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JANAE CALLICOAT | The Bison
Construction workers on Wednesday, Nov. 12 work on one of the new apartment buildings. Additions to Legacy Park will be completed by August 2015 and the new buildings will house 132 more students. is on schedule to be completed by Other renovations that are in ping-pong tables and pool tables. the student center,” executive vice By Rebecca Neely August of 2015,” McLarty said. “It the five-year plan for the university Students will be able to check president David Collins said. Head Web Editor Collins has visited other schools Construction has begun for the is a continuation of (Chancellor) Dr. include updating the Ganus Athletic out equipment needed for the third phase of Legacy Park. This (David) Burks’ vision, which is for Center, Brackett Library and the designated sport they would like to including Abilene Christian Uniplay. Students, faculty and staff will versity, Lubbock Christian Univernew phase will include eight new campus to feel like a neighborhood, student center. The Ganus Athletic Center will have access to the GAC via a card sity, Arkansas State University and buildings, which will hold 132 beds. not an institution. Nothing has been “These added beds will relieve more popular than the community be made into a recreational center, access system. The complete cost of University of Central Arkansas to the pressure for the housing needs aspect of Legacy Park. People on and complete with two floors. The first the GAC renovation will be around brainstorm for the upcoming project. Other updates that are in the for students in the future,” President off campus talk about it all the time. floor will contain workout machines $5 million and will tentatively be Students love to live there and the that face the GAC lawn, basketball complete by August 2016. works include updating the Brackett Dr. Bruce McLarty said. “We want to try to enhance Library, increasing study space by These buildings will be exclusively alumni love the look of it. The fact courts, volleyball courts, indoor soccer, residential housing for women and that the buildings are named after racquetball, badminton and more. what we are doing on campus with 40 percent and also updating the people of Harding’s past cements The second floor will be an indoor the recreational space, academic student center to include a coffee married students. walking track, workout machines, study space and hangout space in shop environment. “The third phase of Legacy Park the community of it.”
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Black Friday starting early for many retailers By Zach Hailey Asst. Copy Editor
As Thanksgiving approaches, shoppers are preparing for the Black Friday sales that will hit stores early Friday morning. Over the past few years, several retailers have begun to open their doors late mden -- Henry Thanksgiving Day. More and more chain stores have added to this trend and continue to open doors as early as 6 p.m. Thanksgiving Day. According to the Huffington Post, Target has revealed that they too will be opening at 6 p.m. Several retailers have followed this trend and so have the complaints that opening so early is causing workers to
be away from their families on a nationwide holiday. Target spokeswoman Jenna Reck told the press that Target aims to “fill as many positions (this year) as we can with volunteers” to work this Thanksgiving holiday. She said that many employees are excited to work the holiday because “it’s a fun night to be out in the stores,” and that managers will order food for those who are working that evening. Senior Connor Merry, a self-proclaimed die-hard Black Friday shopper, disagrees with the way stores are handling this season, but he still enjoys the sales. “Call me a hypocrite, I
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think it is pretty bad,” Merry said. “Not just for encouraging people to leave their families, but also (to) have employees work on Thanksgiving. With all that said, I think I will still shop on Thanksgiving.” Costco is a retailer that still refuses to open any time on Thanksgiving day. Since other stores have started opening their doors early, many have referred to this as a “war on Thanksgiving” because of the way retailers are working to squeeze every penny out of the holiday season. According to ThinkProgress, Dillard’s, Burlington, REI and American Girl will not open on Thanksgiving Day. “Our employees work especially hard during the holiday season, and we simply believe that they deserve the opportunity to spend Thanksgiving with their families,” Costco spokesperson Paul Latham told the Huffington Post. According to the Huffington Post, Costco has always treated its workers better than competitors with their higher starting salary and provides health benefits to part-time workers. Their tradition of being closed on Thanksgiving Day helps to hold that same standard, according to the company. Some are in favor of the policy of not being open on holidays and waiting to open the next day. “I think it’s ridiculous and completely takes away from the whole point of Thanksgiving,” senior Kristi Keese said. “I’m ashamed that our society values getting a good deal on a TV more than family. I refuse to ever go that early.”
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GRANT SCHOL | The Bison
On Nov. 11, Veteran’s Day, Air Force veteran Roy Frost takes part in a ceremony honoring Searcy’s veterans at the mural on Market Street. Frost was a commander in the security service division in the 1960s.
Program offers group support Rock House providing grief counseling sessions By Rachel Brackins Editorial Asst.
The Rock House, a college ministry branch of the College Church of Christ, is offering group grief counseling sessions Tuesday nights at 9 p.m. for students struggling with any type of grief. Todd Gentry, a campus minister for The Rock House, along with other leaders, noticed the large number of students dealing with grief and wanted to provide an opportunity for them to gather with other students with similar struggles. “At the first meeting there was a sigh of ‘I’m not alone,’” Gentry said. “For a lot of these students, they go home and someone is missing, so they aren’t so sure they want to go home. It was nice for them to be around people who felt the same way.” Stephanie O’Brian, the Harding Academic Resource Coordinator and a licensed grief counselor, facilitates the group discussion. She said the biggest advantage of a group counseling session is that it lets the attendees know they are not alone. “When you lose someone, you feel so completely alone,” O’Brian said. “Even though everyone around you can try to relate, the truth of the matter is that they can’t. There are times you want to talk about it but no one asks, and there are other times when you absolutely cannot talk about it and people ask.”
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O’Brian said she understands how difficult it is to attend a group counseling session. “I definitely acknowledge that it takes a lot of courage,” O’Brian said. “It’s something that is vulnerable because you know that there’s a good chance that you’re going to cry. You know you’re going to go there and you’re going to hear people’s broken hearts crying out, and that’s hard. But it’s a place where, for the first time in a long time, you can actually be honest. It’s a good thing to simply try.” Freshman Annalise Massey, who lost her sister Kailey Massey, a former Harding student, last winter, said she was apprehensive when she heard about the group via a chapel announcement, but she decided to attend. “Getting to know other people who feel the same things is comforting,” Massey said. “It’s nice talking to them about random feelings or things you’ve noticed, because you can’t talk about it with other people.” Massey also said she enjoyed the conversational atmosphere of the group, and she plans to attend for the rest of the semester. “Don’t be afraid to go,” Massey said. “One-on-one counseling is not for everyone. When people hear about group counseling they still say ‘no I don’t like counseling,’ but it’s way different. It’s just like you’re sitting with people and talking, not being grilled by the counselor.” Meetings take place at 802 E. Market St.
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