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IB 8, 1975 TH£ SAL8EM1T£ earth news Page Seven EARTH NEWS SERVICE GLOOM FACES GRADS /pARTH NEWS) — June graduates are going to have •se time than ever getting jobs, according to the Col- * placement Council’s annual winter employer poll. poll shows an unexpected 4 percent drop in job open- . this June as compared to a year ago. It’s the first over- Mrov^riionrye&rs. While engineers will probably have 7 percent more job ffprs than a year ago, the poll predicts that a total of only I prcent of the graduates in the humanities and social j/ences are likely to find jobs in their own fields. ]t’s equally dismal for new Ph.D.s, who will be getting II percent fewer job offers this June than last year. biggest T. V. COURSE EVER: “ASCENT OF MAN” (EARTH NEWS) — In what is being heralded as the most massive use of television in higher education history. e )io,000 students at more than 200 colleges and univer sities are receiving credit this winter for viewing the new Broadcasting series “The Ascent of Man.” On most participating campuses, the students’ televis ion viewing is being supplemented by a companion book, a set of study guides, and in-class discussions. The series, developed by the late Jacob Bronowski for the British Broad casting System and Time-Life films, traces the history of western culture through science. Among the campuses offering credit for the 13-week series are the State University of New York, Dartmouth, Pennsylvania State, Temple, and the Universities of Michi gan Minnesota, New Mexico, Virginia, Alaska, and Hawaii. LOOKING for a good part-time job!! •Good Pay •New Opportunities • Career Training •Regular Promotions • Men and Women Eligible EARN $45 FOR ONE WEEKEND PER MONTH, AND TRAIN FOR A REWARDING CAREER IN THE TECHNICAL SKILL OF YOUR CHOICE. GETTING INVOLVED BECAUSE AMERICA NEEDS US A CAMPUS LIBRARY OPENS 24 HOURS A DAY (EARTH NEWS) — If you’re one of the many students I dissatisfied with the limited hours most campus libraries | are open, you might be interested in a new' policy at the Uni- ' versify of Wisconsin campus here. j The campus library is now open 24 hours a day, seven i . o TiraoV TTnivpvQifv TH‘hrflrv Director William C. Roselle. I FOR MORE INFORMATION (No Obligation) CLIP AND MAIL TO; ARMY RESERVE OPPORTUNITIES, 4001 WEST DEVON AVE. RM. 106, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60646 days a week. University Library Director William C. Roselle, who is responsible for the round-the-clock operation, says I that students should be able to use their library to study, read a magazine, or listen to records “any time at all.” | Many students work and have widely varying schedules, • especially on an urban commuter campus like UW-Milwau- | kee, Roselle explains. An additional feature of the 24-hour i liKvovir ia flno y*r\nn H a_r»l npl^ il Vlil if V of fi P.OmDUtf^r i NAME. AGE. ADDRESS. library is the round-the-clock availability of a computer which students may use upon completion of a training pro gram. CITY. STATE. I ZIP. PHONE. SOUTHERN UNIVERSITIES FACE NEW DESEGREGA TION DRIVE By George Wood (EARTH NEWS) — The next big desegregation drive is shaping up against Southern universities. While Southern elementary and secondary schools have cooperated with de segregation orders handed down in recent years, most uni versities and colleges in the South are still 90 to 95 percent 'vhite. The Southern population is only about 80 percent " IT PAYS TO GO TO MEETINGS ” J Arts and Entertainment . NCSA MAY MOVIES white. Of the three dozen or so formerly all black colleges in the region, at least two dozen are still 90 percent black. Archaeology Volunteers Invited Now, the U. S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare has decided to finally begin carrying out an 18- year old federal court order to cut off federal aid to 10 South ern and border states with less than fully desegregated systems of higher education. Students are urgently invited to help i n archaeological excava tions in England next summer. Deadline for applications is May 15. According to the executive director of the Southern Educational Foundation, John Griffin, few of the integra- i'on proposals submitted so far by Southern states would really eliminate segregation. Most of the proposals, Griffin contain admission tests that fail to account for cultural differences. And, he notes, many of the plans don’t provide be level of financial aid needed by many black students. The North Carolina School of the Arts will show the following movies during May. Salem students are welcome to attend them. May 11 “The Effects of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the- Moon Marigolds.” May 18—Marx Brothers “Duck Soup” and a cartoon May 25—“Dumbo” and “Endless Summer” Other programs also presented are: Mav 15 18 22-24-A Flea In Her Ear by Georges Feydeau rapidly changing land use are may lu lo, + threatening the disappearance of May 19—NCSA Chorus and Chamber Concert ^ prehistoric graves, Iron-age set- May 20-24 “The Philadelphia Story” by Philip Barry May 20—Gala Oboe Recital May 23—NCSA Orchestra Concert City center redevelopment, new road-building programs and Black colleges, in particular, have been opposed to full gregation. While they are willing to admit some white swdents, they fear that full desegregation would destroy ® unique role they have played in the education of black „®encans. And, they fear that their campuses would be- ®^uond-rate institutions because they would have to pete with the larger, more established white colleges ‘‘M universities for both students and funds. Nonetheless, the HEW activities could mean a drastic ® the make-up of Southern universities in the not istant future. Already, the state of Louisiana is being EDUCATORS’ GROUP TO INVESTIGATE FIRING OF RADICALS FRANCISCO ("FARTH NEWS) — Reacting to cries that radical econom^fteachers are being fired from American campuses, theT^mbShip of the American Economics Association (AEA? te votld to establish a new “Committee on Political Discrimination” to investigate such charges. the U.S. government for failure to submit a desegre- Mon proposal. Accordimr to the Union of Radical Economics which Accoraing faculty members at San Jose proposed the committee, tnree I ^ p-f fUa fitv study abroad this summeri Eause of their political views on economics. Michael Zwieg, a spokesperson tor_,the radical^ union. ‘systematic iviicnaei zjwicg, ^ radicals indicate a Abroad Program offers 4-week sessions at Oxford, j-ppression of politically economics at a time w lanVoT’J'^™tpellier, France; and University College, Galway, Ire- ■ hours credit available in each session. Literature, philosophy art Fr u— '-‘vuii, avaiiauie iii eauii ’ ^ud Irish language and culture. and all fees for 4 weeks, $525. Write UNC-_A Abroad coSonaf e^nomics is falling to economic crisis adical economics explain the current rm, fVip aEA which represents adminis- The committee of the AEa,^^ nationwide, will investi- tlements, Roman villas, fascinat ing relics of mediaeval towns, all over Britain. American students free from mid-May, and with previous archaeological experience, are in vited to j 0 i n an international team on a dig of the important neolithic flint mines at Grimes Graves in Norfolk. Experienced volunteers will receive free board and lodging for helping in this important work. Other students without exper ience are invited to join the British Archaeology Seminar at Lincoln College, Oxford, orga nized by the Association for Cul tural Exchange. Six academic credits can be earned from par ticipating in this low-cost program which ends by three weeks’ par ticipation on digs in different parts of England and Scotland. Write now for further details to Ian Lowson, 539 West 112 Street, New York, N.Y. 10025. CarolinaCarolina at Asheville, Asheville, North tratons and teachers “7^^^ to its fttnjS Ee£ ft^fbetom radicals or angone else.
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