The Bison - Vol. 88, No. 16

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SEE Pag e 3a Bethany documents her parents’ discovery of technology, from iPhones to YouTube.

Features:

thelink.harding.edu SEE Page 1b

The third installment in a series about Dr. Burks’ time as president.

varies at different institutions.

At other schools, the chancellor is the top-office, but in many institutions the chancellor is one that has served as a president and no longer has that responsibility, but there is still work for him to do and they want him to serve, so I was asked to be chancellor.

THE FIRST ONE - WE DID NOT HAVE ANY BEFORE THAT.

The chancellor here works under the president and the board of trustees as a staff officer. He is not a line officer, for instance like the president, the vice presidents, the deans, the department chairmen and so on down the line. But here, the chancellor, as in many institutions, is one that

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SERVES AS STAFF OFFICER, UNDER THE PRESIDENT.

He is not responsible for day-to-day operations, or over any of the other officers, and he does whatever the board and the president want him to do.

For instance when I was asked to serve as chancellor, I was given the assignment of continuing to help fundraising , student recruiting, public relations, representing the university and speaking for it in various places, and going in the place of the president — whatever is needed is what you do.

I have not been chancellor full-time for a good while because there was not a need for me to spend all of my time doing that so I was asked to just be quarter-time. But I am here all the time. I work almost full-time you might say in a sense. But I don’t feel the responsibility of having to be here all the time.

If I need to go to Africa to work in Uganda, which I do twice a year, I don’t feel badly about it, because I am not on the payroll for that length of time. I am just 1/4th time.

But every day I am here, I am here. And I love it. That is why, though I do not have to be here at all, but I have loved Harding so much I want to be here.

People say, ‘Where are you going when you leave Harding?’

‘Heaven’ is my answer. Always.

You enjoy meeting people and working with people. Some that you have known and worked with 50 years or more. But being here on the campus with the students, watching them perform, like spring sing, drama, musicals, athletics, whatever it is. Just being around them is enjoyment. I love and appreciate the purpose, the reason for existence of Harding and the fact that it has remained pretty true to its purpose from the very beginning.

With Dr. Burks retiring and becoming the new chancellor, we wonder: Just what does a chancellor do? Chancellor Clifton Ganus explains.

SEARCY — College Church

of Christ will hold its first service back in the regular church auditorium on Sunday morning. The congregation has been meeting at the Benson Auditorium since January, when a fire damaged the interior of the building.

HARDING — Bisons for Christ day of service will be on April 10. The theme for this year is “Made for This.” A signup form for Bisons for Christ is available on the left side of the Pipeline homepage.

HARDING — The family and consumer sciences department and WISE coalition are hosting a “Family and Community” conference on Saturday, April 13, from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the center for health sciences rooms 1 and 2. Snacks and refreshments will follow the conference sessions.

HARDING — Chris Brubeck and Triple Play, a blues and folk-inspired musical group, will perform in the Administration Auditorium on April 16 at 7 p.m. The group’s performance will conclude this year’s Lyceum series. They will be playing music from their album “Live at Arthur Zankel Music Center.”

HARDING — “Smash” will play again this weekend in the Ulrey Performing Arts Center at 7 p.m. on Friday and Saturday night. Tickets are $10 each and can be purchased at hardingtickets.com.

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After tragedy, local Goodwill presses on

With a temporary location already open and a dedication to Searcy community, Goodwill begins recovery from fire

by KORY HOWARD student writer

The local Goodwill caught fire and suffered complete loss on Friday, March 22.

At 4:30 a.m. the store caught fire, and by the time the fire fighters arrived, it was already too late. According to KARK 4 News, the Searcy Fire Department spent more than five hours trying to put the fire out. By the time the fire died, the store was obliterated along with everything inside.

No employees were inside the store at the time. The cause of the fire remains unknown.

“Goodwill Industries of Arkansas had a fire this morning at our Searcy location,” the Goodwill Industries of Arkansas said on its Facebook page shortly after the fire. “We are thankful no one was injured. We love Searcy and are committed to the community and our employees. Goodwill Searcy will be reopening soon.”

Since the fire, Brian Itzkowitz, the president and CEO of the Goodwill Industries of Arkansas, said he has been working on a plan of action to recover from the devastation. Since the store destroyed was the only Goodwill

Searcy farmers’ market returns with new hours, online ordering option

by LANDISTINDELL student writer

The Searcy farmers’ market is getting ready to open once again. The farmers’ market opens on Saturday, April 20, with some new features and a new location.

The market, originally on the south end of Spring Park, will now be located on the east end of the courthouse square in downtown Searcy. This will help with traffic visibility as well as helping the downtown area by promoting sidewalk sales and music on the square.

“There is just the potential for a lot more activities to be tied in with the farmers’ market,” Amy Burton, executive director of Main Street Searcy, said. “We had a lot of returning customers that came every week, but we were looking for a way to bring in new customers.”

The farmers’ market will also be featuring new times of operation during this season. The market will be open from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. every Saturday until October as well as a new added time, 5 to 6 p.m. on Tuesdays. This time slot will be primarily for the latest addition to the market, online ordering.

“We are establishing an online farmers’ market to go hand-in-hand with

photo from inarkansas.com

The Searcy farmers’ market offers many types of produce, as seen above, in addition to USDA certified meats.

the Main Street Searcy farmers’ market,” Burton said. “We are using the online site so that farmers can post their products, then customers can go on, place their order and then it will be ready for them to pick up and pay for on Tuesdays.”

Most of the farmers that sell in the market are proud to claim that all of their products are free of pesticides and that all of the meat sold at the market is USDA certified.

Brandon Gordon, local farmer and owner of Five Acre Farms, said he is very excited for this year’s market.

“Participating in the farmers’ market has been a welcome surprise,” Gordon said. “We know many of our customers on a first name basis and they are so appreciative of what we do.”

Burton encouraged

students and members of the Searcy community to shop at the farmers’ market.

“We are a certified Arkansas farmers’ market, so you know when you come out and buy at the farmers’ market that they have grown that food; they are not allowed to go purchase things at the grocery store and then go resell it, and that is really important, you know where your food is coming from,” Burton said.

You can find the online market site at searcy.locallygrown.net. Online ordering will be available there once the physical market opens. Also, stay connected with the farmers and the market on Facebook at Searcy Certified Farmers’ Market, Five Acre Farms, Yarbro Farms, Victorious Cross Ranch and Freckle Face Farms.

store located in Searcy, they worked quickly to build a new, temporary store to operate until they could establish a more permanent location. The new store was opened to the public on Thursday at its temporary location at 2009 E. Race Ave.

“Our focus now is to keep our employees working and our quality, value-priced merchandise available to our customers,” Itzkowitz said in a FOX16 article.

Itzkowitz has been at Goodwill since 2008 and has opened 17 new Goodwill locations since 2009.

“Donations are what brings Goodwill’s mission to life; that’s why we say ‘Donate, Shop, Change a Life,’” Itzkowitz told FOX16.

The Searcy Fire Department is currently investigating the fire to be sure there are no signs of arson.

