Learning - Part 2 - Harding University Digital Archives

•Things that go peep In the nightAs two of us in the suite were first peek at our new pets.making out Christmas lists Even though she thought they werein the fall semester, listing precious, she was a little skeptical. Ilots of cologne, sweaters told her, "Cmon, we're seniors now -and books, my suite-mate bounced we won't get caught," but she informedinto the room and announced, me shortly that her worries were"Razorback Grain and Feed is havin' a different. 'They'll smell bad." I toldsale, and I'm gonna get my Daddy her about the owner's plans to changesome chickens." Oh, sure, we chuckled the papers in the box frequently. Thena little, but when she came back an she asked, "Do they ever stophour later with a box of little peppers, peeping?" I probably told her "yes" -our chuckles turned to "chick"les. but I know better now.One of the members of the suite had It took us a day or two to figure outlate permission that night, so when she that the chicks peeped loudest whentiptoed into the darkened room at they were cold. So we took turns12:30, she was quite puzzled by the blowing them with a hair dryer, ortiny bird voices in the bathroom. turned on the heating pad which we'dBecause she thought the rule-breaking put under their box. This kept thepet-keepers were in the rowdy suite peeping to a soft murmur.above us, she stood with her ear to the For six or seven nights in a row, allvent to collect audio-evidence that she four of us in the suite would gather incould use against them later. Satisfied the first room that our R.A. came to atwith her investigation, she slept, only curfew, in order to keep her fromto learn the next morning that she was cutting through the bathroom. Onan accomplice to the actual crime. I about the eighth night, we had alltold her the story - the Christmas gathered for our moment of deceit, onelists, the sale, the secret - then girl did homework, one talked to herdragged her into the bathroom for her boyfriend on the phone, and two of usvisited on the bed over a box ofhomemade fudge. The R.A. turned herkey in the door, and we all began totalk louder to muffle the peeping.'We're all here! Goodnight!" I said.The R.A. -'got a little suspicious.'Why are you rushing me out?" sheasked, with a curious twist to hermouth. (PEEP).'WHAT DID YOU SAY?" I yelled."Oh, I see - you're eating fudge anddidn't want me to have any." Shethought she had discovered our secret,and we let her think it as we laughed,ever so loudly, to drown the littlenoises. Well, she lingered, had a coupleof pieces of chocolate, and wasprobably quite amused by the one girldoing homework ALOUD, one talkingto her boyfriend LOUDLY, and two ofus SCREAMING over a box of fudge.At the end of ten days, and the fallsemester, all seven chicks, still alive,were packed into the car for a long triphome for the Christmas joy of adaddy. Jl!l- Sherry DanielRaben-Marie Roberts - Charleston, SCLisa Sarah Rushing - Miami, FLKevin J. Santiana - Bridgeport. CTSheri Lynn Schoettle · Rogers. ARKenneth M . Shivers · Oxford. MSRebecca E. Skelton - W. Memphis, ARDarrell Ray Spear · Glasgow, KYJason Todd Stephens · Pangburn, ARDale E. Stuck - Strafford. ARGlenn Robert Talbott -lorena, TXKaren Mason Taylor - Ta~macle, NJWesley G_ Thompson - Searcy, ARBryan R. Truex - ~allsville, OHRhonda Sue Umberger - Princeton, WVYasmin Y. Vega - Pangburn, ARLloyd C. Wallace - Denton, TXSusan Marie Ward - Detroit, MIJoe Don Ware - Gainesville, TXSteven J. Watts - Radcliff, KYKaren S. Wheatley - Searcy, ARJohn Michael Williams - Searcy, ARRoslyn Anne Williams - Searcy, ARDanny R. Womack - Salado, ARJohn D. Yee - Braddock Heights, MDMichael John Zanoli - Bi;mingham, MlLana Sue Zartman - Nevada. MOSecond Semester Students 24