Page 4 —SMOKE SIGNALS, November, 1990
It was a very long, dry
summer for 1991 grads
By Diana Smith
Special to Smoke Signals
(CPS)—Jim Kutsko had it fig
ured out. He planned to nail down
adreamjobinm aiketing or public
relations during his senior year,
settle into the working world after
graduation and get on with the rest
of his life.
He was wrong.
Months after graduating from
the University of Colorado, he still
had not found full-time work in the
recession-weakened economy.
“It’s just been real tough all
around,” Kutsko says o the bleak
job prospects. “It really gets scary.
You have nothing to f^ back on.”
So he decided it was time to take
his quest for employment to the
streets. He is currently advertising
his skills from the side of an 18-
wheeler that will travel halfway
across the United States during the
month of August.
“Hire yourself an experienced
marketing graduate available
now,” proclaims the 8-foot by 20-
foot ad, which also has a giant
photo of Kutsko, his name and
telephone number.
Kutsko’s approach may be
unusual, but he is not alone in his
search for a full-time job. Thou-
sandsofotherwell-qualified gradu
ates are facing the same problem:
looking for something—anything
— related to their fields in a de
pressed economy.
The summer has been a long,
dry one for many 1991 graduates,
and the picture doesn’t look much
brighter for students who plan to
graduate in 1992.
Tough Times Ahead
Employers who were worried
about the downturn in the econ
omy have pul hiring plans on hold,
reducing the number of jobs avail
able. Employers also have been
more cautious in salary offers to
recent graduates, the coUegePlace
ment Council reported in its July
survey of job prospects.
The council said recent, opti
mistic predictions about the econ
omy haven’t helped 1991 gradu
ates yet. Federal Reserve Chair
man Alan Greenspan declared that
the recession bottomed out in the
second quarter of 1991.
“There are very few jobs open,”
said Dawn Obennan, statistical
services specialist with the coun
cil. She said graduates are reas
sessing their options and taking
part-time jobs, jobs in unrelated
fields, relocating to where the jobs
exist and accepting lower salaries.
Some graduates are finding that
they can’t afford to be particular.
“Not everybody has the option to
move back home and take a part-
time job,” she said.
Oberman points out that more
seniors will be graduating during
the coming school year, which
means that 1991 graduates who
don’t find jobs soon will be com
peting in a larger pool of appli
cants.
And despite optimistic predic
tions from economists, Obemian
said employers aren’t likely to
suddenly start hiring in coming
months.
Companies Cut Back Hiring
“The picture just isn’t that great
yet,” she said. “Any economic
recovery that occurs will have to
take place first, and the jobs will
follow."
What employers want..
Advanced technology lias created changing needs in the workplace:
1) broad knowledge of math, computers, physics, electronics; 2)
strength in the language arts; 3) good reasoning skills; 4) the need for
life-long learning; 5) an understanding of systems and how they are
developed.
Employers are searching for employees with strong basic academic
skills, communications ability, and personal flexibility. Employers
want employees with adaptive skills as well as skills of problem
recognition and definition. In addition, they want employees who can
work with limited or incomplete information, use analytical skills,
develop brainstorming techniques and who have the ability to recover
from mistakes.
College courses are a good proving ground for developing these
higher order thinking and problem-solving skills. Work to develop the
ability to analyze a problem and arrive at a creative solution!
Barbara Hayes, a spokeswoman
for Hewlett-Packard, said about
50 percent of the electronics firm’s
now hires are college graduates.
Kutsko said he interviewed with
various companies during his sen
ior year with no success. So he
decided to resort to guerrilla tac
tics, which included shelling out
almost $1,000 for the advertising
blitz.
Somewhere along the way, the
right person might see the ad and
be impressed by his creativity. “I’m
hoping this gets the attention of the
business world,” Kutsko said.
“Ourexpectations were brought
way down. A lot of people took
what they could find,” said Veron
ica Aldana, who finished her un
dergraduate work at Barnard Col
lege last spring. “Mainly you have
to use your connections.”
Jobs are available to recent
graduates, but they are scarce and
the pay is considerably lower, she
said. Companies that are still re
cruiting on campuses are hiring
fewer graduates.
“It’s awful,” she said. ”I re
cruited for a year and they weren’t
hiring any B.S. ’s. They’reoffering
internships to people with masters
degrees. It’s really competitive
now".
Kutsko said one of his friends, a
graduate in intematinal relations
who speaks fluent Spanish, recently
took a job as a hospital reception
ist. His friends hope other opportu
nities will come open as the encon-
omy gets better.
Freshman class elects new officers,
Rhonda Lond is named president
Rhonda Long is the freshman
class president for the 1991-92
school year. She is from Indian
Trail, N.C. She is a double major
in history and education. She hopes
to become a history teacher at the
high school or college level. When
asked why she was a class officer,
Rhonda replied, “I want to raise
money for the high school class,
and I enjoy being involved in stu
dent government.”
