S orn e students who came to Harding did not have th e advan – tage of knowing what they wanted to major in. Others dis– cove red early on a particular field they might be interested in. Sophomo re David Denzin found his direction in high school. "When I sta rted wrestling in high school I knew that it was a sport whe r e nutritio n and health were very important and through my passion for the SpOI' t I began researching and studying whateve r I came aCl'oss and was very inte res ted. " Denzin said. "Taking a health and nutrit ion class in high schoo!, I just built on a passion for well ness. " Tha t inte rest led Denzin to major in exercise scie nce a t Harding wi t h hopes to go into the physical therapy field. " I have always wanted to help people," Denzin said. ''I'm n o t all that into the gOI)' side of the medical field , such as surge l)" but in physical th e rapy I can help people without dealing with [thad side of medicine and expla in and teach exe rcises tha t will help improve [p eople'sJ quality o f life , Also I can develop relationships with pati ents and improve more than just th e ir physical needs ." Demin had noble goals for his time after college . but even during his time at Harding, he still looked to help p eople. One unusual way that h e mad e a diffeJ'ence to really every student at Harding came about through Denzin' s frust ration with the slowness of Pipeline eve l)' time regislI'ation came around. • • Last year, Dem:in made a Facebook group expressing his feelings on the frustration of registering for cla sses , at the time not knowing the effect it might have. A few weeks later seniOl' BI)'an Clifton contacted Demin and acknowledged that the points h e was expressing on his Face – book group were quite valid and that a change was necessal)' . Clifton gave Denzin the assurance that he would do whatever he could to help make Pipeline and H arding a better place . "T he ITlessage alone was sh ocking, that someo ne r didn't even know would want to help me like th is," Denzin said. Clifton invited Denzin to a meeting with the Vice- President of In– formation Systems and Technology . Ke ith C ronk. The efforts put forth by a concerned student set in motion change to a prob lem that has af– fected almost every student. The result was that Pipeline was reevaluated and greater measures we r e taken to make it mo re accessible . Denzin showed that it was possible to use one's vo ice and influence to help those around him. Even during his shon t ime thus far at H arding, Denzin was making st r ides to leave a good impac t o n p eople , whether they realized it or not , through his own development as a p e rson. "My main goal at Harding is to learn mo r e about God and His Word in order to mirror Christ more accurately eveJ)' day of my life , " Denzin said. "I desire to allow God to mold me into the man He wants me to be, including to lead me into th e occupatio n H e has planned far me," Joel Bloke/Emily Houpt/i • David Denzin is the salt of th e earth. You may automatically assume from just seeing him a round campus, or weirdly obser.ring h im in th e caf. t hat he is the typical strong. silent type, a r ese r.red and we ll - mannered stoic. But what yo u ca nn o t guess withou t years of growing up with him is that ca rri ed in this muscled phys ique is more than a musical ex- wrestler. David has th e soul o fa d ove. He is o n e of the most naturally spiritual me n I know, and it takes only talking to him to realize that you a r e en – gaged with someone who is within thi s wo rld, but not of it. Out of anyone I kn ow, David Den zin is the most likely to be an Old Testament prophe t. Why? Because he is a throwback to times go n e by , whe n Scripture was deeply respected with th e r eve r ence that readily accompanied a thirst for justi ce in the hearts of the most devout believe r s . Thi s is what you find in David D enzin. H is kind is raJ'e, and well worth meeting - ., .. 84 people
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