The Bison Newspaper - Vol. 98, No 01

Workers moved forward on laying the foundation of a new academic building last week as crews continue to work on a variety of construction projects across campus.

Physical resources director Danny DeRamus said his department coordinated with outside contractors and companies to tackle a number of projects this summer, including construction of the new HollandWaller Center and renovations to the Benson Auditorium, Harding University Bookstore, Brackett Library and freshmen men’s dorm Armstrong Hall.

“I’ve been here 40 years, and this is the busiest summer I’ve ever had,” DeRamus said.

Although he has seen progress in the projects on campus, DeRamus said many renovations have been hampered by supply chain delays, with crews waiting for parts

needed to complete the projects. In the Benson and bookstore, workers are waiting for electronic control valves, which would make the new heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) units more efficient.

DeRamus said Flynco, a Little Rock-based construction company, is overseeing work on the foundation of the Holland-Waller Center at the site of the former Ganus Building. The new center will house the History and Political Science and Foreign Language and International Studies departments, along with programs such as ROTC, according to an April 21 article from The Bison.

In the Benson, workers created new men’s and women’s restrooms in the lobby this summer, DeRamus said. They also changed all of the lighting in the Benson to LED fixtures in addition to replacing the HVAC system.

Brackett Library director Jean Waldrop said construction crews brought changes to

the second floor of the library this summer as well, including fresh carpeting and four new study rooms, which have not been painted and spackled yet.

Waldrop said she hoped the updates would give people more opportunities to work in a quiet environment on the second floor.

“For me, the goal was to take care of the students first,” Waldrop said.

In addition, DeRamus said contracted workers were about halfway finished building an east cooling plant behind the library, with the goal of completing the project in October.

Workers also renovated Armstrong Hall over the spring semester and summer. Emily Myers, the Residence Life Coordinator for the dorm, said workers redid plumbing throughout the entire building, replaced tiles on the walls with sheetrock and added a second sink to each of the suite-style restrooms. They also added a common area kitchen on the first floor and expanded the lobby.

“Coming in, it just looks really different,” Myers said.

To make room for construction, workers have closed off parking spaces in some places across campus, including the lots near Pattie Cobb residence hall and behind the Benson.

Junior Maura West, who lives in Pattie Cobb, said that because of construction on the Holland-Waller Center, she and her roommate have been parking in the lot by the Swaid Center for Health Sciences.

“It’s pretty inconvenient,” West said.

DeRamus said workers hope to open about 30 parking spaces between Pryor Hall and Pattie Cobb once they make more progress on construction in the area. They also hope to eventually open up parking spots and create a walkway behind the Benson, allowing students to cross from one side to the other.

“We’re doing the things that we hope can improve that traffic flow,” DeRamus said.

IP sees multiple program changes during fall semester

Harding International Programs (IP) made multiple changes to the fall 2022 programs by combining two programs, shifting a fall program to summer and bringing back a program for the first time in three years.

The Harding University in Europe (HUE) program, previously known as Harding University in England, is returning to its original itinerary prior to COVID-19 and will be traveling to 13 countries across Europe. Due to the small number of students interested in Harding University in Florence (HUF), the international program decided to invite those signed up for HUF this fall to combine with HUE.

“Because of the specific interest for fall '22, we decided to do this because it seemed like it offered the best experience to the students,” IP executive director Audra Pleasant said. “We just have to keep adapting.”

HUF directors Robbie and Mona Shackelford are leading the HUE group with HUE directors Lauren and Tyler Knight. Pleasant said the future is undecided on whether the IP will continue to model HUE as it is this fall.

Harding University in Zambia (HIZ) has typically been offered in the fall but will only be offered in the summer starting in 2023. Pleasant said students majoring in health science or nursing are the most common

She said she is hopeful this change accommodates all students and opens the opportunity for more students to attend the study abroad program.

activities in the fall and to stay on track to graduate on time. However, she said she is excited about the change and hopes future students will be able to benefit from it.

“If it wasn’t as rewarding as I think it’ll be, I don’t think I would be studying abroad at all,” Windon said. “I am thrilled to be able to go to Zambia.”

Harding University in Australasia (HUA) is returning this fall. This is the first opportunity for students to study abroad at HUA since fall 2019. Pleasant said there might be more of a risk in students’ minds when choosing HUA because of the multiple cancellations of the trip in the past. However, the fall 2022 group is almost full, with 28 out of 40 spots filled and the fall 2023 list filling up, according to Pleasant.

HUA was not an option for junior Morgan Kirby when she was thinking about studying abroad. She was immediately interested when IP announced HUA’s return.

“I know it has been a while since the program has been around, but I think that’s kind of the exciting part to experience something new, being a part of the first group back,” Kirby said.

Pleasant said she is confident in these adaptations and looks forward to more students being able to study abroad.

“We want to provide opportunities that are transformational and academic but also that students are interested in,” Pleasant said. “That is the whole reason we do these programs.”

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EMILY STINNETT guest writer

SOPHIE ROSSITTO news editor

Construction continues behind the Benson Auditorium. The Benson, Brackett Library and the upcoming Holland-Waller Center were blocked off from campus foot traffic.

Many areas around campus have been fenced off for construction. Pictured, a “Keep Out” sign at the site of the upcoming Holland-Waller Center.

Photo by MADISON MEYER

Photo by MADISON MEYER Construction continues around campus

Four new members added to Harding board of trustees

EMMA JONES editor-in-chief

The Harding University board of trustees announced the addition of Mark Crews, Mark Weeks and Dr. Swaid Swaid via press release on May 16, 2022. The addition of another member, Robin Maynard, was announced on Aug. 25. Maynard’s appointment brings the number on the board to 24 men and women.

“Each of these men are great supporters of the University and align with our mission,” Board of Trustees Chairman Dr. Robert Walker said in the May 16 press release. “They will each bring a unique talent and will join with the current board in thinking strategically as we transition to our new president.”

Crews, an alumnus of Texas A&M University, currently serves on the board

of directors for Texas Institute of Science, Cimarron Energy and Detechtion Technologies. His wife, Roxi, and their three children all attended Harding, so he said it was a very easy decision to say yes to joining the board.

