PETIT JEAN SERVICE AWARD & REGINA SPIRIT AWARD Sigma Phi Mu reaches out to brighten Christmas for children; Regina honors Mathews and Ort for their quiet seruice Every day and in m any w ays. Hard ing stud nts qui rl y demonstrated wha t til word "servi ce" rea lly meant . Although p ra ise and recogn iti on w ere not motivators for their words o r actions . these students vvere o ften recognized for the ir servant lead rship . A ream o f s tudents . s taff and faculty s ifted through descripti ons of social c lub ser\'i ce p roj ec ts and chos the one wl1i ch they felt best exemplifi d til e univ rs ity 's focus on Cilristian serv ice. The Petit Jean staff honored ril e selec ree- tl1e w omen o f Sigm a Phi Mu - witl1 the I 995 Peti t Jean Servi ce Aw ard . "A lot of the g irls in Sigm a Phi Mu w ere concerned with help ing people and w e really tried to m ake tl1at our focus this year ," junior president Jennifer Long said. And help people rhey did . One of their proj ects w as ro p rovide Cl1ris tmas presents for th children at South rn Christian Home in Mo rrilton . A rk . "I tl1ink tl1i s proj ect w as grea t for the unity of our c lub and it w as fun to sp end a day with some very sp c ial children ." junior Mary Ril ey sa id. Another w ay that tl1e w omen o f Sigma Phi Mu dem ons trated their servant attitudes w as tl1 roug l1 a donati on to the Jimmy Franklin family when they los t all the ir possess ions in an apartment fire. ·'My heart rea lly w ent out to that famil y, and w e jus t wanted to do what w e could ro h Ip th m ." j unior Katy Hoov r sa id. Regina social c lub al ontinued irs tradition f h noring two ind iv iduals w ith the ir Spirit Award . Danny Ma thews from Ho u ton . T xas . and Faith Ort from Vancouver . w a h .. w ere thi s year's re ip i n ts. Ort . w ho gradua ted las t Augus t w ith a deg ree in nursing. returned to Hard ing thi s year to omplere a degr e in Bib le. Her car r hoi was a tes timony to her cone rn fo r the w ho le p rson- p irirually . pl1ys i all y and mentally . "S rv ice is no t ju t doing som th ing for som : it in\'o lves s ing o thers as p eopl and m ting their real needs . Serv ic also means fo llowing through ,'' he said . Mathew s. a s nior math nd Bibi major. oncurred w ith Ort . "Serv ice is th fundamental attribu t of a Chris tian . It perrnea t v ry thing he does - every day to very person l1e mee ts. erv ice omes from a desire to fo ll ow J us . for H am to ser\'C, nor to be s rved ... Mathews sa id . In a wor ld w here "look out for number one" s med to b th motto . it was a j oy to find God's servants quietl y doing rhe work o f Hi kingdom. ltl1 ugh they w ere no t looking for recogn ition. it wa a p ri v ilege to honor them . - Melan ie Matthews Donny ,\ /Whetus w rcnas u meeting of his socrol clul>. Ddro C/Ji I >d ru. . \ IWh<'tt "i <;<'n •c<I /Jis clul> us <lcl'orionol <lirccror. Pllo ro l>y Juson Burr . Fwrh Orr /Jllts her sc'n •w11 spiri t into p rocricc o n thcjol> w 11 ·11irc County I IO'>J>tlu l On use</ hc·r nuro;inn<ic ·urcc· to tt •o rkw rhc /1ospiro / tl'11c·ns/Jctt 'C1Snor u ttc·n<irnu clo-.;scs roc·rn·n w1 octclit10 110 / <i<'WC'(' Ill Bt/J le. Photo l>y .IC/SOil Burr . S c r l ' i c <' i\ w u r (/ s 269 S o c t u I C J u I> s
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