Mass Media, The (Newspaper) - March 11, 1970, Boston, Massachusetts mdbe Vol IV No 13 UNIVERSITY OF March 11 1970 Columbia Point People Speak Out Residents of the Columbia Point Housing Project are seeking the cooperation of UMB officials and students to establish a viable relationship at the proposed university The citizens Council met Wednesday night March 4 at the John McCormack Junior High Vice Chancellor Hamilton Claude Weaver assistant to the Chan cellor for community relations Mr OBrien of Planning and Development and Mr Mosk the construction coordinators attended Chaired by Rod Taylor the residents listed their desires and exchanged information with the men from UMB The first matter was that of transportation Council members had demanded that no trucks have access to Mt Vernon Street This roadway is travelled daily by children to and from school Secondly the citizens voiced concern over the proposed If routed through the Project it could in with the privacy of the higher floors of the buildings Hamilton and OBrien answered these problems Showing various slides they illustrated that neither trucks nor the affect the Project Recreation facilities were discussed next At meetings a year ago the University promised the erection of a multiservice building This structure would house indoor recreational equipment and reading This must be built before con struction begins The main purpose of this building will be the provision of a gathering place for the young people of the Columbia Point Community This will help maintain safety precautions on the construction site and may avoid needless tragedies Englehart council member said the community has architects for the planning of this building and people to provide work however have a commitment from UMB before they can devote their time Hamilton is ready for immediate joint planning The next point brought up was the employment of Columbia Point residents at the University Weaver the people that this project will initiate Affirmative Action Programs Before con tractors may enter bids they must employ minority group members at a ratio of about 20 per cent Preference will go first to residents of Columbia Point and then to other sections of Boston Positions will be available on various levels of skills and training will be provided on construction jobs Hamilton in formed that clerical cafeteria and janitorial work is contracted However openings will be made available To residents An annoyed woman informed the gathering of the threatening rat problem The University site a garbage dump which has been covered Over with fill Digging will bring out the rodents who live underground and cause an invasion of the Project Mosk rose and outlined the extermination program The rats will be baited en masse before digging begins This method eliminates the hazards of 2as or another material to children and animals A sanitation olan for workers will be strictly Taylor the chairman presented he possibilities of academic for Point residents Hamilton agreed that many exist for tutorial and Dther educational programs expressed regret saying he could not commit faculty and students to specific programs at this time Generally Columbia Point citizens approve of the Univer sitys presence They are aware of the possible benefits but must safeguard themselves against alienated policies and empty promises MORE ON COLUMBIA POINT page TO t DEAN RESIGNS Dean Gagnon will announce his resignation at the faculty meeting on March 12 at in room 222 Hard Knocks for Graduates by GARDENER YENAWINE Off ice of Vocational Counseling You may have read the Sunday February 22 New York Times article entitled Graduates May Enter College of Hard If not the following quotations summarize its point The job market for fresh graduates squeezed by economic pressures is drying June graduating class will have the toughest time since World War II in its search for survey of job offers from business and industry at 141 campuses conducted by the College Placement Council showed offers to bachelors degree were 20 per cent below last United States Civil Service Commission said that general college recruiting for Government is already in considerable decline For the current fiscal year 1970 8400 college graduates were hired compared with a peak of about in fiscal both government agencies and industry begin to feel the fiscal and sales pinch the new college graduates will be among the first to get the back of entry jobs in June will depend on the national economic picture in the two months This marked decline in employment opportunity among the nations major employees is from all in dications characteristic of the local situation The decline is clearly affecting parttime and summer job markets and therefore has important im for many un as well as graduating seniors For the Liberal Arts graduate the situation may not be as bleak as the above suggests Nationally it has been in various areas of t employment ace chemicals electrical and machinery and electronics where the severest declines in em opportunity have rred According to a recent report from the College Placement Council declines in nontechnical areas have been relatively less severe Indeed recruitment ac by personnel represen from government business and industry continues on and off campuses Many of these representatives have ex expressed interest in UMB students anticipating a June graduation At the same time this activity is less vigorous than usual Most major employers of Liberal graduates seem willing to opportunities with in students regardless of are making fewer ef orts to create or stimulate For students anticipating employment after graduation in a work world scarce in jobs and crowded with applicants several suggestions come to mind First I would encourage these individuals to think critically and in broadest possible terms about there in attitudes values and goals In the process it will be important to examine the nature and validity of ones biases and stereotyped images of what particular fields and jobs are like The wider one discovers his or her range of interests to be the more flexibility one can enjoy when to considering job Continued on page 6 ON THE INSIDE Teach In p 2 Day Care Controversy Trustees Statement of Tenure Policy p 3 p 6 Educational Alternative Reviews p 6 p 7