from Thanksgiving break, they noticed that someone had added a bit of Christmas cheer to the campus. This year the freshman class continued a tradition of stringing lights on campus trees and buildings, helping the Harding family get in the holiday mood. Freshman Class President David Flatt said hanging the campus Christmas lights was an honor. "Traditionally, it was a job no one wanted to do, but this year itwas sort of a gift from the rest of the Student Association," Flatt said. "They said, 'We trust you with this responsibility - enjoy it'" Freshman Samantha Craft looked at the task as a way to create her own niche at Harding. "We are so excited to be involved," Craft said. "It's something you can look back on and say, 'We did that my freshman year.'" The freshman class added a new element of fun to the project this year. "We tried not to make it a job," Flatt said. "We wanted it to be more like an event. We had cookies and sang Christmas songs~" Although the freshmen did the physical work of putting up the lights, they consulted some upperclassmen to help with the logistics of the project. "Because most of us are new and haven't seen how the campus looks when it is litup, we asked somefonner SA members to give us ideas about different ways to arrange the lights and where we should plug them in," Craft said. The freshmen chose where they put the lights and decided to focus on well-traveled locations. "We hung lights between the McInteer and the cafeteria, along the SPREADING THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT, freshmen Samantha Craft and ReecieAbbon string lights around the Mclnteer plaza Dec 2. The freshman class and the Student Association continued the tradition of decorating the campus for the Christmas season this year. A. BEENE Freshmen deliver bright lights, Christmas spirit sidewalk to the Front Lawn and on several trees and light poles," Molly Brooke Threadgill, freshman women's SA representative, said. "We went out there and did the best that we could." Even with helpful upperclassmen and hard-working freshmen, the project did have a few bumps. "One of the funniest things happened when we got all the lights in archways and flower beds put up," Threadgill said. "We didn't realize there were plugs in all the sidewalk lights, so we strung all the lights together. There were about 30 strands plugged into one outlet, and it stopped working after about five minutes." The students were what made the job successful, Flatt said. "We had a great group of people, and that made it a lot easier," Flatt said. "It was great to get out and feel like we really added something to Harding." MATI BLANSm 121 FRESHMEN
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