------------------------------------------ people ----------------------------------- Senior Lindsey Harriman props her feet up on President David Burks' desk. Senior Todd Ramsey fantasized about what it would be like to be president of Harding University. (Photo by Amy Beene) 100l/ people if I weRe presidentof HaRdiNg, I would ... I look good in a tie. I can tell jokes and make announcements. I can even spell camaraderie. My destiny is obvious; I should just take the following list of suggestions, ideas and requests to President David Burks and tell him, "Have no fear, Todd Ramsey is here!" First, I think it's great that they're adding on to the science building, which will allow students to walk all the way from the caf to Biology 101 without ever getting wet if it is raining. However, it makes me a little jealous and seems a bit unfair. After all, there are students eating in the caf and then walking completely uncovered all the way to the Olen Hendrix Building. Even worse, students are walking to the Reynolds Center and the Ganus Athletic Center without a structure to protect them from the elements. That has to stop. There are two easy solutions to this problem: 1.) Build a dome over the entire campus. Admittedly, that would be a bit pricey, so I offer another suggestion. 2.) Build walkways that go all the way from the cafeteria to each building on campus. And if we wanted to get really fancy, we could just install those moving sidewalks like they have in the airports. The second thing I would do as president is fix the parking problem. Having to avoid hitting the cars parked in the middle of the street, parking at Kroger to go check your mail and paying $15 (that IS-minute venture into the Bible building took longer than expected) would all be things of the past once I became president. Once again I have two solutions for this problem. 1.) Invent the flying car. I mean it is the 21st century for crying out loud. Aren't we supposed to hav~ those by now? 2.) Build a parking deck behind the Benson Auditorium. Students could pay extra and reserve a spot in the garage, creating the revenue needed to pay for the structure. Then we could have peanuts, popcorn, hotdogs and Harding foam fingers (hey, who couldn't use a foam finger?) sold on each level, creating much needed on-campus employment. We could even go as far as to have a person who makes sure the cars are safe (a car RA if you will). I look good in a tie. I can tell jokes and make announce– ments. I can even spell camaraderie. -- semor Todd Ramsey The final thing I would do as president is make every business in town accept declining balance. Think how great it would be to walk into the Super China Buffet and when they ask if it will be cash, check or credit card, you could say, "Oh, no. It's DCB." After all of these ingenious ideas offered by me, I think the next step is to march myself into Burks' office, sit down in that comfy leather chair 1know he has, prop my feet up and tell him, "If I were president ..."
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