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Career Center
Continued from page 1
BeemiltS by Rob Appling
WITH SO MANY KOOZIES FLOODING THE
MARKET TODAY. CHOOSING A KOOZIE
THAT REFLECTS YOUR OWN STYLE
AND PERSONALITY CAN BE A
DIFFICULT AND ARDUOUS PROCESS...
THERE MAY BE SEVERAL KOOZIES THAT YOU BELIEVE
DEMONSTRATE YOUR UNIQUE
OUTLOOK ON LIFE
FOR EXAMPLE,YOU MIGHT WANT
TO SHOW YOUR RELAXED
ATTITUDE TOWARDS WORK BY#
SELECTING "I THOUGHT I WANTED
A CAREER, BUT I JUST WANTED
THE PAYCHECKS."
BUT IF YOU ARE ALSO A
TRUE BEER LOVER,
"YOU TOUCH-A MY BEER,
BREAK-A YOUR FACE"
COULD BE THE RIGHT
KOOZIE FOR YOU...
BUT IN THE END, IF YOU STILL CANT MAKE UP
YOUR MIND. IT'S ALWAYS BEST TO GO
WITH THE SEXUAL INNUENDO.
I AINT NOTHIN’ BUT
A MAMMAL ON THE
DISCOVERY
CHANNEL!!
“(These) tailored career serv
ices and the five individuals know
what kind of companies and jobs
the students will want,” she said.
“Last year these five individuals
had over 25,000 student contacts.
In addition, the advising and
workshop sectors of the career
services had over 65,000 student
contacts, she said.
“Because we are such a large
campus, we believe students need
more assistance in finding careers
and internships,” she said.
John Kimbrough, a senior
accounting major in his fifth
year of the professional pro
gram, has utilized the center
since his sophomore year while
trying to find internships and a
permanent job.
“[The Career Center] offers
numerous resources tor stu
dents,” he said. “Students can
bounce so many ideas oft ot so
many different people.”
He also said the Career
Center keeps strong relation
ships with the employers, even
during a down economy when
companies cannot actively
recruit on campus which bene
fits students greatly.
Turner said the center had
905 companies participating in
on-campus interviews and
recruiting A&M students during
the 2001-2002 academic year.
There were a total of 24,3n
campus interviews, a 15^
decrease from last year be
of the economic downtit
said this was actually a rein
small decrease,
“It is very unusual io
other colleges with as
employers (participating
career services) compare
A&M,” she said.
A&M attracts mime
companies because of the
tinual improvement incusi
service, she added.
“Employees tell us tha
much easier to use our.,
compared to others,” shess
In addition. Turner
A & M \s career center rank
because it has a unique dev.
StUC
Ag Journalism
Continued from page 1
WorldCom
Continued from page 1
conducting a criminal investiga
tion into the downfall of
WorldCom. The results of that
probe only would be made pub
lic if the government brings
charges against the company.
The Securities and Exchange
Commission, citing “accounting
improprieties of unprecedented
magnitude,” last month filed
civil fraud charges against
WorldCom, a day after the com
pany disclosed a nearly $4 bil
lion hole in its books.
Attorney General John
Ashcroft said an independent
examiner “will provide trans
parency to the process and
enhance accountability.”
“In turn this should increase
public confidence in the conduct
of the case and help preserve
value and protect the creditors
and shareholders, including
small creditors and those whose
pension funds are invested in
WorldCom,” he said.
The request for an examiner
indicates the government believes
that step is needed to protect
WorldCom shareholders’ inter
ests through the bankruptcy
process. An examiner, who would
be accountable to the court and
not the creditors’ committee, was
appointed in the Enron case to
investigate the energy-trading
company’s collapse.
An examiner also can turn
over relevant material to the i
Justice Department if this per
son discovers activities by com
pany executives believed to war
rant investigation.
Clinton, Miss.-based
WorldCom admitted June 25
that it falsely accounted for
$3.85 billion in expenses,
which inflated profits. That
day, it fired chief financial offi
cer Scott Sullivan, who was
subsequently accused by the
company’s auditor, Arthur
Andersen, of withholding cru
cial information about
WorldCom’s bookkeeping.
WorldCom’s stock price trad
ed as high as $64.50 in June 1999
but is now virtually worthless.
journalism, a student must have 31 credit hours ot
agricultural course work along with 27 credit
hours of the journalism core curriculum.
Internships are not required for agricultural
journalism but are encouraged and readily avail
able, Dunsford said.
Because of mixed curriculum, agricultural
journalism graduates have knowledge in both the
science and journalism fields.