“I’m just very honored to be able to serve Harding, which is a special place for [my family],” Crews said. “Each board member brings a different skill set. In today’s environment, the more perspectives you have to talk about problems, the better decisions you are going to make. It’s those skill sets that make a board really effective, and I just think it’s a great opportunity that we all have to take Harding forward from here.”

After earning an undergraduate degree from Harding and his Master of Business Administration degree from Vanderbilt University, Weeks went on to establish Woodmark Associates LLC, an investment management company. He has previously

served as the vice president of finance for CVS Caremark Rx Inc. and as a senior manager at Ernst & Young.

Swaid graduated from Harding with a degree in biology and earned his medical degree from the University of Alabama. He works as a neurosurgeon and currently serves as CEO of the Surgical Institute of Alabama. His son, Christian Swaid, who is a freshman at Harding, said he felt his father’s appointment to the board was well deserved.

“When Dad got the news that he was chosen, he was pleasantly surprised,” Swaid said. “But I had noticed how much he loved Harding, so I expected it. He was very humble about being chosen. He’s focused on making a better Harding, making it better tomorrow than it is today.”

An Aug. 25 press release announced Maynard’s appointment to the board of trustees.

Maynard, an attorney from Minnesota, graduated with her bachelor’s degree in political science from Harding and earned her Doctor of Law from the William Mitchell College of Law. She serves as counsel at Lathrop GPM, and her work focuses on investigating allegations of sexual misconduct, sexual harassment, gender-related violence, child abuse, and class discrimination and harassment. Much of her work has been done on behalf of K-12 schools, higher education institutions and faith-based organizations. She is the third woman to currently serve on the board.

“Robin served faithfully on the presidential search committee last year,” Walker said in the release. “She will bring her legal expertise and love for our University to her role as trustee.”

University offers new master’s degree in history

BEN LANE sports editor

This semester marked the beginning of a new master’s degree within the Department of History and Political Science, which is among the latest graduate programs the University is offering.

“The 30-hour M.A. in history emphasizes historiographical analysis and research skills, while offering students a flexible curriculum in the history of Europe and the United States,” the department’s website said.

Dr. Nate Wiewora, associate professor of history and director of the new program, said the program is designed for students entering academia or teaching history or social studies, but the program benefits those entering professional occupations like

archaeology, museums, law and journalism as well as others because the aim of the program is to teach students how to research, how to interpret the past and how to critically think. The flexible curriculum allows students to choose which classes — outside of core classes — they take, allowing them to choose topics of interest.

The program’s flexibility extends beyond the coursework as students have numerous ways to participate in the program. Individuals may enroll in fully-remote and completely on-ground options. A thesis and non-thesis track is offered. Students may enter in the fall, spring or summer as full or part-time, and the program can be completed in 18 months. There is also an accelerated option in which students may complete a B.A. from select programs and the M.A. in five years or less.

“The kind of bigger picture thing is it’s good in a way — because I particularly mean graduate degrees in the humanities — the average time to complete a Ph.D. program in history is eight years, and that’s not necessary. I think anything you can do to find ways to have a good, solid, rigorous program and shorten that time frame is beneficial.”

In the previous five years, 10 graduate programs have been added as areas of study. Three programs — master’s degrees in history, architecture, and cardiac function and interventional technology — were added this school year. A number of accelerated programs were among those added in previous years. Dr. Wil Perkins, graduate registrar, said “accelerated programs are designed to help students get ahead of their graduate

work,” and that they are increasingly popular as students and higher education attempt to reduce cost.

Graduate student Noah Haile, who is participating in the program, enrolled online and works full time in the marketing department at Arkansas State University-Beebe. Haile, who obtained his undergraduate degree at Williams Baptist University in Walnut Ridge, Arkansas, said he was unaware of the program until he found it while searching the internet after unsatisfactory experiences in graduate courses at a different school.

“So, seeing that Harding had [the M.A. in history] and knowing that it’s going to be filtered through a Christian lens, that is very appealing,” Haile said.

Harding University has appointed four new members to the board of trustees. Mark Crews, Mark Weeks and Dr. Swaid Swaid appointments were announced on May 16, and Robin Maynard was added on Aug. 25.

Graphic by COOPER TURMAN

Photos provided by UCM

State of the SA

What a wonderful time it is to be at Harding. If you aren’t excited about what all has been going on around campus, then let me share some of the joy with you. It has been such a great first week back together as a Harding family. The energy on this campus is contagious. Hearing friends exchange stories about their summer breaks, witnessing the frantic freshmEn looking for their classes and listening to the chaos in the Student Center after chapel have all been highlight moments of my first week.

As I have learned what it is like to be the Student Association (SA) president this summer, I have been amazed at how much goes on behind the scenes on this campus. Each position requires hours of energy. It has been an encouragement to spend my last Searcy summer (after 16 of them) surrounded by the Christlike examples we have in our faculty and staff at Harding. What a blessing it is to get to know these special people and hear their individual stories. They are truly dedicated to making Harding the biggest blessing it can be. I support them fully and will continue to walk with both the administration and student body as we experience all that is to come this year.

Tell the story

one another to create connections never seen on this campus before. The SA stands behind the belief that entering into storytelling at Harding will allow our community here to find a new level of fellowship that will deeply foster Christ-centered relationships.

What’s good

– Megan Sledge, SA President

Friends, what an honor it is to serve as your SA president for this school year. There is so much to look forward to as we begin this new chapter of our stories. We each have a blank page awaiting us as we now write a new part of our lives. You hold the power to shape your story into whatever you want it to be. The last chapter of your life might not have been what you hoped for. No matter the circumstance, every story holds special value, whether the story speaks of victory or suffering. The surrendering of our stories in the hope that another life is touched is one of the bravest leaps of faith we can make as individuals, but also as a Harding community. God doesn’t change our lives, heal our illnesses or perform miracles for us to keep it to ourselves.

The power of sharing our stories is the driving force behind the mission of the SA this year. We believe in the power of vulnerability with

Tell your story.

Your heartache is the hope for someone else.

Your experience will guide someone living in that same darkness into freeing light.

The sin you were once so entangled in is holding ever so tightly to someone that needs to hear of your redemption.

Tell your story.

Your time at Harding has molded you in some way that uniquely gives you a testimony to share with others.

