s8PeW8::t'~b competing across ca1)1pus For four years a group of 20-25 students gathered anywhere there were network hookups on campus to socialize and play computer games. The Computer Science Club tradition began with students in the men's dorms playing against each other without any interaction except for through their keyboards. Club members thought it would be fun to take the individual game playing and make it into one large club event open to the entire campus. "It's a lot more fun when you can actually see the person you're playing against," senior Jordan Powell, Computer Science Club president, said. "Before when you were playing in the rooms, all you knew about your opponent was his screen name. Now you can actually sit across from him and yell at him or harass him. So this way it's more personal, it's not like I'm just playing with my Internet friend ." The Local Area Network parties were usually held in student center 236, where students brought games, blankets, ordered pizza and played for up to eight hours at a time. "It's something that we know everybody in the club likes to do and it's also a good way to meet other people," junior David Locke, Computer Science Club vice president, said . "A lot of the students who come aren't even computer science majors or in the club, so we get to know other people who like to play games." The club also held a T-shirt design competition. While playing games with the club last year, a member began drawing designs of a T-shirt, which other members decided should be the design for the official club T-shirt. Since the designer graduated last May, the club decided to hold a competition to see who would be the designer of this year's T-shirt. The winner of the T-shirt competition won the bragging rights of having his design used on the shirt. "Last year was the first time we ever had club shirts, and people liked having them so much that we decided to have them again," Powell said. "I guess it's a way for us to be identified together as a group." - Cairey Tai Sophomore Peter Kirby battles other Computer Science Club members in a game of "Counter Strike" at the club's Local Area Network Party/Gaming Day Nov. 8. The club met every month to discuss the newest computer games and programming tips. (Photo by Amy Beene) sciences /I 195
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