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Volume 102 Issue 4

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Volume 102 Issue 4 February 2014

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at work in arkansas Five former Hendrix students share their talents with the Natural State 8 photo Grace Oxley

NEWS

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PARTY COSTS

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NEWS BRIEFS

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POSSIBLE CURRICULUM CHANGE

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A look at Soco54 and spring concerts News from around Arkansas Committee weighs alternatives

OPINION

GOOD MONTH/BAD MONTH Events at the start of 2014

THE ZUCCHINI

Valentine’s Day gift goes wrong

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CHANCE THE RAPPER

Preview of 2014 Spring Concert

ALUMNI ROBY BROCK Class of 1988

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DARRIN WILLIAMS

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BETH PHELPS

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MATTHEW HOUSE

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Class of 1990

THE PROFILE STAFF EDITOR-IN-CHIEF JAMES OWEN

LAYOUT EDITORS Jackie oakley claire de pree

501-802-5300 OwenJG@Hendrix.edu

PHOTO EDITOR Wil Chandler

Class of 1980 Class of 1996

MANAGING EDITOR GRACE OXLEY

JAMES HAYES

501-350-5954 OxleyGN@Hendrix.edu

SPORTS

ASSOCIATE EDITOR Blair schneider

Class of 1988

WARRIOR BASKETBALL

Conference tournament approaches

Culture

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ROMANTIC MOVIES

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FEBRUARY CALENDAR

Review of “Don Jon” and “Her”

COPY EDITORS samia nawaz Roman Barnes-walker PHOTOGRAPHERS STACEY SVENDSEN ABIGAIL GARCIA-LUCAS QUINN NEAL

615-516-3180 SchneiderBL@Hendrix.edu

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The Price of Partying A look at spending on school-sponsored parties by Jennifer Moulton

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ther schools have Alpha Delta Phi and Lambda Theta Phi; Hendrix has Ghost Roast and SoCo 54. Hendrix is unique in many ways, but one definitively “Hendrix” phenomenon is a community-wide platform built for boogying – i.e. our school provides a locale for our overflowing sociality.

School-sponsored parties form the anchors of Hendrix’s social scene, and also serve as significant markers in our college careers amidst the flurry of final papers and miserable midterms.

“One [party] that has risen in popularity since its inauguration in 2005 is SoCo 54,” Tonya Hale, Director of Student Activities, said. “Excitement is bigger for that party. Other events don’t see a large upperclassmen turn out, but with regards to SoCo 54, that’s something that seniors want to continue to do, and they make sure they’re there.”

Following SoCo 54, Hale said that Ghost Roast and Winter Formal are the runners-up for the biggest and most popular events.

“Obviously the Shirttails event counts as well,” Hale said. “I think Shirttails is its own entity, fueled by the competition and the tradition surrounding that.”

So, what’s the price tag on these nights of adventure and debauchery?

“It really varies,” Hale said. “For SoCo 54, Worsham is transformed. With that comes the renting of equipment, as well as booking entertainment and other essentials of creating

the atmosphere. The dance floor is a rental and it’s pretty pricey.”

Hale wasn’t kidding about that extravagant dance floor. Below is the budget for last semester’s SoCo 54, allocated to the Social Committee

by Student Senate.

The Profile had to confirm the amount set aside for that captivating disco carpet with Student Senate Treasurer senior Anvesh Kompelli.

Kompelli’s email read, “Surprisingly enough it is $7,500 for the floor alone.”

Higher budgets are reserved for the parties that have been deemed “most popular.”

“Especially with SoCo 54 and Formal, you get to a point where you set a standard for what you want to do, and people come to expect that standard,” Hale said. “There’s nights when you want to just go somewhere and dance with your friends, but then some nights you want to have a completely different experience.”

Experience costs money.

Sound equipment, lights, disco balls, lasers, glitter, security, fences, chandeliers, sculptures, strobe lights... and that’s just to set the mood. “[Cost] also depends on what kind of entertainment you’ll be having at the event,” Hale said.

