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Huntley ‘79 313B S College Ave. (next to Harry’s) 979-846-8916 An official authorized dealer for Tag-Heuer and Breitling. BREITLING 1884 y MSU study finds tougher labor mark creating problems for college seniot By Maryanne George KRT CAMPUS Adrienne Brown has sent out more than 40 resumes and been on four job interviews recently. But if she doesn't land a job by the time she graduates from Michigan State University next month, she'll be working as an office assistant at a campus dorm. Brown, 22, is one of thou sands of college seniors search ing for jobs in a tough labor market. Although hiring of col lege graduates with bachelor's degrees is expected to increase overall between 3 and 8 percent, it is declining in some fields, according to a study released Nov. 20 by MSU. The 33rd annual survey of 450 employers by MSU's Collegiate Employment Research Institute found that while the job market is improving in areas such as biolog ical and physical sciences, com puter science graduates will find few openings. Among the study’s findings: Employers with hiring plans will create an approximately 9- percent expansion in jobs. Graduates are more likely to find jobs in retail, construction, finance, health and hospitality and less likely to find spots in manufacturing, transportation, professional services and infor mation services. Internships and co-op jobs are the preferred path to a job. Employers want candidates wl)o communicate well and are willing to learn new skills. Adrienne Brown, 22, of East Lansing, Michigan, a senior and communications major specializing in publicreloS graduate from Michigan State University on Dec. 6. Brown will be competing for jobs with people who Iwe the job market for five or six years. Starting salaries are increas ing only 1-2 percent and decreasing in some fields com pared to last year. Brown, who majored in com munications at MSU. is amazed at the competition. "There aren't as many open ings now," said Brown, who lives in East Lansing and works part time at MSU's office of uni versity relations and as an office assistant at the Case-Wonders residence hall on campus. "I'm competing with people who speak three languages and Federal agents raid Hells Angels sites By Tim Molloy THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MONTEREY PARK. Calif. — Law enforcement agents raided Hells Angels motorcycle gang hangouts across the West on Wednesday and made at least 57 arrests after a two-year undercov er investigation into drugs and guns. Federal agents hit Hells Angels headquarters and clubhouses in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Arizona, Washington state, Nevada and Alaska in pre-dawn raids. Forty arrests were made by federal officials, and local police arrested another 17 in California on state charges. It was not imme diately clear how many people were arrested on local charges in other states. The investigation included law enforcement agents who offered to buy explosives from members of the motorcycle gang, Donald R. Kincaid, special agent in charge of the FBI’s Los Angeles office, said at a news conference. “We purchased some stolen military explosives,” he said, adding that they were identified as military property by lot numbers and other distinguishing marks. Items seized in Los Angeles included about 50 firearms and a quarter-pound of suspected methamphetamine, bureau officials said. At the news conference, agents displayed motorcycle jackets, memorabilia and rifles, shotguns, semiautomatic weapons and pis tols seized from the clubhouse. Helmeted ATF agents raided the Hells Angels headquarters in Sparks, Nev., making one arrest and confiscating several items. 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The expects to hire 30 sales managers nation* June, according to ^ a company recruiter viewed Patterson, SOURCE : i Dr sta By Sc if Two fc lents stat: ost their I nonth ne itudents NEWS IN BRIEF Alleged cannibal says victim wanted to be killed KASSEL, Germany (AP) — A German computer expert — charged with killing, dismem bering and eating the flesh of an Internet acquaintance — made a detailed confession at the opening of his murder trial Wednesday. The accused said he was only doing what the vic tim wanted. Armin Meiwes, 42, gave chilling testimony about how his fantasy of finding someone to become “a part of me” turned real. Meiwes described matter-of- factly how Bernd Juergen Brandes, 43, traveled from Berlin to visit him in March 2001 in reply to an Internet advertise ment seeking a young man for “slaughter and consumption.” Hong Kong’s snake M is suffering a severed crunch after mainland affl ties banned exports dr;| BARS outbreak, research suggested thei ratory illness was wildlife in southern China 1 The global epider declared under contrc and snakes have r SARS-free bill of he the ban still stands, officials have told Hongkl snake dealers it's a cons? tion measure following a; in mainland consumpto I pryan-Cc kity to m; lebrighl I Capt. f 995, Lt. HELf Donat statioi and Ti destre New bill require! children's dosaf tests for medkii SARS aftermath: no snake soup in Hong Kong HONG KONG (AP) — Nothing holds off Hong Kong’s winter chill like a hearty bowl of snake soup. Many restaurants are missing the rpain ingredient. 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