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66 percent of Americans reported concern about the NSA’s surveillance practices. How do HU opinions stack up?
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Harding students’ overall opinion of the National Security Agency is 0.5 negatively correlated to how close the 0.5 Less Concerned 0 same students followed news about less favorable 0 the NSA, according to a recent survey conducted by the Bison. What's your overall opinion of the NSA? HOW CLOSELY HAVE YOU FOLLOWED THE NEWS? This means the more informed a very Mostly NOT TOO NOT AT ALL 35% student is about the NSA’s surveillance unfavorable 4.4% more favorable 3 Unfavorable 44% CLOSELY 33% VERY Mostly SOMEWHAT VERY HOW CLOSELY HAVE YOU FOLLOWED?practices, the more likely that student 2.5 FAVORABLE 1.9% favorable 50% CLOSELY 24.8% cloesely 7% is to have an unfavorable opinion 2 “I think that the government should she said she thinks students “don’t about the NSA. The plurality of students – 33 have authority, but they shouldn’t have feel informed enough to speak up 1.5 percent of the 157 asked – said they that much hidden control,” Alexis and don’t feel infuriated enough to 1 followed more closelythe news of the NSA “not Sheets, junior business management get informed.” less closely 0.5 Instead,Klein said,students are losing too closely.” Still, 44.6 percent said major, said. “The government should Overall opinion of NSA they were “somewhat concerned”about be sitting behind glass doors, so we, interest and trust in their government. less favorable 0 “The fact that the government has the collection and use of personal the people, are able to see what they’re What's your thehow NSA?they’re HOWfunctioning.” CLOSELY HAVE YOU been FOLLOWED doingofand usingTHE ourNEWS? information for whatever information, but 50 percent saidoverall their opinion Mostly Lori Klein, assistant professor of they are doing makes me very insecure opinion about the NSAvery was “mostly NOT TOO NOT AT ALL 35% unfavorable 4.4% Unfavorable 44% CLOSELY 33% political science, said she does not think and untrusting of them,” Julia Ervin, favorable.” more favorable less favorable Mostly VERY SOMEWHAT VERY HOW CLOSELY HAVE YOU FOLLOWED? are 1.9% fully informedCLOSELY of what business In June of 2013, the Guardian 50% people FAVORABLE 24.8%is senior cloesely 7% management major, HOW CONCERNED ARE YOU? reported the scale of thefavorable said. “I don’t like the thought of the NSA sur- going on with the NSA. “I don’t think people have taken people for the government. I like the veillance practices when it released a Verizon court order that revealed the into account the very negative effect government for the people, so I think they lost a lot with a lot of people when NSA was collecting call data from that it’s had,” Klein said. more closely less closely In addition to concerns about that happened.” millions of Verizon’s U.S. customers. more concerned less concerned Overall opinion of NSA Ervin said her overall distrust of Additionally, the NSA spied on heads personal privacy, both Klein and REPUBLICAN LIBERTARIAN of state, such as Chancellor of Germany sophomore marketing major Kelby the government has steered her away Angela Merkel and Brazilian President Czerwonka said they were concerned from traditional political parties, a INDEPENDENT DEMOCRAT Dilma Rousseff.The NSA’s surveillance about foreign policy implications of trend that can be seen in the research. Overall, students who identified as practices a discussion about mass NSA surveillance practices. Graphics by Tyleropened Carmical more favorable less favorable “Domestically, I see we’re all citizens, libertarian reported following the data collection by both the government and tech and marketing companies. In and we want to be safe, but interna- news of the NSA more closely than amden -- Henry HOW CONCERNED ARE YOU? March, the New York Times reported tionally is where we may have crossed any other political group. Still, Klein said she thinks the that the Obama administration was the line,” Czerwonka said. “Looking preparing a proposal that would end at the fact that we’re spying on other system is not broken and students some of the surveillance practices that countries who we say we’re allies with can still engage and affect change. citizens found the most disturbing. could lead to some major repercussions Klein and Ervin both emphasized more concerned less concerned the importance of being informed Under the proposal, the NSA would that we see in the future.” REPUBLICAN LIBERTARIAN end its systematic data collection and Klein said she has mentioned the and watching legislation in Congress. “Those are the kind of voices require permission from a judge to topic of the NSA in several of her INDEPENDENT DEMOCRAT obtain specific records from phone classes, both lower- and upper-level that still get heard, so be that voice,” Graphics by Tyler Carmical companies. political science courses. However, Klein said.
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Project bonds three majors for creative collaboration
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Senior marketing major Emily Davis was a part of the group that branded the Senior marketing stu- restaurant called “Veer.” dents teamed up with senior Each group had a different graphic design and junior focus and theme. interior design students for “Our brand is unique a branding show on display because we focused on April 17-24, culminating giving customers a dining in a reception Saturday, experience that encomApril 19. passes their interests like Four groups were giv- community, art, music and en the task of creating a fresh food,”Davis said.“Our restaurant brand inspired brand is a mere reflection by the work of a selected of its customers.” artist. Davis said she enjoyed The restaurant titled learning about the different “Esse” was inspired by roles each student had in artist Eva Hesse, “Veer,” the project. by artist Sean Scully, “Era,” Senior interior design by artist Joan Mitchell major Gabrielle Rowden and “Foxtrot,” by artist was a part of the group that Charles Robertson. The branded “Era.” Rowden groups were instructed said she learned a valuable to base their brand on a lesson in the branding specific piece by the artist, project process. a color scheme found in a “I learned the importance piece or something from of communication when the artist’s life. This was a working within a team or semester-long project that group,” Rowden said. “In allowed students from all this project, we were all in three majors to collaborate it together. Even though with one another and create we were all doing things one unified final product. specific to our field of study,
we had to collaborate with the others to make sure we were still ‘on brand.’ ” “Era” is based on Joan Mitchell, an abstract expressionist painter, so the group chose a contemporary theme for their restaurant design. Senior marketing major Sarah Bobo was a part of the group that branded the restaurant “Foxtrot,” which was inspired by artist Charles Robertson. The group drew inspiration from the color scheme of one of Robertson’s dynamic cubism paintings. Marketing majors were given the task of finding an appropriate location for the restaurant based on their target market and other researched factors. Bobo chose downtown Chicago for “Foxtrot,” which differed from the other three groups that chose New York for their locations. After the location was finalized, interior design students began the rendering process and chose details such as
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VIRGINIA “VIVI” VITALONE | THE BISON Senior Alley Robison reads a menu at the “Era” exhibit at the Branding Show on Wednesday. Marketing, graphic design and interior design students worked together to create branding, design and a business plan for a hypothetical restaurant.
fabrics and flooring. The marketing students made sure they were on track with the guidelines throughout that process. “Esse” aimed to bring out Eva Hesse’s organic and earthy style in their brand. Junior interior design major Erik Smith said he is pleased they were able to create an inviting space
that achieved the experience they were hoping to translate to the viewer. “My favorite part of the project would definitely have to be putting the project down on paper and then getting to create a space that we could be in and walk around in,” Smith said. “I loved seeing the complete project start to finish.”
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Graphic design students focused on logos, images and the creation of a product to display, such as beverage containers or to-go bags. These final touches came together during the end of the process, completing the look and providing tangible restaurant elements to display. want more Bison?
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