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Show PAGE 8 SUSC THE THUNDERBIRD MONDAY JANUARY 23, 1989 TacoHme... CASITA BURRITO ONLY $269 WITH THIS COUPON 830 SOUTH MAIN HALF PRICE MONDAY FROM 5 TO 8 P.M. STUDYTRAVEL TOUR TO EUROPE JUNE 18 JULY 6, 1989 19 days in Europe seeing: London, the Hague, Brussels, Paris and much more! 1,400 4-- 6 CREDITS IF DESIRED 100 DEPOSIT ASAP SEND CHECKS TO: ROBERT FRONK DEPT. OF LANGUAGES & LITERATURE SOUTHERN UTAH STATE COLLEGE CEDAR CITY, UT 84720 jerry Carpenter, SUSCs computer operations supervisor, joined the staff as a student and has seen the campus computer system evolve from 19 terminal lines to the present 250 lines. Alumnus leads technological journey COUPON SAFETY DNSPEC7BON OFFER EXPIRES 2389. GOOD ONLY AT BIG-- operations supervisor, who first became aware of SUSC through a scheduling fluke, is now largely responsible for the colleges computer systems. Jerry Carpenter, at 28, has been involved in almost all of SUSCs computer history. Carpenter started work in 1982 as an employee at the schools computer center. Hes been there ever since. A homegrown 721 S.MAIN. famjocic Ive seen a lot of growth. When I started to work in 1982, we had 19 terminal lines to points across campus. ToJay we have over 250 terminal lines, Carpenter explains. Carpenter, a 1984 graduate of SUSC, enrolled here almost by accident. I had never even heard of Southern Utah State until my high school counselor suggested I attend a presentation by SUSC at our college orientation day, Carpenter said. Later a friend and I visited the campus, and SNOWBOARDS decided that was where I would go to college, Carpenter explains. After one year at SUSC and two serving a an LDS mission, Carpenter began three years of student employment helping run SUSCs computer system and completing a bachelors degree in electronics. After his senior year, the college was looking e for some computer help; I was looking for a job, he said. Carpenters job as operations supervisor requires him to maintain a terminal communications network involving over 250 terminal lines and two VAX Technological advances are rapid in the computer industry, and that makes it difficult financially for an institution to keep up. Of course, some people say keeping up isnt necessary but some people also say we could still be riding horses to work, Carpenter notes. I full-tim- mini-computer- s. SALES, SERVICE & RENTAL FULL DAY RENTALS BECKHILL $600 70 WEST CENTER SKI OR BIKE SKI EDGES SHARPENED FLAT FILED Debut Artists This Week: Water Boys, Marc Almond, Martika, Steve Earle, Guns n Roses, & Fleetwood Mac PETEX BINDINGS LUBRICATED HOT WAX PRO BOARDS $1500 METAL EDGE $800 586-424- 2 TUNE-U- P REGULARLY 2995 NOW ONLY as9s SATISFACTION GUARANTEED SPECIAL BIKE BRAKE ADJUSTMENT GEAR ADJUSTMENT WHEELS TRUED FLATS REPAIRED LUBRICATION REMEMBER ALL NEW BIKES ARE ASSEMBLED FREE WITH 6 MONTHS FREE SERVICE SNOW BOARDS SIMS BURTON AVALANCHE GNU KEMPER BARFOOT BLACK SNOW SKATE BOARDS BIKES CANNONDALE SPECIALIZED CYCLE PRO KHS BRISTOL MAJOR BRANDS VISION SIMS SANTA CRUZ POWELL DOG TOWN MADRID SCHMITT STIX |