On July 19, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged his cabinet members to vote in favor of freeing 104 Palestinian prisoners, some of whom had been imprisoned for decades.The measure passed 14-6 with two abstentions, according to CNN.
Hours later, Secretary of State John Kerry officially announced that, after a threeyear stalemate, an agreement had been reached on a basis for resuming peace talks between Palestinian and Israeli negotiators.
coming solution for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, a conflict that began at the end of the Ottoman period,” Paz said. “The Palestinian leadership is too weak to make concessions, a direct influence of the Arab Civil War, and the Israeli rightwing Likud party tends to take advantage of this weakness.”
Phillip Spivey is a lecturer of philosophy and religion at the University of Central Arkansas and said there is much more to the conflict than religion.
President Bruce McLarty officially took office in June, but today’s inauguration ceremony marks the celebration of his installation as the fifth president of Harding.
To carry out the event, an inauguration committee, which is a branch of the transition committee Chancellor Dr. David Burks appointed in the spring of 2012, has been working and planning for every aspect of the inaugural ceremony and inauguration week of activities. The committee, co-chaired by Associate Provost Marty Spears and Executive Vice President David Collins, includes Harding faculty, staff and students and is divided into sub-committees to cover all aspects of the inauguration.
“We have reached an agreement that establishes the basis for resuming direct final status negotiations between the Palestinians and the Israelis,” Kerry said. He later described the agreement as “a significant and welcome step forward.”
“It’s a new era for our school, and of course, there is a great emphasis on the man, the beginnings for Bruce McLarty,” said Deborah Duke, a member of the inauguration program committee and professor of mathematics. “But, it’s bigger than just Bruce McLarty. It’s about
Harding and what Harding is and what Harding stands for. And of course that’s what Bruce McLarty says too.”
Duke, who was in attendance at her father Clifton L. Ganus Jr.’s inauguration in September of 1965, said the ceremony will be unique to our school and our new president, but the ceremonies are also full of tradition and history. Duke said the inauguration committee has worked to assure that all corners of campus and the community feel involved in the inauguration process.
For example, Duke said Bill Holloway, a retired member of the music department, composed music for the processional and recessional at the ceremony. The music will be performed by Harding students on stage. Holloway also composed the music played during Burks’ inauguration in September of 1987.
Additionally, representatives from universities around the world as well as the governor of Arkansas, Mike Beebe, will be in attendance.
“Harding is unique in the kind of longevity and continuity we have,”
said Robin Miller, director of the inauguration ceremony and chair of the department of theatre. “We as an institution really commit to the institution. … There is a very strong mission of the school, and when your chief officer stays for 26 years, and we are now passing it along, that’s a watershed moment.”
Both Duke and Miller said McLarty has given input in the planning process. However, McLarty emphasized his desire for the event to be about Harding and Harding’s future rather than just about himself.
For this reason, Duke and Miller said the ceremony is about the school just as much as it is about McLarty and, therefore, is a significant event that students should want to be a part of.
“Being a student here, being a part of the Harding experience and Harding culture is part of your life,” Miller said. “This is something that doesn’t happen very often and honestly, being a part of Harding and getting the opportunity to be a part of something that’s this kind of transition is a memory worth having.”
Harding University has offered academic coursework in communication sciences and disorders since 1953, when Richard Walker introduced “speech therapy services” to Searcy.
This year marks the 60th year of the program.
There are three main events planned for the 60th anniversary. The first is a reception on Sept. 20 at 10 a.m. in the Health Sciences building. All CSD undergraduate and graduate students as well as Harding faculty, staff and guests are invited to the reception.
On Friday, Oct. 25, there will be a CSD chapel and an open house with displays about the program through the years.
On Friday, March 21, Julie Masterson from Missouri State University will be speaking on “Spelling, Reading, and Writing: Putting the Pieces of the Literacy Puzzle Together.”
Dan Tullos has been a part of the speech therapy program since graduating in 1979 and now serves as program director and chair. In the 60 years since, the program has evolved through many changes.
“When thinking in light of where this program has come from, starting in the third floor of the administration building, it has been remarkable,” Tullos said. “We had a tiny little room up there with a big
audiometric suite and we just crammed in speech therapy.”
Tullos said the program then moved to the back to the Ganus student center where the old radio station, bookstore and supply area used to be.
“It had dark paneling, tiny rooms and incandescent lighting,” Tullos said. “It felt like you were in a dark scary cave.”
The speech therapy program had one more destination before moving into the new Health Science building: the Reynolds Communications building. Jan Traughber began supervising at Harding in 2007 and began serving as the director of clinical services in July of 2012. Traughber said the students and the moments she has with them make this program the way it is.
“I find moments frequently throughout the week (when) I get to watch them in class (have) that ‘aha’ moment of what we have been teaching them comes to life,” Traughber said. “Or when they are in clinic and they finally see their efforts paying off in the positive compression of skills in their client.”
Tullos said he is excited for the celebration.
“I often feel that the Communication Sciences and Disorders Program receives little attention,” Tullos said. “There are very few speech-language pathology and/ or audiology programs in the country that have been around for 60 years … This celebration gives us an opportunity to highlight our history and role in Harding’s past.”
The State Department announced on July 28 that direct negotiations would resume the following day.
“Our objective will be to achieve a final status agreement over the course of the next nine months,” Kerry said. “We all understand the goal that we’re working toward: two states living side by side in peace and security.”
