This year,The Bison worked closely with the Petit Jean, especially with it being Harding’s Centennial. Our goal in Student Publications has always been to tell Harding’s story while preserving as many parts of its history as possible — big or small. As we work to reach this goal, we work as a team, not two publications that work independently from one another. To epitomize this constant collaboration, I created a “Bison Year In Review”to include in the Petit Jean’s 100th edition. While The Bison focuses more on happenings around campus and Searcy on a week-to-week basis, the Petit Jean serves as an archival record of features through out the entire school year. With that knowledge in mind, I picked what I thought were the best feature stories we have published that also serve as a reflection of the past year at Harding. The stories I included in this mini version of The Bison are not only the stories I felt best represented the school year, but the stories The Bison staff enjoyed covering the most. I picked spreads that remind me of how much fun The Bison staff had this year because — although we know the importance of our jobs — we also have fun. If you paid attention to The Bison this year, you might notice that the pages in this section are not identical to anything we published.That is because our newspaper pages have more space for each story. I cut out a few sentences and adjusted the spacing to fit as many stories as possible to better represent the range of content we strived to report on this year. When Julianne asked me to put together these pages, I was ecstatic. The Petit Jean is such an extraordinary record of Harding’s history, and being included in its creation fills me with nothing but pride and joy for Student Publications. Like I said before,The Bison and Petit Jean do not work independently; they work together, and this section gave us the perfect opportunity to show you that. I might not always have old copies of The Bison laying around, but I know I will have my yearbooks kept on a shelf somewhere in my house for the rest of my life. For that reason, I was so grateful for the opportunity to immortalize my favorite Bison spreads in these precious four pages. The Bison Editor-in-Chief Tiane Davis A Note From The Bison NEWS SPORTS FEATURES LIFESTYLE 2A 3&4A 1&2B 3B 4B OPINIONS Online at TheLink.Harding.edu Searcy, Ark., 72149 A HARDING UNIVERSITY STUDENT PUBLICATION THE BISON YEAR IN REVIEW @HUStudentPubs Facebook: Harding University Student Publications Department of Theatre presents: For this year’s Homecoming musical, the Department of Theatre will perform “Mary Poppins” tonight and tomorrow in Benson Auditorium.The show involves a large set and a mechanism to fly actors during the performance. “It’s a huge show,” director and assistant professor of theatre Dottie Frye said. “It’s bigger, probably, than any other musical we’ve ever done.” Frye said she chose “Mary Poppins” for the musical because of the theme of family in the plot. “I’ve always wanted to do it because I just think it’s a wonderful, wonderful, magical story,”Frye said. Frye said the cast has worked well together and created good memories during the rehearsal process. She said the entire cast and crew have contributed to the success of the musical. “The responsibility is mine, but there’s no way I could do it all by myself,” Frye said. Junior Janie Shasteen is playing Mary Poppins in the musical. Shasteen said the Cast and crew have formed a supportive community. “We are thrilled to be sharing this magical story with the Harding community, and everyone involved in the show has put in so much work to make sure it will be a special experience,” Shasteen said. “I am so honored to have been chosen for this role, especially because it is Harding’s Centennial.” Junior dance captain Emma McDaris said the Centennial has put pressure on the cast to do well and emphasizes the familial theme of the musical. “When you look closely, the show is about a broken family who needs help being put back together,” Shasteen said. “It’s about a father who learns how to love his wife and children, a mother who learns how to stand up for herself and the people she loves, and two very special children who learn that anything can happen if you let it.” Both performances of “Mary Poppins” will be at 7:30 p.m. Tickets can be purchased for $20 in the alumni office and online at hardingtickets. com or for $25 at the door. MAGGIE SAMPLES news editor Photo by MACY COX NEWS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1A EDITOR NOTE . . . . . . . . 1A SPORTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2A FEATURES . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1B COMMUNITY . . . . . . . . . . 2B FEATURES . . . . . . . . . . . . .2B Story and photo from The Bison Nov. 3, 2023; Vol. 99, No. 06.
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