“You could just rent a DJ, whose fees may range anywhere from $600-$1,500. You could also book a band, and that could cost anywhere from $2,000 to $5,000 to $8,000 to $10,000 – completely dependent upon what type of entertainment you’re bringing and the committee who plans the event.”

Entertainment gets the priciest around the time of the Spring Concert. Big Boi in 2011 cost about $50,000; Best Coast/Ghostland Observatory in 2012 was approximately $25,000; Macklemore in 2013 priced out around $40,000. Stage, equipment, production, security, fences for outdoor venues, hotel, transportation, food, booking.

Budget Breakdown for SoCo 54, 2013 Dance Floor Decorations Photobooth Bar Costumes Security

$7,500 $5,000 $1,400 $600 $500 $700

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$15,700

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Hendrix’s process of selecting which lucky performer will have the opportunity to come fill our ears with their sweet sounds includes a survey sent out by KHDX, the main sponsor for our school concerts. However, it doesn’t always work out that the top 10 artists chosen by the survey will include the triumphant candidate.

Much depends on whether the artist is within KHDX’s and Social Committee’s price range as well as if they will be available during the time frame that we need them.

“We try to get higher end artists, or at least ones that are more popular and well-known” Hale said. “All the spring concerts that I’ve experienced since working here have cost anywhere from $25,000 to $50,000.”

“This year, the concert committee gave their choices and [Chance the Rapper] happened to be the one that sort of fell into place,” Hale said.

Because of Hendrix’s contract with Chance the Rapper, the amount paid for his appearance at Hendrix cannot be released at this time. Nevertheless, we can learn something about Chance’s entertainment value by looking at his upcoming tour with artists Mac Miller, Earl Sweatshirt, Action Bronson, and Meek Mill. According to the tour website, tickets are about $25, with an average attendance of 9,000 at each venue.

Therefore, each show’s expected revenue will be around $225,000; this amount split between the five artists on the tour means that Chance will earn approximately $45,000 per show. Hendrix booked an artist whose asking price is equivalent to one year of student tuition.

“You can look at the price tag of some of these parties and think ‘wow, that’s really significant,’” Hale said. “But when you consider the amount of people who actually attend these events and the amount of hype and excitement and memories that are created – it’s priceless to me.”

Though some students may be shocked and appalled at how much money is spent on a light-up dance floor, others believe that it’s these events that make a powerful impact on students and that essentially make Hendrix, Hendrix.

NEWS BRIEFS

by Ellen Martin

Hendrix professor receives award for political contributions Dr. Jay Barth was awarded the Diane Blair Award from the Southern Political Science Society in mid-January.

The award honors Blair’s memory and career in the political realm and aims to recognize the occupational contributions of a political scientist on the local, state or national level. Dr. Barth and Blair co-authored “Arkansas Politics and Government: Do the People Rule?” (2005).

“It’s been made even more meaningful to me because of Diane Blair’s importance to me as a co-author, friend, and mentor,” Barth said. “While I was a young professor, she served as a role model to me for how political scientists can engage in public service in a manner that maintains scholarly and analytical objectivity. Since that time, I’ve come to see that there are lessons about politics and policymaking that can only be learned through engagement with that process.”

In addition to his teaching and participation in nonprofit organizations, Dr. Barth is a contributer for the Arkansas Times.

College expands technological advancements with 3D printing The Oathout Technology Center at Hendrix recently upgraded its facility with the addition of a new 3D printer. The college received its first 3D printer last spring in 2013 from a grant given to the theatre and arts department; however, that particular one is still under limited use. Any student can readily use the new equipment, with assistance from one of the technicians, for ten

cents per gram of material used — in this case, plastic.

With technology rapidly advancing over the past five or ten years, the college took advantage of this opportunity in order to keep up with our always expanding world of machinery and incorporating the importance of how technological advancements shape and, likewise, advance the world of education.

