- - The Bison SILLY DAY. A Tri-Sigma Delta pledge directs traffic outside the Benson before Chapel. Pledges were made to dress like they had never dreamed they would on Silly Day. Most upperclassmen were more than happy to participate in making pledges look silly during pledge week. Wellness week to focus on heart by Mary McWilliams Plans for Wellness Week for the fall semester are well under way. One week of each semester, Harding emphasizes health and fitness to students. This semester Wellness Week is being scheduled for Oct. 29 through Nov. 1. Beneficial activities are being planned, including blood pressure checks, body composition tests and a respiratory test measured by a stationary bicycle. The American Studies speaker that week will be Dr. Bob Jones, a cardiologist from Duke University. His presentation will deal with this semester's Wellness Week theme, "Health Habits That Affect the Heart." "Wellness Week is one of the most positive things presented on the Harding campus in recent years," said Dr. Wilt Martin of the physical education department. "So far, students have really been optimistic about it." Pledge Week Brings Memories, Mixed Feelings From Pledges by Trish Shanklin The five days of pledging and the weeks preceding them were not only busy for the prospective pledges but also for the club members. Many hours of planning, coordinating and arranging are spent preparing for pledge week. Club presidents and officers try to include all club members in the preparations for pledge week. Jim Hull, president of TNT, said that his social club has a "Pledge Week Committee", which brainstorms for new ideas, makes up a schedule of events and takes care of the busy work. Hull Said that one way to get the entire club involved is to assign each member a pledge for which they are responsible. Amy Swangel, president of Tri Sigma Delta, said that her club members got involved by preparing decorations and food for mixers, writing invitations, making club badges, creating silly day outfits and cutting out door signs. She said, "Some members helped and some didn't." Swangel said that much of the credit goes to the vice-president of the club, who is in charge of pledging. Christine Myers, president of GATA, stated that many of the preparations that go on before mixers and pledge week are all done behind the scenes. Some of these include "reserving a time and a place for activities, arranging for food, selecting themes for mixers and doing the general plans." She included her club members by selecting a different committee for each of the three mixers. Myers said, "I try to get everyone involved." A Ju Go Ju member and queen for Kappa Tau, Kara Dunaway gets to see pledging from both the · male and female perspective. In attending mixers and seeing the overall attitudes, Dunaway observed the "girls work harder at recruiting members than guys." Several changes have been made by the adminis - tration this year relating to pledge week. One change was to allow only five members from a club in each dorm to out bids. Myers felt that having only fraction of the club singing to the prospective member lessened the excitement for the one receiving the bid. She said that having a larger group would make a bigger impact when welcoming the freshman or transfer to the club.
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