The Road Less naveled ~ each school year closes, Harding graduates a group of students and releases them into the world. Some become teachers, some become accountants, and some become nurses. Regardless of the path chosen, no Harding student - before or after graduation - escapes the message of self-reliance preached by America. Americans are encouraged to excel, to achieve and to look out for no one but self. Television commercials shout "Just Do It," "Be All You Can Be" and "Life is Short - Play Hard." Mix those messages with the competitive responses they evoke, and the result is a society that seeks fulfillment while focusing on self. Is a desire to be the best inherently bad? No - as long as some semblance of balance is maintained. Unfortunately, that's the breaking point for Americans, and it's where Christians fall prey to the self-feeding cycle of success. Without balance, Americans find that the busyness aimed at fulfillment leaves them tired, empty and thirsting for renewal. Harding students are not exempt from this quest for balance. Graduates leave Harding and wrestle, just as the world does, with the dilemmas that money and promotions create for marriages and families. Unlike the world, however, Harding promotes the ideal that Christians can triumph as they search for renewal. Knights inductees Jeremy Hopkins and Jason Wilson fight for the honor of their queen in the clubs traditionaljoust. With the return to aone-week induction period, some constructive activities ofthe former pledge week were allowed. Photo by Aaron Gillihan. During the College church spring meeting, Monte Cox emphasizes the path that God desires for His people to choose. Cox, a favorite teacher to many, was on academic leave during the 1995-96school year. Photo by Aaron Gillihan.
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