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- Guilfordian, November 2, 1983
Is MBA Really Necessar
(Ismpum Digest Veiei Service
Many people who graduated
last spring with an MBA found
that having an MBA in your hand
does not necessarily ensure a
great-paying job, or in some
cases, any job at all. The current
glut number of jobs available.
More than 50,000 people receiv
ed master's degrees in business
last spring. Graduates of the
more prestigious business
schools had no difficulty finding
high-paying jobs, in fact many
were sought after by many dif
ferent companies. But for those
who received their degree from
schools other than Stanford, Har
vard, Wharton and the like, the
picture was not so rosy. Many of
them had difficulty finding
recruiters to talk to much less fin
Stars
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The Talent Show was not
restricted to competition. There
were some "just for fun" addi
tions. One of these was Sheridan
Simon's emceeing duty. Sheridan
kept things rolling with com
ments about students in his
various science classes, by trying
to figure out which microphone to
use, what Julio actually was do
ing down by the schoolyard, and
the wonders of being a freshman
advisor. During a delay, he also
gracefully handled a question
and-answer session. Sheridan en
joyed emceeing the show. He lik
ed the performances but he sum
med up the real cause of his
pleasure: "As long as I'm talk
ing, I'm happy."
Some of the other special
features included other faculty
members' contributions. Jay Van
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ding openings to apply for. And
many of those graduates had to
settle for much lower starting
salery than they had anticipated.
While Harvard MBA's may start
at 50,000, a lesser school's MBA
graduate may be lucky to get a
job offering $20,000 in the same
specialty.
Recruiting efforts vary con
siderably. Hundreds of com
panies go to the big-name
business schools to recruit, while
ten or twenty companies may
visit some schools, providing
much less opportunity for job
hunting before graduation.
Of course the graduates at
those big name schools have
usually paid more for their MBA
than those at other schools
around $9,000 per year at a school
Tassell got help from Steve Lin
vill on stories from Maine, and
played his harmonica. Choir
director Carol Burnett sang
"Through the Bottom of a
Glass." The audience was
treated to another surprise when
recent Guilford graduates
Tracey Welbourne and Allen
Krusenstjerna teamed up with
Don Howie and Lynwood Winslow
on a few gospel and barbershop
songs in the middle of the show.
Yes, Virginia, Tracey still takes
hearts away with his voice and
charm.
As if all this weren't enough,
just before the contest winners
were announced, the audience
heard a special performance by
the Greensboro College Gospel
choir. Although not at full force,
like Stanford.
The economy has been a big
factor in the lack of job oppor
tunities in the business field, but
the increase in the number of
graduates combined with fierce
competition for the best jobs have
also been contributing factors.
Yet the MBA continues to hold
tremendous appeal.
Enrollment in MBA programs
continues at record numbers.
Despite having a hard time get
ting into the market, many peo
ple feel that the MBA will still
pay off in the long run. Despite a
slow start for some of the
graduates, over the years, their
chances for advancement within
their field should be higher than
those who do not hold MBA
degrees.
the choir sang fabulously and
blew away everyone as they clap
ped along.
In the wake of such an
awesome performance
remember next year to support
the Third Annual Talent
Show—it's a lot of fun, as anyone
involved will testify! Happy
memories!
"On Nov. 17th,
adopt a friend
who smokes."
WM Help a friend get through
the day without a cigarette
Sk, important. Because good
friends are hard to find.
And even tougher to lose.
THE GREAT AMERICAN SMOKEOUT
CANCER SOCIETY
Letters
it seems to me that one should not
put people in situations where
participants risk having bad ex
periences simply for the purpose
of seeing how people deal with
risk. Essentially, it is a
laboratory experiment with par
ticipants functioning both as
guinea pig and scientist, their
task being to study the group
dynamics of risk taking. But the
risks are real, both physical and
psychological.
Of course there is risk involved
in any activity. But the point is,
the Ropes Course creates risk ar
tificially, placing the element of
risk as the integral component of
the program. To me, it is a highly
questionable practice to subject
vulnerable freshmen, who are
already grappling with issues of
identity and competition, to this
kind of lab experience.
