w _J CL 0 w CL N M ... SHADOWING THE SENATOR PASSION IN JUNIOR FINDS WASHINGTON D.C. INTERNSHIP WORDS Taryn BroJVn I I PHOTOS Hall Frost For many students, moving to Washington D.C. to intern for a senator for a semester would be a dream. Junior accounting major Hall Frost made that dream a reality in fall 2017 by becoming an intern for Arkansas Sen. John Boozman. Frost, originally from Clarksville, Arkansas, first heard about the internship program when en. Boozman visited his high school. He applied online and was one of three fall interns who made it through the long interview process. Frost loved history and hoped to go to law school or pursue politics after college graduation. "This internship has showed me [that] this is something I'm interested in, and that Christians can and need to write legislation," Frost said. Dr. Philip Brown, chair of the accounting and finance department and Frost's academic adviser, always knew Frost was meant for Washington. "From [our] initial conversation, and most every conversation with him since that time, Hall continually expressed a strong interest in both business and becoming a part of the political proce s," Brown said. Frost was not the only student from Harding to serve as an intern for en. Boozman. enior Paul Pearson \: as an intern the summer after his ophomore year. !though the acceptance process for the internship was difficult, Pearson was grateful for the opportunity. He was able to make many connections, like meeting Arkansas en. Tom Cotton, and learned more than he expected. "I personally took away a deeper understanding of what it means to be an elected official and a servant to the people," Pearson said. "Representing an entire state of three million plus people is no small order, and ens. Cotton and Boozman do an excellent job at ensuring that they both answer to the people of rkansas first and Congress second." Both Frost and Pearson's main responsibility was to answer phone calls. Frost received calls regarding Sen. Boozman's stance on healthcar·e, as well as other issues. "For a lot of people, this is their only interaction with Sen. Boozman because he is in D.C. and they are in rkansas," Frost said. "My job was to represent his office and answer those phone calls or direct them to staff members." Frost also trained to give Capitol tours, watched the Senate when in session, gave tours of the senator's office, attended committee hearings and job shadowed Sen. Boozman for a day. "Job shadowing Sen. Boozman was what I wa most looking forward to during my intern hip," Frost said. "I loved exploring the Capitol and going into that building whenever I wanted, but pending an entire day with Sen. Boozman was a great experience." Both ro t and Pearson were not sure if they wanted politics to be their career, but they agreed that the impact that can be made by having people of faith in ashington was enormous. "Dream big, God-size dreams," Frost said. "If there is something you want to do but it's big, God can do it." I Junior Hall Frost interns in Washington D.C. during the fall semester for Arkansas Sen. John Boozman. Frost's work included answering phone calls, giving tours around the Capitol to visitors and shadowing the senator. // Photo courtesy of Hall Frost
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