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page 4 May 14, 1981 Highlights of a . tough season A. Leese Although their 7·16·1 record could have been better, individually, memo bers of the men'S basebasJJ team • fared pretty weJJ The best balling average this sea· son was achieved by Dan Fielder. who batted .391. He was foJJowedby senior first baseman Bruce "Beast" Frick. .342, and first-year catcher RBI's, Beast Frick lead the team, and Rich Johnson, .341. Kicker. with 15. hand the second The most runs for the season were most RBJ's made by outfielder John Liebel, 21. On the pitching mound, Junior Mike and "Field Mouse" ran a close sec- Gosnell ended his season 4·4 having >- and with a total of 19. Dan and John fired a toter of 44 strfke-outs. Goose ~ also stole the most bases this year. had the best earned run average. a ::..:with 11 and 9, respectively 27, followed by senior Frank Trautz. .§ Frick ted the team with the most 1·1. whose average was 27 for the .....doubles (5) and Fielder had the most season "This is college!" Clear skies, good tunes and Bull Roast triples (2). Frick and senior' infielder This year's team was coached by kept away the pre-exam blues at Saturday's Quad party. Craig "Kicker" Walker each hit a total Dave Seibert, a '78 WMC graduate of 4 home runs for the season He was aided in his efforts by 1980 With an outstanding total of 24 squad member Leon Brooke. Liberal arts Job prospects brighten CPS the interview. the survey found like computers or engineering " likely to expect that students are Defying recent trends and statistics. FaJJidayand others find that em. familiar with their companies before end. Some individual campuses have enjoyed bigger increases. Lehigh. lor job prospe for liberal arts majors The mounting uncertainty over eco- ployers visiting campus this spring the interview begins. example, has recorded a 15 percent may be imp'vving as businesses and nomic conditions has not cut down tend to ask fewer general questions Such methods. Shingleton says jump in the number 01 on-campus industries begin to look for people to on the amount of job recruiting being and more probing questions in a may change the nature 01 recruit- interviews. tntervtews at Iowa State populate "the other side of the field" done on campuses this spring, but it procedure that may cost a company ment, but they make it more effective are up 30 percent. according to career placement ex- has made recruiters narrow their more in recruting costs, but less in for the recruiters. But increased interviewing no pens. Moreover. observers find thai focus on the type 01students they will post-hiring costs incurred if the em. The recruiters themselves have longer means increased hiring. The although liberal arts graduates have a interview. according to campus ployee doesn't work out for the firm stayed busy. despite their increases number of job offers has increased harder time gelling their first job, they placement officers Employers, summarizes John Shin. selectivity and the sluggish economy. on most campuses. In some cases, i.!suaJJyare promoted to management Recruiters, says Ron FaJJiday. gleton of Michigan State University, Shingleton's survey 01over 500 firms recruiters who used to offer 50 jobs positions faster than graduates from placement director at San Angelo are "wi))jng to go a long way to find suggested recruiting rencowioe will for every 200 interviews have technical fields State in Texas, are "tightening up" the right people" have increased two percent by year's dropped the number to 25 offers for Gerry Phaneus of Texas Tech's tbe criteria they use in deciding "People are in business to make 200 interviews placement office says that liberal arts which students they will personally money, and they're going to go majors. with their "broad base of interview for job openings wherever they can to make sure knowledge" and "strong ccmmunica- "They used to come here and they'lI get the most bang for the tion skills." are increasingly conslo- recruit every kind of student." FalJiday bucks," he adds ~:~ti~~:t lor most kinds of entry-level ~~~~:~.~':~~S~:C:~i~:;~e w~~:t~~gs~~ PI~~:~e~~~~~~~~s o~ns:r:~nc~~~~ Phaneus speculates that the trend those students who aren't going to cants more vigorously, ShingJton will continua despite last year's grim cost the company money by training says. ln, an effort to get the bigger ~:a~~tic;~r~h~~~ns~~::~~;:c;~~~ r'.:;he;;;m;_;.J;;;h~ey_w;.;';;:m..:p;;;oo.:;p;;;le...:W;;;ilh;.;;;'k:;iJlS;;_..:"b~"::2;..'''-,E;::m~p::>'QY(:;e':':",,:,:::,":...::,',:;o:..m:::o~," offers to 1980 liberal arts grads. The reason. he says, is that even highly Summer Counselor Positions Available technical companies now need ceo, ple for the administratfve sides of the SUM.tlER COUlI'SEWR POSiTIONS AVAlLABLE . fields. Appii<: