Written by Tiane Davis // Photo by Balazs Balassa Harding University Healthy Eating Active Living (HU HEAL) hosted a cooking contest this week to encourage healthy eating on campus. The…
Written by Bailey Ridenour Men’s social club Titans hosted its 19th annual Toga concert function Saturday, March 18, at the Judsonia Box Factory in Judsonia, Arkansas. The concert is one…
Written by Caleb Chunn // Photo provided by Kennedy Williamson From pots of gold and leprechauns to rainbows and shamrocks, St. Patrick’s Day is full of a complex color with…
Written by Mattie Powers // Graphic by Cooper Turman Harding University partnered with the French Embassy from Houston March 16 to host “A Stroll Through French Culture” on campus, marking…
Written by Caleb Chunn // Photo by Lauren Simmons Campus Life officially launched a new weekly event called “Cotton Candy Friday” on Feb. 24, and students flocked to taste the…
Written by Morgan Wrigley // Photo by Balazs Balassa Harding Theatre took the stage Thursday night for the first performance of their production of “The Crucible.” There will be three…
Written by Abbey Williams // Photo provided by Abbey Williams There is a wolf pack of students roaming around campus, sporting wolf shirts every Wednesday. Started by sophomore Sam Taylor…
Written by Nic Fraraccio // Photo provided by Delta Gamma Rho A group of students from women’s social club Delta Gamma Rho (DGR) have started a club to teach participants…
Written by Morgan Wrigley // Photo provided by Delta Nu Women’s social club Delta Nu celebrated “Anti-Valentine’s Day” Sunday, Feb. 12. Members said the celebration looked different this year as…
Written by Morgan Wrigley // Graphic by Cooper Turman The Harding Assassins are back for another year of the game, and this year brought more players. Started by seniors Hannah…
Written by Sara Hook // Photo by Balazs Balassa The English Department hosted its eighth annual Burns supper Jan. 28, celebrating the birthday of Scottish poet Robert Burns with bagpipe…
Written by Tiane Davis // Photo by Balazs Balassa Two Harding students took charge of Saturday bingo at Harding Place last semester, and their participation every week has sparked a…
Written by Bailey Ridenour // Photo by Madison Meyer The Searcy Summer Dinner Theatre (SSDT) performance of “The Play That Goes Wrong” garnered four awards in December after being nominated…
Written by Mattie Powers // Photo by Macy Cox The Student Association (SA) kicked off the spring semester with a birthday bash Jan. 12 for students whose birthdays were over…
Written by Caleb Chunn // Graphic by Cooper Turman The Tacker’s Shake Shack location in the Student Center announced Jan. 9 the addition of several new items to their menu…
Photo by Madison Meyer The Harding University Theatre Department will perform “The Rivals” for this year’s winter play on Dec. 8, 9 and 10. The play will be performed with…
Written by Watkins Kelly // Photo by Macy Cox Harding’s Student Association (SA) held the second annual club cookoff on Friday, Dec. 2. Teams of three representing four different social…
Written by Sara Hook // Photo provided by Naomi McNaughton While most students at Harding head home to their families over Thanksgiving break, many international students don’t have that option.…
Written by Sophie Rossitto // Photo by Madison Meyer While most Harding students gather in Benson Auditorium for chapel each weekday, other students and faculty members may spend the hour…
Written by Carter Thweatt // Photo by Bailey Ridenour Harding students turned out in big numbers on Nov. 4 to watch men’s social clubs Knights, Omega Phi and Titans host…
Written by Watkins Kelly // Photo by Balazs Balassa Concerts near and far this past week brought Harding students together to enjoy community and music. Nearly 50 Harding students made…
Written by Stacy Roibal Club Week can be a stressful time on campus for people who are going through the club process. But the week is also tough for those…
Written by Maggie Samples // Graphic by Cooper Turman Harding students celebrated Halloween in a variety of ways over the weekend and on Halloween day. Tours were offered at Harding’s…
Written by Emma Weber and Emma Jones // Graphic by Cooper Turman Latin Fest, a time for cultural exchange between students, took place Thursday, Oct. 27, from 10 a.m. to…
Written by Cianna Jay // Photo by Balazs Balassa Campus Life annually organizes various events and theme days throughout I Heart HU Week, the week leading up to Homecoming weekend.…
