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i/Page 6 •15,1 etc. Battalion/Page 7 September 15, 1982 Jobs - a legislii : helepsli (continued from page 1) , so they were facing a ,relatively unprecedented situa- ‘’it 1 nu |’ [don of graduation with no job. diets“The students are aware of ,the problem now. They are starting earlier, interviewing harder and investigating all their options.” Dr. W.D. Von Gonten, head , of the Petroleum Engineering /Department, agrees students iare going to have to start earlier and interview harder than they have in the past. i “Petroleum engineering gra duates historically have gotten their jobs during the fall semes ter,” Von Gonten said. “People who are graduating in May and August are getting their jobs in October and November and last October and November the eco nomy was still good so the job situation was still good.” Von Gonten said thejob situa tion was much tighter in the spring but as far as he knew, pet roleum engineering students who didn’t have jobs at the be ginning of the spring all have jobs now. “If all of our students had been trying to get jobs last •spring, we probably would have had some major problems,” he said. “I don’t think that this fall Vill be as lucrative as last fall.” ual’s cl* Vulliet said the graduates are I not going to be able to walk in at •me acC J I the last minute, interview with of stu® I their top three choices and ex- : groups I pect to get a job. “The economy is not allowing ..that to occur,” she said. “They’ve got to put in a little extra effort to compensate for the fact that times are slow.” ADD w 'ith no pi e on the laid, is i gs that 19 md very n the Uii nurderei it some® driver e 1. “And I r becattst is sonttii inga ppen i Reed, zer, said one thai xhers ents e) is and the gr® ponstbld dormt® ird said' of the ays to ■rse beet I ■verage*' ‘ it shWI lat type! res show Von Gonten said he believes the good students are going to get a lot of job offers, but stu dents with lower grades are going to have to work harder. “They will have to interview harder and interview more com panies and they may have to go out and interview companies that haven’t come to A&M,” he said. “Some of the students are going to work for companies they wouldn’t have even inter viewed with last year.” But Vulliet said the engineer ing jobs still are lucrative com pared to other disciplines. “It generally tends to be the non-technical areas that really get aced when things like this (recession) occur,” she said. “They tend to fill the slots that are ‘icing on the cake’ so to speak.” Vulliet said hiring in the non technical areas is probably even lower than in the technical areas. She said this semester looks like it will be slow, so students are going to have to work hard and investigate all options. But, she said, other schools have much deeper problems than Texas A&rM. “We are in very good shape compared to other schools in trie state and in the nation because we are a highly technical school and it is the highly technical dis ciplines that are still in demand, even though the demand for those might even be less,” she said. Recruiting organizations that may have traditionally gone to 150 schools and have cut back to about 40 schools still are coming to Texas A&M, she said. Pageant all good is not looks 1 also ilcohol -espontf ;r and 2 ' z' presM it lead^ sidents CHUS is, Reed United Press International i NEW YORK — Miss America, Debra Sue Maffett, said the Miss America pageant is judged more m brains than beauty and /Americans place too much im portance on looks. ' A native of Pittsburgh, Kan., Maffett lives in Anaheim, Calif. iHer family lives in Cut ’N Shoot. iMaffett, 25, who won the com petition over the weekend, said ( iif the contest would have been 'lurS « j uc, g ed on beauty alone, she would not have been the winner. “I wasn’t the prettiest girl on the stage,” Maffett, who com peted as Miss California, said. “Miss Alabama was super, su per intelligent. I thought she would win,” she said referring to Yolanda Fernandez, 19. Miss Maffett told reporters at a press conference that one of B her heroes is British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. “She stuck to her principles during the Argentine crisis. I like that." she said. “I feel like modern day socie- W ty places much too much emph- PRrxim l Serving Luncheon Buffet Sunday through Friday 11:00 a.m. to 1:30 $4.95 plus tax Top Floor of Tower Dining Room Sandwich & Soup Mon. through Fri. $2.49 plus drink and tax iOpen to the Public ^ 5 “Quality First” “They’re going to pick the schools where they’ve had the greatest success in the past and generally speaking, Texas A&M is one of those schools,” she said. “Of the seven major petroleum firms in the country, the single school that they do the most hir ing from has consistently been Texas A&M. If they’re going to cut out schools, they’re not going to cut out the ones from which they have hired the most students.” Vulliet said the engineering disciplines — especially chemic al, petroleum and electrical en gineering — accounting, and the computer sciences still are in demand, though they have been affected somewhat by the reces sion. But an incoming freshman shouldn’t necessarily pick a ma jor just because that major is luc rative now, Vulliet said. “If you come to school and choose a major strictly on what it can make you when you get out, you’re not allowing yourself a cushion for anything, particu larly if it’s something you don’t especially like,” she said. “You could end up four years later finding out that the bottom has dropped out.” SPECIAL SHOWING by Caroline New Stock — Wide Selection Wed. Sept. 15 Thurs. Sept. 16 1 P.M.-6 P.M. 10 A.M.-6 P.M. DISCOUNT PRICES Holiday Inn of College Station 1503 S. Texas Ave. — Suite 100 693-1736 — Ext. 100 Wed. or Thura. Only Y’ALL COME T U L N R CREATING-ENERGY WE’RE TAPPING NEW ENERGY SOURCES AT A&M. asis on shallow things. There’s much more to life than appear ances.” She said the men in her life “would not have to be really good looking.” However, she said, she has had very little time for men. “Now it will be the same thing, but on a bigger scale.” she said. As for the future, Maffett said her speaking engagements as Miss America will help make her better talk show host.” She said she would also like to run for a Republican office, but she did not specify what post she would seek. She advised women who want to be Miss America to get a nice evening gown and an interview dress.” The slim, blonde confessed to a few imperfections: “I have a crooked nose and one side of the face is different from the other.” She also admitted having one vice. “I love chocolate.” W e re Gulf Oil Corporation. And we’ll be on campus to look for something very much in demand these days. New energy Specifically new human energy the fast-changing energy field will continue to be one of the most exciting and rewarding places to launch a career. Into the eighties, and beyond. And Gulf has exceptional opportunities for new people with new ideas about solving energy problems. Sign up for an appointment now at your placement office. 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