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Hit Busbet Studni lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll UHiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiitiiiiHiiiniiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiHiiiiniiiiMiiMiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiMiiiMiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiniliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiin Battalion/Page 9 March 1, 1982; The Business, March 1, 1982 — Vol. 5, No. 3 Business Career Fair '82 amt ■stions available' 11 ter during the Apn al honor ill sponso' asecutive) 1 of char#. ;ident of I ram is but is r -income -employed! ." ho saidl -ha Psi, »o think orm mief t o itemize he said reaksthal 1 think of a nn said, ^ tax I^at a pen e-en broil; Inowevei, tsx lawd said. i tudents'* » jt changes jmight vf> theyo* r~«.'s finano l—iich waf . , " he sai whether re inti said, it ? a perst y theyf ——vihen ^doing tl Students learn leadership by practice by Pam Barta If you think business may be in your future, then you may have an important interest in the College of Business Admi nistration's undergraduate Business Student Council. The Council serves as a vital link be tween the business students of Texas A&M University, the College adminis tration, and the professional world. It also tries to promote unity among busi ness students and gives them a hands- on oportunity to develop leadership skills pertaining to their future careers. The Council is made up of the presi dent from each of the five major depart mental student associations of the Col lege: the Accounting, Marketing, and Management Societies, the Finance Association, and the Data Processing Management Association (Business Analysis). Each departmental society elects four representatives, one from each classification, freshman through senior. Each organization president may also appoint a liason to the Council. Each of the honor fraternities. Beta Alpha Psi (Accounting), Beta Gamma The Business, March 1, 1982 — Vol. 5, No. 3 "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 is financed 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. Thisspecial edition is an annual feature of BUSINESS WEEK, 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. Sigma (Business Administration), Sigma Iota Epsilon (Management), and Epsilon Delta Pi (Data Processing), may also be represented on the Council by the presi dent and a liason. After these groups elect representa tives to the Council, an internal election is held for the Council's officers. The Council is presently headed by Presi dent Denise Johnson. Its advisor is Mr. Lynn Zimmermann, an assistant to the dean of the College of Business. The primary activity of the Council is the annual Business Career Fair held in the spring semester of each year. Com panies interested in hiring college stu dents are invited to attend and set up booths for a two-day period. Forty-six companies will have booths at Career Fair '82. Besides giving students a chance to meet potential employers, the Fair also gives students not elected to the Council a chance to get involved. This year's will be the third annual Fair for the Council and is being organized with the help of over 150 volunteers working with Coun- Participating companies Recruiting interests Alexander Grant & Company Accounting majors American Scientific Products Business, science, all majors ARCO Oil & Gas Accounting Arthur Andersen & Co. Accounting Arthur Young & Company Accounting Austin National Bank Accounting, Finance, Management, General Business AT&T Long Lines Marketing, sales positions, business related degrees, certain engineering degrees Bank of America Business Administration, Accounting, Fi nance, related disciplines Comptroller of Public Accounts Accounting Conoco Inc. Business Adminstration, Accounting, Man agement, Finance Cooper's & Lybrand Accounting Cullen Bank Finance, Accounting Deloitte Haskins & Sells Accounting undergraduate and graduate Dresser Industries Accounting majors Eastman Whipstock Accounting, Business Administration Ernst & Whinney Accounting Exxon Co. Accounting, or BBA with 20+ hrs accounting First International Bank-Houston Finance, Accounting, General Business, Real Estate, Management, Marketing; BBAs & MBAs First National Bank in Dallas Finance, Accounting First National Bank of Midland Finance, Accounting Getty Oil Company All business majors, minimum 12 hrs accounting Harper and Pearson Accounting Houston Lighting & Power Business Administration, computer science Gulf Oil Corporation Accounting, Computer Science, Finance, Economics, General Business with 9+ hrs f accounting IBM Corporation Marketing, Business Adminstration, Com puter Science, Engineering - masters Joske's Marketing, Management Luby's Cafeterias, Inc. Marketing, Management Main Hurdman Accounting and tax; BBAs &t MBAs Marathon Oil Company Accounting, Finance with 15 Accounting hrs Alumni Professor in business Dr. Peter S. Rose, Finance by John Wagner Balancing the dual roles of teacher and researcher is sometimes a difficult task for university professors, but one that is necessary, Dr. Pete Rose of the Depart ment of Finance believes. Rose was recently awarded the title of Alumni Professor, an appointment that frees the recipient to continue research without interruption while still remain ing on the university staff. Rose said the professorship lets a fa culty member take a semester off from teaching to do research or finish a book or paper. The award also gives the pro fessor funds to do the work. Rose was cil committees. The information desk run by the Council, located on the first floor of the Academic and Agency Building, pro vides a central location where students and the public can have their questions answered concerning the College of Business, the Council, and student acti vities. Its office hours are from 8-12 and 1-5, Monday through Friday. The phone number at the desk is 845-1320. The Council office also provides a central location for other business student orga nizations to conduct meetings and acti vities. The Council's meetings are open to anyone interested and positions on com