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Job Outlook Deteriorates for 2009 Graduates By Adam Crisp WC Intern You're graduating into a world of anxiety and uncertainty. Those were the words from Vice President Joe Biden to the graduates of Syracuse University recently, and a lot of the numbers back him up. Like a lot of their parents in the early 1980s, the graduates of 2009 are facing a declining job mark ith the job market being lower than it has been in 25 years, fewer than one in five graduates of 2009 have found a job since graduating. The job: market is horrible. Id have to go back to school and get my Masters if I want a chance right now, said Jeffery Bell, a May 2009 graduate with a degree in Psychology. He currently works at Burger King for minimum wage. The National Association of Col In a time when college students usually take longer than four years to get a bachelors degree, some United States schools have now been considering the idea of cutting a year off of the degree program to save both time and money. Supporters of a three-year undergraduate degree say it would work well for ambitious students who know what they want to study. A three-year degree program could still provide the course requirements needed to pursue a major and some general courses that have been a basis of American education. The four-year bachelors degree has generally been the model in the U.S. since the first universities began operating before the American Revolution. Four-year degrees were mostly designed to provide a broad-based education that teaches young people to analyze and think critically, considering the persons preparation and participation in democracy. ec] By Shelby Harrell WC Intern \. Colleges and Employers is reporting that it expects to hire 22 percent less graduates this year. The Dow Jones has shown signs of recovery, however. On March markets, according to a Gallup poll, are Wyoming, Louisiana, and South Dakota, while the worst are hard hit states from the auto or housing market such as Michigan, Florida, and Nevada. The Bureau of Labor Statistics website, located at www.bls. gov, summed up the employment situation with the news, Nonfarm payroll employment fell by 345,000 in May, about half the average monthly decline for the prior 6 eges Consid The three-year degree is currently acommon model at the University of Cambridge and Oxford University in England. As a result, some U.S. schools have begun experimenting with the same idea. Cramming four years of study into three would not only involve summer work, but possibly eliminating course length, and in some cases, cutting the number of required credit hours. But some fear that shortening it would compromise an undergraduates academic and social experience. College would. lean more toward job training and away from the inclusive education many U.S. schools have offered. Its a good thing economically but there has to be a process time for learning, said Associate Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs Dr. Beth Tyson Lofquist. Cutting might limit the process time. Educators and students have been evaluating what establishes a 2l|st-century college education and continue to review how the economic decline is making it Texting Ban Gets Final Approval On Page yi months. The unemployment rate continued to rise, increasing from 8.9 to 9.4 percent. Steep job losses continued in manufacturing, while declines moderated in construction and several __ service-providing industries. Places that are hiring are Wells Fargo, IBM, Books-A-Million, Lockheed Martin, and the Census Bureau is hiring 1.4 million jobs census. Job seekers can find featured on the website tips for preparation, personal appearance, what to do on the interview and information to bring. They also have resources to search for a job and post resumes in any of the states and territories. Also on the Career Services and Cooperative Education website located = www.wcu.edu/6661.asp, there is information on upcoming (continued on page 2) more difficult for families to afford college, and what schools are being forced to do to help. In opposition to the idea, some have referred to failed experiments in attempt to discredit the idea. At Upper Iowa University, only five students chose a_ three-year program when it was offered several years ago, and all five ended up staying for the full four years. The most recent statistics from the Education Department in 2001 showed that only 4.2 percent of U.S. undergraduates finished with bachelors degrees in three years while 57.3. percent graduated in four years and 38.5 percent took more than four years to graduate. Three-year programs have existed for several years at a variety of schools, including Bates College in Maine and Ball State University in Indiana. They both offer three- year degrees in about 30 areas of study. Many students have extended their undergraduate stays for a Two WCU Professors Aim For Microbrewery On Page 9 New La will Guns in State Parks By Catherine Butterfield Staff Writer Gun toting, law abiding citizens were recently handed a victory on behalf of the Obama Administration. On May 22, President Barack Obama signed the Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility, and Disclosure Act of 2009 (CARD), which in part, will allow loaded weapons to be allowed in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and the Blue Ridge Parkway. When Congress passed the credit card reform bill (Number H.R.627) valid permit to carry a weapon while visiting a national park or wildlife refuge. The new federal law, entitled Protecting Americans From Violent Crimes, will allow guns in parks, provided that state law supports it and that the citizen is legally allowed to carry the firearm. Existing state laws will determine how the regulations work in each park. In North Carolina, concealed variety of reasons, including the need to work to pay high tuitions. The Junior Achievement and the Allstate Foundation performed a survey showing that 55 percent of teens had changed their college plans because of the current state of the economy When asked how a change to a three-year degree would affect a students budget, Lofquist stated that the change would be less expensive for students and would cut some of their expenses, but would be basically the same prices for the institution. The idea has resulted in questioning of the universitys core liberal studies requirements and whether or not they are essential to a students college experience. Many students claim that a decrease in liberal studies would help them better focus on their major-related courses which would ultimately lead to a better knowledge of their chosen field of study. We have to be careful not to eliminate too many requirements, said Lofquist. Four Catamounts , Selected in MLB Draft On Page 10 weapons are allowed with a permit. The law will go into effect in February of 2010. We'll follow the legislation that Congress gives us, said Great Smoky Mountains National Park Spokesman Bob Miller. Were still trying to look at the language in the bills, so were in a studying phase. Debby Singleton, a professor in Parks and Recreation Management, expresses that The Department of Interiors report on the bill states that the national parks must abide by the state laws regarding the right to carry concealed weapons. Many _ parks will not allow these concealed weapons in public buildings on park property. The state of NC requires a permit to carry concealed weapon and that permit must be with you when you are carrying it. In Tennessee, there has been an enrollment increase in gun permit classes as well as the cost of ammunition. While the legislation was backed by the National Rifle ( continued on page 2) er 3-Year Degrees On the other hand, some argue that liberal studies are valuable to the decision-making process associated with the college experience. Western Carolina University senior Stephanie Kirk, expresses that she think[s] some liberal studies classes are a waste of time...[and] can understand [that] math and English classes are useful for the future, but art and sciences arent needed. Ill never use them. J iberal studies force you to learn things that you wouldnt normally be interested in, said senior Jennifer Beck. Liberal studies have given me a broader perspective on what I want to do in life. Without them, I probably wouldnt have the same major I currently do. If liberal studies were reduced, the impact it made on students would definitely be taken into consideration. WCU Administrators have expressed concern with the possibility of cuts taking away from the importance of the courses, (continued on page 2) acer

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The Western Carolinian is Western Carolina University's student-run newspaper. The paper was published as the Cullowhee Yodel from 1924 to 1931 before changing its name to The Western Carolinian in 1933.
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