The fact that the Ropes Course
is a contrived existential ex
perience also forms the basis of
my objection to its function in the
realm of personal growth. It
seems to me that students en
counter plenty of experiences
every day, such as adjusting to
dorm life, that challenge them as
Hip to Toe Runs Short
X
By Janice Lynch
How I wish my boyfriend's
name was Calvin Klein. How I
dream of Yves-St. Laurent
measuring my inseam, noting
my waist. How I long to show
Pierre Cardin the statistics on
women which indicate that the
average woman is 5'4" tall
and well over one hundred
pounds. How my 5'4" tall com
patriots and I would laugh to
see our 5'10" sisters wearing
pants to their calves. How con
fidently I would purchase
pants, never worrying about
how to hem a cuffed tailored
leg by four inches. How I'd
revel in my girth!
Do you remember Kermit
the Frog singing, "It's Not
Easy Being Green?" Well, I'm
here to tap dance and sing a
new song called, "It's Hard to
Hem Your Pants When You
Can't Reach the Legs."
Please, Lord, I'm tired of trip
ping out of the dressing room,
mortified lest someone see my
fifteen-inch heels.
I'm so tired of my sisters'
laughter. As sisters, of course,
we often shop together.
Michele is s'6M>" tall. Patricia
is 5'7" tall. I circle the rack
several times, looking for the
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individuals and as groups.
Students also have experiences
with unusual events like natural
disasters or personal
catastrophes which often prove to
bring out the highest in human
potential. The tendency to
romanticize crisis experiences by
the popular imagination in books
and movies where a group of peo
ple is involved in a disaster and
exhibit powerful moral and
physical strengths to overcome
their situation shows up once
again in the philosophy of the
Ropes Course where the crisis
situation is artifically contrived.
While these existential ex
periences, whether genuine ones
like dorm life or team sports, or
artificial ones like the Ropes
Course, can and do bring about
the wonderful phenomenon of
real trust and intimacy, it seems
wrong to me to contrive a situa
tion where this is expected. Forc
ing this kind of intimacy which is
a kind of love that is too often the
mere gestures of love, especially
on confused and vulnerable
freshmen, is false and highly
manipulative.
The expectation that par
shortest leg possible. I go in
the dressing room and attach
radar devices to my right leg
big toe and navigational
equipment to my left big toe. I
then attempt to walk out for
my sisters' approval. How
long will I live to see them
burst buttons and fall over as
they laugh at me—crotch to
my thighs, soles of feet where
a knee should be—and waist
band which could double as a
bra. Next time I'm attaching
heavy artillery to my little toe
and shooting them in their
tails.
My grandmother is no bet
ter. She suggests I try a size 5.
I put it on as a leg warmer.
She holds up a petite—for
women under 5'4" who weigh
98 pounds—and I am forced to
repeat again, "Grandmom,
my hips double as a Friendly
Avenue crosswalk. I'll try
something else."
It's difficult to pay S4O or SSO
for a pair of pants only to cut
off six inches at the bottom.
Often I am able to fashion
skirts and blazers from these
scraps. I give them to my
sisters for Christmas. My lit
tle brother—s'lo"—remains
sympathetic and lets me wear
his shorts—as slacks.
News cm Nude Beer
Campus Digest News Service
What do you do when you have a wonderful idea,
then are prohibited from selling it? Of course you just
try a new approach.
That's exactly what William H. Boam did. Boam,
who operates WHB Manufacturing Co, came up with
the idea for Nude Beer-beer cans with naked women
on them. However, regulators told Boam Nude Beer
was not acceptable. So Boam came up with the
scratch-off bikini. He dressed his naked ladies in tiny
bikinis that the consumer can scratch off with his
fingernail. And thus, Nude Beer is now on the
shelves.
But Boam isn't finished. Now plans are to in
troduce Nude Wine and Nude Beer for women, with
pictures of bikini-clad males.
ticipants reach this almost
spiritual experience of love and
trust is the aspect of the Ropes
Course which has proven to be
the most disturbing to me. But
until I saw the Ropes Course in
the context of Guilford College I
merely felt an elusive misgiving
about it. Although advocates of
the Ropes Course would argue
that they do not insist that par
ticipants have a spiritual ex
perience, it seems to me that
unless a genuine group love is
realized, the Ropes Course
becomes self-defeating. The pro
gram aims to do more than pro
vide an opportunity for par
ticipants to showcase and
develop their physical
capabilities, but that is what re
mains if the spiritual quality is
missing. And what makes this
problem especially apparent at
Guilford College is that expecting
participants to manufacture a
spiritual quality goes against the
Quaker ideal of acting as the
spirit moves you. Perhaps
Guilford College should reex
amine the philosophy of the
Ropes Course. Sincerely,
Rachel Purpel