1987_02 The Daily Collegian February 1987

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"garbage"    then,    but    are    now    on
freshmen booklists,   f
Best described booklist selections as
a "crapshoot'.' Eventually, English
professors   decide   what   your   children
will read in the future. Best agreed that
a classic in the year 2000 may be "Pet
Cemetery" by Stephen King.
"You can leam about contemporary
society from "Pet Cemetery"...like
paying for an animal's funeral with
Mastercard," Best said.   *
The   audience   is   female,   affluent.
educated...they   have   access   to   better
books," Best said.
Harlequin Romances "can't be kept
on the shelf* for interested female
readers, according to Best. Women
who read them are a "distinct audience
genre,*';'part of what each type of
txrpular fiction is aimed at. Best said.
Best, a professor for 18 years, said
it perfectly all right to sell fiction in
grocery stores.
They're- are even good and bad
romances," Best said. "I can set people
reading" the back of a 600 or 800 page
novel to see if it is good before they
buy it" "r.   •
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same line of work over their lifetime that
specializing makes job switches harder. He
feels what is crucial for advancement is
not Specializing.
Robert Ware, assistant dean of die
School of Arts and Humanities, agrees
with   the   importance   of  a   strong   liberal
arts education and said some people are
being "trained for obsolescence," but feels
more of an emphasis is being placed on
liberal arts in recent years. Since May and
November of 1980. General Education-
Breadth requirements have been adopted
and strengthened by universities rrom an
order by the CSU Board of Trustees at the
office in Long Beach.
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room in agriculture for those who are
good.
But he said with the reduction in the
number of farms, there are fewer jobs in
agriculture nationally. In the San Joaquin
Valley there^jis a great demand for
specialists in the fields of toxic waste and
water quality, he said.
"The need is wen more critical for
qualified managers because agriculture is
getting more complex," he said.
Sheesley said he cannot think of a field
where there is a great demand because of
the shrinking number of farms. 'There are
several applications for each position," he
said.
Pherson is optimistic about the future of
agriculture. "Now is the time to go into
ag," he said. "By the time a student
graduates he will be in the beginning of
the upswing in agriculture."
Sheesley is also optimistic about the
future of agriculture. The farm crisis, he
said, is only temporary. 'There is no need
for educational institutions to back off in
the agricultural sciences." He added that
there are other fields in agriculture that
could absorb graduates. He gave examples
of agriculture sales and finance where a
person could find a job.
Sheesley said it is more difficult for a
person to become a farmer because of the
availability of capital. 'The aspirations to
become a farmer is more difficult today
than in the past," he said. "The lenders are
looking for cash flow."
Pherson believes that when planning a
career, a person should consider going
against the cycle.  "The shake out of the
industry has occurred," he said. This may
well be the time to enter and catch the
next cycle."
Pherson said'that he must do his best to
convince students aoout the opportunities
a degree in agriculrurftT^om CSUF would
provide. "We do have a good program and
we are letting everybody know about it."
To get the word out, Pherson works
with science teachers at high schools so
they will tell their students about
agriculture. "We tell students agriculture is
an exciting opportunity for them to apply
their science," he said. Pherson said
another method used to recruit students is
to convince the "significant others" in the
student's life, like parents and teachers,
about the benefits of an agriculture degree
from CSUF.
"The reputation CSUF is getting in the
agricultural industry is one of excellence,"
he said. "We will trade on that reputation
in order to convince them to enroll."
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gives the candidates ''W*r opportunities to
shine" during the intensified interviewing
process. He said now all the applicants
can go through the entire process.
Previously some students were screened out
of the piogiam early.
Potential resident advisers will know
their status earlier with the new system,
Miller said. Applicants will be told if they
are hired within 10 days of their interview.
Miller said, 'The longer the interview
process takes, the more students stress
out."
Applications for 25 resident adviser
positions    will    be    available    Feb.    17.
Applicants can attend two optional
information    sessions    and    at    least   one
mandatory orientation session before their
interviews March 21 and 22. Applicants
will know - if they have the. position
shortly after April 1. The housing office
receives 85 to 120 applications every
year, according to Miller.
' A resident adviser position is a
uniquely demanding and rewarding job.
Miller said. "You are an R.A. all the time.
You Eve on the job."
He added mat resident advisers are only
provided with a room and a 19-meal plan
and that working the equivalent hoars at a
^rtftumum wage job would probably pay
more.
But he stressed that resident advisers
leam valuable communication skills.
"mtervieWing and communication skills
are learned, not inherited, and R.Ajs get a
chance to develop those skills." He added
that a resident adviser position looks good
on a job application.
The Daily Collegian
Personals
are due at noon
every Thursday
and are $1
each.
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allow it into'fheir homes six days a week.
This small relinquishments of privacy
represents an opportunity for somebody to
hook them with a salespitch, then take
their money and flee. It's easy to rip
people off in mail-order because a lot of
people feel guilty using the mail to buy
things, particularly if it's something
risky, like pornography. The mail has
also worked wejl for certain television- '
based preachers; using it to ship things
like plastic Jesuscs to the generous
members of the flock.
Well, if Harris thought he had lined up
another sucker when he sent a card to my
house, he was one wrong flim-flammer. He
had my muckracking sensibilities working
oyertime.
If Harris was conducting unsavory
business, it was my duty to expose the
fiend. I was having great fun scouring the
vilest depths of my imagination, trying to
decide wluu; rubbish Harris might be
peddling. I can't print my conclusions
here; this paper can't afford any obscenity
trials, although the publicity would be
nice.
I almost began to think I might never-
call because any real contact with Harris
might be anti-climatic. But finally it came
time to put an end to this column; so one
morning I dialed the number, and suddenly
I was speaking to the man myself.
Hams' voice didn't exactly fit my
mental image of somebody who deals in
weird mail-order material It was rather
high-pitched. He wanted to know why I
hadn't renewed my subscription to f
Progressive Architecture magazine, which
I'd never subscribed to.
He was apologetic over the mistake, but
he resisted my attempts to find out more
about this business he was conducting.
Only in a capitalistic society can man
make a living by calling people to remind
them their magazine subscriptions have
run out. I must admit, I was intrigued.
I had questions for Harm. HoW could
anyone escape the bombardment of
renewal notices? Couldn't the magazine
interpret a subscriber's silence as a refusal
to continue receiving it? Still, having
someone remind you over the phone added
a nice touch of intimidation. Was this a
glimpse of the future?
Harris was polite, but secretive. So the
phone call came to a premature end before
• I was able to compile expose' material.
Harris' final words were,  'The mystery is
over."
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