February 24, 1982
[March 2 & 3
Business Career Fair
students, companies
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by Betty Ann Reid
Students will have a special opportun
ity to discuss career goals with company
representatives March 2 and 3 at the
third annual Business Career Fair.
I Business Career Fair '82 is sponsored
by the undergraduate Business Student
■ Council and is the lead activity of Busi-
)t nioti ness Week, Denise Johnson, Council
* ' president, said.
Representatives from about 50 com-
siness " panics will come for the Fair and each
to pro will have a booth set up on the first floor
' ■ ofthe Academic and Agency Building on
M (March 3.
A&Mlpjfrom 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. students
may go to the booths and talk with the
guestac C0m p an y representatives on a one-to-
as the:; one basis.
3, he a /'The recruiters are very easy to talk to;
mieswitihey are professionals but they are still
Careei :people/' Johnson said,
k, to ’
and at
About 1,500 to 2,000 students came to
Career Fair '81 but this year we antici
pate double or triple that number, John
son said.
Career Fair '82 will be in the Academic
and Agency Building, the building
where many business classes are held.
Students will already be in the building
so they can easily talk with the represen
tatives, Johnson said.Because students
will have easier access, the booths will be
set up only one day.
The council has had high interest each
year in getting firms to participate. Large
public accounting firms, petrochemical
corporations, major manufacturers, and
even some smaller companies are
among those in the 1982 Fair.This year
all of the companies that are coming to
the Fair will also be conducting regular
interviewing schedules at the Placement
Annual Accounting Trends Seminar
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Beta Alph Psi, the Accounting Honor
, a higl| Sodety, is sponsoring the Accounting
ied grad' Trends Seminar to be held on February
tenttl# 27,1982 at the Aggieland Inn in College
tativesi Station.
The seminar, to begin at 8:30 a.m. and
ivoraWf end after lunch, consists of three speak-
3 m Ai! ers and an informal barbeque luncheon.
J. Wayne Knowles, Alan May, and Wil
liam Shirman, Jr. are the scheduled
ise sail! 1 ' speakers.
Mr. Knowles, assistant controller and
£ director of internal audit for Coastal Cor-
jj poration, will speak on "The Changes in
n Currency Translation." Due to
our proximity to and shared border with
Mexico and other South American coun-
Jethete tries, international business has an im
portant impact in Texas. Our position as
the center of most U.S. oil and gas busi
ness as well as our overall growth in
relative economic importance makes this
area a significant issue for today and the
future.
The Business, February 24,1982 — Vol.
5, No. 2
1 "The Business" is published by the undergraduate
Business Student Council as a monthly newsletter for the
students and student organizations of the College of
Business Administration at Texas A&M University. It
iifinanced by voluntary non-tax-supported projects and
activities of the Business Student Council. "The Busi
ness" office is located in room 101 of the Academic and
Agency (A&A) building, telephone 713/845-1320.
; This special edition is an annual feature of BUSINESS
V/EEK, and is published as a supplement to The Batta
lion. Advertising appearing on any page of this special
edition is entirely the responsibility of “The Business."
Staff Editor, Susan DuBois
Student Editor, Phillip DuPree
Advertising Director, Marianne Dominguez
Ad Assistant, Alan Sandersen
Council President, Denise Johnson
Council Staff Advisor, Lynn Zimmermann
Dean of the College, Dr. William V. Muse.
"The Business" is responsible for all advertising in
this section.
YiATCH FOR ADDITIONAL PAGES OF THIS SPE
CIAL EDITION OF "THE BUSINESS" IN FUTURE
ISSUES OF THE BATTALION.
Mr. May, Coopers & Lybrand audit
partner, will address "Price Level
Accounting: What's New?" Due to more
capital-intensive bases, the U.S. (as well
as many other nations) is experiencing a
change in production. Understanding
the effect of this as well as other factors is
vital to doing business in times at fluc
tuating prices.
Mr. Shirman, Touche Ross partner,
will speak on "The Conceptual Frame
work of Accounting." Changes in the
concepts of accounting have been prop
osed to accurately reflect the changing
business atmosphere of the 80's, and to
deal with the production of useful and
relative accounting information in times
of inflation and recession.
Tickets for the seminar are available in
room 232 of the A&A Building and from
most Beta Alpha Psi members. Tickets
are $5, which includes the seminar and
the luncheon.
Center.
Seminars to be held in conjunction
with Career Fair will be on Monday,
March 1 in the A&A Building.
To end Business Career Fair '82 a ban
quet will be held in the second floor ban
quet rooms of the Memorial Student
Center March 3 from 7 to 9 p.m. A fea
ture of the dinner program will be pre
sentation of awards to outstanding busi
ness students.
Student tickets may be bought in adv
ance for $5. "Students will be allowed to
choose a company representative to sit
with at the banquet on a first come-first
serve basis," Johnson said.
Mr. Tom Fatjo, founder and president
of The Houstonian, will address stu
dents on the topic "How to be Successful
in Business."
Prime Computer to Arrive
Soon
by Randy Lemmon
A new Prime 550 Mod II computer is
on its way to the Academic and Agency
building. It is being donated by the
Prime Computer Company and will be
the sixth Prime computer on campus.
