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Inflation Affects
Job Opportunities
Reflecting the general
economy, the job market for two
year associate degree graduates
reached a ten-year low this
summer reveal figures based on
the situation at the time of June
Commencement.
Only 35 per cent of the
associate degree graduates had
secured positions at the
time,stated H. Richard Hess,
assistant director of the
University Placement Service.
He also reported that on-campus
recruiting during the academic
year had fallen 56 per cent. Hess
emphasized that these em
ployment figures may be higher
now than they were in June.
One positive statistic, ac
cording to Hess, is a substantial
increase in the number of
students going on to further their
education beyond the associate
degree. This figure increased to
28 per cent last year.
Starting salaries for those who
found jobs this year also suffered.
The average starting salary this
year was $6OO per month, while
last year it was $602. This figure
is, however, $3O higher than the
1969 average and nearly $BO
higher than five years ago.
Technical fields were among
the hardest hit in employment
MARTIN RIELL'S
MR SHOP
Smartedt ea
.eleaf f Neft'd
Liberty Shopping
Center
Hilltop Beer
Dist.
4307 Buffalo
Road
Between K-Mart and
Eastway Plaza
Open daily 10-10
and must be presented with an I. D. Card.
If any infraction is found, the Activity Card
will be confiscated and will not be returned
STUDENT UNION BOARD
opportunity. Only 38 per cent of
the drafting and design
technology graduates and 31 per
cent of the electrical and elec
tronics techonolgy graduates who
were seeking employment were
able to find positions by
graduation.
These figures represent only a
portion of the total number of
graduates in the two majors.
Thirty one per cent of the
graduates in both of the fields
continue their education and
these students were not counted
in the total number seeking
employment.
Some of the associate degree
fields with smaller numbers of
graduates did much better on the
job market. Of ten students who
received degrees in materials
technology, one continued his
education, six found jobs, and
only three were =placed in June.
Two out of three Mining
Technology graduates found
employment and 17 of 27 (63 per
cent) of the Surveying
Technology graduates are now
working.
Hotel and Food Services, a
rapidly growing field, was able to
place 78 per cent of the graduates
seeking employment.
Agricultural Business placed 69
per cent of their graduates.
The Large Lion
Head Shop
Monday-Saturday
open noon-10 P.M.
Standard Items
Head Comics
Eastway
Bowling Lanes
4110 Buffalo Road
Open Bowling
Mon. Thru Fri.
10:00a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Tues. evening
9:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m.
Ph. 899-9855
Activity cards are non-transferable
Behrend Collegian
THE AZTEC TWO-STEP and 50 cents for those students
The Aztec Two-Step, composed without cards.
of Rex Fowler (guitar and The Aztec Two-Step was for
vocals) and Neal Shulman med out of "desperation and
(guitar and vocals), will be boredom". Neal Shulman and
coming to Behrend on October 14, Rex Fowler met at the Stone
15, and 16. Their performance Phoenix Coffee House in Boston
will last from 9-11 p.m. on (the. second Wednesday in
Thursday, Oct. 14, and on Friday March, 1971). After three days of
and Saturday it will run until rehearsal, the Two-Step did their
midnight. All performances will first gig at the Nameless Coffee
be in the Picnic Grove. House in Cambridge. Thereafter,
Admission will be 10 cents for things happened fast and
those students with activity cards furiously for the two boys. After
Don Luce Takes Stand
On Vietnam Policies
Don Luce, and agriculturalist
and 12 year visitor in South
Vietnam, gave an informal
lecture in the Reed Union
Building last Tuesday during
Common Hour. -
Luce emphasiz - ed the inhumane
aspects of the war in South
Vietnam, and touched on the
topic of agriculture in Vietnam
only once.
He said that the army has been
using a combination of two
defoliants-one for broadleafs and
one for grass. The combination of
the two different defoliants
produces a very potent solution,
which is presently destroying the
EDWARD
PARK ' S
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3 Locations
K-MART PLAZA (East)
Downtown, 702 State
West Erie Plasa
Brookside
Dairy Store
3110 Station Road
899-3971
cloest complete grocery
store
9:00 a.m. to 11:00p.m.
NOTICE
to the owner.
Aztec Two-Step
Sings At Behrend
crops of many South Vietnam
farmers_ Luce believes this is one
main reason that the many
farmers and peasants in South
Vietnam sympathize with the
Viet Cong.
Another important problem,
Luce pointed out is the continuing
destruction of the family
structure in the South Viet
namese villages. When a village
is going to be bombed by U.S.
planes, leaflets are dropped from
a plane hours ahead of time
warning everyone to evacuate.
This explains the fact that one
third of the South Vietnamese
population are refugees.
Regarding the withdrawl of
American personel in South
Vietnam, Luce commented that
the sooner we get out, the better,
and that a coalition government
in South Vietnam (Socialist-
Communist) would be the best
solution.
C.J.
DUSCKAS
FUNERAL HOME
2607 Buffalo Rd.
899-2812
"..Cerveoef Vwv
&ace 1 9946"
October 7, 1971
just a few weeks, many auditions,
gigs and rehearsals, the group
landed its first "break": . four
days playing first act to Tim
Hardin at the Unicorn Coffee
House. The •first night they were
called back for an encore-this
was a fair indication of what was
to come for the rest of the week.
The satisfaction of having done a
good date brought them to New
York.
Most of what they do is original
material, soft and folksy, com
posed by either Rex or Neal.
Their sound has been influenced
by artists such as Bob Dylan,
Donovan, and "almost all per
formers in a contemporary bag".
The subjects of their songs are
based on personal experiences,
both emotional and intellectual.
Ile eeva lativie f ,
4445 Buffalo Road
K-Mart East
Hall Mark Goods
Russel Stover Candy
Candles and Posters
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Namedropping!
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GIBSON
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