Miss Long likes Chowan, “I love
Chowan. I have found very close
friends. I was glad to leave the big
city of Charlotte.”
Amy Runger is the freshman
class vice president for the 1991-
92 school year. She is from Carry,
North Carolina. She is majoring in
commercial art and hopes that one
day she will work at Walt Disney
World as an animator or other
creative job. She wants to work
through her position as vice presi
dent to get some activities going
on the weekends here at Chowan.
What does Miss Runger think of
Chowan? “I like Chowan. It is
small, friendly, and quiet”
Amy Crosby is the freshman
class treasurer for the 1991-92
school year. She is from New
Castle, Vii^inia. Hermajoris music
business which she plans to use to
start a solo singing career. If that
does not work out. Miss Crosby
plans on owning her recording
studio. She is a class officer be
cause she was involved in her stu
dent govennment during high
school. Now she wants to help out
Chowan, too. Amy thinks,
“Chowan is a nice place. It has a lot
to offer in my major.”
Krista Fish is the freshman class
secretary for the 1991-92 school
year. She is from Blue Mountain
Lake, New Yoric. Afterobtaining a
degree in merchandise manage
ment, Miss Fish would like to
manage her own retail store. She
became a member of the student
government because she wants to
make sure that things go alright
and that there are things to do. “I
like Chowan. The classes are good.
You get out of it what you put into
it. Since it is a small college, it was
easier for me to adjust since I am
from a small town,” confesses
Krista.
Day Student organization
elects officers for 91-92
Robert Deacon is the day stu
dent president for the school term
of 1991 -92. He resides in Conway,
but his family moved from Vir
ginia Beach just three years ago.
He is an education major. As presi
dent of the Day Student Organiza
tion, he hopes to raise money for a
day student scholarship. When
asked what he thinks of Chowan,
Mr Deacon quickly replied, “I think
a lot of people around here like
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Chowan if they are into school. If
they are not into school, they are
not going to like it here.”
Natalie Taylor is serving as vice
president of the Day Student Or
ganization for this term. She is a
residentof the Eure section of Gates
County. After she earns her music
degree, she would like to teach
piano and voice out of her home.
She is participating in student
government in order to help raise
money and get events going so
there will be a Day Student Or
ganization. “ I like Chowan,” Miss
Taylor is quick to tell anyone. “I
am glad it is going four years be
cause I want to stay here. I would
recommend it to anyone.”
Tammy Joyner is working in
the student government as the
secretary and treasurer of the Day
Student Organization. She is a
resident of Ahoskie and is major
ing in Education. She became ac
tive in the Day Student Organiza
tion in order to help out the other
day students. Miss Joyner’s opin
ion of Chowan is easy to under
stand if you just ask her, “I think
Chowan is a real good place be
cause of the small classes and the
students ability to talk to the pro
fessors.”
FINAL EXAM SCHEDULE
Fall Semester, 1991
Saturday, 14 December
8:00 a.m. —Final exams for classes that meet at 11:00 TH
10:00 a.m. —Final exams for classes that meet at 2:00 MWF
1:00 p.m. —Final exams for classes that meet at 9:00 TH
Monday, 16 December
8.00 a.m. —Final exams for classes that meet at 11:00 MWF and 11:00
MTWTF
10:00 a.m. —Exams for classes that meet at 2:00 TH
1:00 p.m. —Exams for classes that meet at 1:00 MWF
Tuesday, 17 December
8:00 a.m. —Exams for classes that meet at 9:00 MWF and 9:00 MTWTH
10:00 a.m. —Exams for classes that meet at 12:30 TH and 1.00 TH
1:00 p.m. —Exams for classes that meet at 3:00 MWF and 3:30 TH
Wednesday, 18 December
8:00 a.m. —Exams for classes that meet at 8:00 MWF
10:00 a.m. —Exams for classes that meet at 8:00 TH
1:00 p.m. —Exams for classes that meet at 12:00 MWF
Thursday, 19 December
8:00 a.m. —Exams for classes that meet at 10:00 MWF
10:00 a.m. —Exams for classes that meet at 12:00 TH
1:00 p.m. —Make-up exams
NOTE: Final exams for all classes that meet after 3:00 MWF and after 3:30 TH will
be administered at the time of the last regular class period.
Exciting assignments in the air
Summer job for Jordan was ’flying high*
By Daniel Brovm, Feature Editor
Everyone looks forward to an
exciting summer but, the truth of
the fact is that most students end up
spending their summer vacation
woricing. Jobs for students are
somewhat limited and prove to be
tiresome, boring, and low-paying.
Everyone dreams of that perfect
job where it pays well and it is
exciting, but not everyone is lucky.
Most students end up woridng at a
restaurant, a grocery store, or of
fice. Some jobs are hard and mo
notonous with ejccUent pay and
others are easy with extremely low
wages. It seems to be near impos
sible to get that perfect job.
