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NEWS
In Sports:
Midnight Madness once again thrills students
SEE Page 1b
October 21, 2011
OPINIONS
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SPORTS
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FEATURES
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ENTERTAINMENT
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In Entertainment:
Vol. 87 No. 5
“Rest assured that no matter how weird you are, I can sadly say that I am probably weirder.” -Nicole Sullenger SEE Nicole share about her awkward years on Page 3a
Steve Martin, Owen Wilson and Jack Black compete in a bird watching tournament in the film ‘The Big Year.” SEE Page 4b
I Heart HU Week strives to energize school spirit CAB organizes new Harding tradition with big events every day of the week before Homecoming by LAUREN BUCHER news editor To amp up Harding spirit and create a new tradition, the Campus Activities Board is hosting a weeklong, campuswide celebration Oct. 24-29. I Heart HU Week will have different themes each day with coordinating activities based on those themes, including a tournament of the Harry Potter-inspired sport of Quidditch, butterbeer (a non-alcoholic beverage), three concerts, a dodgeball tournament, a bonfire, a parade and tailgating before the big football game. The themes of the week are: I Heart HU because “it rocks,” “it’s festive,” “it’s giving,” “it’s classy, “ “it’s on fire” and “it’s awesome.” Apart from the weeklong activities of club week, Harding does not have any other celebration that spans Monday through Saturday. Fundamentally, the week is a spirit week for college students, extending the festivities of Homecoming
weekend to the Monday before. Moreover, the weekend has traditionally been focused on the football game and the musical; I Heart HU Week will provide more student-centered activities. “I was thinking about the phrase ‘it’s great to be at Harding,’” said Corey McEntyre, director of campus life. “And then, I started thinking of ways to make it great to be at Harding. It’s a fresh take on what a spirit week for college would look like.” And so, I Heart HU Week was born. Seniors Kelly Gemma and Amanda Herren, the CAB directors, also weighed in on decisions made about the activities, themes and giveaways. “I don’t want to point out a specific day, but I’m really excited about the fall fest,” Gemma said. “I’m excited for everyone to come together, for this week to be big and people to be excited about going to Harding.” According to McEntyre, the planning stages of this week began last spring. McEntyre had students applying for
CAB for the fall semester plan their own I Heart HU Week as part of the application process. McEntyre, Herren and Gemma sorted through student ideas, getting a feel for what the students wanted to see, and partially made their selections based on those ideas and elaborating on the ideas. According to Gemma, students have been most excited about the Quidditch tournament; four teams were made the first day sign-ups were open. Music will be another focus of the week. On Monday, students will play “Rock Band” in the student center and CAB has already started selling tickets for The Belle Brigade concert, which will also feature the band Ha Ha Tonka. The Sheriffs of Nottingham and The Nobility will play later in the week on Friday night during the bonfire. “I want to start a tradition,” McEntyre said. “I want to show students that Harding is a lot of fun and that we can be creative in the way things are done here.”
Enjoying the artistic side
New dean brings changes to club week process by J.M. ADKISON editor-in-chief
photo by SAVANNAH LEE | The Bison Seniors Keren Gerstenlauer and Caroline Apgar with junior Sarah Hansen gaze at the displayed works of art in the Mildred Stevens Art Building, which help sponsor “camperships” in Maine.