Photography professor revives history with new projects Hendrix College’s Associate Professor of Art, Maxine Payne, continues her journey that began in 2008 with the release of her self-published photography book, “Making Pictures: Three For A Dime.” Inspired by the work of Lance and Evelyn Massengill, Maxine Payne gives these traveling photographers’ work, from the late 1930s and early 1940s, a second breath of life, indexing pictures of rural Arkansas and the South in the days leading up to World War II. In addition to the many exhibitions and projects following the publication of this work, Maxine Payne has two new developments that include an upcoming book from publisher Dust-to-Digital—available this summer—and a collaboration with Alabama Chanin, whose Spring 2014 Collection, which released officially on January 28, was inspired by the Making Pictures photographs.

Environmental volunteers welcomed at Conway library The Faulkner County Library in Conway has been growing their Urban Farming Project since spring 2010. The project started as a competition between three local colleges, inviting any of the institutions’ students and/ or professors to join the attempt to convert the back lawn of the library into a vegetable

garden. The “competition” soon took a less aggressive approach and turned the garden into a combined effort to make Conway greener.

The Urban Farming Project recently collaborated with local Food Cultivation for Sustainable Living (FCSL) and opened the Faulkner County Seed Library on the library grounds in

August 2013. The new addition to the project aims to protect the natural seed grounds and encourage Arkansans to home grow food and keep the state natural and true to its name.

Both developments welcome students and faculty from Conway to volunteer and to become a part of their mission.

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Downtown Conway welcomes buyers Following more than 20 years, the Conway Downtown Partnership organization sponsored the Moonlight Madness event held in downtown Conway. A biannual tradition, the shops and restaurants around the area opened up their doors for extended hours from 6-9 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 31.

The event welcomes tons of shoppers and food-lovers from all over Faulkner County for a night full of special offers on apparel, unique menus, and live music that can be found on most street corners. Moonlight Madness matches extensive sales relevant for small downtown shops and tries to draw in not only the normal spending crowd, but also those in Conway that don’t visit the area as often. The second event usually happens sometime during the summer.

Student workers help with state senate special election in Jonesboro Over the holiday break, students of Young Democrats of Arkansas participated in a paid internship in which they provided campaign support for a special state senate election held in Jonesboro. The campaign welcomed student workers from Hendrix College, University of Central Arkansas and University of Arkansas at Fayetteville.

Hendrix Alumni Travis Montgomery, class of ‘06, ran the campaign.

The group stayed in Jonesboro for two weeks, working from 10 a.m. until 8 p.m. every day. Their efforts resulted in contacting over 35,000 residents by phone and knocking on more than 15,000 doors in order to inform people of the campaign in support of local Democratic candidate Steve Rockwell.

The election was called in regards to Sen. Paul Bookout’s resignation over ethical violations during his time in office. Rockwell was known for the publishing company he owned and ran in support of gay marriage, pro choice and the private option.

However, with only 11 percent of registered voters showing for the primary and five percent during the general election, the Democrats lost to Tea Party candidate John Cooper by 1,087 votes.

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CREDENTIALING:

HENDRIX CONSIDERING CURRICULUM ADDITION

by Josh Hammons recent email to students asked for participation in a survey that suggested a new type of credentialing system could possibly be put into place. This was the result of a proposal by a committee set up in 2011 under former President Timothy Cloyd. “[The committees] were called guiding coalitions, and they all had different objectives,” senior Annie Slattery said. “Some met more often than others, and there were a lot of us that were on them.”

The committees, made up of faculty, staff and students, were not given a very specific goal, and came up with the entire idea by themselves.

This particular guiding coalition created two proposals about some new type of interdiciplinary certification.

“It’s a neat concept,” Slattery said. “You take three courses that somehow relate to each other, and you can choose the three yourself, or go through sort of pre-packaged ones. And you’d have to do like two before you graduate.”

These related courses would be from three different areas distributed under one overall theme. The student could complete learning domains while maintaining a central focus.

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“Let’s say you wanted to do an Africana studies one. You took colonialism, a development class – like colonialism, that’s a history course – and a literature class. Then you could opt to get a certificate after that,” Slattery said.

The idea is to give students a more defined path that was still flexible. In addition, the proposal was a way to give students something substantial in the way of real world skills.

