Written by The Bison
Some of you text. Some of you talk. Some of you study. Some of you listen to music. All disrespectful activities, but Wednesday the chapel disrespect hit a new low.The snow, which had been predicted for several days, started falling Wednesday before 9 a.m. chapel, but classes and chapel were not canceled by 9 a.m. As a result, when President David Burks got up to the mic in chapel, he was greeted with boos. The booing eventually escalated to the point that it drowned out Burks, who was left standing at the mic for a minute or so until the booing subsided.Uncalled for and preemptive, the booing was unjustified, unfunny and out of control. Admittedly, no one wanted to go to school when it was expected to snow. But we could have waited for him to make the announcement, and we were all pretty sure that school was going to be canceled anyway. As if the booing wasn’t enough, students in the balcony, apparently seized by snow frenzy, folded the reconciliation cards into paper planes and launched them during the prayer. By the time chapel was dismissed, the floor was littered with crumpled, unused reconciliation cards. In summary, students jumped the gun with their frustration, missed the point of chapel and proved their immaturity.Way to go, Harding students. We can do better.The 2011 Bison editorial staff