“If anything leads to something we need to investigate, we’ll go from there,” Jennifer Denney, a spokesperson for the Searcy Fire Department, said in an Arkansas Online article.

According to KTBS news, the authorities claim that the fire began at the back of the store and spread to the roof. The investigation is still under way.

fourth annual

Where: Benson Auditorium

When: Saturday, April 13. A complimentary dessert gala will be hosted in the McInteer rotunda at 7 p.m. and the award show will begin at 8 p.m.

You can participate by turning this ballot into the CAB office by the end of the day, Friday, April 5. Come support Dr. David Burks at his final Burksy Awards as president

Danny Jackson

Meredith Wood

Sophia Pickle

Corbett Hall

Zach Roddenberry

Connor Merry

Jason Oller

Kelvin Martin

Ray Zhang

Edwin He

Vivi Vitalone

Wilfred Wolmers

Best Dressed Male

Carl Craig

Payton Hurst

Justin Mitchell

Grant Schol

Zack Jones & Katelyn Robison

Chris Safley & Lindsey Tolbert

Bradley Cain & Holly Bohnett

Best

Tim Cox

Scott Adair

Heath Carpenter

Ginger Blackstone

Kristen Celsor

Leigh Allen

Hannah Hatcher

Liv Savage

Best Tweeter

Austin Yates

McKenna Futrell

Olivia Todd

Autumn Dixon

Best Dressed Female

Anna Bangs

Shelby Daniel

Kaelyn Tavernit

Elizabeth Harper

Power Couple HUF HUE HUG HIZ Best International Campus HU HUA HIP

Service employee

Ms.

Ms.

Girls Club

Race to be Pure, Highlighter Run team up for moral pursuit

by KASEY COBLE asst. copy editor

On April 6, Harding will host its first ever “Race to be Pure.” The Race to be Pure is a race designed to recognize those who have a desire to be pure in heart, mind and soul. Proceeds will benefit Oklahomans Against Trafficking Humans, a coalition in Oklahoma that is raising awareness about human trafficking.

David Walker, Lady Bison assistant basketball coach, said he came up with the idea for the Race to be Pure after several people he knew participated in

Race for the Cure and he realized the awareness that a race could create for a cause.

“(I thought) it would be cool if we could do something similar, but for a moral cause not just a social cause … to promote something that’s biblical,”

David Walker said.

David Walker said he quickly decided that if this was something he wanted to do, he needed to commit and get the ball rolling. Walker said he pitched the idea to the members of his Wednesday night devotional, and after winning their support, he

T he ‘Kerusso

Experience’

Bible department creates camp for up-and-coming ministers

by REBECCA NEELY student writer

The College of Bible and Ministry will be kicking off a new summer camp called “The Kerusso Experience” for young men in grades 9-12 interested in learning more about God’s word and developing the communication skills to be better equipped to become ministers later on in life.

The “Experience” will be July 6-13 at Harding University’s campus. The week will consist of Bible studies, preaching studies, mentoring with Harding Bible professors, worship, fellowship, meals in the caf and field trips to the “Tabernacle” and other locations. The students will also be able to take advantage of the university’s facilities, such as the pool and basketball courts.

“We want students to realize that there are other students their age that share their same passions, that aren’t running away from the call to ministry, but already viewing themselves as ministers at their young age,” Bible major recruiter Jared Mayes said.

B. Chris Simpson, a 2010 graduate of Harding and well-known chapel speaker at Harding, will be a guest speaker at the “Kerusso Experience.” Several area

in all aspects of your life.

-David Walker, assistant basketball coach/ race creator

began nailing down the specifics.

As he was planning the Race to be Pure, David Walker said he wanted to make sure people understood that the race is open to everyone — not only for those who consider themselves to be “pure.”

“All we’re asking is for people that feel like purity is something worth striving for, that it’s a worthy pursuit, and regardless of what your past is, that as of now you’re trying to pursue purity in all aspects of your life,” David Walker said. “A lot of people associate that with sexual purity, and that is a big part of it … but also just kind of the pursuit of pure living.”

at Oklahomans Against Trafficking Humans, which according to their website, is creating a victim-centered approach to their advocacy in addition to raising awareness about human trafficking. David Walker said he and his sister Brooke Walker decided this would be a good cause to donate money to because while runners are racing for their own purity, they can also be racing for those who have had their purity stolen from them.

“If we were more pure as a culture, the sex trafficking industry might not even exist if we would take care of the purity part,” David Walker said.

inclement weather. This means runners will now experience a 5K similar to the color run, where participants are colored with chalk-like paint at each mile mark. Senior Callie Huey, who is a member of the committee behind the Highlighter Run, said though it was unfortunate the Highlighter Run was postponed, she thinks it will be even better now that the two races have joined together.

“There will be even more runners because the races have combined, which will generate more awareness of human trafficking and give more people an opportunity to thank Harding’s donors,” Huey said.

MAYFLOWER, Ar.

Between 3,500 and 5,000 barrels of heavy crude oil leaked from a ruptured Exxon Mobil pipeline in Mayflower, Ar. last Friday. Nearly two dozen homes were affected by the spill. According to CNN, Exxon Mobil met with the displaced residents last weekend to discuss how they can repair the damage caused by the spill.

ministers will also join as guest speakers and mentors.

Since this is the first year of the preaching camp, college credit will not be given, but once the camp gets going, the department hopes to give one hour of college credit to juniors and seniors who attend the camp.

“One of the purposes of this program is to introduce students to the idea that they could serve God in a lifetime of full time ministry,” Bible professor Devin Swindle said. “Those students who show the potential for spiritual leadership should be encouraged by their parents, preachers and youth ministers to pay attention to God’s call upon their lives. Hopefully we will be able to give these students career options that they have never considered, and to serve the church by training up more and more young people with a heart to serve them.”

The cost of the camp is $100, which includes meals and housing for the week, as well as field trips and all other activities that take place during the week. The hope of the College of Bible and Ministry is that the home congregation will cover the cost of each student that attends from their congregation.

David Walker’s sister, sophomore Brooke Walker, previously volunteered

The Race to be Pure is now combined with the Highlighter Run, which was postponed due to

Lords of the show

Anyone can register for either run up until the April 6 race day. The Race to be Pure and the Highlighter Run will have separate sign up stations at the race. Each race costs $15 individually or $10 each with a group of 15 runners. The races begin at 10 a.m.

MOBILE, Ala — Carnival Cruise Line experienced another setback on Wednesday after its crippled ship, Carnival Triumph, broke loose from a repair dock and traveled down river before crashing into a cargo ship, according to the Huffington Post. The incident occurred after strong winds blew through Mobile, Ala. that day. In February, the Carnival Triumph went infamously adrift in the Gulf of Mexico for four days, exposing more than 4,000 passengers to food shortages and corridors filled with raw sewage.