The ways in which Jesus has worked in your life can influence someone to accept him as their savior.

The power of the word of God is the saving grace that a lost soul needs to hear. Tell your story.

MEGAN SLEDGE is a guest writer for The Bison. She may be contacted at msledge@harding.edu.

What’s your opinion?

Faculty Finds

Lonesome Dove

“The earth is mostly just a boneyard. But pretty in the sunlight.” That isn’t the best quote from Larry McMurtry’s 1986 Pulitzer Prize winning novel, “Lonesome Dove,” but it’s close. The best quote is probably “Life in San Francisco is still just life,” or maybe “The hardest thing in life is choosin’ what matters.” But there are a dozen others that one could argue for just as well. The book, and the miniseries based on it (starring Tommy Lee Jones and Robert Duvall) are worth checking out just for the quotes. I was reminded of that this week because I’d recommended the book to Dana Steil, and he commented on how many great lines there were in it. I am also reminded of it most every week because Kraig Martin peppers so much of his conversations with quotes from it.

I grew up with “Lonesome Dove.” Momma and Daddy and my cousins all loved it, so I watched it in junior high, but I didn’t read the book until college. I can remember sitting in my class on Acts sophomore year and reading with the book in my lap while my professor, who deserved more respect and attention than I was giving at the time, lectured about Paul. At a particularly heart-wrenching scene in the book, I felt my eyes fill with tears, and I had the very awkward experience of pretending to be so moved by the professor’s comments on the third

missionary journey that I began to cry. I remember wondering if he bought it and whether it was a hellable offense to attempt to deceive a decent and godly a man as Owen Olbricht. I regret not paying attention in class, but I’ll never regret reading that book.

“Lonesome Dove” is almost certainly the greatest western ever written. It has all the elements of that most American of American genres, but it challenges the standard tropes of the West at every stage of the story. McMurtry wanted to write a

western novel that didn’t romanticize the West, but the trouble was that McMurtry was a Texan and an honest writer. It turns out the West is romantic and nobody who tells the truth about it can avoid that fact. McMurty seemed sort of bitter about that and couldn’t ever bring himself to admit it even though the popularity of his story proved it to be so. The cowboy is the great American mythic figure, and so “Lonesome Dove” ends up performing the epic grandeur and poetry of a cattle drive despite its author’s best efforts to avoid it. The almost, but not quite, cynical worldview of the book serves only to make its deeply admirable characters all the more appealing because of their rough exterior and unacknowledged scars. Besides being deep and wise, and extraordinarily well written, “Lonesome Dove” is also a thrilling adventure story and hilariously funny, that oh so rare of stories that manages to make us laugh, cry, think and grow. So find some time this semester to read the book. Take a weekend and binge the miniseries. And don’t let the fact that it’s from the 80s slow you down. Like Gus would say, “The older the violin, the sweeter the music.”

Opinions

Beliefs are peculiar things to hold. The fact that we are so passionate about them attests to something. In a society where “open-mindedness” is a chief virtue, it feels increasingly difficult to draw a line anywhere but against people who are intolerant. We live now at the most polarized point in American history thus far. Thousands of people debate on Facebook whether federal policies are helpful or harmful, and millions of arguments happen each day in hopes of convincing the other side.

Two math majors might argue over the answer to a problem, or foreign language students over a translation. Why argue if there is no objective truth? Why would nearly every art critic favor Picasso over a 5-year-old’s painting despite them both being abstract cubism if there is no such thing as beauty? And why does a human rights activist stand any chance of prevailing if there is no such thing as objective good? We must say that there are three concretes: truth, beauty and goodness; otherwise, there is nothing.

– Malachi Brown, opinions editor

Deconstruction of the beliefs we grow up with is a good thing. It helps us figure out why we believe what we believe, and whether what we believe is worth it. Deconstruction is a good thing as long as something is reconstructed. But to stay deconstructed is to say that there is no “good” or “bad,” and that there are only things.

Someone who says 2 and 2 equals 5 would be just as correct as someone who would say it’s 4.

Someone who says my clay-mug art project from third grade is better than Michaelangelo’s David would be right because there is no standard of beauty.

Worst of all, human rights activists would have nothing because there would be no reason for people to be treated well because there is no basis for saying “fair treatment is good” because what is “good” anyway?

These are all humanity strives to find with any argument: truth, beauty and goodness. All beliefs are a grasping for one of these three things, and to have an opinion is to believe that these exist; to believe these do not exist is to trade in all beliefs for mere preferences. To converse, discuss and argue, are all efforts to clarify our ideas of these things, so every opinion you read in this section is a grasp at either truth, beauty or goodness.

Emma Jones editor-in-chief

Sara Hook features/layout editor

Sophie Rissotto news editor

Ben Lane sports editor Sierra Tackwell community editor Malachi Brown opinions editor

Maggie Samples lifestyle editor Gabriel Huff head copy editor Cianna Jay asst. copy editor

Emma Weber editorial assistant Madison Meyer head photographer Balazs Balassa asst. photographer

Macy Cox asst. photographer Gracie Cornett cartoonist Bonnie Spann business manager

Cooper Turman graphic designer Wagner Valdez asst. graphic designer Stacy Roibal beat reporter

Emily Stinnett historian April Fatula faculty adviser Michael Claxton narrative columnist

Megan Sledge Halle Miller

Mac Sandlin Watkins Kelly

Emily Stinnett Mitch Friesenborg

Carter Thweatt Eli Roberts

SA President Megan Sledge

Opinions Editor Malachi Brown

MALACHI BROWN is the opinions editor for The Bison. He may be contacted at mbrown33@harding.edu.

Bible & Ministry Mac Sandlin

We must say that there are three concretes: truth, beauty and goodness; otherwise, there is nothing.

MAC

The

Ten Thousand Words

Intro to Christian journalism

I am a leadership and ministry major. That’s not my primary major, and I don’t plan to go into ministry for my career, but the intention of my second major is meant to bolster my faith and biblical knowledge and better equip me to serve Christ in whatever field I end up in. So why do people question the validity of me being both a journalism and Bible major?

