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Last Wednesday, students at Harding cast their ballots for the new president and representatives for Harding’s Student Association. When first approached with the idea of running for president this year, sophomore Will Waldron said he was “very anxious because I had no idea what I wanted to do.” But Waldron said he did not let the fact that he was at a younger age than most SA presidents stop him from running. And it did not stop him from getting elected. “My plan [to run for the SA] had always been to run for my senior year,” Waldron said. “After talking to friends and praying about it, I felt like this huge weight was lifted and I got really excited.” Along with the election of Waldron, junior Hector Felix was elected as vice president to serve alongside him. “I’m excited to serve the student body next year,” Felix said. “Will is a hard worker, and he will do a great job leading the SA. It’s an honor to get to work with him.” Waldron said he knew he would have the responsibility of making sure this year was a peaceful one with President David B. Burks retiring at the end of next year. “Regardless of who won, we decided we would all work together next year trying to model Christian leadership with transparency,” said senior Bruce McMullen, current SA president. I n a s i m i l a r f a s h i on to former SA president Steven Ramsey’s Harding University Habits, Waldron said he plans to introduce a new prayer request to the student body every Monday morning. “That way the whole school is praying for the same thing together,” Waldron said. “I
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Waldron readies for next year as SA president by LANEIGH PFALSER student writer
Vol. 87 No. 17
April 13, 2012
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We don’t want to make any big changes, but what we can do is try to improve the relationship between the administration and the students. -Bruce McMullen, current SA president feel like a student body who prays together has the same mindset.” A new policy Waldron said he hopes to implement is a service organization called Meet the Need. “This will replace the current system of how students seek service opportunities,” Waldron said. “It will be on Harding’s website, but it will all be put on a database that Meet the Need runs for us. Hopefully it will be easier to communicate different service opportunities around campus.” Waldron said that while service will be a big focus,what will change is the medium by which service opportunities are communicated. “It’s a unique year with it being Dr. Burks’ last year,” McMullen said. “We don’t want to make any big changes, but what we can do is try to improve the relationship between the administration and the students.” No matter what changes may come, Waldron said he is excited and ready for the big challenge of leading the student body for a new year at Harding. “I have no doubt that this will be an amazing experience,” Waldron said.
Comic Con has got it goin’ on
photo by ASHEL PARSONS | The Bison Members of the TNT, Zeta Rho & Friends show “Comics and Star Trek and Sci-Fi, Oh My!” celebrate onstage after their performance was announced the winner of Spring Sing 2012. Along with their trophy, the show also won $2,000, which they donated to the Special Olympics. Dr. Steven Frye, director of Spring Sing, announced next year’s Spring Sing as “Larger than Life.”
Bisons for Christ reach outside Searcy For this year’s day of service, volunteers are going to Little Rock, Morrilton by HAZEL HALLIBURTON asst. copy editor Harding students and faculty will participate in the 11th annual Bisons for Christ on Wednesday,April 18.This year’s theme for the day of service is “Arise,” which was inspired by the verse Ephesians 4:15. With more than 150 projects and a few new additions to the day of service, the Bisons for Christ committee members said they are hoping to get a large number of participants this year. Many of the day of service projects from previous years will be done again this year, such as cleaning for the elderly, yard work and painting houses, but this year will also include a few new additions. According to sophomore Tyler Gentry, executive committee member, this will be the first year where Bisons for Christ will be able to serve within the Little Rock, Ark.,
community. “This year we wanted to help out the Little Rock Compassion Center, because they’re in constant need of supplies,” Gentry said. To help the center, Gentry said home Bible studies in Searcy have been gathering the needed supplies to donate to the center. “We just realized that in Bisons for Christ we never really had gotten them involved and it’s a shame too, because they’re such a good tool to use, and we had never used them for our service and outreach purposes.” Bisons for Christ will reach outside of Searcy, Ark., not only to the Little Rock community this year, but also to Morrilton, Ark. Liz Howell, director of alumni relations, said that this year Bisons for Christ volunteers will be going to Morrilton to help with the tornado clean-up. “It’s a little far to go out there,” Howell said. “But I
When you serve, you change lives. -Todd Gentry, campus minister think it would make a tremendous impact on the Morrilton community. We’ve already had people going over to help.” Freshman Botham Jean, also an executive committee member, said the aim for the day of service is to get the entire student body involved in doing good deeds. Jean also said the rugby team, which he plays on, is taking on its own project this year. “The rugby team is doing yard work for an elderly lady,” Jean said. “Everybody was really excited when we decided to take on the project. We will not only be helping her, but our team will also be growing together by spending time with each other and fellowshipping with each other. Everyone benefits.” On Sunday, April 15, there
will be a Bisons for Christ kickoff devotional on the front lawn, according to Todd Gentry, campus minister for the Rock House. Starting at 6 p.m. there will be a music and refreshments, allowing the students to have fun and fellowship with one another. At 7:15 p.m. there will be a short devotional to help excite the students about the day of service. “We want the students to know that it’s not all about us,” Todd said. “When you serve, you change lives. Students are changed and the lives of others are changed.” For more information on how to get involved this Wednesday with Bisons for Christ,contact the Rock House or visit “Bisons for Christ 2012 — Arise” on Facebook.
Q&A with Chancellor Ganus by CHANEY MITCHELL asst. photographer
Bison reporter Chaney Mitchell sits down with Chancellor Clifton Ganus, who turned 90 last weekend, to ask the living legend what is next in store for his future, what advice he has for younger generations, and what kind of birthday cake he enjoys the most. What do you want for your birthday?
Peace and quiet. No, it can’t be very quiet with Spring Sing weekend. Of all weekends to have it, this is it. I don’t know, I am really looking forward to my birthday this year because, not because it’s 90, but because so many of my grandkids are coming home for it … It will be good to see the grandkids and the great-grandkids since we have 10 grandkids and eight greats. What do you think about being chancellor with Dr. Burks?
photo by ASHEL PARSONS | The Bison Chancellor Clifton Ganus celebrates his 90th birthday in chapel last Friday with friends and family on the Benson stage.
Well, I won’t be because I am going to retire as chancellor and become chancellor emeritus, which means that you used to be a chancellor. No, he and I have talked about this, and he will become chancellor and I will be chancellor emeritus, so it’s kind of an honorary title in a sense, and I look forward to it. Then I’ll be even freer. Right now I am here in a sense part time. I don’t have to be here all the time, but as chancellor emeritus I won’t have to be, but I will be as much as I can because I want to be. I have been in this office now, this room, for 47 years, so 47 years in the same office. It’s time to get out.
What advice do you have for living so long?
Staying active physically is very important and second is staying active mentally. Just don’t sit down and go to pot either mentally or physically, but stay active and utilize what little brain God may have given you. I still speak a lot, and I am always working on lessons ahead of time and studying and preparing. I think that helps a great deal. I tell my wife that all the time, stay with it and don’t give up. She a lot of times just wants to sit there, and I say, “Honey, get out and go do something.” And she’ll say, “Well, I am doing something.” I just try to get her to do more because I really think that’s important. What kind of cake do you like?
My daughter called me and asked me what kind I would like and she named a few kinds, and I said, “Well, it doesn’t really matter,” and she said, “Well, what do you really want?” Italian cream, that’s good stuff. My mother used to make it a lot, and she was a good cook, and she loved to have people eat, and she made pies and cakes and fudge and divinity fudge. We would go home for Christmas and she would have a whole table full of the stuff. She liked to have people eat, which I did.