Worshipping with other students, junior David Easter sings during a stairwell devotional Sept. 19. Students met for the devotional every Monday night in the west stairwell of the Mclnteer building. ·RUI,.II Keck SiHing in the shode, sophomore Jenna Roosevelt plays her guitar on the front lawn Nov. 5. Roosevelt was enrolled in guitar class where she learned chords and how to read music. -Jonalhan lindsay Additional chapel means extra 'free' time For the first time since the 19805, students received the opcion to scart their day with either a 9 a.m. or a 10 a.m. chapel. One issue, however, sraod between the two chapel sessions and the studenrs in each of chern: a 3D-minute break period. Because class times were altered to begin on the hour - compared [Q the former 9:45 a.m., 10:45 a.m. and 11:45 a.m. schedule - students in either chapel had an extra 30 minutes before classes began. "Every day I come to chapel and wait for those three wo rds: 'You are dismissed .' Then I sit and watch the gi rl a few seats down from me jump up and rush out of the Benson," junior Matt N iehoff said. "I always see her a few minutes later in the from of the coffee line, I guess she sprints out the door co beat everyone else to Java City." Some students preferred the change and cook advan– tage of the time. "Students get to do pretty much whatever they want for a whole half hour. What more could they ask for?" junior Mike Beck said. "Before class I can check my mail - sometimes I even check it twice just for fun." Not everyo ne tho ught that the'lengthened period was necessary. Students like N iehoff preferred to begin classes immediately after chapel. "We don't need the b reak, and I'd rat her just go straight into classes and get done earl ier. You can socialize in between classes," N iehoff said. Senior Whimey Degge said the change benefitted students. She said she did nOt mind that there were a few more people in the student center in the mornings. "It's important to have some time after chapel to become alert before your next class," Degge said. "There is also plenty of time to run back to your room in case you forgot somethin g. The student center might be a little crowd ed , bur we'll live." As for students with majors that required daily projects, the prolonged break gave them more time to complete their assignments. "An majors always have so many projects throughout the year, and sometimes we JUSt don't have enough hours in a day to complete them," senior Ivy Crosby, a graphic design major, said. "I see it as more time to [make] some improv~~enrs on projects that may help me get closer to an A. D aniel C herry, assistant to the president, said the chapel change was to accommodate all the students as H arding's enrollment continued to increase. "At this point, we could fit everyone in th e Benson with folding chairs and by seating peo ple in the pit," C herry said . "Bu t as we [Harding] grow, it's getting wo rse and worse." C herry said the only twO problems with {he adjust– ment were fi tting another class period into the day and getting people to sign up for the 10 a.m. chapel. "J see it as a welcomed change," Cherry said. "It gives the students extra time to get some things don e and to socialize." C herry said the 10 a.m. chapel would be removed spring semester; however, classes would continued to be scheduled at the top of the hour. •Julie Pye daily life ''''''
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