The Oslo I Accord, signed in 1993, was the first face-to-face agreement between the government of Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization.
Dr. Yossi Paz, lecturer at the Open University in Tel Aviv and chief guide of the Pilgrimage Studies program of Israeli Ministry of Tourism, has lived in Ramat HaSahron, nearly 10 miles outside of Tel Aviv, for the past 20 years.
“Most of the Israelis do not believe in a near-
“Many people perceive the disagreements as being a centuries-old religious conflict between Judaism and Islam,” Spivey said. “However, this is really not the case. Historically, in most cases, Jews and Muslims have been at peace with one another. It is not until the early-20th century that the political disagreements over land and country began between Israelis and Palestinians.”
Evertt Huffard, vice president and dean of the Harding School of Theology in Memphis attended high school in the West Bank.
“In theory, a two state solution would be nice but the possibility of that being a reality passed decades ago,” Huffard said. “The extent of Jewish settlements, the infrastructure, and exodus of Palestinians from the area will support the status quo for many decades.”
Paz points to the comparison of the successful Israeli economy versus the poor and underdeveloped Palestinian economy as an additional source of tension. According to Spivey, the U.S. should try to be a peacemaker that values the national aspirations of both peoples without favoring one side against the other.
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Brackett Library), but I’d like to think that once this year is stamped and sealed, someone will have to strike an asterisk or star next to the year 2013-2014.
the moment we are in.
We are so thankful to all of our guests who have come to participate in this momentous occasion with us this week. I hope that you enjoy your time here, and will be prayerful for Bruce McLarty as he begins his journey leading our school.
You know something is special when it only happens every quarter of a century.
It is no question that this year will be remembered by the passing of the medallion and McLarty’s inaugural year. Whether you’re a guest, an alumnus or a student, this week we have all had the pleasure of truly witnessing the writing of history here at Harding. I’m not exactly sure where they keep the log of Harding’s history (probably under lock and key in the archives of the
No one can deny that we are experiencing a special time here at school, the well-marked “Period of Transition.” Yet I just don’t feel that an asterisk, a medallion or a phrase can provide justice for it all. The truth is, we all play a role in this transition, and we will all have our own stories to tell from this week and this year. How will you remember this?
Yeah, we’ll do fireworks, we’ll host some community events, we’ll communicate ideas from the faculty and students and we’ll just simply be a friend; but the idea that we want to instill during this brief time is that we are all called to serve and to love for the life to come.
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If you’re a freshman you might look back and think of the first words McLarty spoke to you in the “we are going to be freshmen together” speech. For our seniors and well-organized juniors, you could remember this as the year when you finally got it together and studied for classes.
The Student Association’s goal this year to is provide whatever aid we can to McLarty in his transition and to celebrate
Whatever may be the token that you take from this year, I simply ask that you won’t forget it. Do something meaningful, help someone out. Learn your future career so you can show someone your example. Have your own transition, and glorify God in all that you do. I can’t write your story for you, nor can an inauguration.
Yeah, college is short, and so is life. It’s all one big transition to the next, so where is your transition leading you?
In my three years at Harding I have often heard from my peers the phrase: “I still feel like I’m being treated like a child even though I’m in college.” I think that many in the student body feel restricted because of the university’s policies and rules.
For many, the main frustration is focused toward the housing policies. Students complain living in the dorms constricts their freedom, and they were allowed more privileges living at home while still a teenager. They feel like rules such as curfew, health and safety and signing-out create an overbearing and distrustful atmosphere.
These students bide their time living in residence halls waiting until senior year when they can move off campus and live like an adult, but that process is harder than you might think.
For students to be eligible to move off campus they must meet certain requirements such as being 22 years old or a ninth semester student. Only a small amount of students meet these requirements within the traditional four-year time span, therefore some
students graduate having only lived in residence halls for their entire college career. Many students have expressed disgruntled attitudes toward the strict rules, and are hoping that there will be a change in the near future. Their main issue is that because they are not allowed to move off campus, they cannot learn valuable life lessons needed for after school. These students believe that if they could move off campus they could gain experiences that will better prepare them for life after college.
Something that most students on campus are unaware of is that residence halls cost a certain amount to maintain and operate, and that cost is distributed evenly among all of its residents. If more students were to move off campus it would increase the cost for everyone else. The more people that are living in the dorm, the better it is for everyone. Perhaps this is one of the financial reasons behind the off campus rules, however, there is another reason. Harding has an extremely active campus life, so active, in fact, that we view Harding as a community rather than just a school. The students, faculty and staff at Harding genuinely care about each other on a greater level than just a school.The atmosphere and
There’s an old phrase about politics my grandpa used to say. It probably originated with someone else, but for the sake of the story I’ll assume it was his own genius. His overgrown eyebrows and American flag suspenders could bring any political conversation to life. The phrase went like this: “Any man who claims to be uninterested in politics is like a drowning man who claims to be uninterested in water.” This may sound like a doom-andgloom perspective, but don’t worry the American flag suspenders made you feel like things really couldn’t be that bad.
In any case, it has always resonated with me, and I think it’s fair to say that it applies to a multitude of subjects particularly when it’s so much easier to uphold our attitude of ignorance, sticking our heads in the sand and calling it a day.
Some claim that this attitude is especially popular within our age group — but the way I see it, everyone has this attitude about one thing or another.
