Graduation Issue Features p4 COMMON SENSE Common sense,luck help former students starting businesses BY PER JOERGENSEN p6 PAYING OFF COLLEGE LOANS Average senior owes $15,000 in college loans BY ERIC WESLANDER p8 DIPLOMAS DON'T GUARANTEE JOBS BY LINDSEY HENRY p11ECCENTRIC BEHAVIOR SHINES IN MARCH BY BRADLEY J. BROOKS p10 BUMPER CROP YEAR FOR JOBS Placement centers say 1996 is a bumper crop year for jobs p12 THE BLAME GAME How to recover from criticism with ego intact STORY BY ALICE YEO ILLUSTRATION BY DEMOND ROBINSONP p14 BELLS WILL TOLL Campanile is repaired BY BRADLEY J. BROOKS p18 GRADUATING ON TIME? Graduating in four years not common anymore BY JEN HUMPHREY p15 SO YOU DIDN'T MEET MR. OR MS. RIGHT? BY ALICE YEO p 23 A GOOD RESUME GETS THE JOB BY STEPHANIE MCDUFF May 1996 The Hill Graduation 2