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i New swit m ^ ? eliminate By John M. Robinson to Five relief operators have been permanently laid off in the n< reorganization of the university ef switchboard system, a move in- st tended to save the university sc money and improve service. ai The university and state swit- H chboard systems combined June 30 ei (the fiscal year began July 1), tY according to Richard Eisenman, a! USC communications manager, tl While the six full-time operators p were reassigned or relocated on A state payroll, relief operators were a laid off. The relief operators were listed oi as parttime and classified as v, temporary employes of the si university, Eisenman said. k Eisenman estimates the fi university will save about $25,000 b this fiscal year and about $55,000 u every year after that. The university will no longer have to o pay the operators' salaries, or pay tl rental fees to Southern Bell for tl switchboard equipment, according v i Monday Night Stud Special I r - ^ ti>?? - roryou gei... j U.S. Choice Steak Baked Potato or Fn | Salad Bar Reservations Req I I.D. Required Proper Attire Req L_74JL 5-Pp j fwVCv.f^ '? \l: M Jgq H8 jsfl jjpW^ Jp f %.-' ] gaBBfe ^y < : ) I^3Bk\WSC9E1IWI InHH BS^QSBbki ra@B TUESOAYS ~ LADIES' NIGHT Si | WEDNESDAYS ? FREE BEER (8 11) chboard sys 9 pun-Time Eisenman. Joan H. In addition to saving money, the supervisor 2W organization should be more Personnel S< 'ficient. The recently automated fivepart-tim ate switchboard system now her about p< jrves state offices, state agencies the universi id USC. According to Ralph L. The five h lit chins rnrnmnninafinnc hv thp univp ngineer at general services for they had no le state, the state system will be well said, ble to handle more calls than the According iree positions the university was interest reviously had to handle its calls, part-time j< lso, university information is now "There is nc vailable 24 hours a day. university ir One of the relief operators laid job with ir ff, Mrs. Doris Blackwell, said she explained. ;qc nnt Qivoro \71 nn uu law UTTU& v vri iiV/l l^lliput ai jr f tw a it tatus until she was fired. "If I had Harold Br nown, I wouldn't have gone the university's irstday," Blackwell said. She has is toward ii een a relief operator with the The swit< niversity for six-and-a-half years, plan was d Eisenman said the relief permanent perators should have known of relocated, E heir temporary status because He added hey worked only when called and plans to ci /ere paid by the hour. ployes from 'em Friday Nig DATE NIGHT (a Buy one dinner at i A i * ana gei secona tc 9nch Fries (Doesn't include desserts, or ap uested Reservations Re Bring this Coupe uested Student or Facul JL'-L* ,0101 MHIMBflHHHUIMBHAaBnBaHMBMHBMMPMHMIHnnHrittlMlflnUKQ jSSh^HHm^WY > \ iK^ga jjf HAPPY MOUC DRINKS *1.00,.. /SPACIOUS GAMEROOM A COMPLETE R JR. PHONE?7 ??? item jobs Intro nmnlAirmnr vvjvf viupiujriUCIJ of the university' jrvices, said two of th jfl ie employes spoke wit JSt >ssible employment e ty. # ^ ave not been relocate rsity. "Personnel sai thing for me," Blacl to Joye, Blackwe ed only in a temporar >b on a switchboan ^ >thing I know of at th ivolving the same typ regular hours," Jo> sident of Operatior unton Jr. said tfc _ primary responsibilit Is full-time employe chboard consolidatic r*\. \ elayed six months f ^ employes could be USC and state s^ Irunton said. an(j make seryjc I there are no future it any part-time em- laid off in the the university payroll. a II ** 1 jj fhtls j I |? tuples only) | I If 11 regular price J I getoilt >r Half Price! , I thefirS a hftVArnno s I; Pm tfni "v ?r ipetizers.) | IS ^0 quired i i ; Bingo m and I ? Ity I.D. | jl B SINlj ?J -DRAFT ?.2? HH 8 SHI: MOfi I CAMP 7 ES'AitHANT, mm a ALTRAH 11 | VASQUE 5 PMOFNI' - ; ' . > > V.:. ^ Ifl "Jfcjj^^^^ SH t^i^ias '-w wEBBaSsMmm, Www* H kill ' I jr\J 1 vitchboard systems have combined to save money e more efficient. Five part-time operators were reorganization. | | News Brief | ver ? ? tl . By Wayne Brooks of this, , , 7 "Problems in the Presidency," a t thing new graduate level course, is being ? taught this semester by Dr. 1113 CIO j Raymond A. Moore of the l^v 4 i -t A. ? * . i uqwiuuciii oi vxovenuneni ana 1 SCv International Studies. 1 ' The course employs some of the Oil 6 knowledge and experience Moore ! gleaned from a two-week seminar in Washington, D.C., during July. The seminar, "Presidential Classroom for Young Americans," offered undergraduate. Dost rl graduate and high school students, -1 as well as university teachers, an I opportunity to learn governmental | processes and the presidency, II Moore said. I Among the noted speakers to I appear before the seminar were 1 John Dean III, former counsel to 1 President Nixon; John Lindsav. 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