The start to 2016 couldn’t have been more dramatic at my brother’s house in Georgia. On New Year’s Eve, he and my sister-in-law went to a show to celebrate their…
I must admit that it has become unsettling to walk into a classroom to see 25 college students’ heads bent over their desks, eyes glued to their phones. Even more…
After 40 years of serving at Harding, six of those years as provost, Dr. Larry Long is retiring. Long has held a variety of positions and leadership roles during his…
Until you have spent any time in Yellowstone during the winter, you have no idea what cold is. The recent Oscar-nominated film “The Revenant” tells the story of Hugh Glass,…
Grwing up in the ‘90s and early 2000s, before the advent of smartphones, my childhood friends and I played an awful lot of pretend. Every Sunday after church, the auditorium…
My room was in shambles after a prolonged, desperate search for a red and green Christmas card envelope. Drawers I had pulled out lay empty on the floor. Empty grocery…
According to The Washington Post, one hoverboard was sold every 12 seconds on Cyber Monday during this holiday season. The popular gift has since been placed under strict regulations at…
After sending countless resumes and interviewing for various public relations agencies all over New York City (NYC), I waited in agony, pacing around my room hoping for a response. I…
The seventh row of the periodic table is complete after the discovery and verification of elements 113, 115, 117 and 118 by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry…
He had just moved towns and began knocking on departments’ doors to find a job. About 40 years later, Keith Cronk, chief information officer (CIO) and vice president of information…