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February 15, 2013 Vol. 88 No. 12
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Opinions: Virginia “Vivi” Vitalone gives an
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Italian’s perspective on America in light of a trip to D.C. and NYC.
Features:
Norma and Mona, sisters who work as housekeepers for Harding, retire.
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More Legacy construction underway What the new buildings will house and a potential end to parking woes by CHANHEE SONG student writer
HARDING — The summer archaeology dig with Dr. Dale Manor is canceled. Manor said that the other university Harding partners with is unable to bring workers this year. Manor could not secure enough Harding students who were interested in the trip. Manor said he expects the trip to resume as normal in the summer of 2014. SEARCY — Tropical Smoothie Cafe will open in Searcy in mid-February, according to Harding President’s Council. The cafe will be off campus on Race Street and will hire cashiers, cooks and management. SEARCY — The Walmart Neighborhood Market opened on Wednesday, Feb. 13. The market, which is on Beebe-Capps Expressway, will sell fresh produce, meat and other food products. The new store also houses a pharmacy.
Phase II of Legacy Park is set to finish in July and will be available to students for the fall semester. The construction includes a total of 28 new apartments in five different buildings, one of which will house Student Health Services and a leasing and rental office. “It’s going very well, and we’re really pushing hard to get it all finished on time,” Danny Deramus, director of physical resources, said. The three buildings will be located in the middle parking lot between Shores and Searcy Halls. The remaining two will be located behind Shores Hall on the other side of Remington Drive. According to Deramus, the two-story near Remington will house Student Health Services on the first floor and apartments on the second floor. The building behind Shores will house a dorm manager’s apartment and an office building for rent and lease. The office will begin handling leasing of other apartments and all non-dorm spaces. There will be no new restaurants or businesses coming in during this phase. Due to the construction,
photo by ASHEL PARSONS | Student Publications A construction worker carries a plywood flat across the roof of one of the new Legacy Park buildings on Wednesday. Phase II is set to finish in July. It will include more apartments, Student Health Services, a dorm manager’s office and a leasing and rental office. No new restaurants or businesses will move in during this phase, though. Three buildings will be between Shores and Searcy and two will be behind Shores.
the middle parking lot between Shores and Searcy has lost 81 parking spaces while the parking lot near Shores and Pryor has lost 14 spaces. “As far as parking being lost because of Legacy being built, it is sometimes harder than before to find a parking space,” junior and
Shores RA Taylor Carrell said. “But I feel residents of Stephens and Searcy may have a harder time than those of us in Shores or Pryor, as parking there already seemed harder to come by.” In order to compensate the loss, the Cone construction company has added
90 parking lots behind the nurse’s station. Though these additional parking lots are gravel at this point, this summer the company will pave the lot, which will replace the lost parking. “This is the construction phase of it,” Wayne Westerholm, manager of parking and transportation,
said. “Once these buildings are built, we’re going to recover 25 percent of those (lost 95 spaces). So then we’re not talking about a permanent loss, but we’re talking about temporary loss.” SEE “LEGACY,” PAGE 2A
Sigma Nu Epsilon debuts as Church begins to recover, newest social club on campus repair from January fire owed everything to the sponsors
“I believe the lion symbolizes
said. “I am so glad we have this opportunity to start another club on campus to represent God.” Sophomore athletics director Ryan Short said the club formation process has moved quickly since last semester. Beavers said that sophomore spiritual life director Kalap Gonzales and junior vice president Sean Surber recruited students while Beavers has handled the behind the scenes information including paperwork and constitution details. “We didn’t have to go through a (club) week, but we are trying to push each other to get to know one another,” Short said. The club’s verse is 1 Corinthians 16:13-14, “Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be courageous; be strong. Do everything in love.” (NIV) To complement the theme found in their verse, the club symbol is a lion. Surber said the lion stands for bravery, courage and strength.
