LETTERS: Lots of jobs for everyone at OCRS

To the Editor: While it is true that On-Campus Recruiting Services does make it easy for student job hunters from all schools interested in corporate employment, and while it is true that consulting and investment banking are represented in greater numbers than the 40-plus other industries that recruit here, it is unfair to say that those who are interested in other fields must search "without any help from Penn." OCRS is but one part of what Career Services does to ease the transition of Penn students, regardless of career interest, into the working world. Many employers do not recruit on campus, here or anywhere, so we make it easy for them to post jobs to our World Wide Web site, and thousands do every year. We maintain a Career Library with hundreds of directories and guides to non-corporate career fields, and a Web site with links to on-line resources across the full spectrum of careers. And we have counselors who meet with thousands of students to help them set career goals and achieve them. This April, we will be offering our first Ivy Plus Virtual Career Fair in conjunction with the other Ivies, Stanford and MIT. We will specifically target employers that might be of interest to Lieff and other students whose interests extend beyond consulting and banking, which recruit heavily at the other Ivies as well. We hope to have 500 employers, all with jobs to fill, representing think tanks, research institutes, new media and entertainment companies, government agencies, environmental planning firms, advertising agencies, cultural organizations, social services and many other fields. These sorts of employers typically look to hire May grads during the spring and even summer months. Watch our Web page (www.upenn.edu/careerservices) for details. Patricia Rose Director, Career Services Give Katz a chance To the Editor: I read with interest the article about the upcoming election to succeed Philadelphia Mayor Ed Rendell ("Passing the Torch," DP, 2/11/99). The article states words to the effect that the Democratic primary will all but decide the race. The DP is either rabidly Democratic or is uninformed about Philadelphia and its politics. Katz is in the thick of the race and will remain there until this election is decided. Even Democrat Ed Rendell, when asked who he thought would succeed him, stated that Katz, along with Weinberg and Street, were the ones in the strongest position to win. That is essentially the feeling of almost all of the media looking objectively at the race. All of the media except the DP. Katz has over $1 million in the bank right now, more than most of the Democrats. Obviously those who contribute money to political campaigns think Katz has a real shot. Many of those who helped put Rendell in office and worked for him when he was there are working to elect Sam Katz. Although out-registered, the Republican Party in Philadelphia has the best big city Republican organization in the country. Certain sections of town, such as Northeast Philadelphia, where State House Majority Leader John Perzel is a ward leader, are majority Republican. Before Lynn Abraham became the district attorney, present State Supreme Court Justice Ron Castille ran and won as a Republican in landslides. You have every right to express your opinions, but you owe it to your readership to put those opinions in the proper place: the editorial and opinion page. Matthew Wolfe College '78 Republican Ward Leader, 27th Ward