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NU groups fight East Africa famine
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ASA starts campaign to help support East Africans suffering from famine By Ben Breuner
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The African Students Association and other student groups will begin a campaign Monday to help raise awareness and money for the victims of the current famine in East Africa. The campaign, called NU Sounds the Horn for East Africa, will kick off its fundraising with a weeklong booth in the Norris University Center. The ASA plans to begin selling t-shirts and reaching out to other groups on campus for donations later next week. The campus-wide effort is in response to a cycle of severe droughts that have led to food shortages in regions of Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya, affecting an estimated 12 million people, according to the American Red Cross. “We want people to know what’s going on,” ASA President Nicole Magabo said. “We don’t
want to pressure people with money, but we want them to at least know what’s going on.” The ASA is collaborating with several groups on campus, including Northwestern University Conference on Human Rights, the Global Engagement Summit and the Muslim-cultural Students Association . While the campaign would like to raise as much money as possible, its primary goal is raising awareness and bringing the NU community together, Magabo said. “We live in a global world, and it’s always changing,” the Medill junior said. “Even though we can’t do much to save everyone that has a problem, at least we can expand our knowledge.” The campaign is expected to continue through this quarter and possibly longer, according to Weinberg sophomore Hanan
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Goen Klink, who recruited potential employees for employment agency Aerotek, said he could tell which job seekers had undergone YJC job training. “The people from YJC always have a resume and are just more prepared,” Klink said. Interested in a job in sales or retail was Evanston resident Maurissa Mosley, 23, who said she was satisfied with her experience at the fair after touring the booths. “I have a lot of experience in those areas,” Mosley said. “I think it was pretty helpful. They’ve got a lot of opportunities in there.” University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign graduate Christina Jong, 22, was a biology major in college and perused the job fair for opportunities in the medical or health care industries. She said she plans to attend medical school in the future. “I figured I should get on (the job search), to gain some experience,” Jong said. “Today is actually the first job search day.” Burghardt said the Youth Job Center’s goal for their clients for this fiscal year is 625 hires. “A lot of job seekers can’t get their foot in the door, or they don’t have the resources,” Burghardt said. “It really just takes having good access and a service that understands employers’ and workers’ needs.”
Mexican Grill. Other companies participating included North Shore ComJob seekers crowded into munity Bank & Trust, Amtrak, the Evanston Public Library Aerotek and Hyatt Hotels. According to the Illinois on Thursday afternoon, donning business attire and tout- Department of Employment ing resumes at the Youth Job Security, the unemployment rate Center’sFall Job Fair. for Illinois rose to 9.9 percent The event was open to the in August, above the current general public and marked the national average of 9.1 percent. second time a fall fair attracted The Youth Job Center, more than 500 attendees, said founded in 1983, provides job Jordan Burghardt, the Youth Job training and employment serCenter’s employment outreach vices to about 1,400 Chicagocoordinator. and Evanston-area at-risk youth, From 1 to 4 p.m., attendees according to the organization’s signed in with the center and website. It also aids them in job were given the opportunity to search and placement, resume market themselves to potential and interview support, comemployers whose booths were puter skills and employment stationed around the library’s retention. community meeting room. The center’s services cater to “I came in at 11 this morning job seekers 14 to 25 years old, but and found out there were people public events such as the job fair that had been waiting outside are open to all ages. Burghardt since 9 a.m.,” Burghardt said. said these types of open events Businesses’ booths featured used to have a younger, less signs specifying their required experienced demographic, but hiring age, with some begin- now attract adults competning at 16 years old. Employers ing with youth for entry-level offered positions ranging from jobs due to the poor economic managerial opportunities to climate. entry-level jobs. “Competition is high now, Employers recruiting at the and it really puts younger job fair included food service and seekers at a disadvantage,” retail companies like Starbucks, Burghardt said. “In this market, Output On: October 13, 2011 4:40 PM High-Resolution PDF - PRINT READY JCPenney, Lowe’s and Chipotle skills matter.” marissake2013@u.northwestern.edu
Tisdahl talks career, town-gown issues By Joseph Diebold
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Evanston Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl spoke at the Allen Center on Thursday about her experience as a female leader, as well as discussing hottopic issues like town-gown relations. The lecture was part of ANUW’s annual fall breakfast, which features a female speaker each year. About 130 women attended the event, which serves to kick off the association’s academic year. Tisdahl, who was elected mayor in April 2009, shared her insights on her own leadership style, often through anecdotes from her career. “I get by with a little help from my friends,” Tisdahl said. “It’s easy to lead from behind and that’s what works for me.” Carol Michelini, current human resources memberat-large and former president of ANUW, praised Tisdahl’s hands-off approach to leadership. “What I was impressed with was the fact she has figured out what she’s good at, and she’s not trying to be anybody other than who she is,” Michelini said. “For a long time there’s been one model of leadership: you have to be tough, hard-
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driving, and get yourself out there. What she’s saying is you can be who you are. If you know who you are and what you stand for, you can move from behind and you can lead as well.” Tisdahl also spoke about the city’s future plans to improve town-gown relations, a topic that has made headlines recently with new information about the city’s ‘brothel law’ and the presence of a sellout crowd at Saturday’s football game. “One of the things the city is looking at is we’ve abdicated our responsibility to communicate with Northwestern students,” she said. “We need to look at social media and do a better job of communicating directly with students.” See TISDAHL, page 5
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