Tuesday, October 28, 1986TThe Battalion/Page 5 Brooder education may payoff iPurintonwilcil is a Paragrapt'l U ENGINEElil Engineers ult! [ineer andWkji'j itet at 7:30 pt; :s Building, ihotos taken fe: ionge oftheElt; i,m, in 504 M ilong with poiii IG CLUB: wilt liseum, m. in 145 MSC 407A-B Rudcs UB Rudder, I: will meeiai 11 meet at 7 p,i d. tet at 7 p.m. ir :n. in 208Scoaiti I ASSOCIATE ’ORTS: entneso :) Read. E: photos, par.: : architeetureamll pring ecture I mores can base iday. Picture as Ave. ccepting ire planning id rid country. Am nd are due Frcrj 15,1987. aw accepting!, Ellerv will co± an: Accessors* ■nchin will moerr |oints,"at8:3i:: LETES: wilE(*| C. David Mdkw a.m. at theb: ;ademic Builrkil 1 meet to prep Dick Freeman.1 n. in 504 Rudlf: | 1: will meet at’:: Survey says liberal arts salaries up .m, at the Fk:;i :holarshipParx irough rridai rttedtoThd i three worikt 1986 during their It much," hecomi . Aria Ashlocb Led a <_■ game where» >w," said on her firstv st time fori om her 1 ■ of the mometifi to come to ti ad a great tin * st of tier fami^ Iway. or this year halj'l 11 officials espeSj million. ’-MipA if ^ By Pam Deleery Reporter A recent survey by the College Placement Council shows a healthy increase in salaries for liberal arts graduates. The council surveyed liberal arts graduates from around the country with a bachelor’s degree only. According to the survey, the largest increase in salary is for humanities graduates. Among the 660 surveyed, the av erage starting salary increased 10.1 percent to $19,296. Social science and economics graduates’ average salaries in creased 8 percent. The average starting salary for the 743 surveyed in social science was $19,980. Among the 797 surveyed in eco nomics, the average starting salary was $22,404. Deborah McCleary, spokeswo man for the council, expects this upward trend to continue, even if it just keeps up with the council’s ex pected 4.25 percent increase in in flation. e giving ral arts attention to liberal arts graduates because of their broad-based edu cation and because they have the ability to take a variety of thoughts and apply creative analysis,” McCl eary said. She added that liberal arts stu dents themselves are becoming broader-minded about the kinds of jobs they believe they are suited for. The council’s survey results par allel results of a 30-year study done by American Telephone & Tele graph Co. AT&T’s study concluded that ■ humanities and social science grad uates had the best overall perfor mance on the job. A recent report in Fortune mag azine said that 38 percent of today’s chief executive officers majored in liberal arts, and, according to the New York Times, nine of the top 13 executives for International Busi ness Machines Corp. are liberal arts majors. According to a study by North western University, those numbers should be increasing. The study shows that many major companies plan to increase hiring of liberal arts graduates by an estimated 20 percent in 1986. The University of Texas Career Center reported that liberal arts majors have more variety in job choice than specialized graduates and are likely to have developed skills that are indispensable in many areas of work. Once on the job, graduates can develop more spe cialized, marketable skills through on-the-job training and internships, the center reported. Ghousia Baig, an employee at the Texas A&M Placement Center, agreed that liberal arts graduates are beginning to find jobs more eas ily. The placement center’s salary listings were not as high as those re ported by the survey, though. Placement center figures showed the average salary for economics graduates to be $16,848, 15 percent below that of the council’s survey. Psychology and sociology grad- Commercial ties with Mexico create jobs, Clements says SAN ANTONIO (AP) — For mer Gov. Bill Clements, noting the importance of Mexico to U.S. businesses, said Monday that stronger ties with Mexico would mean more jobs for Texans. Clements, elaborating on one part of his six-point jobs plan, continued to blame his Demo cratic opponent, Gov. Mark White, for the state’s “economic deterioration.” A temporary sales tax passed by a special legislative session to deal with the state’s budget deficit would mean more suffering for retailers on both sides of the bor der, Clements said. “Greater commercial ties will mean more jobs and economic growth on both sides of our bor der,” Clements said in a speech to the Texas Association of Broad casters. White will address the broad casters group today. Clements said Texas needs to work with the federal govern ment to establish trade zones. He also said the twin-plant concept would expand job opportunities in Mexico and the United States. In the twin-plant concept, products are manufactured in plants in U.S. border cities, then are shipped for assembly to their sister plants in Mexican border towns. The finished products are marketed on either side. “We must have a continuing sense of our awareness of mutual ity of interests with Mexico,” Clements said. Clements said when he was in office he began a series of meet ings with governors from the northern Mexican states and sug gested they need to meet again to work on reducing trade barriers and on illegal immigration. Clements said he opposed the immigration bill because its em ployer sanctions and amnesty re strictions would hurt Texas. “Much of our past is tied to Mexico, historically, culturally, socially, but so too is our future,” Clements said. “We can either work to im prove that future on both sides of the border or settle uncomfor tably into old ways that have too frequently led to suffering for both Texans and Mexicans,” he said. Pilgrims journey to top of Mount Cristo Rey EL PASO (AP) — A small paper sack clutched in her Hand, 100-year-old Mauvicia Paez hobbled down a ; / Alphanumeric S IOvJ.vJw • HP--! 1CX Advanced Programmable ^ Alphanumeric with Extended Functions $ if-'J\J m HEWLETT PACKARD A AUTHORIZED HEWLETT-PACKARD DEALER 505 CHURCH STREET COLLEGE STATION .TEXAS 77840 409/846-5 332