In the past I’ve relied on road trips with my dad to get all caught up on the world’s happenings, in which there would be no escaping the confinements of talk-radio as my own political penitentiary. I eventually became appreciative of these times, not because I could do anything about it necessarily, but because he would always bring it down to a level I could understand and in a way that would make me care. Whether it was about economics, education or foreign affairs, at the end of the day, or in this case a road trip, I actually cared.
attitude on the Harding campus is comparable to a small town and that is partially due to the fact that the majority of the Harding population lives on campus.
The one phrase I hear more often than any other is “It’s great to be at Harding,” and there is a reason for that. We go to school with each other. We eat with each other, live with each other, play with each other, cry with each other, pray with each other and laugh with each other. If anything happens on this campus, we go through it together.
Gaining experience living on your own resources is valid reasoning, but in my mind, developing relationships is even more valid. In eight years, long after I graduate, I am not going to care that I learned how to pay my water bills when I was a senior in college. I will care about the friendships and experiences I had in college. I hope that you understand that the strict off-campus rules are there only with your best interests in mind, but if you still feel like you need to go off campus, you are entitled to have a hearing before the housing appeals committee.
Right now we’re hearing a lot about what’s going on in Syria, and we may understand how terrible everything is, but often feel irrelevant to what is happening and therefore have no interest in the follow-up. The problem with this mindset is that though we’re not directly making these decisions, we may someday. We need to be able to look back on what is going on now and allow our current circumstances to guide our decisions in future situations.
To bring it a little closer to home, let’s talk about the Harding inauguration. You’re really not obligated to go. No one will be taking attendance, a couple of classes will be canceled, not to mention all your favorite shows are starting back up. You may not see an incentive to go. But I think it’s pretty safe to assume that when Bruce McLarty was a student and stood in line for a chicken biscuit (or whatever equivalent they had at the time) he wasn’t thinking about when he would someday be the university president and all the cool stuff he would get to do/ Instagram.
We tell ourselves to dream big, but in reality we scale down our intentions to inadequate expectations. We forget our relevance to what’s going on in the world and we ignore the fact that we live in a place that enables us to change it. Staying in tune with what the world is talking about and what decisions are being made is essential to being part of that conversation later on. It’s not about listening for your own knowledge and benefit — it’s about listening, learning and letting that knowledge influence your life.
What the world is talking about isn’t always important – some days are less newsworthy than others. Just know that if you come back to speak at Harding, you may be asked about Miley Cyrus in a Q & A session. All I’m saying is it’s good to be prepared.
With that in mind, consider this as a friendly reminder to listen, to follow up and most importantly to strap on your American flag suspenders and learn something.
Iam not a natural innovator. I have a lot of trouble dreaming up completely new ideas on my own and have only recently taught myself to be better in brainstorming sessions with other people.
A unit on personality in one of my business classes this semester forced me to realize that my personality type is aligned more with that of a doer than a dreamer. Perhaps that’s why I am so obsessed with ideas and innovation. I know my limits, and I am trying to find ways to take advantage of my personality type and push as far past those limits as I possibly can. In order for you to do the same and become the most well-rounded person you can be, you need to have a basic idea of who you are. Of course, being the personality type I am, I love objective measures of determining identity. Here are some of my favorite tests and some tips for people who naturally are and are not innovators.
If you have not determined your Myers-Briggs personality type, do it now. In my opinion, it has been the most helpful and accurate representation of my personality (ENTJ, if you were wondering). Additionally, Birth Order Theory is really interesting and seemingly accurate (first born, if you were wondering).
Here are the groups that are generally innovators: For Myers Briggs – those who are classified as extroverts, intuitors and perceivers, for Birth Order – those who are the last born in a family.
For this small portion of the population, innovation and creativity is pretty natural and simple. For the remainders, a little more work and attention may be needed to keep up with the ENTP last-borns. Either way, though, innovation does take some concentrated effort from both aspiring innovators and natural innovators. Here are some tips for both groups:
For the aspiring innovators: Write. Whether it is through a blog, journal or the school newspaper (shameless plug), record your thoughts. Sometimes it is hard to know exactly how you feel, exactly what you’re aiming for or exactly what you are trying to achieve; writing everything out can often help you arrive at a new idea or insight. Being comfortable as a writer can often help you become more comfortable with how your brain goes through a decision-making process. Similarly, list-making (especially in the form of pro/con lists) can help you to establish your ideas on paper in a tangible and helpful way. From here, it is easier for those who may be more introverted, sensing or conventional to discuss their ideas with others and engage in productive brainstorming sessions. Learning how to collectively innovate in a brainstorm session with peers is extremely helpful in learning how to innovate on your own.
For the natural innovators: Being smart and being creative is often thought of as a dichotomy; you have one or the other, but can’t have both. Not so. As I mentioned in my first column of the semester, connections and ideas are born when a new piece of knowledge can find a tie to something you already know. So go out of your way to read, watch, listen and talk about ideas or concepts you know nothing about. If you’re paying attention and actively trying to connect new information with that which you’re already familiar, you will remember more of what you learn and find it even easier to think in creative, diverse ways.
Additionally, personality assessments force you to realize how you go through life and make decisions. That, even without the further steps I recommended above, will help you to become more self-aware and, therefore, a more open-minded, innovative person.
daily life, if we have the eyes to see and the heart to voice thanks.
