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Show Tuesday, June 30, 1987 KLJ lJ WEBER STATE COLLEGE VoL47No758 A summer for The nation's positive economic picture is creating a greater number and variety of opportunities for summer job seekers, according to Manpower, Inc., the worldwide temporary help firm. Students and teachers are among those f i Hi n g businesses' needs for summer workers to fill in for vacationing employees and helping meet seasonal surges in business Manpower anticipates having more than 100,000 temporary job openings in businesses around the nation this summer, a number up substantially from last year. "There are plenty of opportunities for students and others looking for summer The U.S. Constitution; Charles Staff The colonists in America, settled in 13 colonies from New Hampshire on the north to Georgia on the south , were not a united land until the American Revolution began.There hasd been several attempts at Union durring this Colonial period, with the most famous Inside . . . Cannon Fireworks See page 2 1" Weber Stale junior Ron Thompson took the summer off to get a part-time summer job with a Layton constructioncompany. work, but they have to use some resourcefulness and initiative to make the most of those opportunities," said Manpower President Mitchell S. Fromstein. Harrington reporter - The Constitution of the UnitedStates of America was established in the year 1787, only after years of temporary governements established by the founding fathers did not work out. employment , i Fromstein has a number of tips for summer job seekers: 1 ) Be persistent- Don't be discouraged if you haven't lined up a summer job yet. Economic (See SUMMER JOBS on page 2) being the Albany Plan of Union in 1754. The plan, proposed by Benjamin Franklin, was designed to protect the Colonies from the French and indians. The proposal called for the colonies to send representatives to represent them them in a colonial legislature , while the British would send a Viceroy to the Colonies to represent their sovereignty. The plan failed because the Americans were not ready for a union and the British thought they would be giving too much power to the Americans by letting them unite. Colonial Union finally began in the year 1774, when the Boston Port Bill and Intolerable Acts, punishing Massachussets Bay for the Boston Tea Party, were encated and -i j V 1 V, ! i 1 M I ti in : t ; I iSignposI pholo: Jeff Bheei conditions are good and current surveys indicate that jobs are available. Don't assume that all firms using summer help have completed their hiring. Needs a logical document Wierd Al See page 5 Freshmenget first look at Weber State Chris Editor Next year's freshman class began getting a good look at the Weber State campus yesterday as freshman orientation got underway Monday morning. It is estimated that 1800 new students will attend the four hour orientation before fall classes begin. Orientation coordinators Julie Arbuckle and Marylin Stephens have hired 16 student advisors to direct the freshmen and transfer students through the four-hour program. These upperclassmen have undergone a week-l-ong training session, complete with a comprehensive, written final exam, which Arbuckle says is a must for the orientation to be successful. "We were looking for appealing, competent upperclassmen, who could be in charge of between six to eight new students. They have been well taught in policies and procedures, as well as advising and interaction skills," said Arbuckle. "Advisors need accurate information. We want students to graduate in four years, and not in six just because of bad advisement." Arbuckle, who estimates that the academic advisement office sees more than 5,000 students each year, feels the freshman orientation program can be very beneficial for the rest of the school as well. "Students who don't develop relationships at school drop out," said Arbuckle. "This is a good chance for the new students to get to know their professors and department leaders, and a chance for the (See FRESHMEN on page 2) put into effect. This prompted the prominent leaders in each colony to meet in Philadelphia Pennsylvania on September 26, 1774, to discuss the British problem. All the colonies except Georgia attended the meeting and discussed what should be done about trying toget the British to reconcile the problem. It was the first time in Colonial America that the leaders of the different colonies recognized they had a common bond, that of being held non-representable by an authoritarian king. In the spring of 1775, the American Revolution first began at Lexington and Concord, in Massachusetts. One month later, the Continental Congress met again, and named George Washington as general of the newlky adopted Army. (See CONSTITUTION on page 3) J.Miller - in - Chief Sidelines See page 5 |
