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Vol. 87 No. 8
November 11, 2011
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When it comes to those trips to “Is this a great country or what? Would you the cinema with the family over remember to take time out of this busy Nov. 11 to Thanksgiving break, Hazel has some thank a veteran?” top pics for you to see. Dr. Don Diffine celebrates Veterans Day. SEE Page 3a SEE Page 4b
Harding student attacked, robbed on campus by J.M. ADKISON editor-in-chief & LAUREN BUCHER news editor A Harding student was attacked and robbed on campus Tuesday at about 8 p.m. in a parking lot near Center Street and Dr. Jimmy Carr Drive. Senior Ethan Bundy said he was walking back to his apartment in West apartments after attending a campus forum when two men jumped out of a car and attacked him, stealing his backpack and wallet. “I was … crossing through the parking lot about a 100 feet from
the nurses’ station when this car pulled up playing loud music,” Bundy said. “Suddenly, someone jumped out of the car and attacked me from behind.” Bundy said he initially wondered which of his friends would give him such a big hug that they threw him to the ground. Then the man who had tackled him started hitting him. “I had hit my head really hard against the cement, and I was really dazed,” Bundy said. “But soon I realized they were looking for my wallet, which I was carrying in my backpack. Once I realized that, I shimmied out of my backpack straps and ran as fast as I could away from them.” Bundy said he notified Public
Safety and was taken to the emergency room to be treated for injuries suffered during the attack. He was released later that evening. “I can’t recall the [last robbery] on campus,” said Craig Russell, director of Public Safety. “We had a robbery in ’95 when the business office was robbed. This is an exceedingly rare and very, very unusual situation.” Russell said Public Safety is working with the Searcy Police Department in the investigation of the robbery and will keep students updated with information. Students, faculty and staff received crime alert texts and emails around 8:30 p.m. to notify the Harding community of the event and to advise caution when walking through campus
Suddenly, someone jumped out of the car and attacked me from behind. -Ethan Bundy, senior alone at night. The Searcy Police Department said another robbery took place at 8:30 p.m. on South Pecan Street when 25-year-old Earl Mingues was also attacked and robbed. Bundy said he was doing fine and was able to attend classes the next day. He said he even got his backpack back. “Public Safety did a great job,” Bundy said. “After they took care of me, an officer went back to where I was attacked and found
my backpack sitting on the curb with my wallet in it. All of the cash had been taken out of it, but they didn’t take my debit card. I am doing good now, and I have great friends who are taking care of me.” Both victims described the suspects as black males driving a light blue, older-model car, according to the Searcy Police Department’s press release. Anyone with information about these incidents is asked to contact the Searcy Police Department 501-268-3531.
The Underground Café projected to reopen in spring by CHANEY MITCHELL asst. photographer The coffee shop The Underground is projected to open during the spring semester after its abrupt close this summer. The current owner of The Underground Café (formerly The Underground Coffee Shop), Sean Hudkins, owned the company The Underground Café, but someone else owned the building The Underground Café was located in. Due to financial issues, the building’s owner lost the building, causing Hudkins to close The Underground Café company on May 29. “Some things went down this past summer not having anything to do with us,” Hudkins said concerning the closure. In addition to owning The Underground Café, Sean and his wife own Zion, a nonprofit rock-climbing center. Zion and The Underground Café are two separate entities housed in the same building. The Hudkinses created Peace Agenda LLC for the purpose of buying the building. “It closed because of circumstances outside of our control and because of that we were able to come in and purchase the building, which we had intended to do for a couple of photo by CHANEY MITCHELL | The Bison years,” Hudkins said. The Hudkinses said they bought the building from the According to Sean Hudkins, who previously owned The Underground Café and currently owns the First Community Bank, which had taken ownership of Zion Climbing Center, The Underground Café should reopen this coming spring. it, and are now in the process of reselling to a business or organization in the community with specific guidelines upgrades to the more than 130-year-old building. going with signing a group of people who want to learn to protect Zion and its outreach, which is geared toward The Hudkinses said they are more focused on Zion than how to climb outdoors, and they’ll take an excursion team sharing Christ’s love to the community through climbing. The Underground and are going to keep it up and running out to Jamestown Craig, in Batesville, Ark., to teach them It also provides a space for community involvement. with any new owners. the basics and get them climbing,” senior Dylan Parker, a The building is up for sale at two listed prices. One “We enjoyed running The Underground but Zion was former employee, said. price includes the Zion climbing center and creates a tax our passion,” Hudkins said. “The rock climbing and the Hudkins said he misses The Underground. write-off for the owner. The other price is higher and would ministry and the Harding class we teach are the things “Underground for us was always a place that created include removal of Zion from the building and letting the we enjoy.” conversation, that nurtured that, that nurtured different ideas new owner take control of what to put into the building. Zion is closed to the public but is still part of the to be discussed without being — without constraints — that “Our [Zion’s] goal is to operate in the community,” climbing class offered on Harding’s campus. Zion does, can go on just to encourage the conversation as much as Hudkins said. however, offer outdoor excursions and provide the portable anything and so ideally that is going to continue,” he said. Currently, two groups of people looking into the build- rock-climbing wall at events. The final word is that The Underground and Zion will ing are going to put in a coffee shop and make the needed “[The Hudkinses] are trying to so get some activity open back up in the spring, Hudkins said.
