Campus Support -' "Ph~b;"""k Killoncn Vickie Walton, Heritage Inn manager, and Tim Dawson, employee, discuss reservations for the Lectureship speakers with Amy O'Guin, secretary for the Institute for Church and Family. The Heritage Inn provided hotel accommodations for visitors to Harding's campus, ranging from American Studies speakers to parents of students. Lauren Moze, junior, wai ts patiently as Freda Martin, head cashier of the Business Office, processes a check for her. Along with taking care of hilling and other financial matters for the University, the Business Office. which is located in the Administration building, provided a banking service to many students by cashing out-of-state checks. Mailroom dElivers new director; students to see additional changes Chapel is over. The students have been dismissed. Everyone is leaving the Benson and is headed in one primary direction - the Student Center to check their mailbox. For many students, checking their mailbox was sometimes the highlight of their day. Letters from home or from a fri end can often be the icing on top of the student cupcake. "Mail can really pick you up if you ' re having a bad day," Mike Mosher, sophomore, said. "It 's thegratification that someone is thinking about you. ir makes you feel very special," Mary Baughn, sophomore, said. Digging deeper and looking behi nd rhe scenes ofrhe mail room, we find who and what makes the mail process work. Numerous changes have recently taken place in the Harding Post Office beginning last January with the hiring ofa new Postal Services Director, Toby N ickles. N ickles spent four years as the director of the Heritage Center before moving to Indonesia. She sa id she is hi ghl y sar isfied wi rh rh e Administration 's effor ts to improve the current mail system. "The admin istration has been very supportive in the upgrading ofour system," N ickles said. "I'm extremely pleased wirh rhe foresightedness of the school in making the advancements necessary to service the students and the faculty. " Vast advancements have also taken place within the mailing center, according to Nickles. The mailing center is where Harding "mass mails" brochures and newspapers to alumni, students and contacts interested in the many services that the University provides. Advancements include an abundance of software and machinery wh ich imp rove workmansh ip and lessens time that it takes to produce postal materials. In order to benefit students, further expansion ofthe mail room is expected in the near future. One might ask, "How will this benefit Harding Students?" More room means more mailboxes and more mailboxes means less box mates. Often during the day the Student Center mailroom area gets crowded with students checking their mail. The extra boxes will not only help solve the traffic problems created by the present mai lroom area, butwill also prevent students from having to share a box with another student. "1 think the expansion of the mailroom is an excellent idea," said Casey Neese, sophomore. "There is definitely toO much of a traffic problem with the way the set up is now. The addition of more boxes could only help in decreasi ng congestion. " Whether the students received a simple letter from home, a birthday present from a friend or a package from the United Parcel Service (UPS), the mail room staff worked hard to get the job done quickly and effectively. Thanks to Nickles and the other mail roomworkers, mail was delivered and some students were pleased to find their mailbox filled with more than just air. -Shauna Lee -Alan Seim Campus Support 17
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