The length to which God goes to capture our attention amazes me.
Everywhere I turn this semester, I find the theme of thankfulness. Thankfulness on the sweet days and the slow days, the sad days and the scattered days.
In her recently popular devotional “1,000 Gifts ,” Ann Voskamp writes essentially about God and thankfulness. For Voskamp, God can be found in anything: the ugly, the chaotic, the mundane. Somewhere around devotional six, she mentions the significance of the Greek word eucharisteo, which is the ancestor of our word eucharist. The original Greek also contains the roots of the words for joy and grace, chara and charis. Her point is that we find the grace and joy of God when we first give him thanks for his gifts, which appear everywhere. They permeate
The second place I happened upon this theme of thankfulness was in a telephone interview I conducted with Al Haley, writer in residence and English professor at Abilene Christian University. Haley was commissioned to write a poem for the College of Arts and Humanities, and I interviewed him to get to know him a little bit. I asked him several questions about his prolific writing, including, “Is there a subject that repeatedly comes to you or appears in your writing often.” Haley’s response stunned me. “I’m looking for the presence of God,” he said, echoing Voskamp’s purpose. “I know that sounds lofty, but I am looking for moments when God breaks through what we think of as mundane ‘reality.’”
Haley’s poem, titled “The Task,” discusses the increasing importance and relevance of Christian higher education. He read his poem at Thursday night’s COAH event, which was a special evening of celebration and commemoration.
That phrase, “Christian higher ed-
ucation,” sounds lofty. Through these past weeks — planning for the COAH celebration, interviewing Haley, reading “1,000 Gifts” that phrase has been ruminating in my thoughts. I have come to a fairly simple conclusion.
Yes, a Christian university prepares intellectually to engage any number of professions. Yes, university life prepares us to live on our own, to some extent. However, I believe that the bedrock, the mustard seed, the element of Christian higher education that is essential and defining is this: everyday, ordinary, untidy human life. Our spiritual eyes are defective. Harding does its dead level best to restore our eyes, that we may better see God’s nature in the daily grind.
I’ll end with a bit of my own thanks. Thank you, Harding, for teaching me about literature and language and history, that I may better see God daily and clumsily lead my friends to him, as they in turn do for me.
MALLORY PRATT is a guest writer for the Bison. She may be contacted at mpratt2@harding.edu.
Iknew things wouldn’t be dull when I saw a kid carrying a giant reggae banana. He must have won it at the balloon-popping booth, and I have never seen a more mellow-looking piece of produce. It even had dreadlocks and a striped Jamaican tam. I half expected the Calypso fruit doll to break into “Come Mr. Tally Man” any minute.
Wouldn’t you know that I’ve lived in Searcy for more than 10 years now, and this was my first time to experience that apex of the social season known as the White County Fair. But the weather was just right, and I had just enough time to kill on a Saturday. So I headed to the fairgrounds, paid my $8 and joined the madness.
As soon as I stepped through the gate, I gazed up at the Ferris wheel with a mixture of dread and longing. I have a terrible fear of heights. Sometimes it’s so bad I have to take a Dramamine just to step up on the curb. I also knew, though, that it was about time I faced my phobia. And I couldn’t resist the 80s joke: “It’s my day off. I should take a ride with Ferris.”
But not quite yet. I still had to work up my nerve, and I thought the petting zoo might be a tranquil place to start. So I invested $2 in a tiny bag of sliced carrots and hung out for a while with an alpaca, a zeedonk and an assortment of goats. You would be surprised how many veggie handfuls a pygmy goat can eat. And considering you can buy a bag of whole carrots at Wal-Mart for $1.48, I may have gotten the short end of the carrot stick.
But did the petting zoo have a soothing effect? You bet your llama, and I can prove it. From there I went straight to the exhibit hall and had my blood pressure checked at the Harding pharmacy school booth. My reading was 115 over
78, which is exactly the same numbers Bobby McFerrin has when he sings “Don’t Worry — Be Happy.”
But despite having my blood pressure cleared for the Ferris wheel, I still wasn’t ready. So I checked out the exhibits. I saw blue-ribbon zucchini, prize-winning needlepoint and the “Best in Show” pumpkin that weighed 87 pounds. The canned preserves were lovely, but the poor flower display — bless its heart — had seen better days.
Next I watched my first tractor pull. It was a new experience to see farmers hauling 5,700 pounds’ worth of weights in the dirt. One guy made it 158 feet before his John Deere popped a wheelie, right there in the arena. I would think that sight would have whipped the crowd into a frenzy, but it didn’t. The calm audience sat motionless. Not a single hoop or holler. I did see a teenager turn and spit on the ground, at which point his stoic father said, “Settle down, son.”
This was a little too much for my blood pressure, so off I went to the livestock show. I surveyed everything from Shetland ponies to spangled chickens, each with either a blue, red or white ribbon. I felt sorry for the poultry that had only gotten a “C” rating. Being a chicken is not much of a life anyway, but how do you live it down when you’ve been officially labeled as mediocre? I would think your “coup cred” would never be the same.
However, seeing those poor middling chickens made me think, “What have I got to lose?” So I marched on over to the Ferris wheel, handed my tickets to
the operator, and sat in a bucket headed — as far as I knew — straight for outer space. Two kids who were standing in line behind me were herded into my bucket. Their names were Luke and Lauren. As the wheel lurched upward, I began rethinking the wisdom of having ordered the All-Star Breakfast at the Waffle House that morning. To distract myself from the feeling that my buttered toast was also lurching upward, I struck up a conversation with Luke, who couldn’t have been more than five years old. I asked him if he had ever been on a Ferris wheel before.
