δΈ€ University Daily Kansan, November 10, 1982 Page Slattery From name one jurisdiction over natural gas pricing and many health issues. The Education Committee is another logical committee assignment because college students compose about 13 percent of his district's voting bloc. Slattery said. Slattery will receive an education in House protocol, and the chance to meet many of his colleagues and discuss committee assignments. Slattery will also send a two-week orientation session in December. BESIDES THE orientation session, Slattery is drawing on the congressional experience of Jeffries and his staff. Jeffries, who vowed to make the transition as smooth as possible, said he was helping to ensure Slattery's office would have all the needed equipment. "We are doing all we can do to make our people available to his staff," Jeffries said. "I told Jim a long time ago that we would pledge our support for him if he won. Candidates When he is not reviewing potential staff members or studying issues likely to face the next Congress, Slattery is making arrangements with his wife and their two young sons to Washington. The process of buying a home in Washington has been a somewhat depressing chore for Slatter because of the high prices of East Coast homes. From page one only support students, but give them a chance to work with the Senate. "What's unique about our student government is getting students to work for students," she said. "Consensus is dedicated to keeping Senate and boards under knowledgeable student control." WALKER ALSO has been a stanchion opponent of this year's Senate, and he said he thought the Consensus coalition was merely the Perspective last year. Persevier swept the Senate elections. "You have to look at these incumbents and ask, 'What have they done for us?' " Walker said. He cited the Senate's recent problems with the student-run KU on Wheels bus system as an example. More than $50,000 is missing from bus system funds. The coordinator of the system; Steve McMurry, has been arrested on five counts of felony theft involving $20,425. "If you are running on experience," Walker said, "then I don't think allow the Transportation Board to break down is an asset to a campaign. ASHNER SAID, "It's always easy to criticize after the fact. But I think that the way the entire Senate has handled the problem is what is important." Jobs HENRY SAID that sales jobs typically involved selling company products to supermarkets and department stores and helping to merchandise the company's product. From page one Companies want to hire people at lower management positions so they can learn the ropes of their job. This is both good and bad, he said. The starting salaries are low, but starting at the bottom are high. A lower-level management position pays $12,000 to $16,000 a year, he said, and sales job pay $7,000 to $9,500 a year. A 20-YEAR STUDY, published by the Association of American Colleges, reported that liberal students had better managerial skills and had more other than did those with other college majors. "There is no need for liberal arts majors to lack confidence in approaching business careers," said a summary of the study "Career Development in Liberal Arts Major in Belt System Management." Some students, however, do not want sales or management jobs. Sandra Pellegrini, a Topteka senior majoring in political science, said she was considering alternatives such as going to Europe or joining the Peace Corps, rather than trying to find a job. "I don't want to work for J. C. Penney or Sears. That doesn't interest me," she said. SHE SAID she could have been more practical in deciding her course of study, but she would not. "I just enjoyed learning for learning's sake. Engineers miss out because they don't get a wide perspective, I might change my mind next year. Henry said, however, that no liberal arts majors had to starve for lack of a job because a liberal arts degree was an excellent background for finding a job, especially if a student supplemented his classes with some computer science, business and math classes. "Frankly, I've seen the day when engineers were a dine a dozen and couldn't find a job. Needs change fast when you're that specialized," he said. He recommended that a liberal arts major take at least 15 hours of math. The Bell study found that liberal arts graduates in the Bell System had mathematical deficiencies. BASED ON HIS experience and contact with graduates, Henry he said the vast amount of work that he did was valuable. "If they can't find a job, they waited too long." he said. Lineberry characterized the current job market as one in which occupations are born, grow to maturation, and die within a single generation. Because of this, he said, no substitute exists for the breadth of mind that comes from a liberal perspective. He said that at the same time he could understand students' concern over the job of teaching. "students carry a heavy burden in an economy where jobs are not readily available." Although with a job market in a state of flux, people will not stay in the same positions or careers all their lives, he said. EVERYTHING GOES in cycles, he said, and, without technical fields are growing now, they must be developed. Lisa Borden, a 1981 graduate who had a double major in personnel administration and Spanish, said, "If I lost this job, I could find another because I have a variety of skills." BORDEN, WHO works as a personal banking representative for United Missouri Bank in Kansas City, Mo., said she was not using her computer because she did not consider her Spanish studies wasted. She said the job market in Kansas City for Spanish majors was very lean, but that she wanted to move to Texas some day, where her Spanish would be more in demand. James Carothers, coordinator of English undergraduate studies, said English graduates had found jobs in such diverse fields as sales, banking, teaching, editing, management and "English is such a broadly portable skill. We ask people to read difficult material, analyze it and write about it. There are very few jobs where those skills aren't needed," he said. PAUL SCHUMAKER, chairman of the political science department, said a liberal arts education was a long-term investment, and the college offered it. "You can't not be evident when a student went job hunting. Nevertheless, he said, the generalized knowledge from a liberal arts degree prepares students to become critical thinkers. Women's Health Care Services P.A. 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