All we’re asking is for people that feel like purity is something worth striving for, that it’s a worthy pursuit ... that as of now you’re trying to pursue purity

photo by ASHEL PARSONS | Student Publications

The Regina, Chi Sigma Alpha, OEGE and Sigma Phi Mu Spring Sing group took won the John H. Ryan sweepstake last Saturday night for their show “Resistance is Feudal.” The 40th Anniversary show featured seven distinct groups instead of the normal six, making it true to this year’s theme of “Larger Than Life.”

Missed the show? Check out a 7-minute recap of 40 years of Spring Sing on The Link.

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We pledge to keep our eyes and ears open to what our community has to say and hope that, in return, that community will be an interactive audience, sharing its stories with us. We also pledge to do the basics: report accurate and relevant information, check our facts, and share them in a professional, timely manner.

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There Are Generation Gaps In Apps

There’s really no good way to brace yourself for something like this. You start your day like it’s any other, and then suddenly everything changes when you get the dreaded phone call. You repeatedly ask what’s going on and eventually understand the situation when your dad blurts out, “I got the iPhone 5.” Ah, parents and technology. A dynamic duo causing confusion, anxiety and entertainment for all.

It’s Great to Be at Harding

However, as the conversation continued onto stories from college, there was a definite contrast in the stories they shared and the stories I would share.

The phrase is simple. We slap it on our shirts and button it proudly to our backpacks, but can anyone tell me why “it’s great to be at Harding?” What motivates us to so enthusiastically parade this slogan around? Obviously the general student body agrees with the statement, but I do not think many can give reason as to why they agree.

My freshman year at Harding was an interesting experience. I had grown up in California where the culture was much more liberal, and moving to the Bible belt was a bit of a culture shock. Most of my friends from high school stayed in California and currently attend state schools, so their college experiences had and have been quite different from mine.

I remember going home on winter break, excited to see my old friends, share some stories and catch up. We sat around my back porch and started reminiscing about high school.

To be honest, I felt pretty lame. They had all these wild stories to tell and crazy experiences to share. The craziest thing I had seen was a slip n’ slide down the third floor long hall of Armstrong. They would talk about the girls they met at parties and I would talk about the girls I met at Bible studies. It was apparent that I wasn’t getting the same college experience that my friends were getting, and I started to feel like maybe I was missing out.

The whole idea of “it’s great to be at Harding” didn’t seem so great. There were no block parties, no music, definitely no dancing and after 12 a.m. I was locked in a building with only guys. This was not the college life I had expected. According to what I had seen on TV I was not supposed to be sitting in my dorm room watching “Scrubs” by myself; but after the first few weeks went by, I started to realize that Harding may have done me a big favor.

The tone of the stories that were shared over spring break started to change. My friends started sharing stories of just

about everything parents fret about hearing. I would listen and try to relate, but I couldn’t. I haven’t had a friend die from alcohol poisoning, I haven’t had to rush someone to the ER for a drug overdose, I haven’t had to run from the cops at a block party, I haven’t had to experience the dark side of that lifestyle. I am grateful for that. Harding has provided me with a safe environment to learn, to grow and to pursue a relationship with God.

Maybe some of the rules are strict, but I don’t mind it. I get to be surrounded by a faculty that cares more about my spiritual growth and well being than my ability to stay awake in their class. I get to attend a school that worships together and works together for the furthering of God’s kingdom. And yes, I may not be getting the “conventional” college experience that my friends back home get, but I am getting something different and arguably better. I now can definitely say that for me “it’s great to be at Harding.”

JAMES MORGAN is a guest contibuter for the Bison. He may be contacted at jmorgan6@harding.edu.

Away We Went: Redefining Short-Term Missions Response

virginia “vivi” vitalone

Idon’t own a pair of Toms or Chacos. Can I still be considered a Harding short-term missionary?

I am from Rome, Italy, and my country is a mission field. While at Harding, I have been able to go on two different mission trips: a three-week campaign with the Harding Chorus in Eastern Europe and a Spring Break mission trip to Panama. Living in a mission field and going on mission trips, I’ve been able to experience being the one who leaves and the one who gets left behind. When I was in middle school, a Christian group from Mississippi State came to Rome and while they were there, I decided to get baptized. This group of college students had the chance to see the seed that somebody else planted grow. Of course they left after a few days, and even

if I was really upset about not seeing these college students anymore, other people nurtured my faith and helped me grow as a Christian.

During one of our nights in Panama, Raul Alvarado, the preacher of the Church of Christ in Panama City, said if the word of God is a seed, we will sometimes be the sower, sometimes the sun, sometimes the water, and sometimes the harvester. God’s word is not popcorn. For every job well done, it takes time to grow, slowly but constantly. The water cannot do the sower’s job.

The interesting thing about short-term mission trips is that we might do 100 percent of what we can, but the people that we will touch take just the 5 percent of that they need.

The healthy refreshment of ideas, points of view and ways to serve others are what keep the kingdom moving. If I had to listen to the same preacher or be around the same missionary family all of my life, I would not be as touched and nurtured as much as I am when I meet brothers and sisters from around the world and learn from their own way of doing the Lord’s mission.

We are starting early to go out and make disciples and even if we are rough and without experience, we are doing our best. If it’s never about us, but instead about the people that we touch, our goal at the end of the day is to hear “Well done, my good and faithful servant.” We are all part of a mechanism that keeps moving and changing. Wherever we are, if we are working for the kingdom, we are part of the same team. In Panama, we planted seeds in the hearts of people we met, we watered some others and hopefully we pulled some weeds from other ones. We left, but somebody else will take care of those seeds, and the mechanism will keep moving. Short-term missions taught me to be elastic and ready to change my approach because of the different, new situations I have to face. One day I’ll be the water, one day the sun, whatever it takes, to make that seed grow. Today, tomorrow, what will you be for the Lord’s mission?

VIRGINIA “VIVI” VITALONE is a guest contibuter for the Bison. She may be contacted at vvitalon@harding.edu.

Many of us here at Harding are in similar stages of life, and what’s scarier is that our parents are too. I’m not talking about any midlife crises or even empty-nest syndrome (though both should be addressed: a new car helps.) But more importantly, I’m talking about introducing them to modern technology.

I feel as if my parents have always been fairly tech-savvy but there were definitely some defining moments that got them to where they are today.

Introducing them to texting was a huge first step – for the first few months, I mostly just got messages from dad like,“hjdjskngjns,” and usually just translated that as “call me.” This system worked pretty well for a while and eventually he got it down. Now I only get messages like this occasionally because his fingers are too big for the buttons. “First world problems,” he tells me.

Next my mom decided to get on Facebook. This seemed pretty harmless from the beginning, but once she figured out how to comment on pictures, things went downhill pretty fast. She’s not quite the aunt that treats every picture like it’s the family newsletter, but I can guarantee that at any given time, she has at least 30 friend requests and will never ever know about them.

Then came YouTube. The first time I tried to show her a video, she used the Google search bar and then refused to click on any of the results. When I asked her why she wouldn’t click on the YouTube URL, she simply responded, “I don’t want to broadcast myself.” I told her I thought she would be pretty safe seeing as our computer didn’t have any kind of camera at the time.

