March 24,1999
Meredith Heratd
Campus Extras
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Monkey see, monkey do get that job
Free Release
JobMonkey.com
Students who are looking
for summer jobs and careers
can now visit a web site that
provides free information
on job opportunities around
the world: http://www. Job-
Monkey.com.
The web site can help stu
dents and recent graduates
find jobs inn Alaska,
Hawaii, the Caribbean,
Europe, Asia and other loca
tions.
Visitors to
JobMonkey.com can access
profiles of more than 2,000
employers such as airlines,
casinos, cruise and land tour
companies. National Parks
and Forests, the Alaska fish
ing industry, ski and beach
resorts and schools that hire
English teachers in Asia and
in Europe.
Company president Matt
Lucas says the people
behind JobMonkey.com
have been publishing books
and resource manuals on
finding jobs in these indus
tries for 15 years.
“We have the most com
prehensive information on
the unique jobs available
anywhere,” he says, “and
now, it’s all online.”
Lucas says thousands of
pages from his company’s
employment manual series
are now available online
free of charge. When they
visit JobMonkey.com,
Lucas says, students and
soon-to-be grads will find
detailed information on
what positions are available
in what industries, what
skills are required, how
much they can expect to
earn, what it’s like to work
Evening trolley coming
Press Release
Raleigh Transit Authority
The Raleigh City Council
and the Raleigh Transit Author
ity have authorized the imple
mentation of a six-month to
one-year pilot program provid
ing evening trolley service for
the downtown area. The
evening service will replace the
downtown lunchtime (SCAT)
route using the trolleys.
The new night service will
operate on Thursday, Friday
and Saturday evenings and
began on Mar. 18. The night
time service will operate every
15 minutes from 6:40 p.m.
until 12:40 a.m. each night.
The evening route will cover
the City Market area, Glen-
wood Avenue South and the
west side of downtown.
The Raleigh Transit Authori
ty has authorized the first
month of service (Mar. 18-20,
Mar. 25-27, Apr. 1-3, Apr. 8-10
and Apr. 15-17) to be free as a
way to introduce the downtown
evening trolley service and
develop ridership. The City ot
Raleigh Transit Division will
also be working with the
Downtown Raleigh Alliance in
promoting the new service to
in that part of the world, tips
on how to get the best jobs,
and information on travel
ing and living there. Job-
Monkey.com also provides
listings of employers and
complete contact informa
tion for all the industries
listed.
Lucas says the web site is
designed for students and
grads looking for more than
traditional summer jobs or
career opportunities.
The JobMonkey.com web
site includes topic-specifie
forums so students can com
municate with others plan
ning to work in the same
industry or loeation. They
can also learn about experi
ences others have had work
ing there.
Lucas stresses that the
JobMonkey.eom web site is
user-friendly.
downtown businesses and visi
tors.
Daytime trolley service,
which operated Monday
through Friday from 11:30 a.m.
to 2:30 p.m., conclude on Fri
day, Mar. 12. The trolleys had
provided the lunchtime service
since Jan. 1990.
The trolleys are replicas of
the streetcars that used to trav
el the streets of Raleigh until
1932 when buses replaced the
streetcars. The trolleys are
deliberately numbered 32 and
33 to continue the sequence of
trolleys used. Raleigh’s first
transit trip taken on Christmas
Day, 1886, was on the City’s
new streetcar line.
Capital Area Transit (cat) is
the urban transit system that
serves the city of Raleigh. Cat
comprises two highly integrat
ed types of transportation ser-
vices-a regular bus system and
a system of feeder services
connected to the regular bus
routes, called the catconnector
system.
For more information about
any of these services, call the
City of Raleigh Transportation
Department at 831-6785.
JobMonkey.eom is the
new interactive division of
American Collegiate Mar
keting. Founded in 1974,
American Collegiate Mar
keting has been providing
products and services to
the college market for
more than 25 years.
EDITOR’S NOTE: Web
users should be aware that
JobMonkey.eom is currently
undergoing minor redesign
of some of its pages. If you
can not find the information
you want the first time, try
again a day or two later.
There are also other job
searches available on the
web such as Hotjobs.com
and Yahoo’s services for
their eye on the job market.
All three sites have some
thing to offer searchers.
Johnson Prize seeks nominees
Doug Wakeman
Dept, of Business and Economics
By its second year, the
Prize endowed in the honor
of Dr. James R. Johnson,
III, who served the Depart
ment of Business and Eco
nomics at Meredith Col
lege for 18 years prior to
his tragic departure in
1997, has given out $1200.
This year, the Prize is
again in search of a deserv
ing student to receive the
$500 award.
Using donations made to
the College in loving mem
ory of Dr. Johnson by his
family, friends, colleagues,
students, and alumnae, a
fund was established to
make the annual award.
Known as the James R.
Johnson Memorial Prize,
the award is given each
year to a deserving Mered
ith College student who
will use the funds to facili
tate steps toward her goals.
The committee charged
with selecting the recipient
seeks applications and
nominations for the Prize.
The entire College com
munity is asked to help the
committee to identify worthy
individuals and their needs.
Any member of the College
community may nominate
deserving student(s).
Deserving students are urged
to nominate themselves.
Whether you seek to nom
inate yourself or someone
else, sheets for nomination
are available in the Business
and Economics assistant‘s
office. The form requires the
nominee to identify himself
or herself, the student being
nominated, contact informa
tion for the nominator and
the nominee, and, in fewer
than 400 words, a clear and
concise description of the
way(s) in which the receipt
of the Prize would make it
possible for the recipient to
achieve or pursue her acade
mic, professional or personal
goals in a manner not other
wise attainable.
Forms are available from
and should be returned to
Belinda Styron, Department
of Business and Economics,
111 Shearon Harris Business
Building no later than Apr. 9,
1999.
New editors chosen
for publications
CHERYLjHNKiNS
PublicatkJns BaAni Adviser ;;
Publicatiofi-S Board is proud I
Ito announce the 1999-2CKXI pub-
lUcations editors and officers as|
Ifollows;
Herald - Leslie Maxwell
Oak Lettves - Christie Evans
Acorn - Lisa Giiliarru Ayana|
|Rhodes (co-editors)
Board Secretary - Lytida|
iMarie Taurasi
The editors and officers elect-
led were chosen after Ihe Board I
I reviewed dbeir applications and I
Icotiducted personal interviews]
|ort Mat. 17, Congratulations.
Choose not
to smoke today
PtffiSSRilLEASE
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Hall and ibe Cate Center.
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who did not are all invited to]
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|today, Wednesday, Mar. 24.
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Capstone 952 class and the PhL
[amian Society, ff ym have any]
questions, call x2058.
Easter holiday
check-out times
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around the corner. The Office of 1
Residence Life wratld like to]
remind all residents that the]
derrms will dose Thursday, Apr.]
I at 6;3B p.m, after classes end-j
ing at 5:30 p.nt.
Barefoot and Heilman halls I
arc the only balls students may
stay in during the holiday. Only!
student teachers, international j
students, interns or co-ops may!
remain in tbe residence halls!
alter riotilyiug Residence l.ilcj
h> Mat. 31 at 4 p.m. The rest-j
dence halls will reopen at 2 p.m.|
on Apr. 5.
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