Business Team Economics Team Students Prepare For The Business Team again participated in the Emory University Intercollegiate When F.R. Turbo Speaks, Students Listen. Don Diffine, a professor in Economics, speaks in chapel as Floyd R. Turbo - American. - photo by Wes Holland. Economics Team. Front row: Collier , Garrett. Back row: Diffine.sponsor, Picker, Thompson. - photo by Public Relations Office. 58 Business groups Business Team . Front row: Weeks, P. Holla - day, B. Holladay. Back row: Henderson· sponsor,Clements, Hess, Kemp, Burks· sponsor. - photo by Public R~lations Office. Business Games. The six team members along with their sponsors, Dr. Jim Henderson and Dr. David Burks, competed against 23 other schools including Southern Methodist University, College of William and Mary, Wake Forest University and Pepperdine University . This year's competition was a simulation of the Telephone Equipment Industry after deregulation in 1983. The factors affecting the Telephone Industry were extremely dynamic during this time which made for a very challenging competition for Harding's team , The Minnow Corporation. The team traveled to Atlanta in March for the fina l rounds of competition which included a presentation of results, a case analysis and, finally, a second simulation which decided the overall winner. A banquet and awards ceremony concluded the 1985 games. Harding's team finished first in the industry in 1984. The 1985 team members have worked together to continue that success. ~ The Harding University Economics Team captured the national championship for the fourth time in the Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) competition in New Orleans, Louis., July 9-10. The student team and faculty sponsor , Dr. Don Diffine, were awarded a first place trophy and a check for $3,000 at the awards banquet. College of the Southwest (N .M.) was runner-up and the University of Akron (Ohio) was third. The competition, which was hosted by the Associates of Free Enterprise and cosponsored by the National Free Enterprise Center in Boliver , Mo., involved more than 90 colleges and universities and some 4,000 students during 1983-84. The national SIFE competition brought 18 regional winners together for two days of intensive competition. Forty judges from businesses and corporations across the United States evaluated each finalist. Team members included Byron Carlock of Blytheville, Glenda Collier of Memphis, Tenn . , Debbie Garrett of Brookston, Ind., Bruce Picker of Searcy, Ellen Reid of Sugar Land, Texas, Mel Sansom of Pensacola, Fla ., Jeff Tennyson of Harrison and Kevin Thompson of San Diego , Calf. Harding's entry was entitled, "Free Enterprise - Let's Re-I nvent the Wheel." It included a display booth, printed materials, a multi-media slide show and Eco Nomics, a talking robot. The Team produced and promoted 68 different pro-
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