Soon after I added my second major, I was introduced to an elder at the church I was attending. He asked what I was studying, and when I told him journalism and Bible he gave a very smart aleck response about how those two majors can’t work together. Look, I get it, you don’t like the Media. You think the coverage of issues you care about is unfair. You see articles that don’t align with your political views, and student journalists in turn get a bad rap. I agree that a lot of the media in the United States has become very divisive and inflammatory. For this column, however, I would like to focus on the heart of journalism, as it was meant to be and not how it currently is, and how I believe its core values reflect Christianity.

The following elements I will discuss are taken from “Essays About ‘The Elements of Journalism,’” a publication from the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University.

Journalism’s first obligation is to tell the truth. It can be difficult to specifically define what truth really is, but we are encouraged in Ephesians 6 when strapping on the armor of God to “fasten on the belt of truth,” so that we “may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil” (Ephesians 6:11 and 6:14). Paul considered the truth an important tool in our arsenals as Christians.

Journalism’s first loyalty is to citizens. Proverbs 3:27 says, “Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in your power to do it.” Those in the journalism field are in a position of power to help spread the truth and bring awareness to issues that affect citizens.

Journalists must serve as an independent monitor of power. Jeremiah 22:3 says, “Do justice and righteousness, and deliver from the hand of the oppressor him who has been robbed.” Journalists have a responsibility to monitor the powerful few in society on behalf of the many to guard against oppression.

Journalism must provide a forum for public criticism and comment. During his ministry, Jesus was always open to hear the opinions of the people he was preaching to — like in Luke 10:25-26 when a lawyer tries to put him to the test by asking how to inherit eternal life. Jesus responds with, “What is written in the Law? How do you read it?”

Journalists must make the significant interesting and relevant. Journalists must make big news events easy to understand, even if they cover difficult topics. As Christians we are called to spread the gospel in ways that people will understand, and to guide biblical application to their daily life.

Journalists have an obligation to personal conscience. Our doctrine calls us to follow a moral code, as Jesus says in Matthew 5:48, “You therefore must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.” We have a religious obligation to our moral code, similar to a personal obligation to conscience.

There are a couple more elements that I left out because they cannot be supported as easily, but I believe that it is clear to see that the heart of journalism reflects the truths that we believe as Christians. I think the same can be found for any field of work here at Harding. How can your major be theologically supported? How will you serve Christ through what you are studying?

State of the BSA

BSA President Halle Miller

“Consecrate the fiftieth year and proclaim liberty throughout the land to all its inhabitants. It shall be a jubilee for you,” (Leviticus 25:10).

Hidden in the scriptures that people often skip, God reveals a radical plan of social equity and freedom for the Israelites and the marginalized people in their community. Leviticus 25 describes how every 50th year would serve as a social and economic reset. In dealings with servants or with property, the Israelites were commanded not to rule over each other ruthlessly or take advantage of each other, but to offer redemption. Wealth was not only redistributed, but “if any of your fellow Israelites become poor and are unable to support themselves among you, help them as you would a foreigner and stranger, so they can continue to live among you,” (Leviticus 25:35).

How foreign this seems compared to our American worldview where, even when coupled with Christian Evangelicalism, rugged individualism is the reigning ideology. Love of the self and money almost always transcends the love of our neighbor. Furthermore, the praise of past America’s “rugged individualism” oftentimes includes a blatant erasure of the harm done to indigenous communities by those “trailblazing” individuals. In light of the year of Jubilee, I question if a God who commanded the reallocation of land would support Manifest Destiny or Westward expansion. Ultimately, our systematic disparity between people groups by class, race and gender identity stands diametrically

Jubilee: a season of celebration

opposed to the “Year of Jubilee’’ commanded by the Lord in Leviticus and is antithetical to the Christian call to inclusive community. Jesus fully embodied the core purpose of the Year of Jubilee in Luke 4. Jesus proclaimed the year of the Lord’s favor, referencing Isaiah 61, claiming his role in setting the oppressed free. While a spiritual interpretation of this verse applies — through Jesus we are set free from sin — liberation in Christ may also be thought of as literal, because sin has literal implications. The pervasive injustices in our world taken as simply a part of living “after the fall” do not have to be accepted or ignored. Freedom and equality can be realized now, not just in however you imagine the afterlife.

Black Liberation theologist James H. Cone wrote that the gospel “is a message about the ghetto, and all other injustices done in the name of democracy and religion to further the social, political and economic interests of the oppressor.” He claims that “in Christ, God enters human affairs and takes sides with the oppressed.”The gospels show time and time again Jesus taking sides with those who are marginalized. We see Jesus’ heart for the oppressed through his encounters with the woman at the well, a man with leprosy or even a group of 12 misfits: a cohort made up of fishermen, religious radicals and tax collectors, who together may represent the class struggle of Jesus’ day.

And with his band of misfits, Jesus celebrated. I can envision Jesus acting as a host, sitting at

a table lined with people made in the image of his father, who were cast off as sinners with no regard. We ask you to join us at the table this year. Despite the weight of being in a world riddled with injustices, there are reasons to celebrate. Life itself is an occasion. We invite you to consider every sunrise and sunset, life-giving conversation or cup of coffee with a friend this year as a little celebration. Our God is a God of celebration. This year can be the wedding at Cana, the shepherd who found the lost sheep, or the party thrown by a father at the return of his prodigal son.

The Black Student Association (BSA) theme for this year is Jubilee. We want to engage in tough conversations, examining ways that we can achieve those Christian ideas of justice, freedom and equality in a way that is literal and actionable. However, an integral part of progress is celebration. Progress can be a long and arduous journey, focused primarily on justice not yet achieved. But, looking back and looking around at our peers and professors at this University, I see overflowing cause for celebration. As Harding approaches its centennial year, a Jubilee is upon us. I ask you to consider this: How far have we come, where are we now and where are we going?

HALLE MILLER is a guest writer for The Bison. She can be contacted at hmiller10@harding.edu.

Surely the greatest joy of teaching is the chance to work with — and learn from — young people. To see them in the prime of energy, creativity and health, and to help them discover their passions. To listen to their dreams, to discuss great books and ideas, to seek truth together. A professor’s resume may be full of publications and conference talks, but our best achievements happen as we share the journeys of our young friends.

