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Wednesday, April 21, 1999 Senate gauging students' opinions The Senate Student Service Committee has developed a survey to cathpr infnrmatirvn nnH iHpas about the student body's concerns. Surveys can be completed from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Greene Street and will be available outside the SG office for the remainder of the semester. For more information, call Melissa Fletcher or Rebecca Payne at 777-2654. MAP accepting more applications The Minority Assistance Peer Program will be accepting additional applicants to serve as MAP counselors for the 1999-2000 academic year. Applications are due by 5 p.m. Tuesday in the Office of Multicultural Student Affairs. For more information, call Kristen Richardson at 544-1375. Freshman halls to hold luau Moore, Snowden, Douglas, Patterson and Bates residence halls are holding "Carolina Luau '99" from 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday in the Bates House social room and on the patio and lawn behind Bates. The event will be catered with tradifi Ar?n1 In on inolii/^mrr nuiia.1 iuau IUUU, xiiuiu.u.ii.15 luaoicu pig. Activities include a dunk tank and music by local band Blackbeard's Truck. The luau is free and open to the residents of the dorms involved. For more information, call Grant Wooten at 5443098 or Holly Hallmann at 7770378. Garnet & Black looking for editors Garnet & Black is looking for section editors for the 1999-2000 school year. Applications are due Friday and are available in RH 331. For more information, call 777-1149. AAAS sponsoring scholarship pageant The Association of African-American Students will sponsor the first Elite Male Scholarship Pageant at 6:30 p.m. Sunday in RH Theater to celebrate and uplift college men who serve as leaders and role models. Admission is free. For more information, call Jotaka F.nddv at 544-1764. SG wants campus to get naked Student Government will hold its second annual "Let's Get Naked" clothing drive through April 28. Clothes can be dropped off at any residence hall and in the SG office, RH 110. For more information, call SG at 777-2654. Psi Chi to hold inductions Psi Chi, the psychology national honor society, will hold its induction ceremony for spring 1999 candidates at 7 p.m. Sunday in the Rutledge Chapel. Refreshments will follow. Carolina Shuttle to collect canned goods Beginning Monday, the Carolina Shuttle will be collecting canned goods for Harvest Hope Food Bank. Students cleaning out dorms can take all nonperishable food items to any Carolina Shuttle bus. For more information, call 777-1080. 'Doc Hollywood' writer to participate in benefit Neil Shuman, author of the book "Doc Hollywood" will perform his stand-up comedy routine at a benefit for the Columbia Free Medical Clinic and CAMP KEMO from 7 to 10 p.m. Wednesday at the Mil lennium, located on St. Andrews Road. Tickets are $10 and available by calling Chuck Carter at 799-5091 or Richard Hoppmann at 540-1000. Tickets will also be sold at the door. Happy Hour to be held for Preston Preston College alumni, residents and faculty associates are invited to Happy Hour at Bailey's Sports Grille off Harbison Boulevard, in front of the Carmike Cinemas. For more information, call Anne Knight at 782-4501 or Jenny Malizia at 544-0944. j $ ? Carolina between by Audrey Y. Williams Knight Ridder Newspapers CHARLOTTE ? When Khalill Sm graduates from Johnson C. Smith U versity next month, he's confident h have two things: a degree in sociok and a job. The senior from Fairfax has aires turned down two job offers, has a s ond interview coming up with one co pany and an oral offer from anoth "I didn't think it was going work out like this," said the 29-ye old, who also was accepted recently to a graduate program in social wo "It's making me feel good that I hs some options after May 2 when I gr; uate." Smart and students like him woi likely have even more options if tl year's job market for new college gr: uates mirrored last year's. But even though recruiting for 1 class of'99 hasn't reached the pi nomenal levels of last spring, the. market for new grads still appes strong. "Last spring, recruiters were ji really frantic. You had recruiters goi to clubs and handing out business can said Camille Luckenbaugh, empli ment information manager at the 1 tional Association of Colleges a Employers. "It's much calmer for them now. 1 students are still getting jobs, and 1 recruiters are able to get the people tl need." What's different about this sprii Some colleges say many companie in a move to get students committed jobs early - have already hired the p pie they needed in the fall, ml* 1^ ^3 t * CAROLII graduates multiple jc So they've cut back on recruiting this spring. Last school year, many com pames looked for new hires during both art seasons. ni- Denise Dwight Smith, who heads ell the career center at UNC Charlotte, )gy has seen that trend locally. "Last year for the first time, we had idy a spring [career fair]. Sixty companies ec- came," Smith said. "This time, around m- 40 people came." er. NACE also said some companies are to worried that the overall economy is due ar- for a slowdown and that has contributed in- to the decrease in demand for new colrk. lege graduates. ive The annual fall recruiting survey ad- by NACE shows that employers expected to hire 10 percent more new colald lege graduates than last year - comtiis pared with a projection of 19 percent in ad- the fall 1997 survey. "What we're hearing anecdotally is die just that... there seems to be a little bit ae- of uncertainty among companies," Luckjob enbaugh said. ars Still, the labor market is tight - especially in the Carolinas. With the list nation's jobless rate at 4.2 percent - the ing lowest in 29 years - more companies Is," are likely to hire entry-level candidates Dy- for jobs they would normally offer to *la- more experienced workers, Luckennd baugh said. In fact, in the NACE survey, 17 per"he cent of employers said having fewer the workers" to choose from has caused them ley to hire more new college graduates. Starting salaries, according to the surlg? vey, are expected to increase nation. U.. ? A O A & ? wiuc uy a *?.o pcitcnt aveiage. I to Employers still seem to be most ineo terested in graduates with technicalrelated degrees and skills. IFM i & - p\ i: \ - v W^* 9 P IE wt/tm -jUl III C ItC So Th< Yoi An 70% As a' 0ffic< for th at yo Offic Tech If yoi Cana Offic* upgr; versi1 ($7.? more find ( www ?19 99 do you \ of Micrc *Rese//i Tj X NA NEWS choosing )b offers But Carolinas career center directors say there's opportunity for all disciplines - even liberal arts majors. Tn thp flarnlinas fhnsp who want tn teach - new college grads included are hot property. The Greenville County school system has started talking about offering perks such as bonuses to special education teachers. They might also vouch for teachers with utility companies to help them sidestep paying deposits. "The marketplace is getting much more competitive," said Oby Lyles, a spokesman for the school district, which hires about 300 teachers a year. "Those individuals who are education majors are going into other areas." Bethany Linder, a 21-year-old psychology major at Winthrop University in Rock Hill, thinks she might have found her fit in human resources management. She's working in that field now at Paramount Carowinds and has been job-hunting since October. Getting a master's degree in business is a possibility, too, she said. "Doing this [co-op] has very-much helped me narrow down what I want to do," said Linder of Greenville. This school year was the first time Wingate University in Union County had recruiters come to campus, said Scott Hunsucker, who heads the career center there. In the past, students met with several companies at a career fair sponsored by a consortium of nearby schools. "We're a small school, but we've had some companies who want people who have been in small classes," Hunsucker said. Wingate has 1,300 students. Is the market good enough for vii ftaam t v i h I I I I i ? 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