“Yeah,” he said, “But it was a lot bigger than this one.” I couldn’t let on that even a step-ladder made me dizzy, so I nodded. In my mind I had already started writing a farewell note to my mother. Then we got stuck at the top. During the longest 18 seconds of my life, I could feel my earlier blood pressure score becoming irrelevant. I really needed to hug a giant banana.
At that exact moment, Luke had the nerve to yawn and say, “This is boring.”
I thought, “here I am — a 41-year-old basket case, and little Luke was already a jaded thrill-seeker at age five. He wasn’t the only one, either. Earlier, I had seen a child sound asleep in a ride called the Spinning Tubs of Fun. I wondered what it took to impress children these days.
When the ride was over, Luke waved goodbye and disappeared into the Monkey Maze. I, on the other hand, wobbled back to the petting zoo to chill with the antelopes. As I nearly passed out in front of an impala, all I could think was, “Daylight come and me wan’ go home.”
The crisp, cool fall breeze, hot dogs at a tailgate and crazy fans with painted chests are just a few of the things that are starting to pop up again now that fall weather is back. It seems like football and fall are one in the same. However, there are other sports going on at the same time.
Major league baseball is still going strong into the fall months and sometimes might be overlooked due to all the hype surrounding football season. Do not get me wrong, I love football, but we cannot forget about America’s favorite past time; baseball.
If I told you who my favorite team was you would stop reading this article right now because you would all be dying of laughter. So, you can use your imagination.
In my opinion, baseball is probably forgotten due to the lengthy season. Since it lasts from March to October, I can start to see why sports fans want something new once fall rolls around.
It is a shame since fall is when baseball really starts to get exciting for fans who aren’t into watching the nine-inning games. As a fan who enjoys watching every second of the game, I am on edge with every pitch thrown and ball hit.
With October rapidly approaching and the end of the 2013 season in sight, baseball is about to intensify. According to MLB.com, the current teams leading their divisions are the Boston Red Sox, St. Louis Cardinals, Detroit Tigers, Oakland Athletics, Pittsburgh Pirates, Los Angeles Dodgers and Atlanta Braves.
Most of these results are not surprising to baseball fans, but there are some I think will change before the end of the season rolls around. The thing about baseball is it can change from game to game. The Rangers are in the top eight for power rankings right now, but with the way they have played recently, they will need to step up their game if they want to hang on to a wild card spot.
All this to say, do not forget about baseball. I am not going to force you to sit on your couch and watch it, but I will let you know you are missing out. It is America’s favorite past time and deserves attention, especially during playoffs.
by Shane Schock beat reporterThe Bisons won their home opener at First Security Bank Field Saturday night 69-0 against Northwestern Oklahoma State University.
Harding posted a school record 692 yards of offense, the most since 2007.
The Bisons scored on their first seven offensive possessions, not having to punt until the third quarter.
“We know our potential as an offense, but failed to
showcase that in week one,” junior quarterback Jacob Moore said.“Last week’s loss propelled us into a week of focused practice and a fierce competitive mindset come game day.”
Moore replaced injured senior quarterback Keenan Kellett and threw for 186 yards and a combined four touchdowns (two rushing, two passing).
After being quiet the first game, senior wide receiver Alex Rachal had a breakout game, catching three
“This victory gives us more confidence, and helps us regain some composure from week one.”
-Jacob Moore, quarterback
passes for 186 yards and two touchdowns.
“It felt great to contribute; I was in the zone,” Rachal said.
Moore said it is difficult to shine as a wide receiver in this offense and was happy to see Rachal go out and
The Lady Bisons volleyball team returned from matches in Alabama with a record of 5-4. The Lady Bisons defeated Union University 3-1 on Tuesday, Sept. 9. The team then traveled to Florence, Ala., for the University of North Alabama tournament on Friday, Sept. 13, and Saturday, Sept. 14. On Friday, the ladies defeated Christian Brothers University 3-2, and the University of Missouri 3-1. On Saturday, they secured a 3-0 win over Missouri University of Science and Technology and were defeated by Northwood University 3-2.
Junior Marindia Turner set a school record with five service aces in a four set
match Tuesday against Union. Junior Taryn Eubank also set a record with five aces in a three set match against Missouri S&T.
The Lady Bisons also played in Cal State San Bernardino’s volleyball tournament on Sept. 6 and 7, leaving the tournament with one win and three losses. According to head volleyball coach Meredith Fear, the Alabama and California tournaments were lineups against strong teams to get the girls ready for upcoming games.
“I purposefully scheduled tough pre-conference tournaments because I believe this team has a lot of potential,” Fear said. “We have seen some great competition in our first nine games and we are learning a lot in preparation for conference play.”
According to Fear, traveling to games strengthens the team’s skill as well as the friendships between the girls. Eubank said she agrees and those friendships are now strong bonds.
“One of the great things about Harding volleyball is that we get along on and off the court,” Eubank said. “We truly are a family and are there for one another if anyone ever needs it.”
According to Eubank, the biggest encouragement comes from fans filling the stands and cheering the team on at games.