The system will consist of 32 termin
als, a 300 mega-byte high speed tape
drive, a 600 line-per-minute printer, and
one-and-a-half mega-bytes of main
memory. Dr. John J. Dinkel, head of the
business analysis and research depart
ment, said.
"Initially this computer is being don
ated for faculty research purposes,"
Dinkel said. Dinkel added that hopefully
classes will be able to use it.
The system is considered a mini
computer, and the micro-mini computer
classes would be the most likely classes
to use it.
"The shipping date is set for March 21
and it should arrive on March 25," Dink
el said. The system itself will be located
in room 133B of the Academic and Agen
cy building.
"The Prime computers are supposed
to be the Mercedes-Benz of computers,"
according to Kirt Morris, business analy
sis graduate student.
The whole system that is being don
ated would total to about $300,000, with
the central process unit itself costing
$100,000, Dinkel said.
"I think that Prime sees A&M as an
opportunity for them to supply the cam
pus with an interactive computing sys
tem, and that is why there are so many of
the Prime computers here," Dinkel said.
Morris believes that with the addition
of the Prime 550 Mod II, the burden of
faculty doing research on the student-
used Amdahl will be greatly reduced.
There's got to be a message for you
here somewhere
Students will have a number of oppor
tunities to have questions answered as
part of the 1982 schedule for Business
Week. A highlight of the week is the
annual Business Student Career Fair,
sponsored and conducted by the Busi
ness Student Council
This year's Business Career Fair in
cludes an opening day filled with special
seminars on topics of interest to most
students. Classrooms in the Academic
and Agency Building have been re
served for these seminars, and Council
members expect the rooms to be filled.
Students of all majors and classifications
are welcomed to attend any of the pre
sentations.
The "Interviewing" seminar will be of
special interest to graduating seniors
and juniors who will soon be looking for
interviews with company recruiters:
Techniques, preparations, and do's and
dont's of interviewing will be presented.
The seminars on "Wise Investments,"
"Time Management," and "Coping
with Stress" will provide ideas, sugges
tions, and information on each topic that
could be useful to students in any major
field or discipline.
"Is Business the Career for You?" is a
seminar especially set up for freshmen
and sophomores who are undecided ab
out which field of business to enter. Stu
dents in General Studies, Liberal Arts,
and other disciplines as well as Business
Administration may find this presenta
tion useful.
Students of all colleges and majors
and all classifications are invited to
attend the seminars that meet individual
and personal interests.
The Business Career Fair '82 Seminar
schedule of one-hour talks, with ques
tion and answer opportunity, is as fol
lows, all on Monday March 1st:
Seminars for all students
v' "Investing, for College Students”
by Mr. Bill Stevens, security analyst for
American National Life Ins. Co.
10 - 11am, A&A bldg room 158
1 - 2pm room 161.
"Interviewing”
by Dr. William H. Mobley, associate
dean of the College of Business Admi
nistration .
1 - 2pm, A&A room 158.
"Time Management”
by Alrene Manthey, MSC staff assistant;;
and Greg Hawkins
10 - 11am, A&A room 161
4 - 5pm, A&A 158.
u* "How to Cope With Stress"
by Dr. Virgie Nolte, Personal Counsel
ing Service
1 - 2pm, A&A room 155.
p* "Is Business the Career for You?”
by Mr. Lynn Zimmermann, assistant to
the dean. College of Business Adminis
tration
4 - 5pm, A&A room 161.
Faculty research in business benefits students
by Kelli Proctor
Research projects conducted by facul
ty members from the Texas A&M Col
lege of Business benefits students, facul
ty members, and the University as a
whole. Dr. Mike Pustay, Research Coor
dinator for the College of Business admi
nistration said.
Although more proposals are submit
ted than projects approved, A&M's Col
lege of Business faculty has several pro
jects in process, and is awaiting approval
of eight more.
For approval of a project, the faculty
member sends a proposal of his/her idea
to a potential sponsor, Pustay said.
"Sponsors are either the federal or
state government, or even a private
firm," Pustay said.
More than 50 percent of research
funds granted to the College of Business
are federally supported, Pustay said. Of
the $305,000 funded so far in 1982,
$221,000 are from the national govern
ment.
Students working on the research gain
valuable experience which will aid them
in the working field. Faculty members
are also gaining knowledge and experi
ence which eventually benefits the stu
dents and the professor's position.
"When raise time comes around, I de
finitely look at the faculty member's re
search participation," Pustay said.
The research funds benefit the Univer
sity, allowing other money to be spent
for academic purposes. With extra fi
nances, Pustay said better professors
can be hired with better salaries.
Much of the research is financially and
management related. For instance, two
of the projects in progress now are the
effects of size on bank performance and
how to integrate newcomers into an
organization successfully, Pustay said.
Alberts Hair Design
909 Harvey Rd
696-3003
FOR SALE
$5.00 per person
Banquet Tickets
for the
1982 Business Career Fair
Wednesday March 3rd
7 - 9pm, MSC 212 - 226
Each ticket purchased carries the privilege of having dinner at the company table of
your choice. Enjoy your steak while having conversation with company representa
tives, and have your questions answered about the industry or company in which you
are interested.
TICKETS NOW ON SALE, THROUGH MONDAY
MARCH 1ST, IN THE FIRST FLOOR
LOBBY OF THE ACADEMIC AND AGENCY BUILDING.
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