Written by Carter Thweatt // Graphic by Wagner Valdez This weekend will be a busy one, with Harding’s Homecoming celebrations reaching their peak tomorrow afternoon. Homecoming events began Thursday morning…
Written by Watkins Kelly A group of students has found a creative way to bring people together this semester. In the dorm one night around curfew, a small group of…
Written by Emily Stinnett / Photo by Balazs Balassa Students are completing puzzles in the library at a faster pace than in previous years. About every week a new 1,000-piece…
Written by Stacy Roibal // Graphic by Cooper Turman On an evening in early September, freshman Colby Covalt taught fellow freshmen Corban Cherry and Denver Mitchell how to swing dance…
Written by Emily Stinnett Members of men’s social club TNT hosted a “hit-a-thon” fundraiser as a contribution to Relay for Life on Sept. 30. Members were given 10 attempts to…
Written by Emma Jones // Graphic by Emma Jones The ice machine in the Midnight Oil Coffeehouse Brackett Library location has been replaced with a new machine after nearly a…
Written by Gabriel Huff // Graphic by Cooper Turman Campus Players, a theatre club available to all majors, is hosting its fifth annual 24-Hour Writing Project Sept. 30 to Oct.…
Written by Ben Lane // Photo by Madison Meyer Unlike Campus Life, clubs, campus organizations, recreational activities and other activities that offer a social outlet, several free resources exist to…
Written by Malachi Brown // Graphic by Cooper Turman As the novelty of the new school year wears off, Harding’s Campus Lifestyle has been working to bring fun activities to…
There were multiple live performances on campus over the inauguration and Family Weekend as part of the celebration for Harding’s sixth president. On Thursday, Sept. 15, Campus Life brought in…
Senior Abbey Masters organized a group of students to wear white on Sept. 6, the day after Labor Day, to challenge the fashion rule that has been around since the…
Written by Stacy Roibal // Photo by Macy Cox Men’s social club Knights and women’s social club Pi Theta Phi worked together on Sept. 2 to put on a fundraising…
Written by Maggie Samples // Photo by Balazs Balassa A Harding student has gone viral on TikTok for a series of videos filmed in her dorm room, with a video…
Written by Eli Roberts // Graphic by Cooper Turman The annual “Little Red Run” saw its biggest turnout yet when it was run on Aug. 22 by a group of…
Written by Sara Hook // Photo by Madison Meyer The Department of Theatre’s Summer Dinner Theatre productions are popular among Searcy residents, and this summer was no different. This year’s…
Written by Watkins Kelly Harding University’s administration announced multiple changes to chapel in the first week of the semester after students returned to campus. Among the changes was the introduction…
To celebrate Earth Day, the Student Association (SA) put on Earth Week from April 18-23, with a theme for the week of Celebrate God’s creation.
Men’s social club Theta hosted “Sketa” for their formal in downtown Searcy April 23 at Citizens Park.
Men’s social club Knights hosted a jousting tournament on April 16, an annual, interclub event Knights hosts every Spring Sing weekend.
The Harding University Honors College held a doubles pickleball tournament last Friday, seeking to get honors students more involved in the honors community.
The Brook and the Bluff — a band from Birmingham, Alabama —performed on the Anthony and Wright Administration Auditorium stage on Saturday, April 2. The band is now based in Nashville, Tennessee, and before starting their next tour on April 7, they stopped by Harding to perform.
The University’s latest construction project was completed as of today — the renovation of Kendall Hall — and the final product was a shock to all: Kendall Hall is now a coed dormitory.
For many Harding students, spring break is spent in Florida or Colorado, but that was not the case for a few students this year. Juniors Kelcy Mayes, Matti Brown and Carly Slate vacationed in Hawaii. Mayes said the idea came up last September.
The Harding Campus Activities Board (CAB) provides many activities on campus over a semester. Currently, CAB hosts bingo nights at Late-Night Caf in the Charles White Dining Hall on Tuesday nights. These bingo nights last from 9-9:30 p.m., and prizes are awarded to the winners. Senior CAB student director Coleman Bevill described CAB’s inspiration behind the bingo nights.
A new social media app, “BeReal,” is gaining popularity among University students. Unlike other social media platforms, BeReal only allows users to post once a day.