Our greatest tragedy, then, is to outlive them. That’s not how it should be. Instead, students should come to our funerals. Sitting in the pews, maybe a little grayer than when they sat in our classes, but still with much of life ahead.

I thought of that as I drove to Nashville at the end of June to say goodbye to Harrison. I wish our current students could have known him. When he graduated in 2015, he had the admiration of the whole campus. We had laughed at his antics onstage. We had marveled at his care for others. We had eagerly heard his stories from growing up on the mission field. We had smiled when he married his soulmate.

And we had stood to applaud when he held the trophy for the best Spring Sing club show of the year. And the decade. “The Show Heard Round the World” was Harrison’s masterpiece. Beautifully costumed, scripted and staged, it was the work of an experienced showman who brought the American Revolution to life. And who drew out the best from a club that had not done a Spring Sing show in 14 years.

Knights may be better known on campus for their spontaneous hi-jinks than their choreography, but all they needed was the right director. To pull off a show that good takes great discipline, but Harrison also reveled in the club’s spur-of-the-moment sense of fun. The weekend of Spring Sing 2014 also happened to be the 239th anniversary of Paul Revere’s ride, so Harrison led his Knights in reenacting that famous moment, marching around campus yelling, “The British are coming!”

It was the same sense of fun we had come to expect. We had seen it when he played the mischievous “Cat in the Hat” onstage. We had seen it in his spot-on impressions of Dr. David Burks and Dr. Jeff Hopper, now retired dean of International Programs. In his eulogy at the funeral, Dr. Andrew Baker recalled witnessing Harrison’s playfulness in Greece when they went to HUG together. Harrison had a gift for making — shall we say — “colorful” noises with his hands, even at such solemn places as the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem.

Of course, Harrison’s fun grew out of love. He loved people. He was an encourager, and a crusader for good. He brought joy wherever he went. As a drama licensure major, he adored children and loved to make them smile.

I had the great pleasure of witnessing Harrison’s clever silliness when we worked together on the Homecoming musical “Pirates!?!” in 2013. In this spoof of Gilbert and Sullivan’s comic opera, director Robin Miller and his team threw in every gag we could think of. When the set designer crafted elegant box seats on the stage to hold the back-up singers, we knew what we needed in the balcony. Two old men to heckle the show.

As the resident expert on the Muppets, it was my job to write jokes for Harrison and David Goble, who dyed their hair gray to copy Statler and Waldorf, the two elderly cynics on the original “Muppet Show.” But a joke is only as good as the delivery, and these wonderful actors nailed it. When Harrison popped into the balcony part-way through the show, he said, “Sorry I’m late. What did I miss?”To which David replied, “Not enough.”

Not enough. Those words haunt me now. Harrison lived an extraordinary life, but it was not long enough.

He married Hayley Smith in 2014. Everyone knew it was a perfect match, but only time would reveal just how perfect. They graduated one year later, and the world was in front of them. Then the accident happened.

Everyone knows the story. Shortly after graduation, a traumatic spinal injury left Harrison paralyzed. When he awoke from a lengthy coma afterwards, he was aware of the world around him, and his mind was as brilliant as ever. But he was trapped in a body that could not move, behind a mouth that could not speak. The revolutionary on the Benson stage was as alive as ever, but horribly stilled. Imagine the torture.

That’s when the miracle happened. Harrison did not heal, but he and Hayley soldiered on. Their love and faith grew. Hayley cared for him for seven years, with a gentle faithfulness that moved everyone who saw it. She brought him to church. She spoke at Harding about the challenges they faced and the strength they found. As Hayley’s father-in-law said at the funeral, “At the age of 22, your metal was tested. And oh, how you shined!” Harrison’s eyes lovingly followed Hayley every minute. As he learned to communicate his thoughts, he told her that he spent much of his days talking to God. “Because,” as he said, “He’s the only one who can hear me.”

Their minister saw a pattern in Harrison’s life. At the funeral he said that Harrison was always a sign pointing others to Jesus, both when he was vibrant and when he was disabled. Baker added, “He was a multiplier of mercy, peace and love everywhere he went.” In his brokenness, he made us better, and now, praise God, he is free.

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Fall sports open first week of school

MITCH FRIESENBORG guest writer

The men’s soccer team began their season with home games Aug. 25 and 27, both resulting in losses.

For the first 75 minutes of their first game on Aug. 25, both the Bisons and Union Bulldogs of Jackson, Tennessee, were locked in a defensive stalemate. However, compared to their defense, Harding’s offensive performance left much to be desired, with the Bulldogs outshooting the Bisons 21-7. Union won 2-0.

“I would say we played for the full first half and the first 25 minutes of the second half,” senior Josh Fulton, who plays left back defense, said. “They had a few more shots on us than we wanted, and [the Bulldogs] were just finishing in the final third better than us. We gotta figure out how to get that final shot in and stop causing set pieces.”

Both teams committed 14 fouls each, which were a key factor in the constant momentum switches during the game. In the 76th minute, Union scored the first goal of the game and followed with the second goal seven minutes later.

We did a lot of things well, but we came up short,” Coach Jon Ireland said after the game. “We are a little short-handed right now. We got guys battling some injuries, so we’re not quite full strength. That said, I thought there were some things that the guys did. We fought really hard, and we defended very well, but we just struggled offensively tonight.”

Their second game ended similarly, with a loss of 1-4 to Christian Brothers.

The men’s soccer team will play their first six out of seven games of the season at home. Their next game is today at 7 p.m. against Mississippi College in the Stevens Soccer Complex.

The women’s team started their season on Aug. 26 with a 1-1 tie against Southwest Baptist. Their second game was played last night against Christian Brothers.

Beginning their season with a tournament in Austin, Texas, Harding’s volleyball team earned three victories, hitting the ground running to chase after the heights they saw last season.

The team went 3-0 against Edward Waters, 3-2 against Dallas Baptist, 3-0 against St. Edwards and lost 0-3 to Barry University.

The volleyball team went 17-9 in 2021, and won their first playoff game of the season 3-2 against East Central before falling 0-3 against Oklahoma Baptist. The Lady Bisons’ head coach, Meredith Fear, gave a message to Harding students on why the volleyball team should be one to keep an eye on this year.

