I don’t normally save voicemails, but I kept this one. It was a message from Dr. Ganus. I had spoken in chapel that morning, and though he could not attend,…
One of my favorite secondhand Christmas stories is best told by my mom regarding Christmas of 1999 when I was 2 years old. As all the cousins began settling down…
On Friday Sept. 13, 12 jurors and four alternates were chosen to hear the facts surrounding the death of Botham Jean. It is not in question that Amber Guyger shot…
The oil and gas powerhouse of the South resides in Houston. This past week, Greenpeace USA protesters at the Houston Ship Channel attempted to shut down the busiest channel in…
I knew something was about to happen. I knew some rumblings had been going on around campus. I had heard whispers in dark circles that former Student Association President Hallie…
These days, there isn’t much I can do to feel genuinely embarrassed. Of course unexpected situations happen — you trip and drop food in the caf, you fall off your…
As the seasons come and go, I am always ecstatic to see summer end and fall begin because the latter is one of the best seasons we have. Summer is…
I haven’t been able to escape “The Dark Crystal” lately. On Saturday I heard a radio commercial for the new Netflix series based on characters created by head Muppeteer Jim…
You belong to a community whether or not you believe it. Community chooses you — absorbs you even. You perform a role in your community — whether you learn your…
“Rigorous but warm-hearted.” This is how former President Bill Clinton described Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg (RBG) in the opening remarks before her lecture in Little Rock on Tuesday,…
Fruit of the Spirit to improve on: Kindness Don’t get me wrong; this is not to say Ones are mean people at all. Quite oppositely, their driving force is their…
If you already know, then you know. If you don’t, then you want to know. So — the Chick-fil-A chicken sandwich vs. the Popeye’s chicken sandwich. The original chicken sandwich…
I have loved Spider-Man my entire life. When the first Sam Raimi film came out in 2002, I was 3 years old. Since then, Spider-Man has stuck with me. I’ve…
For the second time, I have returned to Harding as an employee. My first stint began one month after graduation as director of news services in what was formerly known…
On the first day of school last week, I sneezed seconds before Dr. Monte Cox’s prayer in 9 a.m. chapel. It was dead silent and drew much attention from chapel…
At any given time, my desk is cluttered with all sorts of random publication paraphernalia. In fact, as I write this first column of the year, I am surrounded by…
Did it smell like cigarettes?” That’s the question I get whenever I mention that one of the highlights of my summer vacation was a trip to the Waffle House Museum…
I understand now why college seniors talk about feeling anxious prior to heading into the wide world. When I say wide world, I mean exactly that. And beyond that, it’s…
Humans tend to have a difficult time assigning proper value to their talents and skill sets — and rightfully so. We typically battle excess pride and insecurity, consecutively, when faced…
Another tall tree has fallen on the Harding campus. Last week we celebrated the life of Dr. Tony Finley, former dean of the College of Education. Now the university family…
I spoke twice during my high school graduation. I was the class president, so I delivered an address to my peers and their families, in which they involuntarily indulged me for the…
After approximately 240 hours spent on deadline nights, 50 guest opinion writers and 20 “Just the Clax” columns, this is the last print edition of The Bison newspaper for the 2018-19…
The words “Petit Jean” have carried significant meaning for me since I was a little girl. When the park rangers at Petit Jean State Park know the names of your beagles,…
By Alaina Webb Spring Sing is a glorious time on Harding’s campus when the culmination of a semester of hard work is presented Easter weekend in front of thousands of…
As a freshman in women’s social club Pi Theta Phi (PTP), I was thrilled to be able to participate in everything. I wanted to be a part of something bigger that…
With wide smiles and skin slightly pinkened by the afternoon sun, my friends and I climbed back into Nora’s red Toyota Corolla for the ride home, happy and content. As we…
I knew a man who was once invited to become the honorary dean of an organization. Since he was in his early 70s, he wanted to know if the job was…
Written by Lydia SunderRaj We voted. We won. We cheered. A lot. The social media explosion of Harding students and faculty writing about Searcy and begging their friends and relatives…
With a swift but steady swing of the club, Tiger Woods captured America’s attention once again this weekend with his first Master’s win since 2005. Crowds erupted in cheer for the…
It was my turn to “pitch” myself — who I am and why I am valuable. I had rehearsed in my head what I would say, but none of the…
With Spring Sing only a few weeks away, my family is starting to make plans for their third-annual trip to come watch the Thursday night performance. Even though they’re never…
Written by Mallory Harrison As someone who has lived in dorms, Legacy apartments, an off-campus apartment and an off-campus house over the past four years, I like to consider myself…
Written by Ashton Castle Like most people on campus, I am always looking for ways to save money. Coming up on junior year, I was sure that living off campus…