Her most recent endeavor has been Twitter. One of my siblings tried explaining it to her, and she wanted in on that too. This led to a huge moment of panic when we informed her she had her first follower. Her eyes got wide as she exclaimed, “Following me where?”

Nothing beats her confusion, though, when Google started advertising apps. I’ll never forget the look she gave me as she closed out of an ad and said in disgust, “Ugh. I don’t know why anyone would want to buy an angry bird.”

Bless her little heart.

At least they are learning and providing quality entertainment in the meantime. So as your parents go through this stage, just be patient and remember that someday your child will be explaining everything to you. Then our generation will try to explain pagers and car-phones and make them equally confused.

Think back to the days of MySpace. I still don’t know who Tom is, why he wanted to be my friend, and most importantly, why he wouldn’t use a better profile picture. And if your MySpace days don’t bring you enough shame, then your AIM username will probably suffice.

Disclaimer: No parents’ feelings were harmed in the making of this column.

james morgan guest space

We don’t discriminate, incriminate or retaliate. We have questions, you have the answers.

“Golden Corral.” “Chipotle. “Any wings place.” “Chipotle.”

Matthew Shafer: Freshman Jessica Goellner: Sophomore Donatella Luckett: Junior Aubrey Cupp: Senior

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Moral of the Story

Health Care Needs New Solutions

You’ve just graduated. Bills are stacking up, you need food and shampoo and your internship is unpaid. Health insurance is something that can seem unnecessary. You’re healthy and you just can’t afford the extra costs right now. Until you get sick. Until an accident happens and you are forced to take a trip to the hospital. Here’s where things get dicey, where the controversy begins and where the nonprofit hospitals make their profits.

Last month, “Time” published an article by Steven Brill called “Bitter Pill.” The article details the exorbitant costs of services in hospitals across the country, from the price of routine tests and scans to the price of medication. Throughout the article, Brill draws an interesting comparison of prices paid for services by Medicare and Medicaid patients and the uninsured. These people are not poor enough or old enough to qualify for government assistance with health care, but aren’t wealthy enough to afford insurance. These people fall between the cracks. They are the main source of profit for hospitals.

Here are a few examples of the price discrepancy: A chest X-ray costs $283 for an uninsured patient in Texas and $20.44 for a Medicare patient. An injection of Rituximab, a cancer medication, costs an uninsured patient $13,702 and $4,000 for a Medicare patient. In addition to this, hospitals get volume discounts for drugs, meaning the cancer medicine had about a 400 percent paid-in-advance mark-up at a hospital that calls itself nonprofit.

Medicare takes the nonprofit label on hospitals seriously. The prices quoted above for Medicare patients take the price of the service into account, along with allocated expenses for overhead costs, capital expenses, salaries, insurance and differences in cost of living. We should all be paying those prices.

Hospitals have turned what is supposed to be a service into a business. Between 1998 and 2012, the health care industry spent $5.36 billion on lobbying (compared to $1.53 billion spent by defense lobbies), meaning they have substantial interest in government and making sure they can keep getting away with their bullying.

Hospital CEOs should not be pulling in million dollar paychecks and benefiting from the corrupt system that preys on unsuspecting Americans. Sixty percent of filed bankruptcies in the U.S. are the result of health care-related expenses; the price of health care is breaking the bank for both the uninsured and insured. This number of bankruptcies is unsurprising seeing as national health expenditures have expanded to nearly five times as much as GDP since 1960.

Moral of the story: The debate over the Affordable Care Act began a nationwide conversation about health care. People get riled up about the flaws in social health care programs and ask who is fitting the bill. We skipped, and continued to ignore, the question of why are the bills so expensive to begin with? Real change in the health care system starts with legislators asking this question and working to figure out a solution. We don’t necessarily need the single-payer system as seen in European nations. We need to establish taxes and regulations for the health care industry to ensure that the hospitals are truly nonprofit, serving the people instead of their pocketbooks.

Look for a continuation of this topic in the next issue of the Bison.

LYNDSEY RUBLE is the editor-inchief for the Bison. She may be contacted at lruble@harding.edu or on Twitter @lnruble.

Politics: Young Adults Have Responsibility to be Involved

bethany nicholson guest space

The debt in the United States is now more than $16 trillion and is increasing daily by $3.9 billion. There are 30 legal brothels, homes where men can visit prostitutes, in Nevada. Gay marriage has been legalized in nine states. And this doesn’t even include information on health care, military cuts or the legalization of marijuana.

Many young adults have chosen to be apathetic toward these topics, which is simply astonishing to me. I believe that every single citizen of the United States should have a well-formed,

Just the Clax

intelligent opinion about our president, Congress and what is going on in the government. My generation in particular is at the age where the government is going to be affecting us directly through our future careers, salaries, taxes, health care, etc. As a young adult myself, I am constantly talking about my future aspirations: what industry I want to work in, where I want to intern and where I eventually want to establish a career. So, if I am going to be this concerned about my future, why shouldn’t I be just as concerned about my country’s future? If this country falls, my dream job will no longer be available and I can push those aspirations out the window.

“It isn’t that I don’t care, it’s that I just don’t understand politics,” my friend once told me. That may be true for several young adults, but it is still a lame excuse. When I took my general

education course in biology, I did not understand the material at all. But the more I listened, read and studied, the better my grade was and the more I understood as well. There are plenty of websites, newspapers and older adults that can help educate younger citizens on who is in each office and topics being discussed in the government. So really, there is no point in using the excuse of “I don’t understand” any longer. Having an opinion is great, but simply having one is not enough. As a young adult, it is not acceptable to say, “I am a Republican or I am a Democrat because that is how I was raised.” It is time we make our own decisions and have good reasons for why we support our beliefs.

Apostrophe Catastrophe

Amidst all the awful global news this week — Cyprus banks in meltdown, North Korea threatening war again, German authorities confiscating Justin Bieber’s pet monkey and an outbreak of Nutella thefts on college campuses — a small town in England has caused a little-known uproar. If you haven’t heard about what the Mid Devon District Council tried to do to Britain’s national language, then you should be grateful for the chance to pick up a Bison before stumbling blindly into another week of international chaos.

Were it not for jeers of protest from throughout the United Kingdom, officials in Devon might have gotten away with their dastardly plan. English teachers and lovers of the queen’s language everywhere will be gobsmacked at the very thought that something like this could happen. I can barely bring myself to describe it. It’s “horrible, horrible, most horrible,” as Hamlet’s father might say, and you have no idea what a relief it is for me to report that this cowardly subversive plot was foiled. If you thought the monkey quarantine was an outrage, you should hold onto something as you keep reading.

I don’t know if you’ve ever been to a District Council meeting. I’m sure there are many fine people who serve on these community governing boards,

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but there is always one member who trembles through every council session lest he be called on to submit an idea for the general welfare. This member has no ideas, has never had any ideas and has very few friends with ideas. And on those rare occasions when his opinion is called for, he must invent something on the spot. No matter how barmy the idea is, this timid councilman must offer it to save face. I can think of no other explanation for how such a horrid proposal could come up.