Julie Jordan, a student here at
Chowan College, secured a job of
a different kind. Her summer job
was not tiresome, boring, or low-
paying, it was just the opposite.
She landed a job with the Hertford
County Agricultural Department.
Her duty, to take pictures from an
airplane. She is the lucky one, she
found the perfect job. Good hours,
good pay, excitement, and diver-
sity-it’s hard to ask for anything
better.
Mapping with Photos
Julie flew around in an aiiplane
from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., taking
aerial photographs. It may sound
like an easy job, but it was not. She
had to firxl where she was on a map
and follow an imaginary line so
that she could take her pictures. As
she said, “It is not very easy.” There
is an example of a similar map
which Julie had to interpret in Camp
Hall if anyone is interested in see
ing it.
Julie and her co-workers, Henry
and Betty Joyner, the pilots and
another photographer Amy Askew
(a Murphite) flew around eight
different counties taking these
pictures. They flew from
Northampton County to the coun
ties along the beach where they
witnessed many beautiful sights.
There is one incident where Julie
and herco-woilcers spotted a bear,
but most important, Julie spotted
the Braves Den from a mile away!
The sights must have been spec
tacular.
Allotments checked
Hertford County Agricultural
Department takes pictures of the
land to prevent fanners from plant
ing over the allotment which they
have purchased. Any farmer who
plants cotton, tobacco, and pea
nuts must buy allotments. If a
farmer disregards those bounda
ries then he has violated the law.
Julie tells a story of a farmer who
planted four acres over his allot
ment. She says that the “bossman”
told the farmer of his misdeed. The
farmer, who did not like the idea of
this man telling him how much he
could plant, struck the “bossman”
in the mouth. Who would think
/V
Julie Jordan
that this job was also dangerous?
The pictures were taken from
the bottom of the plane. A piece of
Plexiglass with a hole in it allowed
Julie to snap the pictures that were
needed to capture these criminal
farmers. Her aerial photos are
important to the Department of
Agriculture. She directly helped to
put a stop to the farmers who disre
garded the allotment boundaries.
Julie is a sophomore who in
tends to get a degree in education.
She will graduate after the end of
this semester, but she may attend
Chowan College for four years.
She is an R. A. in Jenkins dorm and
is a managerfor the volleyball team.
She lives in Aulander, North Caro
lina, where she secured her job.
“I enjoyed the job. It was defi
nitely different. I made good
money, met some new people, and
I would love to do it every sum
mer.” Her summer job is the kind
that students dream about. She
hopes to continue her work this
summer and experience some new
adventures.
collegiate crossword
49 50 51
ACROSS
1 Where one might
study Andy Warhol's
works (3 wds.)
12 Enrollment into
college
14 "Calculus Made Sim
ple," e.g. (2 wds.)
16 Evaluate
17 Extremely small
18 Follows a recipe
direction
19 Belonging to Mr.
Pacino
22 Of land measure
23 Meets a poker bet
24 Gay (WW II
plane)
26 Capri, e.g.
27 Belonging to Mayor
Koch
28 Irritate or
embitter
30 Train for a boxing
match
31 — and the
Belmonts
32 Processions
35 Diet supplement
(abbr.)
38 Scottish historian
and philosopher
39 College In Green
ville. Pa.
40 The Venerable —
© Edward Jullus
41 ..not with
but a whimper.”
43 Return on invest
ment (abbr.)
44 Pondered
45 Belonging to Mr.
Starr
47 Part of the classi
fieds (2 wds.)
48 Possible place to
study abroad (2 wds)
52 Small school in Can
ton, Ohio (2 wds.)
53 Orson Welles film
classic (2 wds.)
DOWN
1 Those who are duped
2 "Do unto —..."
3 Fourth estate
4 Goals
5 Well-known record
label
6 Well-known king
7 151 to Caesar
8 Prefix meaning milk
9 Confused (2 wds.)
10 — husky
11 Most irrmediate
12 Like a sailboat
13 Cash register key
(2 wds.)
14 £n — (as a whole)
15 Auto racing son of
Richard Petty
19 Political disorder
20 — cit. (footnote
abbreviation)
21 Traveled on a
Flexible Flyer
24 Glorify
25 Prospero's servant
In "The Tempest"
28 Well-known govern
ment agency
29 American league
team (abbr.)
30 Fictional hypnotist
32 Style exemplified
by Picasso
33 "She's
(from "Flashdance")
34 Be unwell
35 Visible trace
36 Think
37 Woman's under
garment
38 Conmit —-kiri
40 —— burner
42 "...for if I
away..
44 Actress Gibbs
46 African antelope
47 Well-known TV band
leader
49 Pince
(eyeglass type)
50 1968 film. "
Station Zebra"
51 1965 film. "
Ryan's Express"