Decoding Harding slang That weary freshman. He can't understand a word upperclassmen are saying. "Tell my RA that I have LP; I'm going to 'the Rock," he hears one junior call out to another. "Tell who you have what kind of disease? And why is he going to see a rock?" the freshmen asks himself. Later he learns that an RA is a resident assistant in the dorm. LP is late permission and is given by the dorm manager, commonly for trips to the capital city of Little Rock, about 50 miles from Searcy. When eager freshmen ar - rived on campus, t hey had more to learn than just Speech 101 , History 111, and Psychology 131. To learn their way around and to communicate with upperclassmen, freshmen must also learn the local lingo. An announcement in chapel called for students, especially freshmen, to join Conquerors or the The Crew. "Why are they encouraging us to join street gangs? " the freshmen wondered. And he felt foolish when he learned that Conquerors was a group of students who acted out skits with an applicable message to Christian life, and The Crew was a group of students who did volunteer work in the community. They overdress; they underdress. The anxious-to-date freshmen girl wasn 't sure how to dress when an upperclassman invited her to dinner at The College Inn. In her silk dress and heels, she was disillusioned when they entered the student center. She learned with embarrassment that The College Inn was a snack bar in the student center, not a ritzy hotel in Little Rock. "What about Itza Pizza?" he asked her. " I prefer pepperoni ," she replied. With a giggle, her date explained that Itza Pizza was the general term for pizza in the student center. There are still the normal flavors. However, the freshman is somewhat overdressed for a football game in jeans and a sweater. Everyone else is wearing a garbage bag over their clothes - commonly called a Rally Bag. This tradition began during the football season to show support for the Bisons. When a group of students agreed to meet at "The Wall" before going to a movie, the freshmen in the group stood at many walls across campus before they found "The Wall" which was located across from the cafeteria and was actually only a few bricks high. "Some wall!" they exclaimed. The freshman learned with a pink slip that Good Housekeeping wasn't primarily a magazine at Harding. But it was a certain day of the week when the RA checked the room for tidiness. The freshman pays $5 for this mistake. The freshman also learned that the Good News wasn't PINK SLIPS. Mike Valentine, sophomore, and Jimmie Flores, freshman, react to their first pink slip. Freshman learned to take room check seriously after a few weeks of these write ups. -Photo by Jeff Montgomery an expanded cafeteria; the Time of Day wasn't 10:46, and Belles and Beaux weren't decorations. They were all singing groups on campus. But the freshman did know what a FFWCC was - a frustrated freshman who can't communicate! -Angie Mote Dan Ross Hite - Sea rcy, AR Tamara Dawn Hix - Cleburne, TX Melanie Lyn Hobbs - Canada Christopher A. Hobby - Paragould , AR James David Hobby - Arlington, TX Patricia Kay Holben - Harr ison, AR Stefan Blake Holder - Mabe lva le, AR Ivan L. Hollins - St. Loui s, MO Alan Paul Holte - Arkansas Denise Lynne Honey - Gainsville, FL Gina Laurine Hooten - Bivi ns, TX Martin J. Hopewell - Huntsvi ll e, AL Lisa Jan Hopson - Montgome ry. AL Amy Susan Horsman - Rockfo rd. IL Freshmen 281
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