Northwestern State University - Potpourri Yearbook (Natchitoches, LA)

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Wishing he had paid more attention in Orientation, Marshall Carll has trouble finding a listing in the card catalog of Watson Library. In Orientation 101, students are taught basic library skills to prepare them for papers and out-of-class research. Abbie Landry assists Leonard Powell with locating a magazine in the Media Center. ' JEJ-1-. Barbara Franklin begins her research by looking through the magazine index. Watson Library 16

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Watson Library is a popular spot for students to meet, visit, study or just plain Hit the Books The library has long been the logical place to go when writing a paper, doing research, looking for a magazine or studying. Students find Watson Library on North- western ' s campus is oftentimes a meeting place for studying students to get together. The group study rooms usually attract those students who intend to do homework, but end up visiting with friends, sleeping or writing letters. It seems like, on weeknights, that if there ' s nothing else to do, everyone goes to the library, says Lisa Jan Bryant. That ' s usually where everyone is! But the library is certainly more than just a place students find to socialize. I like to go up there during the day, says Jerry Cream- er. It ' s usually quiet and I don ' t have to worry about too many people. Lynn Estes, like many other students, finds himself trying to avoid the library! Unless I have a paper to do or a project for a class, I never think to go there. Regardless of the reason, students and re- searchers alike find that Watson is an excel- lent library, especially for those with an in- terest in Louisiana history. So the library offers a whole lot more than just hitting the books. Finding books can be tiring, but this student rolls right through it. Many students find the library a relaxing place to hit the books while others assemble to socialize and visit with friends. 14 Watson Library

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As college graduates will soon discover when looking for jobs, a main interview question may be Do You Compute? Business and computer information students in the four-year degree program will have access to six different types of computer systems, according to Bill Ford, head operator for the NSU Computer Cen- ter. This is good, Ford said, because when you go to work for a company all they are going to do is teach you the basics. You ' re more valuable to a company if your education in computers is more diversified. Whereas most institutions offer a single type of machine, the Northwestern Computer Center has a diverse amount of equipment to work with. We are trying to utilize more equipment, Ford emphasized. When Dr. Otis Cox, director of institutional re- search, took over the Center three years ago, there was one computer, 10 student terminals, one stu- dent printer and one administration terminal. Today the Center boasts of three main computers, approximately 70 terminals, 60 microcomputers, and 20 printers. Ford said that plans to buy a fourth computer and cluster three machines into a super network will be realized by mid-1986. With so many different systems to offer, the Com- puter Center is keeping majors in computer informa- tion systems, accounting, business and journalism ahead in the computer game . Clyde Jordan signs in with student worker Sandra Jackson. James Anders, a student from the Louisiana School for Math, Science and the Arts, experiments with the Vax computer. 16 Computer Center all photos by Pat Wyatt