SERVING ICE CREAM, senior TImothy Dawson shoots awatergun as May 2004 graduate Ben McReynoldslaughsat the Harding Nursi ngStudent Association's party May 4, 2004. The group organized thebeach-themedpart yto relax before fi nals week. -COURTESY OFT. O'NEIL TOM SOUTH, director of admissions at University of Arkansas-little Rock's medical school, explains the admission process toHealth Science club members Sept lO. South's presentation was pa rt oftheHea lth Science club'sfal l lectureseries. -A. BEENE NURSING GROUP RAISES lIlU~~~11J the island la~~~:;~~~~~~~~~:~i~~d (;~;:~:~J H a r<j in ~Nurs- S d of just would do some- ~~~;f:.~~~:~s;it~udent associa- prolCti·ce "s professional nurses, and, more as Christian nurses. HNSA sent a mission team to Haiti annually to help with physical and spiritual needs. With such d ose ties to the area, the news of the devastating storms compeUed the HNSA to act. Due to trouble on the island with different groups of Haitians not aUowing supply trucks in to help, the HNSA decided they needed to raise cash, and quickly. Senior Leisa Smith, the community service chairman of HNSA, said after hearing about the trouble in Haiti she knew something had to be done. "Our goal was to get cash as fast as we could and send it directly to the churches we had been working with in order to bypass all the trouble," Sntith sajd. The HNSA decided to make a plea to students and professors for donations to provide relief for the people of Haiti. "We advertised in chapel that we would take up a collection," senior Kyle Vath, HNSA president, said. "We showed a video of the area we were trying to help and had speakers to make a plea for the donations." Afterjust one morning of collecting, the HNSAcollected more than $6,500. "We predicted $3,000 or $4,000 tops," Smith said. "We [raised] $6,500 that day. It really showed the openness of the hearts here. God just showed us what needed to be done, and then he provided." The HNSA inunediately sent the funds to the churches in Haiti where hurricane victims were being sheltered. "People were going into the churches for shelter because they were some of the only cement-block buildings around," Vath said. "This created a great opportunity for the church to help those in need and share the love of Christ." - ERIN COOK 211 - HEALTH SCIENCE
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