Palomar College
Volume 35 No. 13
A
llcatlon for the Associated Students
Wednesday, March 1 0, 1982
San Marcos, CA
Graduate outlook gloomy
Reagan proposes aid cuts
If you are one of the nearly 1.3 million students who will graduate in 1982, you can expect a "boom or bust" year according to a report by U.S. News. Employment experts have stated that for graduates in highly technical and energy related fields jobs will be plentiful, but not so for those in liberal arts and the humanities. The greatest demand will be for those with degrees in computer science, chemical and electrical engineering, and some business fields. Pay in these fields will start approximately 15 percent higher than last year. "The high rollers this year will be in energy, electronics, and aerospace," says Tom Messick, careerplacement director at Montana State University. Rockwell International is planning to hire 1,000 graduates for its space, aircraft and defenseelectronics operations in Southern California, nearly double last year's quota. They will be offering salaries 10 percent over last year. Boeing Corporation indicates that only electrical engineers and computer scientists will be hired with salaries beginning up from last year's $22,000 figure . Amoco Production Company based in Denver plans to hire about 85 engineering graduates, about the same as last year. General Electric will be hiring graduates with electronics and electrical engineering degrees specializing in communications and computer software. For those who have obtained degrees in the business field, they may find themselves competing for fewer jobs. Accounting still is in demand, according to Robert N. Mills, General Electric's chief recruiter. Starting salaries will range from $15,000 to $18,000 for those with Bachelor's degrees and upwards of $30,000 for MBA's. The Liberal Art majors employment picture seems pretty bleak, as many employers report little interest in nontechnical personnel. Jobs in the government will also be fewer this year with big budget cuts. "Teachers remain in oversupply in fields such as elementary education and the humanities," says Walter M. Snyder, personnel director for Baltimore County Schools. But those with certifications in math, physics, science and computers seem to be in a greater demand.
$1.5 billion will be cut by the Reagan Administration, eliminating money for three programs and forcing graduate students out of the Guaranteed Student Loan program, college groups said. According to Pat Smith of the Council on Education, under graduates would be forced to pay a 10 percent fee for Guaranteed Student Loans, and the interest rate on their loans would jump from nine percent to market rates, currently exceeding 19 percent, two years after they begin repayment. Officials of the council and the other college groups said the Education Department had privately confirmed to them that President Reagan will propose the cuts in the fiscal 1983 budget he sends to congress today. James W. Moore,the department's director of the postsecondary financial aid, confirmed that the Guaranteed Student Loan changes, include the dismantling of grants to students, were under consideration. But he said he did not know whether White House budget officials have approved them. A dozen education groups calling themselves The Action Committee for Higher Education scheduled a news conference to launch a drive to defeat the proposals. Targeted for funding elimination in the 1983 Reagan budget proposal are $278 million Supplemental Education Opportunity Grant program the $179 million National Direct Student Loans and the $74 million State Student Incentive Grants, the college group said. The 2.3 billion Pell Grant program (formally called Basic Grants) would be cut to $1.4 billion, which would eliminate grants to one million students in families with incomes higher than $14,000 in the 1983-84 college year, according to Smith. In addition ,the $528 million Work Study program would be trimmed to $400 million, she said. The maximum Pell Grant also will be cut from $18,000 to $14,000 under the Reagan Plan. In addition to the 1 million students who would be forced out of the Peel Grant Program, more than a million would lose some other forms of aid, including 615,000 who get supplemental grants, 300,000 who benefit from the state incentive grants and 266,000 who get the five percent National Direct Student Loans. Last year the Reagan Administration imposed a five percent origination fee on the Guaranteed Student wans and required students from families with income above $30,000 to take a ''need" test to qualify for the loans.
Social security benefits available Students between the ages of 18 and 22 may be eligible for social security benefits earned by a retired, disabled or deceased parent or grandparent. By the May 1 deadline, a student must be enrolled in a college or university full time to take advantage of this program. Students already receiving Social Security benefits under this program will have these monies continue until age 22 if they maintain full time student status. A student may attend college while still in high school with the consent of a high school counselor. Those who qualify should contact a Financial Aids counselor here.
