e t r y and s h o r t stories. All i n t e r e s t e d s t u d e n t s a n d f a c u l t y are invited t o a t t e n d . H A Z O IS p r e s e n t l y d i r e c t o r of the I n t e r n a t i o n a l P o e t r y F o r u m , a post he has held since May 1966. He h a s published seveal v o l u m e s of p o e t r y , and his work has been translated into Spanish, French, Russian, Polish and T u r k i s h .
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BESIDES HOPE, schools ticipating in the c o n f e r e n c e be Denison, O h i o Wesleyan, Pauw, A l b i o n , K a l a m a z o o Kenyon.
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Registration will begin F r i d a y at 2 : 3 0 p.m. in the Kletz. T h e r e is no registration fee f o r H o p e students.
College awarded $12,060 for research in biology Seven H o p e s t u d e n t s will be able t o c o n d u c t i n d e p e n d e n t biology research n e x t s u m m e r u n d e r a SI 2 , 0 6 0 U n d e r g r a d u a t e Research Participation grant from the N a t i o n a l Science F o u n d a t i o n . T h e grant, which will be administered by P r o f e s s o r of Biology Dr. Ralph O c k e r s e , will be used primarily t o aid s t u d e n t s and p r o v i d e for supplies and facilities. O n e or t w o s t u d e n t s will be selected f r o m o t h e r colleges and universities in t h e m i d w e s t to participate in the H o p e p r o g r a m . T h e r e m a i n d e r of the p a r t i c i p a n t s will
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S t a f f o r d , c u r r e n t l y l e c t u r e r at Ohio Wesleyan University, has published f o u r b o o k s of p o e t r y . In a d d i t i o n , his p o e m s have been widely a n t h o l o g i z e d .
be chosen f r o m H o p e s t u d e n t s m a j o r i n g in biology. During the past f o u r years N S F grants have e n a b l e d 3 0 H ope students t o p u r s u e s o p h i s t i c a t e d research in biology in c o l l a b o r a t i o n with f a c u l t y colleagues. T h e U n d e r g r a d u a t e Research Participating p r o j e c t s are designed t o s h o w f a c u l t y m e m b e r s the superior teaching e f f e c t i v e n e s s resulting f r o m placing m a j o r r e s p o n sibility for learning u p o n t h e student. T h e present grant is t h e third such grant a w a r d e d to H o p e ' s biology d e p a r t m e n t .
DALLAS JUNE 12-17 for one of the greatest and most strategic Christian gatherings in history! Over 250,000 people will be there to hear Billy Graham and Bill Bright issue a challenge to share God's love and forgiveness For information concerning cost, registration, travel, etc. call EXT. 2213