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mark and discuss ways to @HUStudentPubs make the student center and Facebook: The Link cafeteria more enjoyable for online at thelink.harding.edu the students,” Stubblefield said. “With one of the suggestion boxes being placed ideas for campus improvein the caf, the box will be By Layton Moore ments with the SA. The SA hopefully a great asset for Student Writer This semester the Student checks the boxes at the end my committee.” The suggestion box located Association (SA) has taken of each week and students a step forward in improving are welcome to suggest ideas in the cafeteria has already students’ Harding experience anonymously. There has been made a difference in one by placing suggestion boxes in good feedback from students student’s cafeteria experience. Stubblefield said one three different well-trafficked on the suggestion boxes, according to SA secretary student recommended that locations around campus. the cafeteria serve Thousand Senior Phil Habegger, senior Chelsea Bradley. Bradley is currently work- Island dressing. Stubblefield SA president, thought of the suggestion box idea last ing to spread the word and i m m e d i a t e l y t o ok t h a t semester. The SA members remind students about the suggestion to the cafeteria jumped on the idea and took boxes. Sophomore repre- management who were in action. Their work paid off; sentative Cody Stubblefield full support. Junior Kelby Czerwonka, the beginning of spring 2015 serves on the food services the suggestion boxes were committee and is working former freshman represenplaced in the student center, with suggestions dealing tative, said she sees the need the library and the cafeteria. with the cafeteria and food for the suggestion boxes as a way to receive feedback The suggestion boxes options. “My job is to meet with from students and see where were created for students to easily communicate and share the administration of Ara- changes should be made.
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“If students are unwilling to utilize those tools they have no right to turn Ark., 72149 Searcy, around and complain that their complaints aren’t being heard,” Czerwonka said. “If you didn’t take the time to think out an argument or think out a complaint, write it down and turn it in you don’t really have a right to keep complaining about it.” Bradley said the SA is made up of students who are willing to use their tools, connections and time to better the student life on campus and better the relationships between the students and faculty. “We want to be seen as the problem solvers, like if you have a problem, a suggestion, an idea let somebody on SA know,” Bradley said. “We have the resources and we have the brainpower … we can make changes happen.”
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Lambda Chi Theta member senior Parkes Carpenter dribbles down the court in a club basketball game on Thursday, Feb. 5 against Sigma Nu Epsilon. Lambda Chi Theta is a new men’s social club with 25 members.
New men’s club a ‘band of brothers’ Lambda Chi Theta already undefeated in club sports By Joshua Johnson Features Editor
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Freshman Melody Martino writes a Valentine’s Day card for one of the cafeteria workers on Monday, Feb. 9. This is just one of the activities that the Student Association has been working on to involve students and help them make an impact on campus.
Plans for city pool in the works
After purchasing 17 acres of land, officials deliberate details By Cole Mokry News Editor
On Jan. 30, the city of Searcy purchased 17 acres of land between South Main Street and Higginson Street to build an indoor pool complex. Since then, the city’s main focus has been determining what that complex will include. Karen Marshall, owner of Tender Loving Care Early Learning Center, has been heavily involved in the city pool project. Marshall said the main priority is for the pool to be sustainable. “We need to make sure the pool is structured so it is self-sufficient and won’t cost the city more money,” Marshall said. In order for the pool to be self-sufficient and generate revenue, Marshall said it needs to support the entire community’s needs. Marshall said it would be ideal to build four separate pools to fit the community’s needs: one for a children’s swim area, one for competitive diving, one for geriatric rehabilitation programs and one for swimming lessons. While building four pools would cost the city more money now, Marshall said it would benefit the city greatly in the long run. “This is not a short-sighted project,” Marshall said. “We need to be visionary and address the needs of the community.” According to Lillie Cook, administrative assistant to Mayor David Morris, the initial pool structure will
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The City has offourSearcy main needs Rehabilitation programs for the elderly
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be indoors. There are rumors of adding an outdoor pool and an adjoining sports facility. Marshall said that these are not in the plans, but she does hope they will eventually happen. Marshall said construction is projected to begin in winter 2015. The exact plans for the pool are still to be determined. The city gave approval for architects to begin drawing plans on Tuesday. “A lot has changed in the last week
since the decision to make the pool indoors,” Cook said. Assistant professor of education Allen Henderson said that building a community pool in Searcy could potentially attract other businesses to move to the area. “Most communities our size have something like this already,” Henderson said. “If the city does it right, it could bring a lot of business to the area and we could all benefit.”
A new men’s social club, referred to by several members as a “band of brothers,” is starting to find its place at Harding. Lambda Chi Theta was founded at the beginning of this semester by seniors Armin Jahandarfard, Seth Tackett and Blake Gannon, as well as 22 other charter members. Jahandarfard, president of the club, said he has been in two clubs before, but saw a need that inspired the establishment of a new organization. “I want to see guys step up as leaders across campus,” Jahandarfard said. “There are guys in this club that I can see being future leaders here at Harding, and I want to help with that. I’m a senior, so this isn’t about me as much as it is about (the future members).” Jahandarfard said there is a constant battle in the world for men to be the best they can be in the eyes of God, and Lambda Chi Theta is here to help men win that battle. Lambda Chi Theta’s colors are crimson and gray. Matt Underwood, assistant football coach, is the club’s sponsor. Underwood said that Jahandarfard and the other charter members are working hard to give back to Harding by establishing something that they believe in. “This is a friendly, humble group of kids,” Underwood said. “I think it will become a really great club for guys who say ‘I want to be with a group of men who have the same values as I do,’ because
Harding in Action, page 3B
The vaccination controversy, page 3A
Part two of the Searcy service series showcases another opportunity to volunteer in the community.
After a measles outbreak at Disneyland, the vaccination debate is back.
these guys are the kind of guys who do things the right way.” Underwood said he believes the club will go the distance and become a lasting establishment at Harding. “There will be bumps in the road, but these guys are invested,” Underwood said. “They’re not going to give up on this.” Kara Abston, assistant dean of students, said the current members come from many different backgrounds with varying interests and will benefit Harding by providing a unique option for new students who wish to join a club.
I think it will become a really great club for guys who say, ‘I want to be with a group of men who have the same values as I do.’
- Matt Underwood, club sponsor “They are diverse, but have already bonded as brothers,” Abston said. The club’s basketball team has taken club sports by storm with an undefeated record so far this season, but Jahandarfard said that even though half the club’s charter members are athletes, Lambda Chi Theta does not want to typecast itself. “We’re just a group of guys that you wouldn’t think would mesh together, but we’re coming together in amazing ways,” Jahandarfard said.
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