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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
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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.
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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
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pany and an oral offer from anoth
"I didn't think it was going
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class of'99 hasn't reached the pi
nomenal levels of last spring, the.
market for new grads still appes
strong.
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really frantic. You had recruiters goi
to clubs and handing out business can
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students are still getting jobs, and 1
recruiters are able to get the people tl
need."
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in a move to get students committed
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to worried that the overall economy is due
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ad- by NACE shows that employers expected
to hire 10 percent more new colald
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*la- more experienced workers, Luckennd
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cent of employers said having fewer
the workers" to choose from has caused them
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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.
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crowd Monday night at the New Brookland Tavern. The band gained
most of its fame with the '80s anthem "I Melt With You."
new graduates to jump on the job-hunt- "We had a career fair in November,
ing bandwagon at the last minute - and there wasn't a good student turnout,
confident that they'll find work right They didn't want to think about look
away? Not quite, career center di- ing for work then if they weren't getrectors
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