16 U. THE NATIONAL COLLEGE NEWSPAPER Dollars And Sense FEBRUARY 1989 Students combine business talents to post profits * By Niccona Teichert The Marquette Tribune Marquette U., WI For many students, the responsibility of managing classwork, living away from home and having friends is more than enough. But for two Marquette U. stu- dents, this workload didn't seem like much. So last spring, Brad Wirt, a business administra- tion sophomore, and James Carver, a former en- gineering sophomore, decided to combine their marketing and management experience and go into business for themselves. Their combined thoughts and ideas materialized into Wirt Carver and Associates, a company spe- cializing in the sale of posters. Last November they opened their first store, Post Master Print Gallery, in a mall in Milwaukee. "We didn't want to be told how to do a job," Carver said. "We wanted to do it ourselves." The duo was able to finance their venture with the help of friend and associate Terry Matousek, who co-signed a loan with Witt and Carver. Both students agree that managing their own busi- ness is hard work and exciting. "We had the resources, so why wait?" said Wirt, who attends classes daily until 11 a.m. and then works at the gallery until 9 p.m. "Once you decide what you want to do, you can accomplish it. School definitely has been neglected, but most of my profes- sors are understanding to my situation." Carver decided to take a semester break from school but said he plans on returning by applying to the College of Arts and Sciences. "My parents had mixed feelings about me starting my own business. They weren't sure if I stopped going "We didn't want to be told how to do a job. We wanted to do it ourselves." - JAMES CARVER to school I would want to go back. Now that they know I'll go back to school they are very supportive." Their gallery specializes in a variety of moderately priced posters, offering 800 different styles ranging from male/female models to city skylines. Most of the inventory is supplied by Portal Publications of Cali- fornia. Business is looking up according to the two entrep- reneurs, who may open shops in malls in nearby Racine. The pair wants "to eventually turn the busi- ness into a franchise where other people will buy and use our name," Carver said. ENTR EPR ENEUR NEWS Discover your E.Q.. .if you want s career full of adventure and risks but don't relish the idea of wearing fatigues, entrepreneurship could be for you. Last fall, Youngstown State U. students received the chance to discover their "E.G." - entrepreneurial quotient. Co-sponsored by Monus Entrepreneur Chair Gary Benson and Career Services, the program was designed to acquaint students with entrepreneurship as a career alternative. Some of the program's goals were to reveal rewards and risks, to present role models and to discredit myths about entrepreneurship through pencil-and-pen exercises. Someone who scored a high E.Q. has a good chance to succeed, Career Services Director Charles Whitman said. Beth Moyer, The Jambar, Youngstown State U., OH . . It's Greek For Me ... Last year, Western Kentucky U. (WKU) senior Robin Geoghegan thought about becoming an entrepreneur. Today, she owns and operates her own store, It's Greek For Me, which caters to WKU's fraternities and sororities by selling Greek merchandise, such as sweat shirts, buttons, key chains and folders. Geoghegan, who is balanc- n a 2t-hour workload that includes a student-teaching assignment, said she started the store because the campus bookstore is not realty geared toward Greeks, who number more than 1,000 WKU students. EJeff Welch, College Heights Herald, Western Kentucky U. 0 " The First Amendment: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of reli- gion, or prohibiting the free Exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to peti- tion the government for a redress of grie- vances." The First Amendment guarantees to newspaper edi- tors, students, and everybody else freedom from censorship by any member of any branch of government. That bulwark of a free society is the focus of the national celebration of Freedom of the College Press Month, January 1989. The American Collegiate Network, publisher of U. The National College Newspaper, salutes college student media and College Media Advisers across the country in their celebration of publishing the crucial message of the First Amendment. 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