So what was this heresy? The Mid Devon District Council voted to omit apostrophes from all its street signs. I told you it was bad. I’ll give you a minute to recover your equilibrium. Swipe some Nutella if it will help you settle down.

What possible good could this vote accomplish? The council sheepishly proposed that eliminating the punctuation mark would “avoid potential confusion.” Apparently, signs for “St. Paul’s Square” and “Queen’s Road” are just too much for some ditzy Brits. I’m surprised that the Council didn’t also

come armed with a study from the Chancellor of the Exchequer claiming that its apostrophe ban would save 400 gallons of road-sign ink per year.

Apostrophes are extremely useful.

As any 4-year-old will tell you, “Michael’s toys” is a helpfully restrictive designation. One British grammarian, the intractable Lynne Truss, once traipsed all over the U.K. with a magic marker, gleefully correcting Sandra Bullock movie posters that read “Two Weeks Notice” (without the possessive apostrophe after “Weeks”).

Fortunately, the Mid Devon Council was forced to recant, mainly due to pressure from the Apostrophe Protection Society. Yes, thankfully, there is an APS for that, and no one knows what grammatical laziness these dutiful activists have nipped in the bud. Much like the Richard III Society — which has had a banner year since the discovery of its beloved villain’s bones in February — the APS is basking in a grateful nation’s praise. The society’s motto is “carpe punctum” — “seize the mark.” Just imagine a world without apostrophes. Wed all be wearing yellow buttons that said, “Its great to be at Harding.” Thatd be a real shame.

MICHAEL CLAXTON is a guest contributor for the Bison. He may be contacted at mclaxto1@harding.edu.

Alexis Hosticka

Out of left field

Making the right call

Most sports fans have watched a play that was too close to call. Whether a slide into third base, a barely buzzer-beating shot or an almost first down, the human eye isn’t always fast enough to catch exactly what happened.

But that’s what instant replay is for.

With today’s technology you would think that we would never again see an incorrect call, but clearly, they still happen.

Many sports will use instant replay for any close call. In the NBA, it is even required that the officials watch any buzzer beaters to decide if the ball was released before time ran out.

One sport that is behind in this area is baseball. The NFL began using instant replay more than 25 years ago, but the MLB only began in 2008 and still has very strict regulations on what types of plays can and cannot be reviewed.

Currently, instant replay is used only to address “boundary calls” in baseball, which basically includes whether or not a hit should be a home run, fair versus foul balls and a few similar situations.

The problem with these rules is that umpires cannot review plays that involve a diving catch or a close call at a base. Many times, it is unclear in the outfield if a ball hit the grass before the outfielder grabbed it. And countless slides into home plate are covered in a cloud of brown dirt, sometimes making it difficult for even the umpire standing right there to make the right call.

I just can’t see the harm in being able to use instant replay in more situations in baseball. It has already taken over most major sports in the U.S., but baseball doesn’t want to accept the changes.

Some people argue that with instant replay, games will last much longer and the fans at the game will get bored waiting for calls. I think most fans will be much happier waiting for the correct call than not waiting and having the wrong call.

Since we clearly have the ability to make better calls, as shown in other sports, there is no reason why baseball shouldn’t pick up its game.

The MLB made progress when they decided to use it for boundary calls, but that clearly isn’t enough. Currently, there is some discussion going on to add two more elements to instant replay: fair and foul calls and balls that are caught or trapped by the player catching the ball. These new rules will not even be implemented until 2014 if they do go through.

At this point, I just don’t understand why the MLB doesn’t jump onto instant replay completely. They’ve already started, so it’s time they use it whenever an umpire sees fit.

ALEXIS HOSTICKA is sports editor for the 2012-2013 Bison. She may be contacted at ahostick@harding.edu. Twitter: @alexis_hosticka

Golf preps for GAC tourney

by SHANE SCHOCK student writer

With only one more match between the golf team and the GAC tournament, the Bisons are working toward a championship to close out the season.

“My favorite thing about golf is getting to travel with the team in the small buses where we get to spend time with players and coaches,” team captain Lucas Collins said. “Those are the memories that I will never forget the rest of my life.”

Collins takes his role as team captain seriously as he keeps the team’s focus on the task at hand.

“I try and keep the guys focused at practice as well as informing them of everything that is going on,” Collins said. “I also work to instill confidence in my teammates as that is one of the more important factors in this sport.”

This season Collins has posted a personal best, scoring an average of 76 through 15 rounds. Collins leads the team in scoring average and wins this season. Even though Collins puts up solid numbers, there is always room to improve both individually and as a team.

“Some of the improvements we are looking to make can be found around the green,” Collins said. “If we can cut down on

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out strokes in the short game, I think we will all see improvements in our scores.”

Ultimately Collins and his teammates work on improving to reach their goals for this season.

“We as a team set a number of goals that we hope to reach at seasons end,” Collins said. “Our main goal is to bring home the GAC conference championship which will be played in three weeks, along with a bid to the regional tournament.”

One of the players who is looking to contribute to those goals is freshman Alex Williamson. Williamson, scoring just slightly higher through 15 rounds at 77, has made his presence known as a young athlete.

“I put more pressure on myself than others do; I put pressure on myself to play at a higher level than my competition,” Williamson said.

Williamson said he likes to bring his high level of play to the course when Southwest Oklahoma University is in the mix.

“We want to beat them wherever we go, and, with them being ranked ahead of us in the region, it stacks up well when competing with other universities,” Williamson said.

The Bisons next tournament is the Natural State Classic on April 8-9 in Heber Springs.

by COREY STUMNE student writer

For senior tennis player Adam Edwards, winning tennis matches is something he has been doing for years now. From a very successful high school career that has carried into his collegiate career, winning has become common in his game.

But when Edwards won his singles match against Christian Brothers two weeks ago, he entered a whole new arena of winning.

Edwards did something that no other Harding tennis player has ever done: he had a perfect match. A perfect match is when a player wins every single point of the match (48 points) to earn a flawless 6-0, 6-0 victory.

Edwards did not take the accomplishment lightly. He said winning 48 straight points is just as difficult as it sounds.

“It’s very difficult,” Edwards said. “It’s hard to keep concentration throughout a match like that especially with the possible thought of a perfect match.”

Junior tennis player Alex Ford agreed.

“It is a very impressive feat no matter how talented the competition may be,” Ford said. “Doing something like that, whether it is in high school, college or at the professional level, is very impressive. I think it may even be tougher than throwing a perfect game in baseball as a pitcher.”

Edwards is decorated with many accomplishments that he has achieved throughout

his tennis career. According to Edwards, however, this ranks at the very top.

“This ranks very high,” Edwards said. “I had a perfect set in high school and I was one game away from winning my match at the conference tournament against a top 15 school. But I would say this is number one.”

According to Edwards, he normally starts at double on Harding’s No. 2 or No. 3 team, and normally plays No. 6 singles. In his perfect match against Christian Brothers he played No. 3.

“I’ve learned patience and determination and also confidence,” Edwards said. “Tennis is a game where one point can decide a whole match, kind of like one big play in football can change everything. So being patient and being determined along with having confidence will help you out in all aspects of life.”

