[class officers] 230 [organizations] Row 1: M. Hunter, A. Moore, M, Arnold, T. Smith, A. Justus, M. Scott, C. Walker. Row 2: A. Hanson, J. Colrin, M. Walker, A. English, B. Harris, A. Moss. Row 3: D. Kiser, M. Reese, C. Copeland, G. Webb, D. Flatt, S. Ramsey. Row 4: D. Martin, A. Dean, J. Cook, J. Hawk, K. Gormony, D. Martin, L. Reese, M. White. Students encouraged to “Share Their Voice” potential The Student Association (SA) made a point every year to remind students that they, too, were members of the student body.The committee encouraged participation from all students and told them to be vocal about their opinions. SA President senior Charlie Walker encapsulated this idea by encouraging students to share their voice. Walker said the goal of the school year was to bring out Harding’s full potential. “If 12 apostles and untrained men made a difference, then I believe 6,000 students at Harding can change the world,”Walker said. One of Walker’s first projects allowed students to feel loved and encouraged.The National Day of Encouragement on Sept. 12 helped students motivate one another to feel encouraged in their daily activities through balloons, notes and baked goods. When school began in the fall, Walker worked towards motivating students to become part of the student leadership council.Walker said Harding had so many prominent leaders and wanted them to “share their voice.” “We have people frommore than 49 different states and countries,”Walker said.“If everybody came together, I knew we would make Harding shine at its full potential.” Walker said he also wanted Harding students to get involved with the Student Association in reaching out to the international students.This outreach program was created to help international students adapt to the United States. Senior Tiffany Smith was the director of the International Student Project and said that more students than they anticipated participated. According to Walker, most of the students that participated were Spanish majors.They teamed up with international students who needed any kind of help adapting to their new culture. Walker said the SA also worked with the IT department, making voting for Student Association offices available on Pipeline for the Spring of 2008. Another project planned was to have a representative from each dorm in the student government. Walker said the main purpose of this was to “encourage the community aspect” of Harding.Walker also said an athletic and spiritual director from each dorm was to be elected in order to represent their dorm at the student government, which, according to Walker, was an effective way for all of the students to “Share Their Voice” with the SA. “The Student Association worked hard this year on promoting students to share with us any ideas that would work for making a better Harding,”Walker said. Walker said he wanted every student to leave campus feeling and knowing they had a voice that was crucial to Harding. [Laura Navarro]
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