“I think volleyball is an extremely exciting sport,” Fear said. “We have a really enthusiastic, exciting group of girls. I think our girls have the chance to be really successful and play at a high level this year.”

Fear also gave a message to incoming freshmen who are still on the fence about playing volleyball at Harding.

“Whether it’s collegiate, club volleyball or intermural games, volleyball is such a fun, fast-paced and exciting sport with limited contact with other people,” Fear said. “You can take your aggression out on the ball instead of someone shoving you. It is such a fun game.”

A new way to play

The Department of Kinesiology faculty created a travel club sports program over the 2022 summer break.

Stephen Burks, and Braden Henderson, supervisor of the Ganus Activities Complex (GAC), were involved in the creation of the new program.

Burks said the travel club sports program had been considered in the past, but with the recent admissions changes, it was suggested as a recruitment tool.

The program serves a double purpose as it attracts new students to Harding and gives current students an opportunity to compete at a level between NCAA and intramural or social club sports, Burks said.

As members of a travel club sports team, students will represent the University as Bisons against both larger and smaller universities. Burks said this allows some students to compete like they did in high school.

The sports being offered are fishing, ultimate frisbee, swimming and diving, e-sports, disc golf, men’s volleyball and pickleball. Burks said e-sports was chosen for its promising future and its use as a good recruiting tool . He also said the plans for the program are able to change.

“It’s still a little bit fluid, as far as what actually is going to happen,” Burks said.

The sports that have been chosen were based around the available facilities

and potential coaches, Burks said. The new track turf will serve as a location for some of the outdoor sports, and the GAC will host others. There will be dues for participation in the sports, but the level of commitment varies according to the team and coach. Burks said men’s volleyball and swimming would require a higher level of commitment.

“The Harding University swim and dive club is at the beginning of its third year,” Kevin Webb, coach of the swimming and diving team, said. “With that, a lot of new changes are occurring. For the first time, the club will be

competing against other teams in the state and surrounding areas.”

The team’s first meet is on Saturday, Sept. 17, at the University of Arkansas in Little Rock.

Henderson, the director overseeing the coaches and sponsors for the new program, said that at a recent swim meeting there were more people interested than he had expected, making him hopeful for the future of the program.

“This is all brand new,” Henderson said. “Nothing necessarily is set in stone, so things can change. I’ve had people ask me what e-sports games are they going to play. Right now, we’re starting with a couple, but we’re not close minded as far as any of these things. With any of them we’re pretty flexible; we’re learning just like everybody else will be.”

Henderson said those interested in the travel club sports should reach out to the program at travelclubsports@harding.edu.

Construction is currently underway to move the stands at First Security Stadium closer to the football field and to relocate Harding’s track complex.

Football head coach Paul Simmons said he is excited about the change.

“The whole idea is that we want to create the very best experience possible for our fans and for our players,” Simmons said. “We want to put the fans as close to the field as we possibly can to make game day an awesome, exciting experience for everybody.”

Scott Goode, Harding’s assistant athletic director for sports information, said the change can lead to more fan interactions on game day.

“The simplest way to explain it is that the current football field is being enclosed,” Goode said. “We used to have the stands, and then an eight-lane-track, and then the sidelines and then the field. Now the fans will be right on top of the action. The people on the sidelines will be able to turn around and high-five a fan in the first row, where previously you’d be 40 feet from the closest fan.”

However, the construction has forced some temporary changes at Harding, particularly with the disc golf complex and

the intramural fields. Tom Ritchie, Harding’s recreation programs director, talked about some changes he was having to make as a result of the project.

“At the moment, we have two playable football/soccer fields as a result of some new drainage that’s been put in,” Ritchie said. “We’re trying to work through that, and so our plan is to start out with the women playing flag football instead of the men because we have fewer fields and they generally have fewer teams.”

Ritchie also talked about changes that were being made to the disc golf area because of the construction and working with head cross-country and track coach Don Hood.

“We’ve moved some holes around, and we’re going to do a little more shifting to try and help track have a world class facility. Coach Hood has been very gracious with that, and so we have a very good working relationship with him,” Ritchie said. “The course will have a different look, and so if people have gotten used to playing our course, they’re going to have to try it again.”

Simmons said he is confident that construction will be done before Harding’s first football home game of the season, which is Sept. 10 versus Southeastern Oklahoma.

“Everything will be done in plenty of time for our first game,” Simmons said. “We’ll be ready to roll.”

MAGGIE SAMPLES lifestyle editor

Redshirt freshman Aleyia Cotton runs for the soccer ball in the Lady Bison soccer scrimmage against Northwest Mississippi Community College on Aug. 19 at the Stevens Soccer Complex. Their season start on Aug. 26 ended in a tie.

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Construction took place at First Security Stadium in June. The construction replaced the field turf and removed the track from the field.

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Searcy summer — we’re in business

STACY ROIBAL beat reporter

Multiple new business ventures have been in the works over the summer in Searcy. From coffee to retail, the community is taking strides in the right direction.

The new coffee shop Perk & Post, an offshoot of Mr. Postman Expresso, finished construction and opened to the public on June 13. The owners of Perk & Post, Allison Dennison and Jay James, have been collaborating for the past year and a half to expand the business.

They are drive-thru only, but offer outdoor seating on their deck and rooftop.

Dennison said they are looking forward to cooler temperatures and have plans to add a fire pit soon with some additional seating around it. Perk & Post offers free wifi, and the owners are excited to meet students. Dennison also commented on the shop’s unique construction.

“Some people think we used containers because it was cheaper, but that is not necessarily the case,” Dennison said. “A lot of hoops to jump through to get this type of construction done, the container standing on its end is probably the most unique design of ours, as I don’t think I have seen that anywhere else.”

The postal service and coffee shop is located at 506 W. Race Ave.

“We hope to have ‘food truck Fridays’ and maybe some live music,” Dennison said.

On the other end of town, construction on the new Old Navy is well underway. The building was announced in November 2021 and broke ground in early May right next door to Five Below in the Searcy City Center.

Dalrymple Commercial, a real estate and property management service in Searcy, reported via Facebook post on July 29 that construction was moving along well, according to Adam Hart of Hart Construction.