Over the years I’ve picked up a lot of business cards. Many are from antique dealers — since that’s the hobby I was raised on — helping my parents with…
Last week, I was sitting in my favorite chair at my favorite table at my favorite corner of Kibo Midnight Oil Coffeehouse. It was a Thursday afternoon, which is my…
The old saying goes “April showers bring May flowers,” meaning that after a time of discomfort a period of goodwill will follow. But right now it’s not just raining —…
In July 2017, I made the decision that I had been wanting to make for over six months. I switched my SIM card from my smartphone to a flip phone.…
Highway 78 in Birmingham has never been my lucky stretch. Five years ago, I was heading home to Arkansas from Georgia after the holidays. My Toyota Camry — with its…
When we first began planning what this issue’s special coverage regarding addiction would look like during the fall semester, I knew the content would be heavy, and I knew the process…
One of my biggest fears is that someone will ask what I’m listening to when they see me sitting in the library with earbuds. It’s not because I’m listening to anything…
Over Spring Break, there was a massacre in New Zealand. On March 15, I woke to news alerts proclaiming that two racially targeted mass shootings occurred consecutively at mosques in…
I write with grievance in regard to the shadow of apathy cast over academia by the current generation. In conversations every day, people complain about what they are learning and…
Over spring break, I spent over 30 hours in the car. (It should have only been about 25 hours, but some of my travel companions had to make pit stops…
It’s six months before your trip to Walt Disney World. You are consumed by every little thing that absolutely has to be done in advance for your trip to be…
I have grown up going to Disney World, so when my parents told me we were going to Disneyland, I was over the moon. I could not stop talking about…
This week’s column was going to be my review of “Captain Marvel.” After sitting down and working on giving a brief background and going through the skeletal plot points, I…
On Feb. 20, Duke University freshman basketball star Zion Williamson went down with a scary knee injury. That may not sound like a huge deal, but it is. Williamson is…
It’s the middle of the semester. Spring break is just around the corner, and this morning I received an email from Student Health Services telling me that I’ve used my…
Pornography. As a man who has struggled on and off with a porn addiction for over 12 years, it seems as if I have heard every possible statistic and opinion…
For the past 91 years, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has been handing out awards for great movies, and I’ve been an avid watcher of the Oscars…
I was sitting in one of my education classes last week when my professor asked a question along the lines of, “Why is it important for our students to be…
Last week I had the privilege of seeing one of my current favorite bands (Foxing) open up for the band (Coheed and Cambria) that headlined my first concert. The last…
By Michael Taft How many times have you heard: “If we could all be a little more helpful — a little more attuned to others’ needs — the world would…
Last Friday, I barely avoided giving $500 to a con artist. My only defense is that I was on medication. Some things happen like clockwork every February. The Arkansas temperature…
The debris still smoldered days after falling; blocks had been transformed into what resembled war zones. Husbands, mothers and friends still held out hope that maybe, just maybe, their loved…
When I tell people in my Harding University circles that I am from Pangburn, a small town 20 minutes north of campus on the White County border, I usually get…
By Julia Hensley After a long process, the campaign portion of the Small Business Revolution has ended and the waiting has begun. While we still do not know if Searcy…
In March 2015, Feld Entertainment, the parent company to traveling shows like Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Circus and Disney on Ice!, announced that they would stop the use…
Last week, I covered mental health, a subject that I am passionate about because of my own history with it. I encouraged people to reach out to each other. I…
Valentine’s Day is finally over. No more romance being shoved down my throat at this marriage factory — at least, that’s what some of you are thinking, and, in a…
The past two editions of “Listen” covered political subjects that I find vastly important to my own understanding of how the world works. But I will not be covering politics…
The summer between my freshman and sophomore year of college, I went on a short-term missions (STM) campaign to Australia and Vanuatu for three weeks. I had never been on…
As I’m sure we can all remember, college decisions can get pretty stressful during one’s final semester of high school. If you were one of the people who chose Harding…
I’ve learned a handful of things in my 21 years — only a handful, though. I can’t imagine that I’ve learned all there is to know in just 21 years,…
I read somewhere that when he was a kid, Jeff Bezos wanted to be an archeologist. A young Jennifer Lawrence planned to pursue medicine. George Clooney dreamed of playing baseball…
In his 1997 address to the World Bank Conference, Kofi Annan said, “Knowledge is power. Information is liberating.” If the last week has taught me anything, it’s that this sentiment…
Written by Jack Thomas Opening Day is for frontrunners. It’s easy to ride the wave of excitement for something new. In a 50-game season, they all matter. Opening Day matters,…
