Written by Nic Fraraccio // Graphic by Ben Evans The world of sports can bring the best and worst out of people. When your team wins, it gives you that…
Written by Nic Fraraccio As an avid sports fan, I do not like it when people ask me, “Why do you watch sports so much?” I think the answer to…
Written by Emma Jones After four long, wonderful, challenging, beneficial years, my time with The Bison is coming to an end. I struggled deciding what to write about for my…
Written by Michael Claxton In 2016, I went to see “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,” which is set in a time slightly before the original 1977 classic. The plot…
Written by Malachi Brown I am an introvert. Many of my dearer friends know this, but a lot of them have only found out more recently as I’ve more often…
No doubt many of us have heard about the religious revival at Asbury University, a school quite like ours. Worship continued for 10 days straight, classes were put off, and…
I’ve been jokingly referring to this semester as my “Bible major semester,” as four of the five classes I’m taking count toward my Leadership and Ministry degree. My favorite out…
Some years ago, when I was new in town, I had a project to do at home. But it wasn’t a one-person job. So I ordered pizza, invited some friends…
Written by Michael Claxton I got my ticket as soon as they went on sale. Like every Harding musical I’ve seen, I’m sure Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Cinderella” will be delightful.…
Written by Emma Jones Fourth round club invitations are going out today, and there are going to be some people who didn’t get into the club they wanted, or didn’t…
Written by Malachi Brown Spring of my freshman year, the College of Business invited Lawrence W. Reed to speak, the author of a book called “Was Jesus a Socialist?” Poor…
Written by Michael Claxton In a classic episode of “Everybody Loves Raymond,” Marie has had enough of her lazy, boorish husband. When he loudly demands a pot-roast sandwich, she says…
Written by Emma Jones “How I love being a woman!” -Ruby Gillis in “Anne with an E,” Season 3 Episode 5, 40:07 I have been thinking a lot lately about…
Written by Emma Jones Not really — but no worries, because I will soon. Early voting for statewide and local elections in Arkansas starts Oct. 24, and elections run until…
Written by Michael Claxton For the past 15 years, I have had two standing appointments on Thursdays. One is at Mi Pueblito for lunch, and the other — at least…
Written by Bri Hall Over the summer, I pulled out my father’s yearbooks. For context, my father excelled in various sports and was very involved. He played sports his entire…
Written by Emma Jones Almost every little girl has a favorite princess. Even in college, most people probably still have an opinion about who their favorite princess is and why. …
Written by Michael Claxton Way back in the spring of 2004, I had only been at Harding nine months. One morning I was glancing at the chapel schedule before heading…
Written by Malachi Brown Last semester, my friend Jackson and I were “kidnapped” by some of our club sisters of Delta Nu. They drove us around the back roads of…
I keep thinking back to that moment. The moment my heart stopped. Yes, the vivid memory comes back to me clearly. Super Bowl aches do not disappear easily.
Written by Namon Pope. We’re used to seeing and hearing that Harding is a community of mission — in chapel, on banners, in the cafeteria — some of us probably…
The school year is winding down. There are two weeks that stand between myself and graduation — between my present life and the daunting unknowns of life after graduation. As…
What if we lived in a world where COVID-19 hadn’t happened? What if all those plans we had hadn’t been altered? What if we didn’t have masks on our faces…
I don’t know if the summer of 2021 is going to look anything like the summer of 2020. Perhaps massive demonstrations of social unrest will sweep across the nation again…
I read 41 books last year during the pandemic. Granted, everything else was closed, but still. I’ve been keeping reading lists for the past 15 years, and I was surprised…
It seems like every year there is a new team being brought into the Major League Soccer (MLS). Since 2017, this is true, with the expansion of Atlanta United and…
For Christmas, my mom gave me a book of prayerful poems from Commoners Communion. This small book has an array of thoughtful yet raw prayers and poems that mimic the…
Last week, “Just the Clax” received a dare. We get so little mail these days that we can’t ignore any of it. Previously in this space, we were challenged to…
In his 1963 song, “Blowin’ in the Wind,” Bob Dylan pleads, “How many deaths will it take till he knows that too many people have died?” While they were likely…
To me, she was the sage in the back corner. To everyone else, she was the head wizard at one of the more magical places in town. For 40 years,…
There is nothing better than the day you become filled with hope as you put the winner down in your bracket for March Madness. Unfortunately for me this year, ESPN…
I remember one of the first impacts COVID-19 had on the world of sports. Jan. 25, 2020, was the day I saw the tweet. The League of Legends Pro League’s…
This may be my shortest column ever. Why? Because I’m reliving something I’d rather forget. I’ve sometimes heard students reflect on their emotions when they learned during last year’s spring…
Communication is the irreplaceable heartbeat of humanity. Its multifaceted nature enables us to all connect with one another on a variety of levels. We communicate through words, voice inflections, body…