Even though agricultural journalism is not
planning on forming its own department, it will
not cap the enrollment at 100, and the major will
add a third professor beginning next fall.
Most graduates, Wingenbach said, work with
public relations for agriculture companies, work
for agriculture publications or associations,
government, or as intermediaries betweende
opers of high tech agriculture equipmeni
farmers.
Wingenbach said a typical starting salan
a graduate is near $30,000 a year and up
government workers.
Lee Roy Schaefer, an agricultural joumi
graduate, works for the Houston Livestocks
and Rodeo in the public relations field and
other things helped promote concerts inck
Pat Green, Jerry Jeff Walker, Bob Dylan
Destiny’s Child.
Other graduates of agricultural journa
work for high tech companies such as Mom;
the developers of Roundup, and for the Gi
Information System, which uses GPS tecta
gy to help farmers in such ways as trad
insect movement.
SCRS
Continued from page 1
Fix or sell
WorldCom
Inc
Executives at WorldCom
inc. favor restructuring the
$41 billion debt they owe,
but their major lenders and
bondholders may push for
the sale of major
assets.
Fortunately for -c
people who want
the company to
World 00 " 1
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2001 sales, by products and operations
MCI Group (includes consumer telephony and
dial-up Internet)
job is to counsel students on their
legal rights and responsibilities
through private interviews, publi
cations and seminars.
However, Student Legal
Services does not represent stu
dents in court. This service is
staffed by a licensed attorney and
support staff. The attorney is
available at no charge to students
for personal interviews, consulta
tions and as a speaker for recog
nized student organizations.
Student Legal Services adheres to
strict confidentiality and the attor
ney-client privilege.
Student Legal Services’
lawyer Rick Powell sees around
1,500 students a year, which
equals to around eight each
working day.
“We hope to hire additional
lawyers when more studes
come in for legal advis
Collins said.
This service cannot be us
when a student has a
against another student or
the University because ofconfli
of interest issues. Some oft
legal advice available throughf-
Student Legal Services include
traffic tickets, divorce, f
suits, name changes, contrac
and landlord/tenant disputes.
WorldCom Group (includes data, voice and Internet)
stay whole, not
many potential
buyers are currently in a
position to buy given the
troubled telecom
munications market.
Deep in debt
Top creditors,
based on bond debt
Helping hand
The company will receive nearly
$2 billion in financing while it
reorganizes, including $750
million from Citibank, JR Morgan
Chase Bank and General
Electric Capital Corp.
Band
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“He felt there was a need and took the initia
tive,” Rhea said.
The contributors hope the Endowed Instrument
Fund will provide a base for others to contribute to
the band.
Currently, Marion and the TABA are on tk
waiting list for matching funds from the HI
“Bum” Bright fund, which previously donafed
$10 million to the Corps. The matching Us
would raise the total to $50,000. jpi
Marion requested that proceeds
tion he donated be first used for the Vrf-
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In billions
... and for pension funds, mutual funds and insurance companies
by value at maturity date, in millions
J.P. Morgan Trust Co.
$17.2
CalPERS*
$387.5
The Vanguard Group $281.9
Mellon Bank
$6.6
Prudential Global
Travelers Asset
Citibank
$3.3
Asset Management
$386.5
Management Int’l Co. $270.1
JR Morgan Chase
$3.0
Metropolitan Life
* California Public Employees'
Bear Stearns
$2.7
Insurance Company
$300.3
Retirement Systems
SOURCES: Hoover’s Online; CapitalAccess International; U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of New York
AP
NEWS IN BRIEF
Dozens arrested in
New Orleans raid
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Police
began rounding up more than
80 people in an alleged bribery
scheme at the city's auto
inspection and taxi-licensing
agencies Monday as the new
mayor opened a crackdown on
graft in the Big Easy.
The auto inspection agency,
including its three inspection
stations, was shut down by the
roundup that began before
dawn, and authorities said they
expected all 20 of the agency's
employees to be implicated.
Bush says economy
health strong
ARGONNE, III. (AP) -
President Bush had no advice
for investors as the stock mar
ket gyrated wildly Monday —
"I'm not a stock broker or a
stock picker" - but he said the
economy is strong and corpc
rate profits are improving.
"You're talking to the w
guy about what stocks 1
buy," the president said ,n
brief exchange with repoi
at a national lab involved
homeland defense. .
His remarks mixed opting ;
skepticism and even bewil
ment about Wall Street as sti
again fell sharply - re ^ e(
the struggle by Bush to resp
to tumbling markets.
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