To be or not to be

Iam an introvert. Many of my dearer friends know this, but a lot of them have only found out more recently as I’ve more often come straight back to the dorm and gone to bed. Especially in the past, and especially to people who observe me from afar, sometimes it was a shock to find out that talking to people really takes energy out of me. My roommate since freshman year has been instrumental for my mental health — we’ve roomed together for six semesters, and we’ve probably said less than 1,000 words to each other the whole time. It’s refreshing to know that once I’m in my room, I have no social obligations (until one of my residents locks himself out of his room).

It would actually be very fun for me to put in my AirPods, keep my head down and just keep walking forward throughout my day. I would certainly save a lot of my energy that way, but I know that is no way to live.

We talk of God as our avenue to existence, the trunk that gives us water to produce fruit. If this is the same God that 1 John says “is love,” then we know that for us to exist means to partake in and carry on this love.

To love is to be like our creator, and to exist is to be loved by our creator.

– Malachi Brown, opinions editor

especially if there was nothing else available at the time or if they did not occupy that space for very long.

Parking on campus has been a topic many students on campus have had an issue with for the past few years. The University needs to revise or come up with new ways they can accurately and comfortably accommodate the number of students who drive and need more parking options.

SOPHIE THIBODEAUX is a student writer for The Bison. She can be contacted at sthibodeaux@harding.edu.