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Hiring levels expected to decline 13.3 percent ay Dfdu nunuquisi Staff Reporter Finding a good job isn’t easy for new college graduates and, according to a recent survey, that task just got tougher. Hiring levels arc expected to de cline 13.3 percent compared to last year, according to Michigan State University’s Career Development and Placement Services office, which administered the survey. Patrick Schcctz, assistant director of the MSU oflice, said the decline in hiring will force new graduates to “face a much tighter job market.” “Some students arc going to lose out,” he said. Schcctz said limited growth in new businesses, mergers and buy-outs, increased global competition and slow turnover of current employees will contribute to the hiring decline. The survey predicts a 58 percent decline in hiring in the automotive and mechanical equipment field. Other fields hiring fewer gradu ates include electronics, down 24.5 percent; government administration, 20.9 percent; aerospace, 20 percent; military, 16.8 percent; and television and newspapers, 5.1 per cent. While the overall decline is .sub stantial, Schcctz said, some fields will be hiring more graduates. A 29 4-pcrccnt increase in hiring is expected in the area of public utili ties, according to the survey. Hiring also has increased in metals i— and metal products, up 24.2 percent; petroleum, 22.1 percent; construc tion and building materials manufac turing, 19.3 percent; and food and beverage processing, 10.4 percent. Schcctz said students can increase their chances of landing jobs by im proving their computer literacy, oral and written communication skillsand knowledge of foreign languages. The number and quality of intern ships and work experiences also are important, he said. The long-range hiring outlook for college graduates is somewhat more promising, according to the Novem ber issue of the U.S. Department of Labor’s Monthly Labor Review. The review states that by the year 2000, the number of jobs requiring education after high school will rise 22 percent. The increase in demand for college graduates will cause a labor shortage and a rise in salaries, the review states. Larry Routh, director of Career Planning and Placement at the Uni versity of Ncbraska-Lincoln, said the only decrease he has seen is among industries that manufacture products for defense. Routh said these employers are hiring fewer graduates because they are expecting fewer government contracts in years to come. ‘ ‘They pay close attention to what’s going on,” he said. “They have to anticipate what their needs will be in the future and adjust accordingly.” But Routh said he hasn’t noticed any major advances or declines in the entire job market. One advancement, according to the MSU survey, will be in wages. The survey showed college graduates will cam more this year. As in the past, students with de grees in the engineering or technol ogy fields will earn the most. Chemical engineers will make the most this year with an average start ing salary of $33,380, up 3 percent from last year. Chemical engineering is followed by mechanical engineering, $32,256; electrical engineering, $32,107; computer science, $31,389; and in dustrial engineering, $30,557, as the jobs with the highest starting salaries. The lowest average starting sala ries arc in advertising, $19,662; re tailing, $18,909; natural resources, $18,840; journalism, $18,255; and home economics, $18,157. Wide use of male contraceptive pill unlikely for college men in future By Pat Dinalage Staff Hoporlot College men probably won’t use a male contraceptive pill exten sively, should recent preliminary research lead to such a product, according to one university offi cial. “The person who gets stuck with the problem (of unwanted preg nancy) is the woman ... and women arc taking the responsibility” for birth control, said Gerald Flcischli, director of the University Health Center at the University of Ne braska Lincoln. “Even condom advertising is being increasingly aimed toward women as well as men," he said. Margaret Nellis, the health center’s community health special ist, agreed, saying women have historically been responsible for birth control because they risk a more “dramatic consequence.” The health center promotes us ing condoms to protect students from sexually transmiued diseases. According to Greg Barth, assis tant manager of the health center’s computer systems department, a spring 1989, random-sample sur vey of UNL students showed that condom use has increased from nearly 23 percent to 43 percent in the last four years. Barth said the increased use of condoms reflects a greater aware ness of STDs, such as AIDS, and the need for safe birth -control methods. The development of a contra ceptive pill for men, no mailer how effective or available the pill be comes, still only addresses one of the issues — birth control, he said. According to Gabriel Bialy, contraceptive development branch chief for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Develop ment, research into the use of in jectable hormones to suppress sperm production has been conducted for several years. Recently the first U.S. trials of male pills were begun in which the male subjects are allowed to have intercourse using no other form of birth control by cither partner, Bialy said. The U.S. trials arc co-fundcd by the World Health Organization and the Contraceptive Research and Development department at the East See PILL on 6 Abortion Continued from Page 1 4 ‘It’s adecision that shc’seithcr going to be very comfortable with or that will haunt her for the rest of her life.” According to the bill, a doctor could perform the abortion without the 24 hour wait in health-threatening cases. Lindsay said his pr imary objective in sponsoring the restrictive meas ures is to reduce the number of abor tions. “1 ’ll make no bones about it; I am pro-life,” he said. Landis said he introduced the pro choice bill because he feels govern ment should have a limited role in such personal ucckmuiis as aooruoii. “Politicians should not be decid ing the fate of women’s reproductive freedom,” he said. The measure would revise current Nebraska law by changing words such as “unborn child” to “fetus” and “mother” to “pregnant woman.” It also calls for a repeal of Ne braska’s existing but unenforced pa rental notification law. Senators have disagreed over the viability of the law because, in the past, sections of it have been deemed unconstitutional. The measure also would remove the following statements from the statute: “The members of the Legis lature expressly deplore the destruc tion of the unborn human lives/’and “the legislative intrusion of the United States Supreme Court.” i^inois oiii wouia add me state ment: “The State of Nebraska shad not compel any woman to complete or terminate a pregnancy.” Landis predicted heavy debate. “The conflicts of conscience be tween two camps who believe them selves to be committed and exonerat ing deeply-held values are likely to fight very hard,” he said. UFA RTWA RM EXPERIENCE Superb Coffee Food Arl JLp: And on versa t ion . 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