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NEWS
September 28, 2012 Vol. 88 No. 4
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With hosts and hostesses already selected, Spring Sing 2013 preparations kick off.
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Ear wax candles, eyebrow threading and chocolate body wraps – Claxton addresses unique vanity services.
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Global turmoil
Starbucks to open this Saturday
Tensions escalate in Middle East, college bomb threats pour in by LYNDSEY RUBLE editor-in-chief
photo by ASHEL PARSONS | Student Publications Starbucks baristas gather in the new location in Legacy Park on Tuesday night for training and preparation. The coffee shop opens tomorrow night.
Annual Bible Lectureship begins this weekend by ASHLEY HEASTIE student writer
Harding University’s 89th Annual Bible Lectureship will be taking place from Sept. 30 to Oct. 3. Bruce McLarty, lectureship director for the past two years, said he has attended lectureship for the past 20 years and is looking forward to this year. He compared lectureship to a big family reunion. According to McLarty the theme for this year’s lectureship will be the book of Joshua. “Our faculty and guests will be studying this book and really get a feel on what it’s about and how they can apply it to their lives,” McLarty said. McLarty said there will be keynote speakers from Harding every night and the classes will cover mostly general topics of
interest to churches. “There are classes that are based on Joshua that go from cradle roll all the way to adult classes and to the pulpit,” McLarty said.
I look forward to broadening my horizons. I feel that the lectureship will be a success and I will grow from it. -Bailey Tubbs, sophomore Sophomore Bailey Tubbs said she will be attending as many of the lectures as she can. Tubbs said she is taking an Old Testament class and is required to give a summary of each lecture.
“I look forward to broadening my horizons,” Tubbs said. “I feel that the lectureship will be a success and that I will grow from it.” Some of the keynote speakers will be Dr. Monte Cox, Dr. Scott Adair, Dr. Phil Thompson, Dr. Dale Manor, Dr. Cliff Ganus, Jr., Dr. Eddie Randolph and Nathan Guy. In addition, there will be programs specifically designed for women. Keynote lectures and most musical presentations will be in the Benson Auditorium or the Administration Auditorium. Classes will be located in the McInteer Bible and World Missions Center, Cone Chapel, Heritage 208, 209 and Student Center 236. Registration starts at 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 30 at Lectureship Central in the McInteer Rotunda. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday classes begin each day at 8:45 a.m.
Recent headlines throughout the month of September have included several university bomb threats, the murder of the American ambassador to Libya on the anniversary of Sept. 11 and the escalation of Middle Eastern conflicts. Based on statements at a United Nations meeting on Monday, it is evident the conflict between Iran and Israel is coming to a head. “We don’t even count them as any part of any equation for Iran,” said Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to the UN general assembly. “During a historical phase, (the Israelis) represent minimal disturbances that come into the picture and are then eliminated.” Conflict between the Middle East and the West dates back to year 711 A.D. Most recently, Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi warned the U.S. in interviews on Monday “that its promotion of Israeli interests ahead of Palestinian independence has fostered deep anti-American sentiment across the Arab World.” After the murder of the American ambassador in Libya, several commentators, including journalist Victor Davis Hanson, have said that the attacks were purposefully anti-American – a celebration of the anniversary of 9/11. In an August news cast from the Middle East, an Egyptian professor of political science spoke to a TV news anchor from Al-Alam TV in Iran about the Middle Eastern conflict. His views mirrored those of Ahmadinejad. He said Israel will be wiped off the map by next year. Both Obama and Romney have in-
dicated that the U.S. will stay aligned with Israel. News from the Middle East was interrupted throughout the month with university bomb threats in Nebraska, Texas, Louisiana, Ohio and Arkansas. At University of Texas at Austin, the caller that issued the bomb threat was said to have spoken in a Middle Eastern accent. Jeremi Suri, University of Texas professor and Distinguished Chair of Leadership in Global Affairs, said in an interview with Austin news station KVUE that the threats were probably not tied to militant Islamic organizations. Instead, Suri said that the person who issued the threat “was in some ways motivated by what happened there and that the threat was taken more seriously because of what was happening over there.” Harding Public Safety recently released a document that detailed response plans to emergencies such as bomb threats. The document also has a bomb threat check-list and evacuation procedures for specific areas of campus. Later this semester, the Emergency Management Committee hopes to begin an on-line training program for faculty and staff. Professor of Business Steve Williams said he keeps up with world news and tries to inform his students of current events and encourage them to think deeply about the implications of the events. “I would encourage everyone to remember that one leg of Harding’s mission statement is to promote citizenship within a global perspective,” Williams said. “That includes an understanding of and a respect for other cultures. ... I have a responsibility as a professor here to help students to understand world conditions.”
Co-creator of ‘Doug’ shares insight, seeks fund-raising help by LEXI STUTZMAN news editor
Joe Aaron, co-creator of the Nickelodeon cartoon “Doug,” and Harding graduate hosted a free screenwriting workshop for students on Saturday, Sept. 22, in the Reynolds Recital Hall. Aaron said his goal for the workshop was to “demystify” the filmmaking process for students. Senior Amy Morris was one of 63 people who attended the workshop. She said Aaron breezed through in a matter of hours what would have taken a semester anywhere else. “He gave us the important gist of the writing process,” Morris
said. “And great tips like write what you don’t know but what you want to understand.” Aaron has spent the last week on campus encouraging Harding students to get involved with his new movie to be filmed in Little Rock called “Guttersnipes.” Aaron spoke in chapel on Thursday, asking students to donate whatever small amount they can to the film’s fundraising site, Kickstarter.com, and to spread support for the movie through social media. “Guttersnipes” is about a homeless teen who meets an abandoned autistic girl. The story follows the relationship that develops between the two girls. Aaron said that while the story
was inspired by his relationship with his 20-year-old daughter who has autism, it is not necessarily an “autism story.”
I kind of thought Harding raised me. ... That’s why when people ask me where I’m from, I say Searcy. This is where I call home. -Joe Aaron, co-creator of “Doug”
“It’s two girls and it’s like they don’t speak the same language,” Aaron said. “But they’ve got a hard situation, they have to eat every day to survive the night and one has to be responsible
for the other. I just want it to be about the relationship. It’s the figuring it out that’s at the heart of the story.” Dylan Treadwell is one of ten Harding public relations interns helping Aaron raise the $75,000 necessary to create the movie. Treadwell said it is important to him that the movie is made, because of its lesson of compassion for those who are different than you. “I have a little sister with autism,” Treadwell said. “If more people had been aware of what my family and I had to struggle through as well as how my sister interacts with her world, it would have made things a lot easier.” Aaron said he decided to bring
his campaign to Harding because of the sense of familiarity he feels with the Harding community. Aaron, who moved to Searcy as a child shortly after his father’s death, said Harding played a unique role in his adolescence. “I kind of thought Harding raised me,” Aaron said. “It was kind of my other parent … I never felt abandoned really because I always felt like ‘because I’m here, it will work out,’ that’s why when people ask me where I’m from, I say Searcy. This is where I call home.” To learn more about “Guttersnipes” or make a donation to the film’s production, visit guttersnipesfilm.com.
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