Indiana State University - Sycamore Yearbook (Terre Haute, IN)

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wrestle One great advance in computer technology was the invention of integrated circuits over the old vacuum tubes. tS. Kuehlt At ISU youlre more than a number, you're part of a whole computer system The computer system at ISU is a service for student and administrative computations, and faculty research. The center performs many duties; it makes out the payroll checks, prints out all grades, class rosters and stu- dent records. It grades computerized tests, counts ballots, and prints all un- iversity mail labels and class schedules. In fact, students would not be able to register using the present system without the use of the com- puter center. Everyone is definitely part of this huge computer system. About $600,000 a year is needed to run the computer center. About two thirds of the money is used for per- sonel salaries. Equipment requires $150,000 and $50,000 is needed for supplies. Since the computer is four At the heart of the computer system. the control console, Larry Phillips and Terry Morris oversee all activities. ts. Kuehll years old, it is completely paid for, which helps out down cost. The center prints about one million lines a year and uses about four or five million pages a year. The IBM cards are recycled and the center gets back about ten per cent of the amount of money they pay out for the cards. Everyone has the same priority to the computer. The individual with the fewest resources has the highest priority. Sometimes special priority is granted for projects such as class rosters, but not very often. The biggest problem the com- puter center has is the computer runs twenty hours a day and can't finish all the university work in that amount of time. Every student, staff. and faculty checks are printed by the computer center. 29

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28 One of the more recently acquired imputlout- put and memory storage system are the per- manent disc packs. 6. Kuehn

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The TKE and AF jungle booth was a favorite for finally getting even with that certain person. tP. Grimmi CDAG sweep Campus Carnival I really didn't expect this much work to be put into a student project, stated one freshman coed. This was the feelings of many newcomers to ISU when they saw their first campus carnival. I was doing fine until some dude put me in the jail booth, another coed explained. This year's campus carnival was started on Tuesday, Sept. 7. with a dance on the Quad. Monte Python movies headed Wednesday night, and there was an ice cream social on the union patio Friday afternoon. On Saturday the winners of cam- pus carnival were announced. The awards are determined by the number of total points acquired from the: beach ball contest, token race, in- tertube race, and clothes exchange. CDAO fraternity won the sweepstakes award with Mills Hall winning the women's division, and K2 fraternity winning the men's division. An estimated 2,000 people attended the barnival, according to Sue Pappas, publicity chairman for campus carnival steering committee. The points received from these activities plus the points from the booth competition determined the winner. mi A portion of the K2 booth which told of the regression of man to a simple minded animal. tP. Grimmi