“It is the most exciting thing to know we get to show off all of our hard work in front of a packed gym,” Eubank said.
The Lady Bisons defeated Henderson State at home on Sept. 17. The team will participate in the Arkansas-Fort Smith Tournament on Sept. 20 and 21.
have a great day.
The Bisons threw for a total of 238 passing yards, the most since they adopted the run-happy triple option.
Harding gave up 167 total yards of offense, forcing nine punts and two turnovers.
“Our mindset was to dominate the offense and get the nasty taste out of our mouths from last week,” senior defensive end Daniel Riley said.
The Bisons played tough defense as they got their first recorded shutout since
joining the GAC last season.
“This victory gives us more confidence, and helps us regain some composure from week one,”Moore said.
“We are going to build off this win by looking at what we did right and what we did wrong, then continue to strive for perfection.”
Harding heads into week three sitting at 1-1.
The Bisons’ next game is against Southern Nazarene University on Sept. 28 at home, where they anticipate Kellett’s return.
- Bison football scored on their first seven possessions in their game against Northwestern Oklahoma State University.
- Bison football had 692 yards of offense against Northwestern Oklahoma State University.
- Lady Bison soccer had 22 shots on goal during their overtime win against Hendrix College.
- Soccer: Junior Ian Park had his first career multi-goal game with two goals scored against Ouachita Baptist.
- Soccer: Senior Will Lynn had four saves in his first start of the season.
- Golf: Senior Lucas Collins shot three-under 213 during the GAC Preview, which tied him for the second-best 54-hole performance by a Bison.
- Cross-Country: Junior Ewa Zaborowska dominated at the Gulf Coast Stampede. She beat the field by 24 seconds.
- Cross-Country: Senior Andrew Evans earned his first individual career victory with a time of 25:54:9.
- Volleyball: Senior Mollie Arnold had 20 kills against Henderson State.
- Volleyball: Senior Lisa Copeland had 20 digs against Henderson State.
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The Bison soccer team tied against Texas Wesleyan University on Saturday, recording their second straight tie game and making their overall record now 0-1-2.
According to Ryan Wilhelm, team captain and senior forward, the team is working to improve on and off the field. The team added 11 new freshmen and two transfers this year, for a total of 25 players.
The men’s soccer team has not had a winning record since its start in 2000, but the team is hoping to change that this year.
“The next few games will be our opportunity to fix all the small kinks,” junior outside back Gehrig Haberstock said. “We want to be playing our best soccer during conference games. We’re hoping all our hard work will pay off and we can make it to the conference tournament.”
lost with a final score of 3-0, making their record 0-4-0 so far. Greg Harris, who is starting his 13th year as the women’s soccer coach, said he is confident in his team’s ability to work hard and come back from these games.
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Odie Guzman, former Harding soccer player and now in his second year as the men’s coach, said he is excited about their progress so far, both as individual players and as a team.
Wilhelm said he expects the Bisons will shock conference opponents with the fresh faces on the team.
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“The team is meshing really well,” Guzman said. “I’ve never seen anything like this before. It’s really neat to see these upper-classmen take the under-classmen under their wings and help them not only on the field but off of it.”
“I am most excited to see how we progress and where we end up,” Wilhelm said. “Most of our team is young, but talented. I think we could surprise some teams in conference this year and make it to the tournament.”
The men’s soccer team plays another home game Friday against Northeastern State University at 5 p.m.
The Lady Bisons hosted Christian Brothers University on Sept. 15 and
“This past week we have been fixing our line-up,” Ashley Martin, a senior finance major and captain on the team, said. “We’re working on our offensive runs towards goals since we weren’t able to create as many scoring opportunities in the past few games.”
Harris said the team has the conference tournament written on their board, and after every game, they make a list of things they want to sharpen or improve.
“Conference is really where our mindset is,” Harris said. “We’re really focusing on having a better showing in conference play. I think we are a better team than what we have been.”
The Lady Bisons play today in Denton,Texas, against Texas Woman’s University.
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Last Saturday, the men’s and women’s cross-country teams kicked off their season at the Gulf Coast Stampede in Pensacola, Fla.
The men’s team placed first as senior Andrew Evans led the way, finishing first. The women’s team also placed first at the meet with junior Ewa Zaborowska taking her third career cross-country victory.
After winning their first meet, junior Dallis Bailey and junior Taylor Lively said they are both excited about the season the team has ahead of them.
According to Lively, the team has more guys and girls than ever and they are always pushing each other and lifting one another up.
“The team is growing together so close already,” Bailey said. “Our personalities get along great. We are competitive with one another, but always rejoice in one another’s success. We compete for a team goal, not an individual goal.”
Each team also has clear goals set to help push them as far as they can go this year and the years to come.
Bailey and Lively both said their team’s goal is to win the conference championship and move on to compete at nationals. Both teams came very close to this goal last year, and Lively said if
they stick together he has no doubt they can do it.
“I try not to focus on personal goals too much during cross-country,” Lively said. “I just do what’s best for the team, and I improve.”
Coach Steve Guymon has been working to make sure the teams are both in good shape and on the right track to reach their goals. Bailey said they normally do two hard workouts a week, one long run and then maintenance runs to finish out the week, but their real source of inspiration comes from Guymon.
“We couldn’t do what we do without a strong and encouraging coach like Coach Guymon,” Bailey said. “He believes in us more than we believe in ourselves.”
