my $onlyonce = 1;
    foreach my $tempword ( @words )
    {
        if ( $onlyonce == 1 )
        {
            $searchstring .= "MajorDescription LIKE '%$tempword%' OR MajorName LIKE '%$tempword%'";
            $onlyonce = 0;
        }
        else
        {
            $searchstring .= " OR MajorDescription LIKE '%$tempword%' OR MajorName LIKE '%$tempword%
+'";
        }
    }