Sigma Nu Epsilon had its first official meeting on Feb. 11. Assistant Director of Admissions Marcus Thomas and Seth Simmons, Highway Church of Christ’s college minister, will serve as the club sponsors. The club members wore their athletic T-shirts for the first time last Friday and Short said they should have jerseys within a few weeks. Gonzales said he is looking forward to having a small club and said he hopes this close environment will promote a spiritual atmosphere. “Even if this club doesn’t last forever, my overall goal is to impact people through what I say and how I act,” Gonzales said. Surber said even though clubs change over time and he does not know how this one will be in the next 10 years, he said he is assured of the fact that this group is meant to be together. “Honestly, God just led the right people to us,” Surber said.
New men’s club and members of Chi Sigs who what we should stand for as him how to work well men of God,” Surber said. “We talks founding, taught in a club together. should always try to encourage “Dean Abston and I both one another and build each mission prayed a lot about this,” Beavers other up.” by MACKENZIE LEE student writer
A new set of colors has been added to the sea of jerseys that flood the student center every Friday. Sigma Nu Epsilon, a group of 31 students proudly wearing navy and silver, is Harding’s newest men’s social club. After hearing about the large amount of freshmen and sophomores who did not make it into a club in fall 2012, Sigma Nu Epsilon president senior Colton Beavers said he approached Assistant Dean of Students Kara Abston about starting a new men’s club. Beavers said he hoped that even though he is about to leave Harding, Sigma Nu Epsilon would leave a permanent positive impression. Beavers said his former Chi Sigma Alpha membership gave him a strong foundation to build the club upon. He said he
photo roundup: Jekyll and Hyde, new Walmart
photos by GRANT SCHOL & HILLARY MILLER | Student Publications
photo courtesy of NOEL WHITLOCK | College Church of Christ A fire truck lingers outside of the College Church of Christ after a fire on Jan. 19. Some areas of the church will not be usable for three months. by SHAUN MELADY student writer
After a fire at the College Church of Christ on Jan. 19, church members are still trying to recover from the accident, which caused smoke damage and injury to the baptistry area. Around 11 p.m., Harding students who were sitting at Midnight Oil called the Searcy Fire Department when they saw flames in the windows of College Church. At approximately 11:35 p.m., the fire department arrived. Noel Whitlock, pulpit minister at the College Church, said that the fire started in the baptistry area. “The heater got too hot,” Whitlock said. “But the fire was contained to under the baptistry and got out of that area just a little.” He mentioned that the ceiling tiles and the concrete walls contained the fire to the baptistry. However, the smoke from the flames filled the whole building. Whitlock said the rumor about the baptistery putting out the fire is not true. It was the fire department workers who put out the fire. “I was impressed with how professional the Searcy Fire Department was,” Whitlock said. They spent three extra hours pushing the smoke out of the building to make sure everything was completed and all of the embers and ash were put out. Jill Baber, children’s ministry intern at College Church, said that due to water
damage from extinguishing the fire in the resource room, they are not able to use visuals for the children’s classes. “We aren’t going to be able to use (our resource room) for the next three months,” Baber said. The congregation is currently meeting in the Benson Auditorium with a combined service. Classes are able to meet in the McInteer building, the student center or in the classrooms at the College Church. “Attendance has taken a pretty good dip,” Whitlock said. “We are not getting as many college students due to the earlier time.” He also said some of the older members of the church are attending other churches for the time being because it is as convenient for them to go to the Benson Auditorium. Once the repairs are finished, Whitlock said he expects attendance will be back to normal. Whitlock said there is not a set date for the completion of the church’s repairs; however, the practical date is going to be sometime after Spring Break. According to Whitlock, about 90 percent of the ceiling tiles have been cleaned or replaced. Whitlock said every area church has called and asked how they could help during this time. As of now, the College Church of Christ will be meeting in the Benson at 9 a.m. on Sunday. Sunday and Wednesday night services are in the family room at the church.