This advancement in the community is largely thanks to the Move Searcy

Forward committee, as well as the onecent sales tax extension that was voted through last November.

Smoothin’ & Groovin’, the plant-based smoothie shop and juice bar, announced in late July over multiple social media platforms that August was going to be their last month open. Owner Lydia Astin wrote that “the opportunity to serve this community has been inspiring, motivating and I am beyond thankful for it.”

The good news is that the business has created a Kickstarter campaign in order to gain community support to open a trailer as an alternative, “This way [they] can still do catering events, specials and keep Smoothin’ close,” Astin wrote.

Nursing course to implement outreach

SIERRA TACKWELL community editor

Harding’s nursing students now have the opportunity to take a course focused on working in clinics in Searcy and the surrounding areas. This course is mainly for students completing Master’s Entry into Professional Nursing (MEPN) and students completing the 2A Nursing Program and the Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree.

Students involved gain experience by going to clinical one day a week at the ARcare clinics and shadowing the nurses there. They get first-hand experience of how to apply what they learned in class and analyze the needs of the community to continue improving the care at clinics within a 60-mile radius of campus; primarily in Searcy, Little Rock, Newport and Kensett.

The program started this fall semester and students say it is already making a large and positive impact on the students who are enrolled. Senior MEPN student Emma Bartch said she feels it is very beneficial. “What I have been learning in the short amount of time that we’ve had is that there’s this really hard balance that I was not aware of, and that there are people in really vulnerable communities,” she said. “My views have widened and this class is going to widen our horizons.”

Bartch said the course will benefit multiple communities.

“There are so many communities and populations that our locations will be a part of, and they go together to affect the

care and lifestyle and help of the patient we are dealing with,” Bartch said.

She said she and other students feel that they’ll learn more about the patients and their backgrounds and how to relate to them on more of a personal level. Their goal is to help patients holistically and alter their habits so they can prevent having to return to the clinics.

Senior nursing major Lauren Cooper said she believes this course will help in ways that the hospital cannot always help in.

“In the hospital, we see a patient and hear about their diagnosis, and we have a narrow picture of who they are and why they came,” Cooper said. “I think in this class we’ll actually be able to see why some things are contributing to the health they have. It’ll give us a better picture of the patient and the whole reason why their health is the way that it is.”

This course course is designed not only to help students during their college career but also in their future careers as its principles can be applied to many different nursing programs and disciplines.

Senior nursing major Corrie Bunner said she wants to go into pediatrics when she graduates and feels that this program will prepare her for the future.

“I think this will better us as nurses and people,” Bunner said. “I’m looking forward to being able to see how even things I’ve overlooked before as being a contributor to poor health are things that we could potentially prevent or help promote awareness of as future nurses.” awareness of as future nurses.”

‘Kindred spirits’ take reigns at University

EMMA JONES editor-in-chief

University President Mike Williams and Executive Vice President Jean-Noel Thompson have already become known as a dynamic duo at Harding, but the story of their friendship begins around seven years ago.

“I became president of Faulkner in 2015, and Dr. T was on the administration team there,” Williams said. “I had numerous people who knew Dr. T that told me, ‘Oh you’re gonna love this guy,’ so I went in anticipating being a kindred spirit.”

Thompson said he felt a similar sense of friendship from the beginning of his relationship with Williams when Williams asked for a list

of incoming students so he could pray over them.

“I thought, ‘That’s the guy I want to work with,’” Thompson said. “Early on I knew that it was going to be a special relationship.”

Over the years, Williams and Thompson said they have come to recognize strengths in each other that help to balance out their own weaknesses.

Williams said he considers himself good at seeing the big picture and asking for people's opinions, but Thompson goes the second step by reaching back out and giving feedback.

Thompson said one area of weakness for him that he recognizes as a strength in Williams is his ability to remember names and details about people.

“I think for the two of them by now, they balance each other out,” Lisa Williams, Dr. Williams’ wife, said. “What one is stronger in, the other may not be. It’s just an easy fit for the two of them.”

Thompson said he was not expecting to be asked to accompany Williams to work at Harding, but after thinking and praying through the offer, he decided he wanted to be a part of Williams’ plan for Harding.

“Dr. Williams presented the opportunity, and it really wasn’t a job he

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offered me, he offered me a vision and a future for Harding,” Thompson said. “I’m honored to be here.”

Though Williams and Thompson’s friendship has mainly been a professional one, Lisa Williams said that since their move to Searcy their families have begun spending more time together, and that she is “looking forward to developing more of a friendship for [their] families as well.”

As for their future plans for the University, Williams and Thompson gave no specifics but both expressed excitement for what Harding already has to offer.

“I don’t want to limit God on what he can do when you get a group like the people we have here,” Williams said. “God has blessed this institution with unbelievable talent.”

Thompson echoed his sentiment and said they did not bring anything new with them to Harding, but are focused on utilizing what is already here.

“It’s not some new thing that we’re integrating to the Harding experience,” Thompson said. “We’re teasing out the talent and giftedness and motivation, and trying to draw out the best in all of us.”

Photos by Macy Cox

New businesses Perk & Post, Dale’s Clothing and Old Navy saw construction this summer in Searcy. Perk & Post and Dale’s Clothing are open, and Old Navy is still under construction.

Photo by MACY COX

Harding University President Mike Williams and Executive Vice President Jean-Noel Thompson hug at the Convocation Ceremony in Benson Auditorium

Aug. 22. Williams and Thompson transferred to Harding from Faulkner University together.

Nursing majors Emma Bartch, Lauren Cooper and Corrie Bunner meet at Midnight Oil Coffeehouse on Aug. 27. The women participated in the nursing outreach program.

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Theatre department opens fall season with disaster

The Department of Theatre’s Summer Dinner Theatre productions are popular among Searcy residents, and this summer was no different. This year’s plays included the productions of “Arsenic and Old Lace,” and “The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940.” Only a few dinner theatre programs have been performed during the school year, one of them being the last summer 2022 production, “The Play that Goes Wrong.” Director of the play and department chair Steven Frye said those plays that are continued are chosen because they involve a lot of students or alumni and showcase a particular aspect of the theatre program.

“[The actors] committed to stay with us through the reprise,” Frye said. “Some of

them are actually working in other states, and they’ll be going home after all of this, because several are alumni that are working with us on the show.”