Bailey and Lively said they are both confident the team will do very well. According to Lively, the team has a good number of talented, young runners who will keep the program strong this year and in the years to come. Bailey said that because they care about each other as friends first and then teammates, they will continue to grow closer and succeed.
“If we can continue to pull together on and off the course there is no limit to what we can do,” Bailey said.
The cross-country teams will head to Joplin, Mo. to compete in the Southern Stampede hosted by Missouri Southern State University on Sept. 21.
Fantasy football is defined as “a competition in which participants select imaginary teams from among the players in a league and score points according to the actual performance of their players.” In my opinion, and I’m confident that many will agree, “competition” is too meek of a word for fantasy football. Fantasy football is, in essence, a weighty mission, guaranteed to evoke anger, excitement, depression, dedication and irrationality from a man’s or woman’s persona.
Although anger isn’t the emotion felt most often regarding fantasy football, it is often a blinding emotion. Anger can be evoked any number of ways, whether it be if your kicker missed three field goals in one
game, if you left a breakout performer on the bench, or whether your opponent spasmodically puts up 150 points after averaging 75 through three weeks.
Excitement is a direct result of one of your players “going off.” Marshawn Lynch’s performance in week two is a prime example of that. Three total touchdowns and 135 yards of total offense garnered 30 points for him in my league. As it were, I needed 28 points from him in order to top my opponent.
Depression sits strongest with that team manager in your league whose team is literally the worst. Normally, this stems simply from bad luck. Either his first round draft pick gets hurt in week one, his running back loses the starting spot or his “sleeper pick” sits like the Snorlax on the sideline for the duration of the season.
Dedication is simply a natural outcome of fantasy football. However, often this dedication is revealed to be irrational. Let’s unwrap that.
Irrationality epitomizes fantasy football. For no other reason would you root so absurdly for a kicker. Nor would you have two TV’s on CBS and FOX in your room from noon until 11 p.m. on a Sunday. Nor would you pray so intensely for a tight end to be thrown to. Nor would you ever be torn so unfairly between your favorite team winning and the opposing team’s wide receiver (on your fantasy squad) putting up astronomical numbers. I experience all of these emotions every NFL week. I feel like a 13-year-old girl riding an emotional roller coaster, but don’t judge. Fellow managers, I urge you to wear your heart on your sleeve. Fantasy football plays by its own rules and cares not about our hearts. Hand your man-card over and ride that emotional roller coaster like you mean it.
Do you have a bad habit?
Favorite childhood movie or TV show?
Favorite Sonic drink?
What would your theme song be?
If you could have lunch with a celebrity who would it be?
Staying up late then dosing off during class. Biting my finger nails.
“Empire
Emma Watson, for sure. She seems so down to earth.
Powerade Sprite. Cherry limeade. Strawberry slush.
“Lose Yourself” by Eminem.
getting enough sleep.
slush mixed with cranberry.
Ashton Kutcher. He's hilarious and good looking.
Roger Federer, to meet one of the best tennis players of all time.
Novak Djokovic. He's a prime tennis player. Also he's not too bad to look at.
Allison Stokke, so I could propose to her.
Warren Casey, dean of the College of Arts and Humanities, said he wanted the college to participate and have a presence during the inauguration. Casey asked each of the departments to brainstorm ways they could be involved and Daniel Adams, professor of art, and Stacy Gibson, associate professor of art, decided they would create the invitations. Gibson designed the invitations and Adams was in charge of the printing and production.
With help from Tom Buterbaugh, who is chair of the communications committee for the presidential inauguration and assistant director of public relations, Gibson and Adams began brainstorming design ideas last spring. They loved the quality and classic feel of letterpress, Gibson said, and with that in mind, they began the design process.
“It was hard for us to think ‘what symbol would we put on the invitation?’” Gibson said. “We made a list of all the iconic imagery of Harding and I came across the seal and thought it was very classic and ties in with the university and
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Adams said he could transfer the image as a silk screen, which would allow Gibson to lay type over it. Typography gives off a personality and a mood, which Gibson said she took into consideration when searching for the perfect fonts.
“I knew that the printing process is so beautiful that the layout of it was just to enhance that process,” Gibson said. “Because of the history of letterpress and its classic feeling, there is no imagery on the invitation. We love that when you touch the paper you can feel the printing and the letters.”
Once Gibson finished the design, it was up to Adams to turn it into a finished product. First, Adams burned the image of the seal onto a silk screen and then screened it onto the matte black paper with a glossy ink. After the ink dried, he was ready to begin the letterpress process.
The foot-pedaled press used was built in 1937 and until about 10 years ago, Adams said it was the primary press used by Harding Press. Adams printed 4,000 invitations, which is the largest letterpress project he has worked on, taking two days.
Guests from Harding and from across the nation will fill the Benson Auditorium today at 2 p.m. for Bruce McLarty’s presidential inauguration. A wide variety of guests plan to attend the event, including students, members of the community and representatives from other universities and professional organizations with ties to Harding.
People like Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe, journalist Gwen Moritz and University of Arkansas at Little Rock chancellor Joel Anderson are several of the distinguished guests who will be in attendance.
As a representative of UALR, Anderson said he plans to bring greetings from and speak on behalf of other institutions of higher education in Arkansas.