The Campus Activities Board (CAB) organized a blind date event on Valentine’s day in the Student Center pit where the paired couples ate dinner, played a Kahoot game and decorated cookies.
Written by Shealyn Wade & Tiane Davis | Photo courtesy of Bob Plunket Harding social clubs have a history of tradition, some of which include passing down houses for older…
Fantasy sports, particularly fantasy football, have been popular for a while, and the industry is still growing. Some leagues who participate face punishments that are often coined as “friendly” for the loser, and in the case of senior Jackson Montgomery, that included a full stomach after a six-hour stay at Waffle House.
Several students, from a variety of majors, are taking on internships this semester. Some students will be gone for up to eight weeks, while others for only a week. One such student is sophomore Topher Hearn, an accounting major interning at CBIZ in Memphis, Tennessee.
Written by Sara McClaran, Everett Kirkman and Ryan Gallagher | Photo by Jillian Jarvis Harding’s Campus Activity Board (CAB) hosted their first inaugural spelling bee competition this past Tuesday at…
Harding University is located within driving distance of two Southeastern Conference (SEC) universities: the University of Arkansas and the University of Mississippi. Both Fayetteville, Arkansas, and Oxford, Mississippi, are located within 200 miles of Searcy, Arkansas. This semester, several Harding students have taken advantage of the close proximity of these universities, traveling with friends and family for a weekend road trip.
Beneath the Pryor-England Science Building lies a network of tunnels, ordinarily inaccessible to students. Though this may sound like a rumor or superstition, students had the opportunity to see the tunnels themselves thanks to the Harding University chapter of the American Chemical Society (HUACS), which offered tours Oct. 21, 22 and 23. The club also took advantage of the tunnels’ natural eeriness by giving the Oct. 22 and 23 tours a haunted theme.
The Department of Communication and College of Business Administration worked together to host 21 different businesses Tuesday, Oct. 19, from 1-3 p.m. at the IMC Expo in Cone Chapel.
On Oct. 4, a months-long project by the beaux of women’s social club Pi Theta Phi (PTP) was completed and uploaded for campus-wide listening.
Written by Hayley Kate Webb Beginning Tuesday, Oct. 5, Nooma, a local heated yoga and fitness studio, hosted a special week of unique exercise classes tailored towards Harding University men’s…
As of Sept. 24, Harding University has had a total of 149 positive COVID-19 cases and 184 close contacts of COVID-19 cases. The current definition Harding provides of a close contact is: “Someone who has been within 6 feet of an infected person for a cumulative total of 15 minutes or more, with or without a cloth face mask, over a 24-hour period starting from two days before illness onset until the time the person who has tested positive is isolated.”
Students may come to college uncertain about what their major will be, or they may decide that the major they chose is no longer what they want. However, there are resources on campus to help students have the education they want.
Written by Ben Lane. While many students enter their semesters knowing very little about their professors, this is not the case for some students who have had classes with family…
On Harding’s campus, students use a variety of vehicles and methods to travel, including walking, bikes, scooters, skateboards and longboards. Junior D’Artagnan Deuel, for instance, said he navigates around…
Fifty-one years ago, on April 22, 1970, Earth Day became a nationally celebrated holiday. This event was propelled by a growing awareness of environmental issues directly caused by human beings.…
The 93rd Oscars will take place Sunday, and like everything else, it will be a change from traditions of years’ past. While there was a spike in streaming service numbers…
The Main Street Searcy Farmers’ Market returned Saturday, April 17, bringing opportunities for local vendors and buyers to enjoy an array of fresh vegetables, bread, seasonal flowers, jams or jellies,…
Written by Hannah Seibert The Waldron Center for Entrepreneurship is hosting the HU Spring Market Saturday to showcase student entrepreneurs and small business owners. The event will be from 11…
Written by Holland Chupek As the spring season has approached campus and Spring Sing is taking place, this year’s spring semester presents added excitement for many students. After being sent…
Visual Aesthetics, an art class typically taken by juniors and seniors, is currently showcasing its work in Midnight Oil Coffeehouse. Originally meant to occupy the coffee house last spring, the…
Many students around campus take advantage of opportunities to buy or sell used clothing through various avenues, and “closet cleanout” accounts on Instagram have become one popular platform for doing…
The process of asking someone to a function can oftentimes be scary or even embarrassing. In an effort to circumvent the traditions, sophomores Bailey King and Sam Stebbins both created…