Edwards said the thing that has made him most successful, however, has been the people who have surrounded him both on and off the courts.

“I think (what has made me a successful tennis player is) just practice and being surrounded by great teammates that lift me up when I’m down and push me when I need to be pushed,” Edwards said. “I grew up with a great tennis doubles partner in high school that now plays for (the University of Kentucky) and my family was always very supportive. So I think having support and people pushing me to do better is what has made me successful.”

Waddell sets record for career wins

by ALEX EZELL student writer

Senior pitcher Lucas

Waddell broke Harding’s record for most career wins on March 16 against Southern Arkansas University. Waddell’s win sent him into the top spot in the record books with 23 wins. Matt Walter was the previous record holder with 22 wins. Waddell also earned the win for the Bisons against Northwestern Oklahoma State on March 30, giving him his 24th career win.

Waddell, who is from Ladner, British Columbia, has appeared in 46 games for the Bisons with 39 starts.

Waddell’s overall career record is 24-10. This season Waddell is 3-2.

Waddell was a preferred walk-on his freshman year at Harding. This meant that he was given a roster spot without scholarship. He was unable to work out with the Bisons when he visited before joining the team, but coach Patrick McGaha wanted Waddell on the team.

“He was a young man that we were hoping to get the chance to work out and he had a little bit of an arm issue when he came to visit,” McGaha said. “We offered him a preferred walk-on position. He took that and embraced it and he has worked really hard.”

Waddell is now on scholarship after performing well in a handful of games his freshman year for the Bisons. As a freshman he was a mid-week starter and eventually became one of the weekend conference

game starters.

Coming into his freshman year, Waddell said he had no expectations for the season.

“I got to play more than I thought I would my freshman year,” Waddell said. “Then from there I was getting more and more opportunities. I thrived off of those opportunities and stuff fell into place.”

Someone Waddell said he looks up to is his teammate, senior Paul Anzalone, who Waddell said is a hard worker and selfless player.

Anzalone said that Waddell has become one of his close friends since being at Harding together.

Anzalone described Waddell as a calm, easygoing player, but also as very competitive.

“We all know he will give us a chance to win when he is on the mound,” Anzalone said. “Lucas pitches best in the biggest situations, which speaks to his competitiveness.”

According to Waddell, the Bisons have struggled the last several games, but he said he is confident they will step up.

“We have so much talent,” Waddell said. “We don’t need to put unneeded pressure on ourselves. It is easier said than done, but I like where we are as a team.”

The Bisons will face Southwestern Oklahoma State University, Henderson State University, Ouachita Baptist University and Arkansas Tech University in GAC play before the season wraps up. The GAC conference tournament is scheduled for May 4-7.

photo by GRANT SCHOL | Student Publications

Senior pitcher Lucas Waddell winds up for a pitch during the game against Maryville University on February 9. Waddell broke the Harding record for most career wins with 24 so far.

photo by ASHEL PARSONS | Student Publications

Senior Adam Edwards works in practice last season. He played Harding’s first ever perfect match two weeks ago.

Friday, April 5, 2013

Fantasies and brackets: making sports your own game

Jared Dryden Guest space

Watching sports, whether live and in person or on television, can definitely be enjoyable. Most fans love following their favorite team through each season and, hopefully, the postseason as well. Whether it is collegiate or professional play,

sports fans love to devote their time and attention to their favorite teams and athletes.

During the NCAA basketball tournament, fans and non-fans alike take it a step further, participating in bracket challenges across the country, in workplaces, schools, families and within groups of friends. More than three million people filled out brackets on ESPN.com last year.

Many fans also apply their sports analytics skills to fantasy sports leagues, taking chances and betting on individual players. Why do fans devote so much time

outside of actually watching the games to this extra dimension of sports? What is the draw?

Since the vast majority of people will never be high-level athletes, bracket pools and fantasy sports let us live vicariously through our favorite athletes and teams. Sports video games build on this effect, with most sports video game franchises allowing you to create your own players and follow them through an entire career.

Each year, for the past few years, I have filled out an NCAA Tournament bracket. Even though I do not follow collegiate basketball

very closely, I love to do a little research and try to predict which teams will succeed.

Fantasy sports, however, do not have much draw for me. Sports should very much be about the team and the team’s successes and failures.

Fantasy sports put a lot of weight behind each individual player and their personal statistics. The main reason I stay away from fantasy sports leagues, however, is simply the amount of maintenance involved. I can fill out a bracket then watch it quickly turn red before my eyes as all of my

photo courtesy of HARDINGSPORTS.COM

Junior Andrew Evans sprints through water and fights to stay in the lead during the 3,000-meter steeplechase, finishing with a career-best 9:37.81. Evans won the race on March 23 at the Rhodes Invitational.

Track continues to break records

by ANGEL PARAMORE student writer

The women’s track team received six victories Saturday at the Rhodes Invitational in Memphis, Tenn., while the men had five victories and broke a school record.

Harding finished 1-2 in the 100-meter dash, with sophomore Donatella Luckett finishing in 10.99 seconds. Freshman Corey Bassett was second with a time of 11.14 seconds. Harding also had four of the top five finishers in the 400-meter. Junior Landon Belcher earned his second career victory in the 400-meter with a time of 48.50 seconds. Freshman Kevin Naceanceno took third with a time of 49.26 seconds, sophomore Jacek Dybowski was fourth with 50.05 seconds and freshman Dillon Bagwell placed fifth in 50.19 seconds.

Junior Andrew Evans took first in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a career-best time of 9:37.81.

“It felt great to get another win, especially on a day when our whole team was competing so well,” Evans said. “It was a confidence booster and

hopefully I can build on that and run some personal best times in the 5K and 1500 at UCA.”

Senior Kory Howard, junior Ahmad Scott, Luckett and Bassett won the 4x100-meter relay with a time of 42.03 seconds, while Bagwell, Howard, Naceanceno and Belcher won the 15-team 4x400-meter relay with a time of 3:19.21.

The Bisons also had three top-three finishes in the field events. Senior Josh Winslager took second in the pole vault, clearing 14 feet. Sophomore Ryan Cagle was second in the shot put with a throw of 47 feet, 1¾ inches and junior Chris Safley came in third in the javelin throw with a mark of 166 feet, 4 inches. Sophomore Eric Rapp set a new Harding record in the hammer throw with a mark of 111 feet, 3 inches.

“It felt really great (to set a new Harding record) because I had never thrown the hammer until I started college,” Rapp said. “I set a new record in the cold rain so I am expecting to beat it again on Saturday.”

Senior Portia Bell won both the 100-meter and 200-meter. She de -

feated 32 other runners to win the 100-meter in 12.48 seconds. It was her second career victory in the event. She then outran 40 other competitors gain her third career event victory in the 200-meter in 25.09. Sophomore Ewa Zaborowska won the 800-meter in 2:15.15, her third career victory in the event.

