Sophomore Glenn Bush feedsseogulis during a harbor cruise Sept. 5while in Sydney, Australia. The c ruise took students around the Sydney Harbar and near famous landmarks like the Sydney Opera House. •(ourtesyo!LouraGilbe,1 Airline delays cause Australian dismay Overseas campuses offered students some advantages over life inSearcy. Free travel to exotic locations, smaller classes and shorter semesters were just a few ofthe benefitS ofstudying at anomer campus, provided the students got there. In the fall of2005, the Harding Universi£y in Australia studentS were scheduled to meet in Atlanta to fly together out of the country. A group of HUA studems met at the Little Rock National Airport to Ay to Adanta to meet the rest of the group. Because of mechanical problems, the plane was delayed for 13 hours, and the uncertainty ofgelling a new Right meant the group stayed in Little Rock for the duration of tile delay. "It was a very long and very boring wait," junior Danny Bateman said. "Some people who had Family in LinIe Rock went to stay wim mem, and some of us JUSt stayed in the airporc." To pass me time during thcir\vait, the airport presented the w ith srudencs vouchers for meals from the airport's various restaurantS. "It was nice to have che vouchers," sopho– more Brooke Hayes said. "But it wasn't a very big airport." After arriving in Adanta half a day lacer, me groupwasscheduled to Ay to San Francisco, Cali£, . but they were delayed by mechanical problems again and had to wait several more hours before departing. "We got on the plane, and everyone started saying that their ears were hurting," Bateman said. '''Then they announced mere was someth.ing wrong with the pressure in the plane and we had to get off and wait lOr another one." When mey arrived in San Francisco around 4 a.m., the airport reserved a hotel for the students so mey could rest. "It was a nice hotel," sophomore Alex Smim said. "We all got our own rooms, and one girl even gOt the presidential suite." After more than a day oftraveling, the group was tired and relieved to be in me hotel. "Most of us were not expecting to have to sleep on a plane," Bateman said. "We gO[ to the hotel and just crashed." Smim said the sleep was much-needed. "It had to be the best five hours ofsleep I've ever had in my life," Smith said. After a few hours rest, the group left for Korea where they met their feUowHUA studentS, who had already been there for more than a day. ''We missed the first day ofevents in Korea," Bateman said. "So we had to have a mini orienta– tion the next day." Despite the conStant delays, Bateman said there was a bright side to the journey. "The group that was in Little Rock had a chance to get really dose," Bateman said. H ayes said the ovetall trip was tiring, but beneficial in the end. "We got to know each other well," Hayes said. "It was an inconvenience, but it was still really fun." ·Auslin Ughl hua ~ J.1I
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