Harding College - Petit Jean Yearbook (Searcy, AR)

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Starting with a fter driving three days from Califor- nia, not sleeping or shaving, and feel- ing like a general bum, coming here and having people approach my car to help me unload showed just how much people care. said Robert Alden. Student Impact received typical reactions of caring from all of the freshmen and transfers. However. greeting and unloading was not the first activity of the week long event. After the success of last year's premier run. co-directors John Scott and Karen Sullivan were Chosen for the fall. Part of the suc- cess of the program stemmed from the vi- sions of the leaders. Scott said, llImpact was a way to ease adjustments, like a big hug, to welcome students and parents and make them feel at home. ' Impacters mainly dealt with attitudes towards the changes that came with a new administration. In energy group sessions and general assemblies. leaders stressed the importance of a positive attitude and a sub- missive spirit in dealing with the high stan- dards expected. Energy groups consisted of 12-15 new students and three older stu- dent leaders; they met daily to discuss such topics as study habits, rules and spirituality. gate oadcl 6t! Student Impact gave everyone, new students and returning students, a chance to meet people and to grow closer. Wm W'Vajv Sltitft'nt latrtm I .Xliitfcnt I tit 10 splash iiStudent Impact is a great way to get adjusted to your new sur- roundings as well as meet new people. - Matt McDowell Besides serious talks, Student Impact was a time for having fun and making friends, Instead of us starting out as a bunch of different people from different places, we started out as a group of friends. stressed freshman Joyce Woodell. Some planned activities that made this bon- ding possible was an evening of get- acquainted games. A few of these were a campus wide scavenger hunt an ice cream social. a nerd contest. and a free-for-all water balloon fight on the front lawn. Attitudes, adjustments, fun, and friends all combined to make Student Impact great. A final ceremony brought all the ingre- dients together to give the real significance. Scott said. Student Impact is more than just a hello c0mmittee...at the closing ceremony, it all fell together for me. The purpose was for them to see Jesus living in our lives. and to point to Him. Star Search 1987. David Slater performs dur- ing the Student Impact talent show to a packed George S. Benson Auditorium. SIater attended Harding before he became famous by winning the top maIe vocaIist award on the nationall y ac- claimed show. Star Search. hosted by Ed McMahon. e photo by Steve Beliech. Squeaky clean. One of the activities to aid new students was the unpacking ofcars and washing of windows. Mike Foster. a sophomore from Jonesboro. AR. busily washes a freshman's car window on August 24 - the first day OfStu- dent Impact. - photo by Ed Wilson.

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Splash! A bag of water dropped by Frank Bun- ner, a freshman from Goodlettsville, TN, sur- prises Debbie Pierce, a sophomore fmm Pine Bluff, AR, 111 the water fight. Evczyone came away from the tight soaked since people threw bags and buckets of water or, as a last reson, threw dry people in the LinpooI. - photo by Ed Wilson. 1 A k' t 3.- ti g i: z: t 3? mail yam Barmamwm Durlng the four years most students are at college, the majority of them will change thelr major. Out of the 300 seniors that were surveyed, the results were as follows: I never changed my malor. I changed my major either one or two times. ?;?;rnx-nn;'.-:.'.-,-:::.2:.32:.2:.2.22:.'.-:.2-;'.-.-.:-32:41.3m.n;r:n-;:-:-m:e.-e;5- I changed my major three or four times. h Pep power. To promote school spirit, Student I changed my malor five or more tlmes- Impact heldapep rally at the football field in ; '5'! 3g: which the energy groups provided some of the emerminment. Randy Wood, a junior from Mabclvalc, AR, provides the directional information to keep the pep raIIy running smoothly, - Wrote by Ed Wilson. aim! Impact 1 1 W Life ul :0! ul sol 1s! enl 105' uol tael