Written by Holland Chupek and Sara McClaran. We all have that one class that we dread. You know, the one that makes you stay up past 2 a.m., stresses you…
Written by Sara McClaran and Ellie Shelton. Print book sales had their best year in a decade in the past year, the New York Times said, according to NPD BookScan.…
Looking back on the past year of COVID-19, things that once seemed normal are no longer seen in the same light. Between social distancing and mask wearing, people have been…
College life has changed over the years. From technology to Starbucks, there are many things that college students now feel they could not live without, many of which were not…
The connections, caffeine and community that coffee brings to students can be seen all over campus. From students in their dorm rooms inviting new students over, or just making a…
While they rarely see the spotlight, the backstage workers for Harding’s theater productions are integral to the success of each show. With the theater department’s most recent production, “Much Ado…
Written by Katelyn Allen and Elizabeth Dillard. Everyone has hobbies that provide a sense of comfort and stimulation, which often bring purpose to everyday life. Due to COVID-19, many people…
Harding students enjoyed seven consecutive snow days, Feb. 11-19, due to multiple winter storms sweeping the state. Harding’s students come from all over the country and world. While many students…
Written by Holland Chupek. Harding faculty enjoyed their snow days in many different ways, from playing in the snow with their children, to enjoying time inside with pets or connecting…
Most students and faculty spent last week in their dorms and houses, but the essential workers on Harding’s campus remained hard at work throughout the winter storm, which occurred Feb.…
Several students on campus spend time outside of class pouring into local, Searcy-based small businesses and participate in behind-the-scenes work to help the businesses flourish. Among these is senior Everett…
Written by Holland Chupek. GameStop, an electronics and gaming retail company, has found its way back into the news cycle of 2021 after a steady decline in sales. With shopping…
Written by Britty Gist. Celebrated with shades of pink and red, fresh flowers, chocolate-covered candies, sweet cards and warm hearts, Valentine’s Day is a day dedicated to showing love to…
Internships are a beneficial way to ease into job experience of the real world. Because of this, many majors on campus require an internship in order for students to graduate.…
Written by Tiane Davis and Britty Gist. A new workout method, which went viral on TikTok, has risen in popularity for students on and off campus. In November 2020, Lauren…
Resident assistants (RA) are a fundamental part of being in college, especially in a school where most people stay on campus for all four years. These students are there to…
In the past couple of years, podcasts have become a common way for people to learn information. Top streaming services such as Netflix, Amazon Prime and ABC have even started…
The environmental conversations surrounding beekeeping in recent years have been filled with contradicting points of view and opinions. Some say that there are only positive effects of beekeeping, from pollination…
People often use a lack of time as an excuse to not adopt a pet; however, increased time at home during quarantine has caused some people to rethink their reason…
Social clubs at Harding have been a large part of campus life for many years. COVID-19, among other factors, has led many to believe that prospective member numbers have dropped…
Harding began using nontraditional, off-campus classroom options during the fall 2020 semester to adhere to social distancing guidelines, including locations such as College Church of Christ and the Keller Center…
Every year, families cherish traditions that are unique to their household. Sophomore Ryan Simpson said he enjoys celebrating Christmas with his family after Thanksgiving night. After leftovers are eaten, the…
Kara Abston, assistant dean of students, sent fourth round invitations on Dec. 8, verifying which clubs potential new members will continue with next semester. Abston said fourth round receptions will…
Being home for the holidays is easy when you only live a few hours away from campus. However, Harding has a wide variety of students from all around the world,…
Written by Kylie Allen Taking precautions and not gathering in large groups is a new Thanksgiving tradition many adopted for the holiday season. Families took these steps in order to…
Film photography has become a trend in the world of photography today. More and more Harding students have begun experimenting with this lost art and are capturing memories that cost…
The Black Lives Matter movement has allowed more conversations to take place that encourage educating those who are not Black about what it is like being Black in America. One…
Harding opted to allow 2020 spring, summer and fall graduates to participate in an on-ground graduation ceremony for the 2020 fall semester. The event will occur before fall graduates officially…
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