The 2012 presidential race was the first time politics was on my radar. Growing up in a particularly conservative Christian portion of the Bible Belt meant that everyone agreed with…
Spider-Man has been a favorite superhero of mine since before I can remember. As an avid fan of the web-slinging hero, I have loved and fawned over every adaptation of…
When the change in open-dorm policy was announced in chapel Monday, cheers sounded throughout the Benson Auditorium. But in my circles, there’s not so much delight over the new policy.…
It’s here; Super Bowl Sunday is upon us. Everyone is figuring out just how they’re going to spend this unofficial American holiday, and I’ve decided that I’m not just going…
Internships have been a rite of passage for students across multiple disciplines for decades. A precursor for what to expect post-grad, the usual semester-long stints at companies, nonprofits and government…
Minority leadership has been a topic that I have so much more interest in as I have gotten older and can finally have a better grasp on many different concepts…
Last week I read a story in the newspaper about Bertha Vickers, a hunter from Morgantown, Mississippi, who was having a lousy season. She hadn’t gotten a single deer in…
Thirteen years after Pedro the Lion decided to call it quits, frontman and mastermind of the project, David Bazan, returns with the fifth Pedro the Lion record, “Phoenix.” Bazan set…
This is the beginning of the end. My last semester of college is here and I am feeling a lot of things. These feelings range from extreme happiness to frantic…
When I was preparing to write this column, many controversies made their appearance on the apocalyptic stage of American politics. Friends and family barraged me with requests to give my…
As Grant Zuerlein’s 57-yard field goal floated through the air Sunday evening, a collective groan arose from the thousands of New Orleans Saints fans in the Superdome and watching on…
“Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong. Let all that you do be done in love.” 1 Corinthians 16:13-14 What does it mean to act…
I started the year off the way most of you did: watching Marie Kondo tell me how to live my life. If you haven’t watched her show, she is a…
On Nov. 30, the world learned that former U.S. President George H. W. Bush had died at the grand old age of 94. When the news broke that evening and…
I stood frozen at the front of the classroom, mouth open in utter shock. Staring back at me were 24 pairs of merciless eyes, offering no assistance as I remained…
Written by Jacob Chesney Is this the best a man can get? Can we do better than sexual harassment and bullying? Gillette’s new commercial “The Best Men Can Be,” says,…
It’s been exactly 808 days — well over two years — since the majority of Arkansas voters in the November 2016 statewide election voted in favor of a ballot initiative…
I don’t know how you feel about re-gifting, but I’ve dipped into the “Just the Clax” archives and recycled a column from November 2011. The article is only seven years…
I have never understood daylight saving time. To me it makes no sense to lose an hour of sleep to make better use of the daylight, especially when the amount…
By Ryann Heim My friend Loren says it best, “There are two types of people in this world: people who pee in the shower and liars.” Stay with me. I…
There are two types of people in the world: good people and people who use the turn lane to merge onto the busy highway. Don’t believe me? Picture this: it’s…
The last notes of the fight song rang out as the crowd began spilling onto the field. The football players lined up to shake hands, one side dejected and the…
“Siri, can society live without you?” If our answer is “no,” I believe we have a serious problem on our hands… literally. Recently I was given the opportunity in my…
Thanksgiving is next week, but there are already people who have fully embraced the Christmas season. They are listening to Christmas music, putting up decor, buying gifts and planning parties.…
Written by Andres Rojas I remember my first days at Harding vividly. I was moving to the U.S. from another country, and I was scared and anxious. The first people…
When my sister-in-law was in college in 1982, she worked at a grocery store. That was the year Coca-Cola introduced the talking vending machine. Customers put in their quarters, stood…
Written by Michael Taft What do you think of when you think of the definition of a man? Do you think of someone who is tough, very stern and doesn’t…
Everyone has that one Thanksgiving. You know the one — the one that your cousins, whom you don’t even talk to that much anyway, can’t wait to reference every year.…
Dear Parents of College Freshmen, You’ve been waiting for this time of year all semester long. As you dropped your precious freshman off at Armstrong, Harbin, Cathcart or Sears Halls,…
I have had many top priorities throughout my life; they change with whatever stage I’m in at the time. When I was 4 years old, my top priority was earning…
Freshman year, I remember when the club process started and everyone asked me what club I wanted to join. When I proceeded to explain that I was not interested in…
I was sitting with my small group in Shores Chapel last week when I got a text message from my mom. “Just got a call that Uncle Spencer has had…
A wise man once said, “I wish there was a way to know you’re in the good old days before you’ve actually left them.” This person may or may not…
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