The Lady Bisons won both the 4x400 relay and the 4x800 relay. Freshmen Lydia Gordon and Sarah Coleman, junior Kristen Celsor and Bell won the 4x400 in 4:02.75. Sophomores Amber Priest and Dallis Bailey, Zaborowska and freshman Tammy Kim won the 4x800 with a time of 9:32.63.

“I’m not usually on the 4 by 8 team, I was just a sub so I was extremely excited that we won,” Priest said. “I was glad that I didn’t let the team down.”

In field events, Celsor reached her sixth career victory in the high jump, clearing 5 feet, 4¼ inches. Senior Tiffany Chambers cleared 10 feet, 6 inches to place second in the pole vault, and freshman Rachael Domeyer finished second in the javelin with a mark of 115 feet, 8 inches, only four inches short of the Harding record.

chosen teams get sent home. With a fantasy sports team, I have to pay attention to dozens of players’ performances over the course of a whole season, and be ready to make smart trades to increase my chances of winning by the end of the season.

I do understand the main appeal behind fantasy sports, however. The reasons behind joining a fantasy league seem to be the same as those behind joining a bracket pool: bragging rights, some sense of personal accomplishment and a communal level of activity beyond simply watching the games.

What are you most looking forward to this summer?

If you could meet any celebrity, who would it be?

What’s your biggest fear?

What’s your biggest guilty pleasure?

What’s one of your pet peeves?

Nicaragua,

The president. You never know where that could lead.

I don’t have a fear. Why should I fear anything?

Justin Bieber.

When a person believes they aren’t good enough.

Will Smith. Ryan

Spending time with family and traveling.

John Mayer.

Sleeping outside with my dog and never showering.

Snakes and spiders.

Being kidnapped
. Biting the end of my pen cap. Stealing cereal from the caf
.

I can’t have any notifications on any apps on my iPhone showing.

I like to stack salt and pepper shakers to build a pyramid and people try to knock them down.

My biggest fear is lizards.

Fat babies.

When someone scrapes their teeth on silverware.

I’m terrified of primates, especially gorillas and apes.

When I bite into a particularly good-looking apple and it turns out to be mushy.

Lewis Jackson Zac Cambron Jordan Rapowitz (Golf) (Track) Emily Robson (Track) (Baseball)

Visiting

Honduras, Costa Rica, England, Rome and the Dominican Republic.

Playing on a college summer team in Colorado.

Catching up with my friends from back home.

Hall
.

Bren Grymes (Cheerleading)

Friday, April 5, 2013

Committee works to improve caf experience

by DANE ROPER guest writer

image courtesy of THE BISON, September 1996 Sketch of the Reynolds Center from 1996. As president, Dr. David Burks oversaw the addition of the Reynolds Center and of an entrance to campus from Beebe Capps, as well as the removal of railroad tracks by Park Avenue in 1997.

Dealing with growth

Part 3: Dr. Burks faces challenges of Harding’s expanding student body

by MATT RYAN features editor

As enrollment continued to grow in the late 90s, Dr. David Burks said he continued to focus his presidency on utilizing Harding’s existing resources while also expanding campus by building new facilities and by preparing unused parts of campus for future growth.

Beginning in 1997, one of the first issues caused by growth, Burks said, was deciding what to do about chapel as the student body outgrew the Benson Auditorium. Burks said he greatly prefers having everyone in one chapel, but ultimately the board agreed to have two split chapels, until more seating was added to the Benson a few years later.

“One of the things you find when you’re president is that — and this is the way it ought to be — you are moderating a great big family,” Burks said. “The fact of the matter is, the family preferred two chapels and I preferred one. I went with the bigger group, which is the faculty, and they preferred two. I like the one, simply because I like being together, but from a disciplinary point of view, two is better.”

We felt like we jumped from the 1950s to the 2000s in a week.

- William Waddill Class of 1999

Former student Phillip Murphy (’98) said the switch to two chapels went smoothly for most students and was a sign of growth and changing times for Harding.

“It was a seamless change from an upperclassmen’s point of view,” Murphy said. “Of course, the freshmen didn’t realize a change because it was all new to them. Besides, it wasn’t as if Harding was the first school to create two chapels. Some of our sister institutions had been utilizing split chapel services for some time before we implemented it. At the same time, it was a significant change and a departure from the Harding norm. It was a sign of growth. It became just another step to expanding the size of the student body.”

Among the first major building projects during those

years came in the form of the Donald W. Reynolds Center for Music and Communication.

Dr. Arthur Shearin, professor of music and chair of the department of music, said the Reynolds Center was a necessity for Harding’s music programs, which previously met in the Lee Building.

“The building, built with brick and timbers salvaged from Godden Hall, was totally inadequate for our department’s work,” Shearin said. “The department of communication had no home of its own at the time … We now have a facility that meets professional accreditation standards for programs of our nature. I personally am grateful every day, when I come to work, to President Burks for his excellent leadership, without which the Reynolds Center would not have come about.”

Former student William Waddill (’99) said the new building brought much welcomed modernization to the music and communications programs.

“We felt like we jumped from the 1950s to the 2000s in a week,” Waddill said. “The weekly performances were instantly made more professional simply by the acoustics and the setting. The building was for sure something to brag about and we were proud to be the first set of music majors in the building. I was personally positively affected by the work of Dr. Burks in making such a dramatic change for the music and communications departments happen.”

Burks said the addition of the Reynolds Center and an enterence from Beebe Capps to the south side of campus, spurred furrther expansion.

“It wasn’t just (the Reynolds Center),” Burks said. “It was the decision to place it on the south side of Park Avenue, because we didn’t have anything over there at that time other than the Ganus Athletic Center. What we had was a railroad track that divided the campus, so basically people viewed anything on the south side of the railroad track as not part of Harding.”

Burks said the need to add an entrance from Beebe Capps and the need to make room for future buildings led him to try to find a way to have the railroad tracks that were

between Park Avenue and the Reynolds Center removed.

“That’s the hardest thing I’ve ever done as president,” Burks said. “Union Pacific was a huge bureaucracy. It was just unbelievable. I will just say that I don’t think (removing the tracks) could have ever been done before, I don’t think it could be done today; just a lot of things fell into place, a lot of the right people came together. Everyone in town told me it could not be done, but it happened. It has been such a blessing, I think, to the campus because it opened up and people today I don’t think even know that the sidewalk that goes up and down is where the track used to be. It made it so much easier to expand in an area where we needed to expand.”

Among the changes on campus came the renovation of the Rhodes Field House in 1998. After years of playing in the Ganus Athletic Center, the Bisons and Lady Bisons basketball teams returned to the court that in recent months has gained national attention when it was voted as the Best Road Trip Destination in College Basketball. Men’s head coach Jeff Morgan said the renovations began as a sort of joke, but Burks quickly made them a reality.

“I can remember sitting in the Rhodes with Dr. Burks and coach Harnden during a Harding Academy game in the Rhodes,” Morgan said. “We all began dreaming about what you could do with the place. I went back to my office that night and drew up on a legal notebook pad what we had dreamed about. I gave it to coach Harnden the next day and he put a letter with it and sent it over to Dr. Burks. We were kind of half joking, but within a month, Dr. Burks had the architects here.. The next November we opened the season in front of about 4,000 in a 3,100 — seat Rhodes Field House, it was awesome.”

