Harding University has committed to celebrating Easter after a unanimous decision by Spring Sing directors to drop their shows for the first time since 1974. This decision has relieved many of the professors and staff on campus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cStudent\u2019s have been exhausted in class,\u201d Dr. Mac Sandlin, assistant professor of Bible and ministry, said. \u201cSome will be unhappy that it was canceled so close to performance time, but I think in the end they will appreciate the chance to breathe for once and to celebrate something as important as our savior\u2019s death and resurrection.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Without Spring Sing, the 11,000 people that normally visit campus will remain at home, allowing the janitorial staff time to celebrate Easter, as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI haven\u2019t had the weekend off for Easter in seven years,\u201d Aramark employee Matt Mason said. \u201cIt\u2019s always, \u2018Spring Sing this. Spring Sing that.\u2019 There\u2019s hardly enough time to eat, much less take a minute to relax.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In a statement released yesterday, the University said the board agreed with the decision, saying it was time Harding observed the Easter holiday properly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cPeople all across the country spend the weekend of April 17 celebrating Jesus and what he did for us,\u201d the statement said. \u201cAnd after 48 years, Harding is choosing to join the celebration. By doing so, we are postponing 2022 Spring Sing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Junior Wyatt Bennett, a Spring Sing director for men\u2019s social club TNT, said he was happy Spring Sing was canceled because he and all the other directors were overworked. The directors declined to state who came up with the idea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI\u2019ve had three all-nighters in a row, and I\u2019m still behind,\u201d Bennett said. \u201cWe don\u2019t even have our song lyrics finalized. Half of the backing track is just people mumbling.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Students are encouraged to attend the first annual Easter Celebration hosted on campus, held in the Benson Auditorium on Sunday, April 17, at 9 a.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Editor’s Note: This is an April Fool’s Day article, published in the April 1, 2022, issue of The Bull. Spring Sing 2022 has not been canceled.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Harding University has committed to celebrating Easter after a unanimous decision by Spring Sing directors to drop their shows for the first time since 1974. This decision has relieved many of the professors and staff on campus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15192,"featured_media":16976,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelink.harding.edu\/the-bison\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16972","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelink.harding.edu\/the-bison\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelink.harding.edu\/the-bison\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelink.harding.edu\/the-bison\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15192"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelink.harding.edu\/the-bison\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16972"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thelink.harding.edu\/the-bison\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16972\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17031,"href":"https:\/\/thelink.harding.edu\/the-bison\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16972\/revisions\/17031"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelink.harding.edu\/the-bison\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelink.harding.edu\/the-bison\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelink.harding.edu\/the-bison\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelink.harding.edu\/the-bison\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}