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SHOE
by Jeff MacNelly
Brazos shelter aiding pets
(continued from page 1)
and a decision is made within about
24 hours.
Ricker says the committee likes to
have applicants wait a day before
they adopt an animal. She says this
wait helps prevent impulse buying
and also gives the applicants time to
prepare themselves for a new mem-
oer of the family.
The animal will be placed in the
home only when the committee is
convinced that the animal will re
ceive permanent and responsible
Applicants who are accepted are
charged $40 for a cat and $45 for a
dog. This cost covers a portion of the
expense of the animal’s shots and
neutering. Ricker says every animal
that leaves the shelter must be neu
tered. She says the staff does
want to see adopted animals causing
the problems they’re trying to solve.
It the application is denied, a re
quest for review can be submitted in
writing. This gives the applicant a
chance to tell his side of the story,
Ricker says, and it helps the staff ex
plain its decision. Applications may
be denied if the applicant is unable
to get a pet agreement from his
landlord or if there’s not a fenced
place outside for a large dog to exer
cise, she says.
The committee tries to work with
an applicant who has been denied to
try and solve any problems, Ricker
says..
be willing to accept the animal for
life, she says.
If adopting an animal sounds too
permanent, the shelter also has a
volunteer program. Volunteers are
needed to care for the animals in the
shelter, to work at the front desk or
to do things the staff is unable to do,
says Misty Hehne, a shelter em
ployee.
Ricker says volunteers must be
willing to commit to one day a week
and a certain number of hours. The
shelter staff has 10 or 11 volunteers
-now, she says, but would like to have
28.
not
Ricker says the ideal pet parent
would be someone who is loving and
who has a good pet history.
They should also realize the prob
lems involved with owning a pet and
Hehne says the staff could take
care of the animals, but this would
interfere with other duties.
Hehne says the shelter gets volun
teers from Texas A&M and other
surrounding areas.
Job odds for Aggies improving
(continued from page 1)
salaries among many A&M grad
uates is simple.
“A&M graduates are very popular
among employers and they get paid
accordingly,” Childs said.
But in contrast to computer sci
ence and business, there has been a
considerable amount of debate over
the job future in agriculture.
A study by the Occupational Out
look Division of the Department of
Labor said the the job market in ag
riculture would grow at a rate below
the national average.
Dr. Dwayne Suter, assistant dean
of the College of Agriculture, says
he does not agree with the Depart
ment of Labor statistics.
“Department of Labor statistics
are meaningless” Suter said, “ be
cause the sample includes jobs found
predominantly in farming and
ranching. A great deal of our grad
uates are finding jobs in agricultural
support industries.”
But statistics also show that A&M
agriculture majors who reported to
the University’s placement center,
reported salaries below last year’s
graduates.
But Suter points out that few agri
culture majors are recruited
through college placement offices.
College Placement Council statis
tics are based only on responses
from students recruited through the
placement councils of its members.
Suter said the National Associa
tion of State Universities and Land
Grant Colleges has done its own sur
vey.
This study, Suter says, indicates
that average salaries for agriculture
majors is $500 higher per year than
salaries reported by the College
Placement Council or the Depart
ment of Labor.
Suter said placement of graduates
from the A&M College of Agricul
ture has been considerably higher
than national averages.
And Suter pointed out that bi
otechnology research is a very prom
ising field for the future.
“The reputation of this school will
always allow our graduates to place
higher than the national averages,”
Suter said.
According to the Recruiters Sur
vey by Micnigan State University,
Texas students will be recruited very
heavily by the nation’s businesses.
According to the survey, 40 per
cent of the businesses surveyed said
they expect job availability to be ex
tremely high in Texas.
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