In addition to the building projects and changes to how chapel was done, Burks also authored a book, oversaw the expansion of the Stevens Art Center and led Harding in its 75th anniversary, among many other things. Still, he said, before all else he kept Harding’s mission as a Christian institution central to his presidency.

“Harding is a marriage factory,” you might hear. Or “You mean you have chapel every day?” someone might ask. These are examples of the labels attributed to the “Harding experience.”

Another significant contributor to a student’s experience at Harding that is often overlooked, however, is the daily interactions that take place in the cafeteria.

“Being in the cafeteria you get to see a lot of your friends,” freshman Michelle Ramsey said. “You can talk to tons of different people because everybody goes through there at some point, so it’s a really social place.”

The Harding University Student Association’s Cafeteria Committee recognizes the cafeteria’s importance as a hub of social interaction and is working to enhance the atmosphere and make it a more pleasurable dining experience as well.

Austin Yates, freshmen representative for the Student Association, took charge of the committee after he was elected at the beginning of the fall semester.

“Each person in the SA gets appointed to lead a committee dealing with a specific category of Harding life,” Yates said. “We assemble our own committees and I picked

Thus far, the committee is responsible for adding toppings to the ice cream line, providing additional dressings on the salad bar and pushing back the time Chick-fil-A stops selling chicken biscuits in the student center to 11 a.m.

food service because it’s one of the only things I know about because I love food.”

Thus far, the committee is responsible for adding toppings to the ice cream line, providing additional dressings on the salad bar and pushing back the time Chick-fil-A stops selling chicken biscuits in the student center to 11 a.m., according to freshman Hannah Cochran, committee member.

When the committee proposes suggestions, Aramark reviews the suggestions and decides whether the change can be implemented or not. If the change cannot be applied, the committee receives a report outlining the reasons why it cannot be changed.

The committee is also in the process of requesting more cereals and more bowls for the cereal bar, getting chocolate milk and more cups for the far side of the cafeteria and getting frozen yogurt mix to interchange with the ice cream a couple days of the week, Yates said.

The effectiveness of

the Cafeteria Committee is limited in scope, however, due to Aramark’s limited ability to implement changes. There is little the committee can do about the quality of the food in the cafeteria because Harding chose a specific plan from Aramark that outlines what food can be served, according to Cochran.

The Harding administration is yet to get involved with the committee, which may be the step needed to boost the committee’s influence to the next level.

“All of us in the committee have come to the conclusion that we’ve done as much as we can without talking to Harding about it,” Cochran said.

Limited power in changing things does not affect the committee’s openness to suggestions, however.

“We chose a lot of people for the committee who have several different friend groups trying to give us input,” Yates said.

“We chose a lot of really confident people that I think can figure out ways to make things better.”

-Hannah Cochran, freshman committee member

Taste of tropics comes to Searcy

by MALLORY JOHNSON student writer

Tropical Smoothie Cafe is on the minds of many Harding students across campus. Being the newest hot spot in town, I had to give it a try to see what all the buzz was about.

I walked into the restaurant with my two friends and I felt like I stepped into a tropical paradise. From bright tropical colors on the walls and tables to the tiki hut housing the soft drink station, the atmosphere of Tropical Smoothie put me at ease. I felt like I was caught between a Searcy and Florida cross over restaurant. You can sit at a booth, grab a table or, for the kids in your life, there are two miniature kiddie booths available.

The Tropical Smoothie menu was larger than I expected. Not only did it have dozens of flavors of smoothies, the menu offered sandwiches, wraps, salads, flatbread with chips and cookies. Breakfast is served all day long. You can choose a bagel and cream cheese, a toasted breakfast wrap or ciabatta any time you feel the need to squeeze in the most important meal of the day.

The variety of smoothies was quite impressive. From Sunrise Sunset to Blue Lagoon, there is a smoothie to satisfy any craving. There are even “Simply Indulgent Smoothies” for the dessert lovers out there. The Chocolate Chiller is absolutely to die for if you are in the mood for one of the best chocolate smoothies you will ever taste.

Tropical Smoothie offers “Lowfat and Supercharged” smoothies with health-minded ingredient choices. You also have the option to add ground flax seed, whole grain oats, soy and whey proteins and special stress defense and weight management supplements to your smoothie to help keep you right on track.

Tropical Smoothie is a good sized restaurant, but if it is prime smoothie time the restaurant can get crowded very quickly. Luckily there is a spacious outdoor eating area if the weather is nice and warm, but at this rate, we might as well be honest with ourselves and give up any hope that spring is actually on its way. For those of you on the go, you can go through the drive-thru and get your smoothie to-go.

If you are really looking for a good deal, Tropical Smoothie has a college night every Monday night where you can get a smoothie at 15 percent off. So I suggest you go, kick back, enjoy a smoothie and try it out for yourself.

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by KRISTI SOTO student writer

For seven years I have been waiting for Justin Timberlake’s third solo album to surface and hoping that I would not be left disappointed. I loved his top singles “My Love” and “SexyBack,” so the bar was definitely set with his much anticipated album, “The 20/20 Experience.” What is my first reaction to the new album? Well, first of all, I am speechless and second, I am awe struck. Timberlake is a musical genius and this is no comeback; “The 20/20 Experience” leaves Timberlake no longer having to prove himself. I feel like this “old timey” album will just be the first of many to come from the pop guru Justin Timberlake.

The genre is surprisingly classic R&B despite the expectation that it would be another futuristic album. It is a good surprise, though; it shows that Timberlake is all grown up. The first hit

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Timberlake is a musical genius and this is no comeback; “The 20/20 Experience” leaves Timberlake no longer having to prove himself.

single from the album, “Suit and Tie,” features an effortlessly cool cinematic vibe put on by Timberlake and Jay-Z.

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This dynamic duo adds a “palette of musical shades” according to “Billboard.” In “Don’t Hold the Wall” you have a heavy influence from Timbaland with various catchy tribal beats met with a repetitive chorus, making this single irresistible.

The popular single “Mirrors” has romantic lyrics that reflect how whole Timberlake has become since his hit single “Cry Me a River” from the 2002

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album “Justified.” Perhaps it may be from his marriage to actress Jessica Biel in late 2012, but Timberlake exudes a relaxed album filled with love tunes. You have “That Girl” with lyrics like “because they see my number one, my number one girl, I told you I’m in love with that girl,” that I am sure will leave any girl’s heart melting.

Overall, the 10 singles featured in “The 20/20 Experience” blend beautifully. According to Pitchfork.com, Timberlake is “seamlessly conflating the last 40 years of pop, soul, and R&B into a series of warping seven-minute songs that shamelessly extol the joys of music and marriage.”

“The 20/20 Experience” is a chart topper and I would recommend this album to anyone. After all, this will not be the last we hear of Timberlake. This album will definitely have you seeing clearly while listening to the dreamy voice of Timberlake who sings nothing but sweet tunes.

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