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| Vol. 86 No. 17 | April 22, 2011 | thelink.harding.edu |

HU hosts talk on homosexuality by LAUREN BUCHER features editor The College of Bible and Religion hosted a presentation on homosexuality April 11-12 in the Administration Auditorium. On April 11, a panel of four professors from the College of Bible and Religion explored the topic of what the Bible says about homosexuality. “Dr. [David] Burks felt that we were being presented with a great opportunity, a time when people were asking important questions and were looking for some help in dealing with a very complex and controversial topic,” said Bruce McLarty, vice president of spiritual life, who moderated the panel. “Knowing that it is always right to return to the Bible for direction and that

it is always right to ‘speak the truth in love,’ the idea of having such a panel seemed to make perfect sense.” A team of professors from the College of Bible and Relgion — Drs. Scott Adair Monte Cox,Kevin Youngblood, and Ken Neller— formed the panel. Each presenter discussed topics in their respective areas of expertise: the Old Testament, Jesus, Paul and the application in ministry. Youngblood focused on the initial narrative of the Bible, the creation narrative, setting a context for the rest of the Old Testament scriptures about homosexuality. Youngblood said the order of creation — the distinct differences between males and females — was created by God and was an intentional design to open the door to communion with God. -SEE PANEL PG. 2A

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photo by JON YODER | The Bison Hosts and hostesses Tori Wisely (freshman), Sam Barker (senior), Cameron Frazier and Caroline Snell (juniors) sing “When You’re an Addams” at dress rehearsal Tuesday night. For full coverage of Spring Sing and the weekend’s activities, see pages 2B, 3B and the Spring Sing edition insert.

DEADLY STORM SWEEPS SOUTH Eight reported dead in Arkansas, including Bald Knob 6-year-old by KYLIE AKINS news editor

photo by KYLIE AKINS | The Bison Storms and high winds last week blew down several trees across campus, including this one at the Harding House that fell on a resident’s car. Students and faculty spent Tuesday afternoon cleaning up branches and debris.

A powerful weather system spawned more than 240 tornadoes across 13 states as it traversed the U.S. April 14-16, according to a NASA report. With more than 40 dead in six states, a state of emergency has been declared by recovering counties across the South. The storm, originating in the Pacific Ocean, gained power over land from last week’s warm weather and took its first casualty in Missouri and two more in Oklahoma Thursday, April 14. By the time the storm passed through Arkansas late Thursday night, it had produced seven tornadoes across the state and created powerful straightline winds in excess of 70 miles per hour. Seven deaths were reported in Arkansas, with straight-line winds sending large trees onto the homes of five victims, and tornadoes responsible for the death of a mother and son in Little Rock. After reaching the Atlantic Ocean Saturday, April 17, the storm had taken seven more lives in Alabama, at least seven in Virginia and more than 20 in North Carolina. The significant loss of life in North Carolina might be at-

There are some people from Bald Knob who go to church with us, and they were talking about how sad it was and what a good kid that little kid was. I know God will take care of everything. -Danny DeRamus director of Physical Resources tributed to the unpreparedness of the state’s severe weather warning system, as the state sees on average 17 tornadoes a year compared to the more than 60 tornadoes that were spawned within the state April 16, according to the blog of severe weather expert Mike Smith. Among the Arkansas deaths was 6-year-old Devon Adams, nephew of Aramark staff member Melba Schmidt, who was killed when a large tree fell on the family’s house in Bald Knob. Danny DeRamus, director of Harding’s physical resource department, where Schmidt works, said he expressed his sympathy upon hearing of her nephew’s death. “There are some people from Bald Knob who go to church with us, and they were talking about how sad it was and what a good kid that little

kid was,” DeRamus said. “I know God will take care of everything.” Funeral services for Adams were held Wednesday afternoon in Bald Knob. The system left a wide path of destruction, but Smith said in his weather blog it could have been much worse. With tornado watches issued more than 12 hours before the system moved through, weather services and social media played a critical role in severe weather safety, Smith said. “There is no doubt that the effective forecasts and warnings likely saved hundreds of lives,” Smith said. Harding’s campus did not emerge from the weather system untouched, with several large trees downed, blackouts in several buildings and debris scattered across campus. -SEE STORMS PG. 2A

Pi Sigma Alpha commemorates world’s 9/11 victims Flag fundraiser, embassies to provide flags for 10th anniversary by SARAH KYLE editor in chief Sept. 11, 2011, will mark the 10th anniversary of the day America stood still. To more than 50 countries, Sept. 11 will mark the 10th anniversary of the day they lost their countrymen and women on American soil. Pi Sigma Alpha began a fundraiser yesterday to help commemorate the victims of every country affected by the 9/11 terrorist attacks in New York, Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C. “It wasn’t just an attack against the United States but an attack against the world,” political science professor Mark Elrod said. “I think we need to be careful about approaching events like this as an exercise in patriotism. Obviously America took the brunt of the attack, but … I

It wasn’t just an attack on the United States but an attack against the world. -Mark Elrod political science professor think by calling attention to the fact that this is a war against the civilized world, then anything we can do as Americans [to restore unity] is good and proper.” The political science honor society plans to add 381 flags to this fall’s 9/11 flag memorial on the front lawn, an event organized by the American Studies Institute. -SEE FLAGS PG. 2A

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