VOCAL BLENDING - The Early Music Ensemble of San Diego will perform here during the Concert Hour March 17 at 11 a.m. They are (L
to R) Elisabeth Marti, Victoria Heins, John Peeling, Philip Larson and Constance Lawthers.
Library's 'Talking Books' speak to physically disabled Something new has been added to Palomar's library collection- "Talking Books"! Talking books are current fiction and non-fiction books read aloud and recorded on cassette tapes for the blind and physically handicapped who cannot use conventional ink print format books. A selection of 130 of these cassette tape books will be kept at the main library circulation desk for the use of those eligible to use them. The cassettes must be played on a special tape player designed for four track tapes and the modified, slower speed of Talking Books. Ordinary cassette players process tape at P/s i.p.s. (inches per second). But the special player for the handicapped operates at 15/ 16 i.p.s., and has a variable speed capacity to speed up narration of the text. At high speed the narrator sounds like Donald Duck! These special Talking Books are recorded for the blind by the Library of Congress, Division for the Blind and Physically Handicapped. They are distributed free to qualified, registered borrowers, usually by mail. There are book catalogs to order books. However, "Talking Book Topics" a monthly catalog is mailed to a blind reader's home. It consists of a thin plastic recording describing the new books and an order form . When orders are sent to the distributing library, Braille Institute in Los Angeles for Southern California, the books are mailed out to the reader. The purpose of this special collection is to augment that home service for Palomar's disabled students by providing a "browsing" collection here for their immediate use . While Palomar's Talking Books cannot be circulated to unqualified users, the library will allow those interested to examine the player and
mailer boxes so that the services become known by more people. Just ask for a demonstration at the Circulation Desk. For family members or friends who have difficulty reading regular size print books, the Palomar library has a collection of large type books. There are 130 fiction and non-fiction books available for patrons' use.
This Large Type collection includes: mystery, humor, westerns, biography, typing and cook books. A bibliography of this collection has just been prepared in large type. It is shelved with the Large Type collection of books near the circulation desk edition of the "Reader's Digest" which can be borrowed from the Periodical Department.
SD Music Ensemble plays at campus lab Performing music of the sixteenth and seventeeth century the Early Music Ensemble of San Diego will play during the concert Hour Series.
Since 1972 they have performed throughout California and received critical acclaim during several concert tours of Switzerland and other European European countries.
The ensemble will offer selections The ensemble consists of five of Burgundian and Flemish Courts and Renaissance England, and will voices: Connie Lawthers and also include the Cantate Domino of Elisabeth Marti, sopranos; Victoria the great Dutch organist Jan Heins, contralto; John Peeling, tenor; Philip Larson, base. Sweelinck The Early Music Ensemble is ¡a The performance takes place in group of professional singers who perform the particularly unusal, the Performance Lab at 11 a.m .. Adexacting and compelling music of mission is free, and for further the Middle Ages, the renaissance information phone the Music Department at 744-1150, Ext. 2317. and .the Early Baroque.
SDS fall deadline nears Undergraduate applications for the fall 1982 semester at San Diego State University will close March 21 in an effort to keep enrollment within the campus' budgeted level. This is the latest in a series of decisions to try to control the campus enrollment following budget cutbacks ordered by Gov. Brown and after com plaints of crowding on the campus. Applications from educationally disadvantaged students applying through the educational opportunity program to lower division study
will still be considered after the March 21 cutoff date, and graduate student applications also are not affected. The university's satellite campuses in the Imperial Valley and in Vista also are excluded from the closing deadline, which is one of the earliest in recent years. Applications already presented at the campus will not be affected, and applications received at the campus admissions office by 4 p.m. on March 19, or postmarked by midnightofMarch21, will be processed.
Final test date soon The semester's final opportunity to take the Reading Proficiency Test will be Thursday, March 18. This is the last opportunity to take the thirty-minute, multiple choice test on reading skills. The test helps students discover their reading strengths and weaknesses, and the results are confidential. For further information, call the reading program at 744-1150, ext. 2568.