Art show sponsors ‘camperships’ Sales go to Gander Brook Christian campers in Maine
To raise scholarships for the Gander Brook Christian Camp in Raymond, Maine, art professor Faye Doran is hosting a benefit art show of her work; the art exhibit began Oct. 2 and will be open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. until Homecoming weekend in the Mildred Stevens Art Building. by AERIAL WHITING copy editor The exhibit consists of about 125 pastels, colored pencils, markers, clay pots and weavings. Not including some of the larger weavings, prices range from $5 for a small ceramic piece to $500 for some of the pastels. Last summer Faye Doran and her husband, biology professor Ron Doran, gave 15 “camperships,” or scholarships for Gander Brook campers, and five of the children who received these camperships were baptized. The Dorans intend to donate camperships for next summer as well, Faye said, and she thought the art show would be a good way to give additional money to sponsor campers. “[Gander Brook] is just a focal point of Christianity in the New England area, and so we think it should be really helped any way that we can do it,” Faye Doran said. “And I thought, well, if people will come and they’ll buy some artwork, then we’ll be able to give that many more camperships than we would
More eternal good is done in less time at a Christian camp than anywhere else I know. -Shawn Daggett, Director of the Center for World Missions otherwise.” So far, the art show has raised about $1,000, which is enough money to sponsor five campers, Doran said. Doran said right now it is especially important to provide camperships to students to attend Gander Brook because the recession has hit New England hard, and many families are unable to afford church camp. The camperships are a way to enable kids to attend church camp who otherwise might not be able to go. “In New England the church is so small that kids don’t get to see anybody else their age because they may be the only Christian in their school, and in their congregation they might be the only teenager, and so they come from six or seven states around Maine to come to camp there because then they can be
with a whole cabin group their age who are Christians, and it’s like that’s when they get pumped up to live through the rest of the year,” Doran said. Doran has been involved with Gander Brook since 1967, when she started serving there as a camp counselor. In recent years she has taught craft lessons for the campers. Shawn Daggett, director for the Center for World Mission, said he was touched as a camper by the Dorans’ involvement. Daggett attended Gander Brook as a boy and has directed the camp with his wife for the last seven years. Daggett said Gander Brook has played a key role in the spiritual life of many kids. “More eternal good is done in less time at a Christian camp than anywhere else I know,” Daggett said.
Since she was hired this summer, Kara Abston, assistant dean of student life, has been working with social clubs to change the induction process so that it meets new standards that administrators said will hopefully create a more positive experience for new members than in years past. “The spirit of club week has changed from previous years when new members served the older members to the old members mentoring the new members,” said Abston, who participated in the club process as a student in 1984 with Tri Kappa social club. “The club officers have embraced these changes and have accepted the new spirit.” Another change to this year’s club week is the amount of time allowed for club week activities each day. Previously, inductees were required to be active throughout each day of club week, but now club week activities occur from 5 to 10 p.m. only. With the exception of the evening activities, Abston said each day of club week should look like any other day of the school year. Although the student center will not have the same frenzied atmosphere as before, clubs will be allowed to hang club banners that new members create, she said. “The new members will still have club books with club verses, songs, histories and constitutions,” Abston said. “They will also have a signature page for old members to sign, but getting signatures will not be mandatory to get into the club. It will simply be something for them to check off on after they have met with a club member on an individual basis.” Abston said the changes have not been easy, but she said the social club sponsors, presidents and vice presidents have adapted well. Many social clubs’ vice presidents, who are the main organizers behind each social club’s induction process, have had to nearly recreate their club week to fit the new standards. “We have had to spend a lot of time trying to create
new traditions that fit in with the new attitudes surrounding the process,” said senior Heidi Tabor, vice president for Zeta Rho. “While we are excited about all of the changes, it is still difficult to let go of activities and traditions we have held onto since the beginning.” Senior Drew Ater, vice president of Gamma Sigma Phi, said his club is working on creating new traditions to fit the new standards. “We are going to start an Iron Man competition with Titans just to help bridge a gap between clubs,” Ater said. There will also be changes to costume accessories that new members usually wear to differentiate themselves from other clubs. However, club clothing has not been wiped completely from club week. “The usual accessories can only be worn during the 5 to 10 p.m. time range,” Abston said. “And all club members must wear the same outfit. Now, old club members can wear different colors from what the new members are wearing, but you can’t have the older members wearing suits while the new members wear camouflage.” Also new to the process was the fourth-round mixer, which was held Monday night, Oct. 17. Students who did not receive visitation invites were able to visit smaller clubs to see if they would like to join. “I think that adding the fourth-round reception was very beneficial,” said Mary Beth Noblitt, vice president of Chi Kappa Rho. “It allowed the girls who had been busy during the earlier mixers, or had not been voted on later in the process, to try and find a place in the open clubs. It was much better than the open table situations that we have had in the past.” With so many students interested in social clubs and with only so many spots to fill in each club, Abston said there is a strong need for more social clubs on campus. “We just have so many students interested in joining social clubs that we need more clubs,” Abston said. “Social clubs provide wonderful opportunities for students to make lasting relationships.”