David Spro les presides at a Pi Sigma Epsilon meeting. The organi zaLi on met twi ce a month throughout the yea r . AmericanMarketingAssociation (AMA) . 1st row ( I tor): Laura Adams , Duane .J ones, Daffana Gra y. Beth Ma rtin . Di ana Ung. Ma1y Beth Christian , Angela D. Bas kc: tt . Patty Alvarenga. 2nd row : Ru dol f F. Tabalujan , Ri chard Lo h, M iri am Moreno , Kri sti Barwi ck . Ange la Beach. Cec ili a Parra , Keny Dunn , Aya nna E. Evans. 3rd row : Charl esWalker . Li sa Tacker , Tracy Chil ders, CliffHuot, Ty ler Henken . Rutl edge Gordon, Kimberly Garner . Pi Sigma Epsilon gains experience through fundraising Take a few dozen pizzas , an active business fraternity, and a campus full of hungry college students and what do you have? A successful fundraiser for the Muscular Dystrophy Association. On Monday, January 11 , Pi igma Epsilon, the newest business fraternity on campus, had five pizza parlors from Searcy gather in the Old Gym with their best pizza. Their offer was simple - donate your pizza and let Harding students choose the best pizza in town. PSE also managed to get Coca-Cola and Yarnell 's to provide drinks and dessert , and the local radio station KWCK offered free advertising for the event. Although Pi Sigma Epsilon coordinated this event, they did not come up with the idea themselves. In October, Carol Malone ,MDA's Central Arkansas representative , approached President David Sproles and sponsor, Dr. Randy McCleod. She told them that MDA wanted Harding's chapter to coordinate the effort as a pilot project to see if MDA could do this with several clubs on a national level. The pizza fundraiser was not the only successful project for PSE this year. In October, they held their third annual trade show in the American Heritage lobby. Merchants from all over Searcy filled the room to show students what they had to offer. "We sold 21 booths this year to the merchants , which made it our be t trade show yet ," said Sproles. "We got the idea three years ago from Memphis State 's Kappa chapAMA members Kerri Dunn , Patty Al va renga and Miriam Mo reno di scuss their work . The students wo rked in groups on pro jects for their marketing cl ass. ter of PSE, and so far it has been our best money maker. " Students and merchants alike benefited from this event. "I really enjoyed just walking through and looking at the booths ," said senior]ana Brown. Jacqui Lefler, president of Century Travel , added, "Although this was our first year at the trade show, I could really tell a difference after we did it. Students are more aware that we 're here in town , and that has helped our business ." Two weeks later, PSE was hosting another event. This time it was a coed softball tournament. Seven teams entered , and PSE members worked all day on Saturday, October 24, cleaning fields , reffing , and working the scoreboard. T-shirts were presented to the winning team after the final game at 4 o 'clock. "It was a lot of work , but this was a pretty good turnout for our first attempt ," said senior Alicia Fowler. All this work throughout the year paid off for Pi Sigma Epsilon in the spring. On March 3, six members boarded a plane for Orlando, Florida, for their four-day national convention. "This is what we raise most of our money for each year," said Sproles . We are striving to gain good business experience and make money to go to our national convention while helping people in the process. " - Renee Sproles Organizations 87
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