mittees for each Council project are available for non-members. Denise Johnson said she feels that the College of Business Administration undergraduate Student Council is one of the most active councils on the campus of Texas A&M. "We're proud of it, we want people to know," she said. ' Banquet Tickets for the 1982 Business Career Fair $5.00 per person Wednesday March 3 — 7pm, MSC 226 TICKETS NOW ON SALE, THROUGH MONDAY MARCH 1ST, IN THE FIRST FLOOR LOBBY OF THE ACADEMIC AND AGENCY BUILDING. chosen as a recipient for the award based on his faculty performance and his ex tensive research. He has published 134 papers on banking and finance, and has written 5 books with one forthcoming. Rose said despite the extra load it gives professors, research is extremely important to Texas A&M. "We have large class loads, but we're also asked to make ties with the business community. I think it's hard for students to understand sometimes when a certain professor isn't available, but more often than not that professor has a research grant, and you can find him in his office or in a quiet place fulfilling his responsi bility. "I think research strengthens the Uni versity and builds its relationships with the business community and the public as a whole." Rose said research has another impor tant function, one that he said is very important to him. "I find I can take my research findings and carry them into the classroom. If I were to do nothing but sit in my office all day long, and not get out and do the research or contact the businesses I deal with, then I would be a much poorer teacher. I'd know a lot less about what was going on." Rose said bringing in guest speakers and having films and other teaching aids is part of his philosophy. "I want to make sure that when stu dents leave the College of Business they are well prepared, they know what is happening, they know what the chal lenges are, and what kind of commit ment they must make. Rose said research and interaction with the business community has pro vided an additional benefit. By learning what businesses expect from new em ployees, professors can know what to teach in their classes to prepare their stu dents. One of the problems facing graduates today is learning how to communicate ideas. Because of this. Rose likes to assign a term paper or some kind of writ ten work during the semester. He said the complexity of a business degree makes it hard to get a solid liberal arts background, but that businesses are asking for students who are knowledg- able in communicating as well as busi ness. "We are getting feedback from people who hire our students, and one of the comments is 'You've got very good stu dents, but sometimes they don't have good experience in communication.' Correcting this problem is one of the many tasks facing the business depart ment, Rose said. "It's a challenge for us, and it will al ways be a challenge." Page Tu Payless Cashways Business Adminstration, Management, an Marketing Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co. Accounting Pennzoil Co. Accounting Phillips Petroleum Business Administration Price Waterhouse-Houston Business with 30 hrs accounting, BBAs t MBAs Safeway Stores, Inc. Store Management Trainees Seidman & Seidman Accounting Shell Oil Company Business, concentration in data processing Southwest Bancshares Finance, Accounting Soutwest Book Company All business majors Tenneco Oil Company Accounting Texas Commerce Bank > Finance, Accounting Texas Commerce Bank-Austin Finance, Accounting Texas Commerce Bank-Reagan Finance, Accounting Touche Ross & Co. Accounting West Texas Utilities Co. Business Analysis (data processing), Accounting, Finance Zapata Corporation Accounting, Computer Science Rice wins MBA case competition Rice University was the winner of tht Fourth Annual MBA Invitational Cast Competition held February 19 and 20 ir Rudder Tower on the A&M campus. Teams representing the Southwes Conference schools competed by analy zing an identical business case concern ing an actual operating enterprise. Fact team had 24 hours to analyze the cast and develop strategies to present to e panel of judges made up of representa fives from academics and industry. The judges for this year's competitior included: Mr. Churchill Jones, chairmar of the board. Republic Bank of A&M; Dr John Grant, Department of Manage ment, University of Pittsburgh; Mr. J. Neal Miller, special representative, Gull Oil Corporation; Mr. Pete Philhower, vice president for marketing. The Trane Company; Dr. Kirk Downey, Depart ment of Management, Oklahoma State University; Ms. Kathleen Gammill, dire ctor of training and development for Houston Natural Gas Corporation; Dr. Nathaniel Jones, Department of Man agement, University of Texas-Arlington; Mr. Dave Burchfield, partner, Touche Ross. The awards banquet was held Febru ary 20 at the Holiday Inn in Bryan. Mr. John Williams,president and publisher of the Bryan-College Station Eagle, was the guest speaker at the banquet. DID YOU KNOW . . . Business Career Fair '82 is for FRESHMEN and SOPHOMORES, as well as for JUNIORS and SENIORS! And MBA and MS students also! You may be thinking about the possibili ties of a career in business, but do not yet have enough information to make a deci sion. One way to learn more about va rious industries and companies is by visiting the booths at Business Career Fair '82. Company representatives wont try to hire you on the spot, but they will be especially happy to answer your questions and give you suggestions to consider for your own future career. Visit the Career Fair booths March 3rd, participate in the seminars, listen to the visiting executive speakers, and attend the Fair banquet! Freshmen and Sopho mores in B.A., General Studies, Liberal Arts, C.S., and other majors are wel come to tour Fair booths and attend seminars.! iiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiimiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiniiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiimiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiimiiiiiiim: tiiMiiiiiiiiiimiiimimiiiimiimiiimniiiiiiimimiiiiiiiiimimiiiiuiiHiimiiiiiMimimiiimmiiiiiiimiiiiiimiiinimi’