April Lewis - Richmond. Va. Lola Lewis - El Oo';do, Ark. Jared Lillard - Memphis. Tenn. Jih·Hsing Lin - Na~hyi ll e, Tenn. Jane Little - Brisbane, Au:,tr:llia Slacy Little· Cooper, Texas O scar Locklin - Pacc. Fla. Jamie Lockwood- SanAntortio, Texas Sarah Logsdon-pldsanr"iew,UI. Maria Lopez - Booco, Niongua Adam Lougee-Mt'xiro,N.Y. Jeremy Lowe- St."arcy. Ark. Judy Loyd - Beebe, Ark. Taleen Ll,ma - Searq·,Ark. Jennifer Lures - Okl:ihoma City, Okla. Sarah Madden - Boulder. Colo, joy Madlaing - ~n Fr:md$(O, Cali f Eleida Madrid - CenoI.lnt ea, Pan:llll".l Freshmen students try to adjust to homesickness Whe ther from Broke n Arrow, Okla. ; Lakeside , Calif. ; Alba ny, N.Y. ; o r even Searcy, Ark. , s tude nts fo und tha t adjusting to co llege li fe could be quite diffi cult . Fo r most freshme n , the 199798 school year was the first timeth at they had lived away from home . Many stu dents welcomed the exciting o ppo rtunity to fina ll y be o n the ir own. Othe rs were weary o f the pressures a nd some times even d oubted tha t the yea rs ahead of them would actua lly be th e best yea rs of the ir lives. The fear o f the unknown caused man y freshme n to fa ll v ic tim to h om es ickness during the ir f i rst semeste r of college. Fo r 18 and mayb e 19 yea rs o f the ir lives, Mom and Dad had been there to make sure that they had e no ugh food , tha t the ir clothes were clean , and to lend financial support whenever it was needed . Emily Maglolhin - Jonesboro, Ark. KriSla Magnusson- Tulsa, Okla, Taniya Maloney - WhlteSand5M.R., "'~\ 1. ShannonMandrell-So::arcy, Ark. Nick M a riOlti - Pas.-. Christian, Miss. Collin Markum - )ack:.onvUle, Fl:!, David Marshall-Midlothian. Va, Ashley Martin - JOIihua, Texas SCOt( Martin- Nashv ille. Tenn, JenniferMartinez - Hiaie:l:h. Fla. Andrea Maninie- Middletown. Ill. SlephenMarx - Cbrks\'iIle. Texas People Whe n these freshmen packe d the ir be lo ngings and made the trip to college, th ey had to make the ir own decis ions. Freshman Arle ne Camacho from Q ueretaro, M exico, was not able to go home even at Christmas b reak . ''I'm sad tha t I didn 't get to see my family until this summe r , but I think maybe it's be tte r this way. If I had gone home fo r Chris tmas, I would have be en even more sad to leave my family and come back to Ha rding," she said. Whe ther from Searcy o r Seattle, Beebe o r Boston , Moscow o r Madrid, ge tting out o n o ne's own for the first time was a big ste p . The frie ndly , fami ly- like atmosphe re at Harding prov ide d s u ppo rt a nd wonde rful memori es for those w ho, even though they would have loved to go, could no t a lways make the trip home. - Brad Brooks FresbmanJeremy Picker and bisfamily take a break in tbe student center. Family Weekend was a time for parents and students /0 spend time logetber, Pboto by Kristi Bums.
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