ding unique is the curfew. While parents find security in knowing their son or daughter is tucked safely away in their respective dorm room before 11 :00 on weeknights and 12:00 midnight on, weekends, students at state univerities find it hard to believe anyone could put up with such a thing. On the Harding campus there is almost just as big a discrepancy in opinions about the curfew. "Personally, I think it's irrelevant , but I can see why the administration wants us to have one," commented junior Bible major Ken Wiles. "At times it helps us to study," Wiles continued, "If the library Left STANDING outside Cathcart dorm , a couple talk for a few minutes before curfew. were closed and we didn't have to be in , we wou ldn 't be, and we wouldn ' t study - much either." His roommate, Paul Lickman thought differently. "I think it's dumb ; it's ridiculous," stated lickman. "Especially for someone who is 21 and some guy sticks his head in the room at 11 :00 to see if you're there." Com· menting further, Lickman stated that the whole matter centers on responsibility. "One of the things Christianity teaches is responsibility. I think if someone is college age and is a Christian he is responsible enough to not need a curfew." Concerning those students who might not be responsible , Lickman interjected that , "You can get into trouble just as easi · Iy before 11:00 as after." He also stated that there are other rules which wou ld keep students from abusing a no· curfew privilege such as academic probation and even suspension for too low of a grade point which would probably come if one kept late hours too often. Senior home economics rna · jor Anne Shields concurred in part with Lickman by stating, "People can do stuff wrong just as easily before 10:30 (the curfew time for women) as after. " In contrast, "You have to have some standard to go by," she said. Also, since there is a curfew, Shields thought there needed to be more consistent enforcement of the rule ; "I think, to be more fair , they should enforce it more strictly (than now) concerning the people who live off campus and the guys." As with most rules, there are ways to get around the curfew, both properly and illegitimately. Shields was only familiar with the more acceptable ways such as late permission and moving off campus where the curfew is more laxly enforced. One male student who preferred to remain anonymous stated , "We have experimented and have found that stuffed beds work around her'e." Also , there is always the old stand-by, crawling out windows. Whether anyone agrees or disagrees with the curfew or not , it cannot be debated against that the curfew is one thing that helps make Harding unique. Flynn, kevin • Daleville, IN Fowler, John. Ann Arbar, MI F01, Jeff • Hubertus, WI Franklin, Harold • Searcy, AR Freeman, Wayne. Hope, AR French, George • lakeland, Fl French, Koren • Huntsville, Al French, Moria • Oollas, TX Fry, Leanne. Vincentown, NJ G.ge, Kelly • Dunwoody, GA Gaither, BllIce • Cooway, AR Gont, Cindy • Yorktown, VA Gorner, Yicld • Dexter, MO GomeH, Phillip. W. Monroe, LA GorreH, Reggie. Benton, AR Gorrison, Anne • Silver Spring, MD Gorver, Dayid • Rolla, MO Gotes, Micbael • Webster City, IA GoHon, Teresa. Silvis, IL Gill, Tim • Dayton, OH Godwin, Nadine .• Newpart , AR GoeHing, Sharon. Mammoth Spring, AR GosseH, M.lodye • Cawton, OK Graddy, Mark. N. little Rock, AR Grady, James. Enterprise, AL Grabam, Dorcos - Plano, TX Grate, Bradley • Waterloo, IN Green, Corol • Searcy, AR Green, Leland • Springfield, MO Greene, K.thy • Arlington, TN Griffin, Suson • Homburg, AR Griffith, Mike • Viburnum, MO Groves, Wesley • Chattanooga, TN Guff.y, nm • Searcy, AR Guthrl., Cyntilio • Dosher , GA Hoas, Ann. Roanake, Il Hockman, Sh.iI•• Searcy, AR Hoddock, Tim • Bixby, OK HolI, John. Greendale, WI HolI, Mitzie • McCrory, AR Hall, Regan - Dallas, TX Hare, Rick - Dallas, TX Dickey-Hare ~ 275
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