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Show Coffeehouse Performer Sings Of Simple Beauty by Matt Thurm Kellogg Forum staff writer Vocalist and acoustic guitarist David Harris performed in the Syme Lounge Tuesday, Nov. 1 1 the second of four Coffeehouse acts scheduled at Westminster by ASWC. Harris, in his second appearance at Westminster, talked and sang to students about drugs, banning books, writing songs and other subjects. Harris experiences from touring colleges for the past five years has provided ideas for songs such as Surf Liquor, about an old friend with an alcohol problem, Grocery Shopping, a domestic dialogue between family members and Bride on the Lawn, recounting a bride emerging from a church. Armed with an acoustic guitar and a powerful voice, Harris uses his extensive vocabulary and insights to construct songs celebrating human nature and inherent good in everyone. I m concerned with blending prose and poetry, Harris said, avoiding pretentious language to convey his message of taking simple beauty and seeing depth in it Harris said he has been writing songs professionally for 12 years and tours the country six to eight months out of each year, playing mostly to colleges. I can identify a lot with what he was first-yesaying, said Vem Fitzgerald, a Its a realistic kind of prelaw major. music that describes what life is all about Station 29, Harris independent record label, will release his first album, Ship Yards in late January. The first act this year was The Main Attraction, who performed in the plaza last ar . September. Musician James Hersh will perform on Jan. 27 in the Syme Lounge. The fourth act, tentatively scheduled for next spring, may be a comedian, said Jeff Swanson, ASWC vice president The number of acts might expand over the years if more money comes in, Swanson said. Anyone interested in obtaining David Harris music on tape can write David Harris, Liberty Beach, P.O. Box 5662 Santa Monica, CA 94409. "We're In A Hell Of A Recession" Says Career Futures Magazine by Jeremy Schlosber National employment specialist Career Futures Many are the black clouds floating above career placement offices nationwide this fall; few are the silver linings within. With the recession firmly entrenched had yet to (last year at this time, the be officially recognized), career counselors everywhere spent late August hunkering down like so many beachfront home owners awaiting a hurricane. Theres a lot of anxiety on campus, and a lot of disappointment, says Marcia B. Harris, director of the Career Planning and Placement Centeratthe University ofNorth Carolina at Chapel Hill. We were expecting the recession to turn around by now, but ithasnt The number of students from the class of 1991 at UNC who were employed by the fall was down from the normal 75 percent to around 60 percent That in particular is the kind of fact that circulates with astonishing speed among the arriving crop of seniors. By the end of the first week of classes, the UNC career center was already inundated with students, says Harris. Im preparing myself for one of the most difficult job markets ever, says R-wo- rd might suffice. Given finding that a mini-va- n the toll this recession has taken on the white-collworker, this comes as no surprise. Banks busy laying off thousands of workers are not going to be hiring with quite the vigor of the old days. Law firms shedding jobs and partnership tracks are not going to need as many new associates. Retail operations cutting costs to the bone while awaiting the return of consumer spending may not be looking for very many trainees. And yet one suspects a certain amount of underlying some -a decided sense attitudescareercounselors of Lets make sure they expect the worst Thomas Devlin, director of the Career Center at Cornell University. What worries Devlin more than the recession is what he believes to be subtle but definite structural changes in the job market for college Senate meetings are every Wednesday. Westminster College Earth Effort (WCEE) meetings are every Wednesday at 2: 10 p.m. in Carleson 213. Westminster-sponsored November 20 John Neely Ceramic Workshop, 8 a.m.-- 4 p.m., University of Utah Press conference: Stuart Hanson, Westminster Board of Trustees, announcing candidacy forUtah governor, Wasatch Elementary School on So. Temple and R ' . Street . Great American November 21 Smoke out Orientation, Bamberger, 3:15 p.m. November 26 Turkey Bowl December 2-- 3 Pottery Sale, 9 a.m. 2p.m., Shaw Center December 3-- 4 Pottery Sale, p.m., Gore foyer December 7 Childrens Christmas ar graduates happening concurrently. While others ride out economic malaise, waiting for recruiting to return to previous levels, Devlin suspects that we might never walk that way again. When employers find out that they can do just as much with less help, they "have no incentive for expanding, he says. Whether Devlins bearish analysis is borne out, there is no question that, in the near future, many companies that once hired graduating seniors by the busload are on-camp- us 5-7:- 30 Party Gore School of Business: Westmin ster Institute of Medical and Dental ManConagement seminar, 7:45 a.m.-nooverse 202 January 27 Coffeehouse H: James Hersh, Syme Lounge n. over-protectivene- ss ifco ' ll Ml' Slljll Ill's. 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