Amber Ream - Lodi , Calif. Vickie Reaves - Seneca, Miss. Andrea Reed - Milton, Fla. Angela Reeves - Tulsa, Okla. Tabatha Renahan - Tucker, Ga. Ashley Rendon - Victori a, Texas On aRoll: In-Line Skating Overtakes the Campus As an Alternate Type ofRecreational Activity Harding's answer to a cheap date is here. Everybody is doing it, all over campus, all over Searcy, all over the United States - it is in-line skating. Internationally, there are more than 15 million participants; Harding represents only a tiny fraction of this evergrowing popular recreational activity. In-line skaters can be seen throughout the Harding campus on any given day. It has become part of daily life at Harding. Many students like in-line skating because it is fun , fast, new and a great way to exercise. "It is a lot better than running, " junior Ryan Butterfield, said. "Besides, when I get tired of skating I can coast." Senior Dave Donnelly also finds the exercise more fun than jogging. "In-line skating does not put as much stress on your joints, yet you get the same benefits," he said. Ben Betts, a junior missions and computer science major, was attracted to in-line skating because, when he first started five years ago in Florida, it was an activity that he could do either individually or in a group. Donnelly prefers to participate in group in-line skating activities, such as roller hockey. He belongs to a hockey league at Roller Sports in Little Rock which meets every Sunday to play games. Donnelly and a group of 15 to 20 students meet about three times a week to play roller hockey. They meet out by the football field or in any empty parking lot. Injury seems to be one disadvantage to inline skating. Junior Russell Davis taught himself to in-line skate with the encouragement of his friends. Since he started, he has chipped a bone in his wrist and has had many cuts due to tricks such as jumping the stairs in front of the Benson Auditorium. "In-line Freshmen Cari Rodgers and Tina Cushing take some time to get some exercise. In-line skating is a fun way to exercise but also a sport whose outcome was often bad injuries. Photo by Aaron Gillihan. skating is a lot of fun if you don't mind getting hurt at the beginning, " Davis said. Skating tricks, while considered dangerous by many, are exciting to others. Junior Rocky Horton, an art major, likes to travel to Roller Sports to participate in a trick called half-pipe. It is much like the ramp used in skateboarding. The skater goes down one side of the ramp and then up the other side. To minimize the possiblities for serious head injuries, helmets are recommended for halfpipe participation. For many students, in-line skating is a more entertaining way to get exercise. Inline skating seems to compete with jogging, the usual form of exercise at Harding. Whether one prefers low-risk skating just to look at the scenery or high-risk tricks that increase the possibility of injury, one thing is certain-in-line skating has become a part of students ' daily lives on the Harding campus. - Christie Rogers Brad Renfroe - Seymour, Ind. John Renwick- Stirling, Scotland Becky Reynolds - Alamogordo, N.M. Bryan Reynolds - Winter Garden, Fla. Gentry Reynolds - Shreveport, La. Joy Richardson - Naperville, Ill.
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