"ALEX" comes to career center to help students locate jobs By Tina Shearer Staff Writer Career Services has three new com puter services for students looking for career information. ALEX, the automated labor When a student finds a position that exchange service, is the job search pro- they are interested in, they fill in an gram that is used by the Pennsylvania information request form and take that Job Service. to the Job Service Center in their area Malaysian students adjust to rigorous academic schedule Continued from Page 1. early, but it's not good because of the lack of time to improve on my English skills and make friends," Zakaria said. "It's not good to go overseas to study and only have time to stud," he said. The Malaysian students are very similar to American students in some ways. Fuad Zakaria and a group of his friends gathered together to watch the Tyson fight on the pay-per-view chan nel. They took a collection to pay the hook-up fee. They also went to the movies with plans to see "Dangerous Games" which was sold out, so they saw "Underseige 2" instead. "I liked the first "Underseige" movie better," Zakaria said. "We also like to play soccer and we're interested in learning about American football. I understand that Penn State has the best college team," Zakaria added. Editor's note: This article reflects the opinions of one Malaysian student who I was able to contact by our print deadline. His views are not necessarily representative of all the Malaysian stu - dents. Career services now offers brochures to improve overall effectiveness, communication By Danielle C. Hollister Staff Writer Do you know what Career Services can do for you? Now you can easily find out by picking up some of the various brochures produced by Career Services over the summer. Last spring semester, a student group from an Operation Accounting Control class conducted a study on the effectiveness of the Career Services office. "The conclusion was that Career Services has great resources, but it was not being used enough," Karl Martz, Coordinator Career Services, said. The survey also reported that more information pieces were needed to better inform people of the information available through Career Services. Martz said, "I've always been a firm believer in getting the word out on the street." Tina Shearer, a communications senior who interned in the Career Services office this summer, assisted Martz in getting the word out. Martz gave Shearer the necessary information and she designed the following brochures: "Career Services, Helping You Shape Your Future," which gives a brief intro duction to all the services; "Student, Staff and Faculty Guide to Technology Based Resources,"; "ALEX," which explains the automated labor exchange pro gram and "DISCOVER," which details a computer based guidance system that can help you make informed decisions about your educational and career plans. 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