Student employees face hour cuts

Students looking for jobs on campus are having a hard time finding them and many employed students are having their hours cut.

With fewer students working on campus, there is less assistance for students and people who need aid.

“I worked more hours last year, but requested more, this year I only requested eight, so I get eight,” said Bridget Lee-Tatman a fourth-year business student who has been working at the Langsam Library for the last two years.

The hour cuts in the started during the Summer quarter.

“It really started getting worse Fall quarter,” said Thomas Goodnow, student and shift manager at Langsam Library. “At least four or five people had to quit from the circulation desk and one person had to look for a job off campus.”

Lee-Tatman, who works part time in a co-op, said many students’ hours have lowered because of budget cuts.

“Most of us have work study,” she said. “And they’re worried about us going over hours because then we get paid by the department budget, and they can’t afford that.”

Sales associates in the bookstore at Tangeman Univeristy Center are also experiencing cuts in hours.

“I used to work 10 to 15 hours a week,” said Anthony Delarosa, a third-year creative writing student. “But lately its been five or six.”

There are also no guarantees in the number of hours to be worked after being hired.

“The hours are getting better because of the games,” Delarosa said. “If you want to work [game days], you have it.”

Shaharazad Arteaga a first-year ballet student in the College-Conservatory of Music, just started working at UC’s OneStop Student Service Center through the work study program. She works between 12 and 15 hours per week.

“My schedule is pretty hectic,” she said. “Some days I only work one hour, other days I work four – it depends.”

Working for the university has perks, but, a work-study program puts work first in the end.

“If there is nobody here and I don’t have to do something I can do schoolwork,” Shaharazad said. “But, say somebody comes up and I am doing homework, they come first.”

With only five work-study students, OneStop gives students an adequate amount of hours.

“[OneStop] wouldn’t have hired you if they were going to cut you,” Arteaga said.