Illinois State Universities, Information Technology Students of America, or ITSA, members showed off their skills Wednesday night. coding, scripting, and data are the languages that the members of the club speak in. To show off their talents, the RSO hosts “Hack and Tell”.
“I honestly love, first of all I love people showing out for our club. Its been, I don’t want to say a slower year for us but we had a lot of departures last year, definitely some big shoes to fill. But I love putting on stuff like this, mainly to see students interacting with each other,” Club member Ben Miller said.
At the “Hack and Tell,” members showed off their recent projects, ranging from creating an app to order coffee, to adding modifications to the New York Times daily crossword puzzle. The turnout Wednesday exceeded expectations.
“My major is pretty small, so getting to connect with cyber security students, get to see what they do, along with computer science as well as information systems. Just coming together as a community and just being able to talk about technology,” Participant Matthew Mytnik said.
Not only do participants get to enjoy the company of like minded individuals, the event also hosted a prize, amazon gift cards were awarded to the top three projects. The winners included redesigning the code for a computer mouse, NFL statistic projections, and a modification to the video game ‘Minecraft’.
Members and participants have a range of interests that can be explored at events like “Hack and Tell,” and the RSO is regaining steam and allowing those who call Old Union home connect.