There are a lot of things I am not very good at, like waking up with instant energy and enthusiasm, making my bed, or cooking a well-balanced meal for myself.…
The idea of the American dream is undeniably a foundational component of our national ethos. As residents in the land of opportunity, we are reminded constantly that, in America, the…
I’ve been in and out of doctors’ offices several times over the past month, and the experience reminds me of one of the great fiascos of my childhood. I wish…
Written by Sydney Tabor. “What you see is what you look for.” Over the weekend, Harding’s cross country teams traveled to Oklahoma to compete in the long-awaited Great American Championship…
Written by Andrew Cicco. I’ve been listening to a lot of classic rock lately. It gives me a nice, nostalgic rush. It’s well-invited, too, with everything the world is throwing…
I recently read the book “All Adults Here” by Emma Straub, which recounts the intertwining stories of family members throughout the years. The eldest family member, Astrid Strick, serves as…
In this week’s edition of The Bison, there is an excerpt from Dr. Martin Luther King’s “Letter from a Birmingham Jail,” and before that excerpt you will see a brief…
One of the cool things about history is that it’s always the 100th anniversary of something. The year 2021 marks a century since Albert Einstein won the Nobel Prize in…
Written by Andrew Cicco. Dear Major League Baseball, Hi. It’s Andrew, but you already knew that. It’s been a while, even though the last out of the World Series feels…
I listened to a podcast the other day about prayer. In this podcast, it discussed the integral role that prayer played in Jesus’s life and how that should serve as…
Did I ever tell you about my theatrical debut at age 10? Well, pull up your chair and get a program. Please, no flash photography during the anecdote. The scene…
There is a Confederate statue in downtown Searcy, right outside the White County Courthouse. It is there to commemorate “the memory of the Confederate soldiers of White County.” According to…
Written by Jackson Saylor. We live in a society that’s always looking for the newest version of a previous product. Tom Brady has suffered from that society, and it’s a…
Written by Andrew Cicco. Every late fall leading up to the winter season, the members of the Baseball Writers Association of America get together and vote on the players they…
Sometimes I can trick myself into thinking I missed my true calling. I don’t know if this is an everyone thing or something that is specific to my social media…
I would say that last year was a particularly turbulent and transformative year for us as a country. On the heels of such a year, and in the early dawn…
When I was in elementary school, my class took a field trip to a dairy farm. Mathis Dairy in Atlanta had been in business for over half a century, and…
If you perused this column a couple weeks ago, then you are aware that I am an avid reader and admirer of Mary Oliver’s poetry. Her words have a way…
Tom Brady is a fantastic football player. Some people enjoy that statement, while others despise him for his ability to dominate the NFL for many years. Brady is currently the…
The year isn’t starting off very well, for those who haven’t felt the weight yet. Once 2020 ended, there was a small glimmer of hope — more faith in the…
Another sad page of American history was written on Jan. 6. There have been many dark episodes within just the last year that will surely make the history books, but…
Over Christmas break I found myself in a small, local bookstore located in Park City, Utah, called “Dolly’s Bookstore.” The windows brimmed with books beckoned me to join them inside.…
In my communication research class last week, the professor asked us, “What is some knowledge you have gained that was painful when it came to your awareness?” Throughout the past…
In the 15 years that I’ve written for “The Bison,” I don’t think I’ve ever told you about Buddy. Most families have that person whom everyone refers to as a…
Harding sports is over, and we’re already in motion, with both basketball teams well within the season. COVID-19 couldn’t keep us down for long. I mentioned a lot throughout the…
After being away from Harding for 10 months due to travel restrictions, six Harding tennis players from various foreign countries have finally returned to campus. Five of the six players…
As a cross country runner, I can’t count the number of times I’ve had to run alone. In fact, cross country and track are considered individual sports, so it makes…
With the semester coming to an end on campus, most students will be traveling home to finish their classes and enjoy their holiday breaks, and athletes in particular are looking…
As we wrap up our on-the-ground semester and I reflect on the past few months, I am reminded of both how far and how little I have come. As I…
We made it through the semester. Now we are going home in a time when going home may not be merry and bright for everyone. In this time of continued…
We hear a lot about how divisive and polarized our political climate is. It seems political leadership in Washington would often rather shut down the government than cross the aisle…
When I was an undergraduate, I can only remember meeting my college president once. He led the small, private university I attended in Atlanta, and I’m sure he was a…
Written by Andrew Cicco It’s not often you get to witness history happen right before your eyes. On the morning of Friday, Nov. 13, the MLB made a decision that…
