rfJuSti1eSS dubs helD to lOcus career oath " COMPUTER SCIENCE CLUB CREDITS CLASSROOM EXPERIENCE FOR SUCCESS While t he majority of departmental clubs on campus helped students choose a career path, the Computer Science Club (CSC) focused on a more social aspect while also giving hands-on experi ence. "The club rea ll y helps us socially," said ElijahManor, senior member of the CSC. "Computer science majors don't get out much. The club helps us to get to know each other outside ofthe classroom ·setting. We have cookouts, play volleyball, go horseback riding or generally try to do some sort of physical activity." The CSC also did several oncampus projects to help students, as well as local res idents, learn about compute rs . "We teach classes that help people learn Pine and web page design. We' re also talki ng about eventually having a telephone number where people can ca ll us for help with basic troubleshooting," Manor said. The CSC competes in several events during the schoolyear. This fall they placed sixth out of 90 schools at a regional competition, and spent the fa ll planning for the next big competition this spring. "We take the approach that economic individualism, private property and the market economy are not neutral concepts. They are, in fact, worthwhile and attainabl e goal s. We're supporting the system that supports us. Business and economics stud ents and faculty are our greatest hope for providing credible free enterprise education to other school diSCiplines and the community. It is for this reason the business commnnity chooses to ally itself more and more with colleges of business in preserving and improving a free enterprise and incentive system." - Dr. Don Diffine 1980 Petitjean Theycredittheir success, not only to their cl ub, but also to the professors that they work under every day. "I think Hard ing does so much better than the other coll eges because the curriculum here is much more strict and our professors expect a lot more out of us," Manorsaid."Ievenoverheard a professor say that graduate school wou ld probably be eas.i.er for us because of the way we're used to the pushing they give us." SeniorAaronMitchell echoed Manor. ''We 're really blessed in that we have a brilliant staff," Mitchell said. "Other schools just don 't expect as much. Also, the t eachers here have a g reat relationship with us. You can go to themwith anything from school to personal problems, and they' ll stop to help you. I th ink that's what sets us apart from other colleges. You want to work harder if you're under someone who cares." CSC took several field trips to companies such as Axiom and All te!. This gave them the chance to narrow down their career paths. They were able to see if the things theywere interested in were th ings theywou ld li ke to do for the restof their lives. Some people thin k that programming is exactly the path for them, but when they see how to operate C-130 simulators and see the real-world concepts outside of the classroom, they are ab le to make more educated deci sions about what they want before working at it for a year or two and changing the ir minds. Manor said that , because everyone who fli es a C-130 is trained in Little Rock, the chance to operate asimulator there is a once- in-a-Iifetime opportuni ty. ''We visit the fac ilit ies, see the database and computer hardware and observe the inner workings of a real company and its techno logy. It's a great chance to see our classroom wo rk in a rea l-world setting," Manor said. "I recently interviewed with All tel and, because of a trip I'd gone on with CSC, I was ab le to talk to them about their system at work. It was an excel len t opportunity to show my interest and knowledge about their company," Mitchell said. - Elizabeth Bratton Greg Mathews and Sheilah Dunham talk about the various factors affecting the economy. Students in Free Enterprise often met to spread the good news about free enterprise and the American incentive system. BUS INESS 263 •
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