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/ 1 [PEOPLE PLAC Black History Month Staff Report* There's an old saying that makes the observation that everyone loves a comic. Comediennes Kathy Walker and Emmy Gay will be banking on that sentiment when they hit the stage in the Golden Spur at 7:30 tonight. Entertaining a crowd comes second nature to Gay, whose experiences with entertaining an audience began % in elementary school. "If I was good and let the other kids do their work, my teachers would give me 10 to 20 minutes at the end of class to entertain," Gay said in The University Daily (Texas Tech University). "I would get eveiyone to sing along, and I would tell them funny jokes and 4 make everyone laugh." Walker spent her early days in ^ r* il t r%i xi _i? l ooutn uersey. oince tnen, sne nas passed the time performing in clubs, acting in plays and serving as a disc jockey. Gay also has a resume full of activities that range from performing on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" to juggling. Their show kicks off the celebration of Black History Month that runs Ladies Comedy Night where The Golden Spur when 7:30 p.m. Tonight with Kathy Walker and Emmy Gay how much free C Place your ad in The Gan someone special just how Use the space below to wri handwriting I I or typeset O O w c Place your i f( j (1) in the adve <? (2) by phone," \ (3) Send camp <"Np Room 343; ?> O O O ?0 O < ES WHATNOT] begins with a laugh jp \ j f J TIIY WALKER VALKER Bhp^' 1 HH JffM|^K?l I iAY | t WitR tecock for this Valentine's I you feel... te in your copy. We can put i it for you. Please check Jnly $3.00 id one of these three easy w rtising office: Room 343, Russell '77-4249 - Pay by Visa or Master us mail to: Valentine's Ad; The G; Russell House; Campus C>V4/ o O O O D< Pi T . r Mil Lack of experie money matters c: students trying to lives... and d By Jackie Mariaca J Staff Writer ] S, ome students change ma- c jors the way they change j . channels with a remote g f control. Why do so many 1 students have trouble selecting a ma- t jor and then sticking to it? What is the criteria used when making this t decision? g The criteria can be narrowed to i three general categories: market de- s mand, personal preference and fi- r nancial compensation. Often, the cat- 1 egories may overlap. For instance, r when considering the demand for a particular occupation, one also might i consider the money offered. ( As an example, when I tried t<*se- t lect a major, I first considered what t types of jobs were in demand. Through t counselors and career programs, I in- s vestigated what the financial rewards would be in these particular fields, e The job range was rather general, s and since I didn't have any concrete ( notion as to what I really wanted to a do, I changed my major three times, p A friend of mine, Karen Lee, a li freshman at NYU, is fretting over her e major selection. Currently, she is a h journalism major, but now she's not s certain as to whether that's what she wants to stick with. Her tuition runs s her about $20,000 per year, so she fi knows she doesn't have much time fi to bounce back in forth between ma- u jors, thereby adding more semesters, t Lee enjoys writing, but when she h c^vc )ay to tell your t in your own : the appropriate box. ays... House I curd imecock; / n j # * ? 74r -o o o |?| 'o o o o o o o o o o o o o o Midline: 2/9/95 iblication: February 14th nee with life, reate chaos for i plan out their aeir majors :onsiders all the student loans she vill have to pay back, the salary she vould make as a journalist isn't reissuring. Tm so confused," Lee said. "1 still lon't know what I want to be yet. My >arents are paying all this money, md 111 still have thousands of dolars worth of student loans to pay >ack by the time I graduate." Then there are those who go with ? neir neart and select the major they've dways dreamed of studying, because \ t's what they truly want to do. Obtacles may still arise, though. My oommate, Danielle Cox, for instance, las always wanted to be a registered lurse. "I really didn't do enough research nto the university's nursing program," 2ox said. "When I was accepted into he pre- nursing program, they failed o tell me how slim the chances are hat I'd advance into the upper diviion." Currently, the demand for nurss exceeds the supply of classroom pace, so the competition is intense. )ut of a class of 200, perhaps 40 will idvance to the upper division. Courted with that are yearlong waiting ists to get into some nursing courss. For these reasons, Cox changed ler major to exercise science; now, < he'll become a physical therapist. 1 Apparently, there are various reaons why students continue to bounce ( rom major to major. Perhaps one of 8 he biggest reasons, though, is based 1 innn vnn+Vi onrl inovnorionoo i een-agers, when they come out of ( ligh school, are still trying to figure t ^ 14 Thornton St will be on time this y< I niversit\ seniors an This is yoi professions shots take: Febri 2nd Flo< 9 no ap caps and govu . r . * * Aj jut who they are and what they wai a do with their lives. When they leave high school an ;nter college, they dont have all thoi inswers yet, thus all the uncertaii y and wavering. Maybe they shoul ake a few years to experience life, 1 liscover themselves, their strength ;heir weaknesses and their fields i 3st cn udios, from campus for sar to photo t of South C d graduate : ur last chan l1 portraits c a with no si iary 13 thri )r Russell -2 and 3-7 QUA^fERLY pointment necess; rns will be availabli [SIS sill (>^ it expertise. ^ Perhaps then there would be stu^ dents entering college with a clearer 1_ picture of their goals and objectives. Id And maybe then the selection of a to major wouldn't quite so closely res, semble choosing between sitcom and of a crime drama. 3fic. New York, * the last >graph the arolina's ttfiirlpnts or v A. \A^ ce to get >r resume tting fee. u 17 House ary e if needed ii * fe