157 FRESHMEN with Bisons Bison Babble was an Instagram account that interviewed students after chapel in the fall 2022 semester. The freshmen who ran the account were Amberlee Ellis, Olivia Brown, Ailee McFarland, Chandler Meadows, Delaney Glover and Hunter Fulkerson. After chapel, these women selected random people and asked them questions about themselves. These friends did not originally think they were going to create this account. “We were walking back from a Sonic trip into our dorm one night, and we were like, ‘It would be so funny if we started an account, and we just ask people questions every day and posted it,’ and it was a joke,” McFarland said. Later that same night, the friends created the account, and then the group started interviewing people with the plan to film three times a week. “It’s the kind of thing where everyone can be involved, which has been fun,” Ellis said. “We pick four a day: two girls, two boys — just random people on campus.” This Instagram account started to gain followers soon after it was created. The freshmen asked ice breaker questions to not just students, but the faculty as well. Babbling Six freshmen interview students after chapel during the fall 2022 semester. “I think it’s just like a fun outlet for people to get to know each other and just have a funny video every Monday, Wednesday, Friday seeing people around campus,” Meadows said. While these videos were for the entertainment of their followers on the account, it was also for students to get to know their peers, faculty and staff in a different way. “It gives other people an outlet to make friends even, because they’re seeing these people and getting to figure out who they are or even how they think too,” Ellis said. Some of these women previously knew each other, but once everyone met they all grew closer as the semester continued. They planned to keep Bison Babble active and continue with the interviews for the rest of their time at Harding. This showed that the power of a late-night Sonic trip with friends should never be underestimated. The Instagram account could be found at @bisonbabble. Written by: Mattie Powers
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