* November 12,1977, The Highacres Collegian
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Students hope to get the highest score in a “Pinball Tournament” sponsored by
S.U.B. A totalof 19 students competed and played two games each. The first place
* i I '“f r I '? s Lukas wilh » score of 170*901 and the second irfaeewtaner was
Bill Valtda with a score of 135,720. Trophies were awarded.
Las Vegas Night Termed A Success
By Brad McNab
Collegian Staff Writer
On Nov. 4th, the Student Union Board D i av as «
held its annual Las Vegas Nite in ,L ® . aPPfarance.
cooperation with the Highacres Club and the Off' rf f ‘ S ,f resllnsk !
Advisory Council ana tne Tones appeared for the second
The S.U.B. converted the Highacres gSSS Rrfln » COr^ g *» Ef. 8 '
Commons into a combination gambling Z Horwith and Elvis’
casino, circus, and bazaar. The entire pTtlTnV’
main floor of the Commons was used as the wa<s but Preslmski
S.U.B.’s casino, complete with .wheels of CacUce" a ? Ls"vS, Nt? gUyS
fortune, crap tables, black jack, and practlce at Las VegaS Nite
various dice games.
Downstairs, various other organizations
had booths set up, ranging from pizza to
peep shows. Supplying the entertainment
downstairs was “Phoenix.” who agreed to
“Korny” the Karmelkorn Kangaroo laurel mall
© 1977 Karmelkorn Shoppes, Inc. 1 Ot/01l
It was a fun time for everyone, filled
with games, surprises, cowgirls, prizes,
and just about something for everyone.
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for snacking, for right now
enjoy Karmelkorn Products. Ask for
the original Karmelkorn made with
creamery butter and natural ingredients,
or the tangy and deliciously different
CheeseKorn. If your taste runs to crunchy
Karmel Apples, fluffy Kotton Kandy,
buttery PopKorn or a refreshing soft drink,
you will find them and much more at the
Karmelkorn Shoppe. For special occasions,
ask about edible centerpieces and PopKorn
novelties to order. They're all made on the
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requiring a college degree will be open.
What will the million graduates who
cannot find college level jobs do? The
degree holders are not likely to be
unemployed. They are more likely to be
underemployed, to push young people
without a college degree out of jobs that do
not now require a college degree. But,
although those with a bachelors’ degree
will have a clear advantage over those
without any degree, college graduates will
face considerable competition in some
occupations from graduates of community
and junior colleges and other post
secondary institutions. In addition,
although college graduates may initially
be underemployed, one study indicates
that college graduates stand a better
chance of being promoted than do
nongraduates. The period of un
deremployment might thus be limited if a
college graduate was hired initially for a
noncollege position.
Caveat Counselor. One final possibility
concerning the projected surplus of college
graduates deserves emphasis: some eggs
do not hatch. The projections discussed in
this article contain many assumptions.
Hie projections will be wrong, one way or
another, unless each variable behaves as it
is supposed to—as it behaved in the past
few years—or unless any changes cancel
out each other.
Projections of the supply of college
educated workers will prove to be too high
if a smaller percentage of high school
graduates go to college during the next 10
years than did so in the last decade. We do
not now know if many young people will
decide not to go to college, but we do know
that entering freshmen make decisions
influenced by what happens in the job
market. Hie single most striking example
of students’ reaction to the job market is
the sharp decline in the number of women
entering college who plan careers as
teachers. In 1966, 35.6 percent of the first
year class did; in 1974, only 12.7 percent
did. The fluctuation in engineering
enrollments also indicates that some
young people will not go to college unless
they think a degree will open employers’
doors to them since fewer students enroll
Decline
in engineering schools when unem
ployment among engineers rises.
Prospective collegians might also be
deterred by the rising cost of higher
education, further decreasing the actual
number of degrees conferred.
The estimates could also be too low.
Financial rewards are not the only reason
students attend college. The rate of return
for a college education was only 5 percent
in Norway in 1973, according to the Car
negie Commission, but this did not
discourage attendance. Also, while the
employment problems of college
graduates might influence some students
against 4-year schools, the employment
problems of high school graduates might
encourage other students to spend 4 years
surrounded by ivied walls.
Furthermore, although the relative
salaries of college graduates might
decline, a college degree will still be a
minimum qualification for millions of
jobs. Every humanities graduate might
not be hired for a college level occupation,
but nongraduates won’t even be in
terviewed.
Projections of the demand for college
graduates contain even more un
certainties. BLS projections assume that
the percent of college graduates in clerical
and blue-collar occupations will remain at
1974 levels through 1985 and that the
proportion of college graduates in other
occupations will increase as they have in
the past. The number of job openings
projected will, therefore, be too low if new
technology makes better educated
workers necessary for certain jobs. Such a
change is highly improbable, however.
Projections also assume that industries
will grow at a certain rate relative to each
other. More openings will be available if
industries that employ many college
graduates—finance, for example—grow at
a faster rate than expected, even if the
economy as a whole does not perform well.
By the same token, slow growth in a single
industry could make the outlook much
worse than expected, as was the case with
the poor performance of the aerospace
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