The students who work for the Summer Dinner Theatre program work eight-hour days in the summer, alongside professional staff.

“Our students get to work beside their professors and go, ‘Oh, yeah, they really are a good performer. Maybe they know what they’re talking about,’” Frye said. “The same thing holds through with design or construction. When you’re working beside our staff, it’s a great learning experience.”

Senior and stage manager Kat Ream said the professors involved were very encouraging.

“If I am being completely honest, I was at first a little intimidated,” Ream said. “We

were co-workers for the summer, but [they] were still my professors and helped me learn more about the process of theatre.”

“The Play that Goes Wrong” involves technical work with the stage — floors collapsing, pictures falling and walls caving in, among many other things. It took several days to perfect those technical aspects, Ream said.

“This play in particular took quite a bit of patience, and trials on how things would work,” Ream said. “This is a show where we needed that extra time to perfect everything.”

The play is every director’s nightmare, Frye said, and it runs because of the people working backstage to operate the set.

“The set itself and the crew running it backstage is almost a character in the show itself, because things fall off walls, things

change, strange things happen on the set that you go, ‘How did that happen?” Frye said. “And it’s because there are a lot of dedicated professionals working to make those things happen.”

The technical aspect was not the only challenging part of the play to pull off. Senior acting major Asher Patten said there is more external work than internal in comedies like “The Play that Goes Wrong.”

“For these kinds of things — this is farce, this is over-the-top comedy — the challenge is, I think, the physicality: sculpting a character, and how he moves, and the faces he makes,” Patten said.

Upcoming theatre productions include the Homecoming musical: “Cinderella,” “The Rivals” and “The Crucible.”

Little Red Run picks up traction

ELI ROBERTS guest writer

The annual “Little Red Run” saw its biggest turnout yet on Aug. 22. The run began at the front of Allen Hall early in the morning on the first day of school to get the year started with a challenge.

The three-mile course took participants across the sidewalks of Searcy, then to the boat ramps of the Little Red River.

This year’s run was the biggest turnout since it began a couple years back with originator and alumnus Grady Moore. Sixty-four students ran, in contrast to 32

students in 2021. Men’s social clubs TNT and Theta along with many new freshmen were the primary runners.

Junior Clayton Roach, a Theta member, completed the run his freshman year and wanted to encourage other freshmen to run along with this year’s group.

“I think this can help people get out of their comfort zone and break the mold of a sometimes mundane life of a college student,” Roach said. “It’s to get up and do something spontaneous, and that’s kind of what the ‘Little Red’ is all about.”

With a new start to college, freshmen got to be a part of something

the first day of school that felt inclusive. Freshman Caden Hope participated as one of the runners. Hope joined along with his roommate who was set on going on the trip, whereas Hope said he felt he might have just wanted to stay and sleep.

“It was great, pretty awesome,” Hope said. “It was really worth it and a great way to start off the school year. Only thing I wish is that I could have trained for it.”

Hope went above the bar and decided to swim across the river and back after running.

Senior Marc Barnett, president of TNT, also ran. He said the event was a good thing.

“It makes it cooler,” Barnett said. “It’s

like on the first day of school we’re going to start everything off on the right note. It’s cool, it’s difficult, it’s doing something fun with a ton of great people that [freshmen] are going to get to meet.”

Not only was this run the biggest turn out in participants, there were more freshmen than usual.

“It’s really cool that there were upwards to 20 freshmen,” Barnett said. “I’ve never seen that before.”

Reframing chapel: administration introduces changes

said. “That was the language that was brought to me when I was asked to step into this role.”

Light previously served as the assistant dean of Student Life for the 2021-22 school year and transitioned into the role of assistant dean for Campus Life and Chapel Programs this semester.

Junior Jackson Samuel sang on the praise team on Tuesday, Aug. 23, the first time the group participated in a chapel service. Samuel said he believed the service engaged the student body in a new way and emphasized chapel as a time to join together in worship.

“It felt more like what chapel should be, a time to serve God and sing his praises,” Samuel said.

“We all recognize the centrality of chapel and the huge opportunity it presents,” Williams said. “The question we ask ourselves is: ‘Can chapel be framed from a position of gratitude?’ And for most of us, what we are grateful for are the people sitting beside us.”

The changes did not just affect the onstage programs, but also the general chapel environment. Cosmetic changes — including renovations to the lobby restrooms, new screens, lighting equipment and podiums — were some of the first things students noticed on the first day of the semester.

Harding University’s administration announced multiple changes to chapel in the first week of the semester after students returned to campus.

Among the changes was the introduction of a student praise team to occasional chapel services. Dean Logan Light said he felt the praise team added to the variety of experiences that chapel could offer.

“We need chapel to be relevant, engaging and intentional for our student body,” Light

The administration also reworked chapel announcements, now with designated days for certain types of announcements. Each Monday will have time set aside for updates from the Student Association, while personal announcements will primarily occur on Thursdays via pre-recorded videos. Light encouraged students to regularly check the chapel announcements section of Pipeline, which is currently being updated.

University President Mike Williams said that as changes to chapel were considered, the administration looked at many different factors, but ultimately hoped to increase a unity of purpose and spirit among the student body.

On Wednesday, Aug. 24, Light and Executive Vice President Jean-Noel Thompson spoke to the student body regarding additional changes to chapel programs.

Thompson announced a new attendance and seating system to be implemented in the coming weeks. He also previewed alternative chapel programs for the spring semester, called breakout chapels, that would allow students the opportunity to attend smaller chapel programs whose topic was of interest to them.

Also among the changes, the University temporarily suspended the streaming of chapel services through Harding’s website.

Williams said as current and future changes are implemented, he hopes students will take advantage of feedback opportunities and trust the administration will listen.

WATKINS KELLY guest writer

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Students and faculty attend chapel in the newly renovated Benson Auditorium on Aug. 24. University President Mike Williams announced changes to the chapel program.

SARA HOOK features editor

The Harding University theatre department performs “The Play That Goes Wrong” in the Ulrey Performing Arts Center on Aug 3. The show was first per formed for the department’s Summer Dinner Theatre program, and four additional shows were performed after students returned to campus for classes.

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