Growing up, everyone has their dreams. When you are young, it is a fantasy dream of being a superhero. Then as you get older, maybe it is being a professional…
I’m sure you’ve heard someone say before that America is a Christian nation. Maybe you don’t think twice when you hear that statement, but oftentimes, my ears perk up. I…
Written by Andrew Cicco It’s over. The last out has been made, the Commissioner’s Trophy is in Los Angeles for the first time since 1988, and the season is finished.…
I think we have grown accustomed to doing really hard things on a daily basis. I know it’s a never-ending topic of conversation, but when I stop and try to…
I have been hurt before, and I am positive that you have, too. I am friends with people who have hurt me, and I am sure that this is another…
If England’s King Richard III had been alive during the 2020 pandemic, two things are certain. He would have tweeted “A plague on both your houses” to Shakespeare and his…
Reflect on a moment when you felt like everyone but you was in on a special secret; the whispering ensued, and you couldn’t help but rotate your head until you…
When I say “American history,” what do you think of? What people or events come to mind? If you had to choose one word to describe your impression of our…
In case you’re joining us without having read last week’s column, or in case last week’s column has suffered the fate of last week’s emails and is buried under a…
I have found that I have a bad habit of assuming permanence for temporary situations. For instance, when a day is boring, I trick myself into thinking every subsequent day…
Tuesday night, the Dodgers took down the Rays to win their first World Series since 1988. The season is over. Now what? Athletics in the Great American Conference are still…
Deep down you may still be that same great kid you used to be. But it’s not who you are underneath, it’s what you do that defines you.” Whew, Rachel’s…
As the general election inches closer, so does the tension within our country and within our communities. It seems as if the worst in humanity can be on display during…
We are in a global pandemic. I really want to remember that and tell myself daily that this is not normal, as I have emphasized before. This is not normal,…
Today’s column takes care of some unfinished pandemic business. Last March, as I drove home to Georgia for Spring Break, I composed part of this article in my head. Since…
Well, here we are. Against all odds, we made it. It’s time for the World Series. When commissioner Rob Manfred shortened the baseball season, people questioned whether or not we’d…
I think every athlete can agree that this season has been nothing but strange. We have had to adjust to this new season, make lots of changes to the practice…
One of the earliest memories of sports that I have was Super Bowl XL, where the Pittsburgh Steelers beat the Seattle Seahawks. The only thing I remember from that night…
When the first announcement telling us to “shelter in place” was delved out, doubt fell upon the future of professional sports. How would they get started with all the new…
“I don’t care what kind of a person you are; you can’t be a Christian and vote for a Democrat.” That sentence, or some variant of it, is one that…
When I was in high school, my friend Brynn and I would get coffee every Friday after school. I don’t know what originally encouraged the idea, but we decided we…
Ruth Bader Ginsburg once said, “Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you.” There is no return…
Humanity is composed of vast amounts of goodness, compassion and diversity. The slight smile shared between strangers, a child picking flowers or a meal shared between close friends are scenes…
I had traveled to Columbus, Georgia, to see the Lunch Box Museum, where 2,000 examples are on display. Mr. Woodall explained that although his real passions are antique cars and…
It is no secret that the American police have been under heightened scrutiny lately. I’m guessing that there were probably protests either in your city or somewhere close by this…
I met him on his 86th birthday. Allen Woodall sat behind a desk, surrounded by his rambling antique store. The gray-haired man in a plaid shirt smiled when he learned…
A little over a year ago while I was studying abroad in Italy, we visited La Verna Monastery, known for its association with Saint Francis. There, I was familiarized with…
What does “normal” even mean or look like these days? Since March, it seems, every day we have woken up to a new plot twist we could not have seen…
The world of baseball lost another face on the Mount Rushmore of legends recently. This time, we send the speedster in red to join former team greats, Rogers Hornsby and…
Being a legend is different from person to person and sport to sport. Jackie Robinson, Pelé, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Wayne Gretzky and Brett Farve are all athletes of different sports with…
Jacob Gibson, former Harding guard and 2016 alumnus, is entering his second year with the Liga Nationala, a professional basketball league in Romania. Gibson made a name for himself in…
It was a Monday morning. I was in unusually high spirits as I sat on my couch and sipped my coffee. A new week: a chance to start over and…
The people who are closest to me know of my deep-seated, nearly embarrassing obsession with a bookstore in my hometown called Commonplace Books. I have visited this bookshop too many…
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