Recapping Club Week by BISON STAFF It was no secret that club week was going to be different this year. Speculations on what the new induction process would be like floated from meeting to meeting among club members since last semester. For nearly a year club officers worked with the deans at Interclub Council meetings and with their own clubs to refocus the appearance and attitude of club week to match new regulations created by the administration. With club week finished and new members fully inducted, the deans, club officers and club members have started to reflect on the altered club process. “I was very pleased overall with club week this year,” said David Collins, dean for students and vice president for Student Life. “I commend Dean [Kara] Abston, club sponsors and especially club officers for the tremendous effort they put into making this such a positive and enjoyable week. I was impressed by the creativity several clubs showed in reshaping their existing traditions, even making them more meaningful than before.” Club vice presidents are tasked with
organizing the club week process and bear much of the responsibility for making sure everything runs smoothly. “We had an amazing club week, and I think it went really well,” said junior LeAndra Grant, a vice president for Shantih. “The girls and the guys that were joining the clubs could definitely see or tell if you were going along with the reform and being excited about it, and they definitely get out of it what you put into it.” However, many vice presidents said it was not an easy transition. “I did not like the constant tension that was present during the week,” said senior Jarod Taylor, vice president for Titans. “It seemed as if every time I turned around some club leader was getting into trouble due to a club event. I understand that club week has been revised, but it could have been less strict.” For many clubs, new members were not required to fill out pledge books with club signatures or fulfill assignments given by older members. Rather than spending the majority of the day in between and after classes seeking signatures in the student center, new members were expected to join
club-related activities only from 5 to 11 p.m. Some clubs regret the disappearance of the pledge book tradition. “Our club always [required] pledge books for the new members,” said junior Lori Wilkinson, a Pi Theta Phi older member. “It’s an important part of our club because you have to meet everyone and actually get to know a little about the members, and this year we didn’t get to know everyone because [the books were not required].” Wilkinson said a positive aspect of the changes was the fact that it made the old members be more thoughtful of how they treated the new members. “One of the good things about the changes was that they made us be more aware of what we were doing and didn’t give the girls a bad impression of us or allow us to intimidate them,” Wilkinson said. “I know that I was intimidated by older girls the year I pledged.” This year’s new club members were the first to go through the revamped process as the first step of their social club experience. “[Club] week was really fun, but I didn’t know really what to expect because I knew they were changing
a lot,” said freshman Carly Kendrick, a new Zeta Rho member. “I think all the changes turned out for the best though. I think taking away the mean stuff really helped because some of the older girls in my club still won’t talk to the girls that hazed them because they were so mean, and that’s really sad.” But some of the new members said they still wanted to experience club week traditions of the past. “I was disappointed with [club] week because we didn’t bond as much as I think we could have,” said freshman Brittany Gibson, a new member of Ju Go Ju. “We should be allowed to have pledge names because they’re fun and to be able to do stuff in the student center. I understand that the administration is trying to make a point, and they made their point loud and clear.” Abston, the primary organizer behind the new club week process, said she was pleased overall with the results of the new club week. “At this time we are continuing to assess the process and will make changes as needed, but overall the Office of Student Life was very pleased with the week,” Abston said.