3 FOREWORD DESIGNED BY OLIVIA DUNN THE EFFECTS OF COVID-19 CONSTRUCTED A NEW FRAMEWORK. Through my reflections on the past year, I perceived a new normal, complicated by social restrictions and unique challenges. Our routines, relationships and perspectives were subject to change, leaving us to choose between an attitude of optimism, or one of pessimism. One way or another, each of us will find a way to move forward, but it seems pretty simple to me. We can either give in to the feelings of fear, discouragement and discomfort, or we can reframe. Fall 2021 may look the same as it did prior to the pandemic. Gone are the days of Plexiglas and masks. Classes will return to their normal capacities, in their normal locations. But even as we push past the challenges brought by COVID-19, the grief of last year will remain a part of our college experience. Campus will look like the ghost of Harding’s past, but it will feel different, changed. Our best option is to be flexible and willing to change alongside it. We must rebuild a new perception as a community. The key to peace of mind is to apply a new perspective to an old situation. This does not change the situation, yet it gives each person a space to analyze. Everyone at our school has access to a framework of community, and the fundamental pieces that compose the place that we love are still here. The framework has been altered and added upon, but the goodness of our home remains intact. We can reframe our minds to accept the beauty of change and develop our structure in a way that includes it. WRITTEN BY HANNAH KELLUM
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