Hi Evan,
I'm in the same club as Todd S., A.S in CIS (Associate Science is what the sheepskin says). I've heard similar remarks to what you said, and I think it comes from the fact that many good fox people seem to come from diversified educational backgrounds (not computer related). Look at how many musicians we have in the DevCon jam sessions alone ;)

I have my own theory about 4-year C.S. grads in this field if your interested... sorta related to your original question and sorta not related...