“I will express the high regard we have for Harding University,” Anderson said. “On behalf of the other presidents and chancellors, I will offer President McLarty our best wishes and will state that we are looking forward to working with him in the years ahead.”
Anderson, who graduated from and briefly taught at Harding, said he believes McLarty will contribute to a strong legacy of quality presidents at Harding.
“Dr. McLarty comes from Harding and knows it well,” Anderson said. “All of his predecessors made marvelous contributions to its development, and he will do the same during his tenure as president.”
Dr. Howard Shank, president of Ohio Valley University, will attend as a representative of other Christian higher education institutions. Shank said he believes McLarty is the right man for the job and wishes McLarty the best.
Despite expanding technologies, letterpress printing is making a comeback in certain niche markets, especially for wedding invitation printing, Adams said.
“One of the reasons letterpress has come back is our ability to still work on the computer and
send files and have those files created in a letterpress form,” Adams said. “I work with computers all the time so working with the press is a balancing act; when I work with the presses, everything slows down, which is not a bad thing.”
Gibson and Adams showcased
the printing process used at the “Night with the Humanities” event last night.
Additionally, Gibson and Adams have a letterpress show that will be up through October titled “Inked & Pressed.” The inaugural invitation and photopolymer plate will be on display.
“I know Bruce and his family from my time in Memphis,” Shank said. “Christian colleges do well to have people trained in Bible and ministry in leadership.”
Moritz, a Harding graduate who now serves as editor-in-chief of Arkansas Business News, will speak as a representative of Harding’s ties with the business and professional world beyond higher education.
“I’m really representing myself as a Harding graduate and my employer, and only by extension representing the business community that both Arkansas Business and Harding serve in our own ways,” Moritz said. “I have only met (McLarty) once and was favorably impressed. I am in contact with several old friends who are on the Harding staff, and they seem enthusiastic about his selection, which means a lot to me.”
Moritz said although more of Harding’s students tend to leave the state upon graduation than those of state schools, Harding has a significant role in Arkansas and in the lives of students as they move into their careers.
“Harding’s place in the state is different than, say, the University of Arkansas or Arkansas State University,” Moritz said. “But there are certain industries — accounting and the health professions spring to mind — that have come to rely on Harding to produce the highly skilled manpower they need. I expect this basic relationship will remain the same, although Harding’s educational programs will undoubtedly evolve as the needs of the workplace evolve.”
Others who will attend today’s ceremony include Mayor David Morris, representing the Searcy community, and Dr. Howard Wright, representing distinguished alumni.
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When students and faculty have gone to study abroad, they have an opportunity to represent Harding to the communities they visit. New friendships are formed and those who partake in abroad programs have the chance to influence people from all over the world.
Freshmen Alkmini Evniki Tsirmpa of Greece and Josh Caulder of Zambia said they were influenced by students they met who were on overseas programs and decided to come to Harding as students themselves.
“My dad is the lawyer (for Harding in Greece), so we have known Harding
for awhile,” Tsirmpa said. “When I got older we started meeting students there and we connected with them because we were older.”
According to Tsirmpa, since she had the opportunity to meet and get to know Harding students traveling in recent groups that went to Greece, she was influenced to come to America.
Tsirmpa spent the last year studying in France in the medical field, but said she realized this was not the path of study for her and decided to venture out. Tsirmpa said her family did not initially support the idea of her studying in America, but said they really liked Harding.
Caulder; however, said his family was supportive of him coming to America
from the beginning. Caulder said he made his decision to come because he thought it was his best option for coming to the US and receiving a quality education.
“A lot of other universities were going to be more expensive,” Caulder said. “Even if I had decided to go to a public school, it would have been about the same cost as far as international fees go.”
Caulder was home-schooled in Zambia using an American system and said he wanted something familiar to him. Caulder said his family was associated with Harding in the past as well, and Caulder completed his senior year of high school at Harding Academy. His family now works with
children in Zambia.
Both Caulder and Tsirmpa said they have experienced cultural differences since beginning school.
“People don’t greet and say goodbye,” Caulder said. “Where I am from, if people come together everyone shakes each other’s hands and maybe gives them a hug and a kiss on the cheek and the same when leaving. Where as here there are awkward silences and people walk away.”
Tsirmpa said she had difficulty with using English as her primary language, and the beginning of this year was a little overwhelming for her. Still, she said the people at Harding were helpful and friendly and made the transition easier.
7:30 a.m. Get up and eat breakfast with his family
8 a.m. Practice Inauguration speech
9 a.m. Speak at first chapel
11 a.m. Visit three different lunches: one for his own family, one with the Cabinet, board and platform party and one with the families of former presidents
1 p.m. Go over speech one last time
1:30 p.m. Delegates and faculty line up
2 p.m. Inauguration
3:45 p.m. Head to the back entrance of Charles White Dining Hall cafeteria, escorted by security
4 p.m. Two-hour reception
6:01 p.m. Collapse and relax
Harding's presidentialaverage tenure, over the course of the last 4 presidents, is 21.25 years. The national average is 7.1 years
40 percent of national university presidents held a position of chief academic officer before becoming president.
Dr. McLarty was previously vice president of spiritual life at Harding.
88% of public university presidents are married. 85% of public university presidents have children.
Dr. McLarty is married to Ann, and they have two daughters.
86% of national university presidents have their Ph.D or Ed.D.
Dr. McLarty has his Doctorate of Ministry from Ashland Theological Seminary.
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