Retracing the Steps... Seniors Dan Schlarman and Elizabeth Hendrix prepare themselves for the Stu– dents in Free Enterprise Competition at the Jan. 21 Economics Team meeting. The team prepared and presented basic free enterprise topics to elementary through college-age students throughout the year to prepare for the SIFE competition in the spring. (Photo by Melissa Wilson) George Oliver, professor of manage– ment, and Lori Sloan, associate profes– sor of marketing and co-sponsor of the American Marketing Association, relax at the College of Business mixer during the fall semester. Sloan served as AMA's .sponsor before the merge with Pi Sigma Epsilon this year. (Photo by Lindsey Taliaferro) Dr. Don Diffine, professor of economics and sponsor of the economics team, speaks to the chapel audience in 1964 as his made up character Floyd R. Turbo-American. Diffine has brought Floyd R. Turbo– American, as well as Nerdly Greenback-American, to Harding chapels many times during his years as a faculty member. The 1983-1984 economics team became the national champions for the fourth time at the Students in Free Enterprise competition in New Orleans, La., July 9-10,1984. Diffine and the team were awarded the first place trophy and $3,000 for their accomplishment. More than 4,000 students from 90 colleges and universities com– peted in the SIFE competition. That year, the economics team created and promoted 68 different projects for competition. Two ofthese projects, "Free Market Calendar" and the personalized "Employee Economic Program," received atten– tion with their displays from the student body. The 1984championship,combined with national trophies earned in 1981, 1982 and 1983 made this the strongest economics team in the country. (Photo by Wes Holland) business 203 Illml .
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