Harding College - Petit Jean Yearbook (Searcy, AR)

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It's either bills, bulletins, or blank. Routinely checking their mail, junior Linda Foster and sophomore Robin Ezell, anticipate letters from home, that seem to come so rarely, and care packages that seem Inevitably to appear in someone elses box. - photo by Wes Holland. Giving one another a hand. Studying together in the library allows Lisa Johnson and Mike Clif- ton to spend time together without hindering progress in their classes. v photo by Wes HoHand. Raindrops keep falling on my head. A sud- den downpour sends students running for the shelter of the student center after chapel, while a few of the prepared stroH under umbreHas. photo by Wes HoHand. Open mouth, insert . . . salad? Junior Cathy Machen and sophomor Billy Fore wait in line to pay for their salads in Heritage Cafeteria. The new salad bar is one of the many new ideas Em- piemenied in the cafeterids nLookr'rf Good Pro- gram. 7 photo by Wes Holland, Sunrise, Sunset

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Twofor the price of one? Richard Pippin, a stu- dent in the School of Biblical Studies, and Jane Smith double up on their laundry chores and then face the question, uWhat's socks are these? - photo by Matt Wissinger. Catching ZNZ-Z's. As mid-term tests approach and study hours lengthen, steep becomes a two ury. Graduate student Liz Earnhart takes ad- vantage of the peace and quiet of the library for a short nap. A photo by Matt Wissinger. The spot to shop is Wat-Mart. Because of its convenient location and variety of merchandise, Wal-Mart in Searcy is the place to shop as far as Harding student's are concerned. Sub 7116 member George Wood stops during his shop- ping excursion far a friendly, furry conversae tfon. - photo by Matt Wisst'nger. 3mm 3mm. sharing it together From sunrise to sunset weicontinued the tasks which became habitual by the second semester spent at Harding. Each day we faced the usual routine: struggle out of bed tsome before 8:00, all before 920m, go to classes and chapel Hate more often than nott, stand in line to eat a meal we weren't sure we wanted, return to class, check our mail at least three times timmediately after chapel, during lunch, and before dinnert, and then fit in homework, studies, shop- ping and laundry somewhere. Many days we trudged through this ritual, entered our rooms at curfew and when a roommate asked ttwhat did you do today? the monotone voice replied, ttOh, not much. But no day ever consisted simply of the routine events. Inevitably we had a test, paper, or assignment due in one or four Iris never too cold for ice cream. Junior Wayne John son, senior Steve Lake, and sophomore Delta Sawyer take time out of their routine to eat ice cream, talk. read dub boxes and just relax together, The stu- dent center became the hot spot after chapel during the week. e photo by Wes Hottand. 28 Sunrise, Sunset classes. Most of us ran from class meetings to group meetings to chapel board meetings. A few of the more vigorous even worked at a ttreal job. Not very frequentIy, but often enough to be remembered, we even included social events in our days. Club events, team sports, movies, outings, and SA. events splattered our calendars. Less frequently. more excitingI and most memorable, dating entered into a few tfor some of us, very fewt days. And, of course, with the date came several hours spent in planning and afterward in bragging. This ritual never seemed quite so unbearable when we faced it together, though. Only in times of aloneness and solitude did we find ourselves bored or frustrated. The times shared together ac- complishing the minor events marked the most extraordinary days. The times we shared in line, the times we talmost all of us in some classesi slept through lectures, the times we wasted on the front lawn - those times were the best. Sunrise to sunset, we lived together, we laughed together. and we, together, loved. site - Karen Roseberry Lauras run late. Seniors Laura Perrot and Laura White have more in common than classification and first name; running tate for chapel was an event many students shared in daily. - photo by Wes Holland.

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Mondale is Welcomed in Iowa. Walter Mons date campaigns across the nation prior to ' November 6, 1984. - photo by Associated Press. Bethune Visits Harding. Republican congres- sionai candidate Ed Bethune visits Harding's campus as wel'i as Searcy during his unsuc- cessful campaign. - photo by Wes Holland. Campus Colored by Politics. Red, white, and blue dominates the Hammon Student Center weeks before the election as College Republicans set up a campaign booth hoping to sway student voters. - photo by Wes Holland. 30 Presidential Election Harding and Arkansas Record breaking events marked the 1984 elections on both the national and local levels. From the landslide victory for PreSident Ronald Reagan all the way down to the formation of a new democratic organization for Harding students, 1984 presented a number of allwtime firsts. President Reagan won reelection with 525 electoral votes which made him the largest electoral college winner in history. Mr. Reagan also became the first president ever to get more than 50 million votes and with 59 percent of the popular vote he is second only to Lyndon B. Johnsonts 61.1 percent in the history of the presidency; Walter Mondale, the Democratic Presiden- tial Nominee, attributed his landslide defeat to President Reaganis unshakable popularity. Given the small gain of GOP seats in the House and a loss of two seats in the Senate, Mr. Mondalds evaluation of the Presidential election seems accurate. The most plausible explanation for his 49 state electoral sweep was Mr. Reaganls personal popularity among the American people, Fifty-three Republicans and 47 Dem- ocrats now govern in the United States Senate. The Republicans gained 15 seats in the House of Representatives and now have a total of 182 while the Democrats still enjoy a narrowed majority of 253 seats. The Congressional election results indicate the Presidential election was not one of deep-seated concerns and issues, but one of a very popular president in a time of some economic progress and a weaker personality on the part of Walter Mondale. President Reagan, while savor- ing an immense personal triumph at the polls. already has begun work on a second term devoted to fending off higher taxes, dealing effectively with a record-setting deficit and revitalizing the arms-control pro- cess. Time will tell as to whether or not Mr. Reagan will be successful. Whether or not the election of 1984 goes clown in history as a watershed for the future posterity of the Republican Right is yet to be seen. Economic conditions and yet unknown events will tell the difference in the 1988 election about which rumors are already circulating. Republican Ho- ward Baker of Tennessee and Democrat Gary Hart of Colorado will be two of the highly probable candidates. Governor Cuomo of New York and Ted Kennedy are still outside chances to be the next leader of the Democratic party. Vice- President Bush certainly will be in a posit tion to help decide the future of the Repub- lican party. In the 1984 Arkansas state elections. Mr. Reagan won the state of Arkansas handily, but the Republican party in general did not make significant gains at the polls. Pulaski County Sheriff, Tommy Robinson, was elected with a plurality of the vote over Judy Petty and Jim Taylor. Senator David Pryor gained a second term with a substantial victory over Seatcy rest; dent and 2nd Congressional Congressman Ed Bethune in the Senate race. President Reagan's last minute historic visit to Arkan- sas for Petty and Bethune was not impor- tant to the outcome. Governor Clinton was -.