“There’s this idea that when you leave college, what do we have? Now I know how to know things, and I know how to read, but I don’t ever feel like I have some sort of concrete skill, and this is what that was sort of targeting,” Slattery said. “It’s sort of a skills based proposal.”

Not only would it give students actual abilities, but it could also potentially provide something like a certificate to show that students not only knew how to pass a class, but could actually function in the real world.

“And whether that certificate actually meant something or not to the outside world, I think it would mean a lot for students to be able to say that they did their stuff,” Slattery said. “I think what it means for students is that you have something that you could leave Hendrix

and show an employer: ‘Hey I know how to do this kind of business stuff, I know how to do arts management, give me a job at your gallery.’”

Aside from the real world implications, the proposal was meant to increase the connections between different classes.

“We emphasize so much interdisciplinary, but there’s not really a space for students to tap into that,” Slattery said.

The proposal the committee came up with is one that would allow students to develop interests outside of their majors or minors.

“It was a way for you, to like, you know, you could have your major and your minor, but then you’d have this other cool thing,” Slattery said.

This also helps students decide on classes.

Instead of just choosing what works best within a major, or with their schedule, students would use these different class combinations to fulfill requirements.

“There’s a lot of intentionality, and that’s what they really wanted is to bring intention back to the classes we choose,” Slattery said.

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THE GOOD, THE BAD IN FEBRUARY

by Carter Milligan

It was a good month for...

It was a bad month for...

HENDRIX WIFI. On Feb. 6, Hendrix

THE FLU. Claiming 25 lives in the state, the

upgraded its internet circuit in an attempt to ease bottlenecking issues. The update is expected to increase internet bandwidth by five times the previous standard.

current flu season has led to an unusually high percentage of doctor and hospital visits. The death toll includes people of ages ranging from 2 months to 77 years. About 85 percent of deaths are among people over 65.

REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH. Upon

SEX OFFENDERS. The Faulkner

reviewing the rules for enforcing a law approved last year banning most abortions at 20 weeks into a woman’s pregnancy, Arkansas lawmakers began to question the law’s constitutionality.

The U.S. Supreme Court declined to review a lower court decision that invalidated Arizona’s state law prohibiting most abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy.

County Sheriff’s Office conducted a county sex offender check up on Jan. 21 and 22 that led to 13 arrests including various drug charges and warrants.

WEATHERMEN. Central Arkansas

residents were witness to temperatures ranging from a bone-chilling 10 degrees to a balmy 70 degrees in the first month of 2014. These unseasonably warm temperatures were unusual as January is traditionally the coolest month of the year with an average high of 51 degrees and an average low of 31 degrees.

CONWAY DRIVERS.

Scheduled to be completed this spring, the city will proceed with action to purchase Walgreens property needed for the planned widening of Oak Street downtown.

The Zucchini Giant Teddy Bear Literally Swallows Local Girl Whole by Brooke Nelson

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ONWAY, Ark.— 20-year-old Madison Perkins was dreamily clutching her new stuffed teddy bear when it suddenly opened its mouth and swallowed her whole, sources confirmed Sunday.

The four-foot-tall bear, weighing close to five pounds and holding a heart in its paws with the words “Be Mine” stitched into the fabric, was a recent Valentine’s Day gift from her boyfriend, 21-year-old student Sean Hayward. According to Hayward, he bought the stuffed animal at Big

Lots for $4.99.

“I had no idea this would happen,” Hayward said Sunday. “It’s like every boyfriend’s worst nightmare.”

Perkins, a current student at Hendrix College, had dropped subtle hints about the bear several times while out shopping with Hayward, sources said. These included gazing at the bear while longingly stroking its fur, then looking pitifully back at Hayward with a cute, irresistible pout.

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boyfriend of her undying need for the gift, Perkins is quoted to have loudly called the giant stuffed bear that will sit in her room and maintain little significance for the other 364 days of the year “Literally Everything I Have Ever Wanted in Life” while her boyfriend stood five feet away.

“I got the idea from Madison’s friends,” Hayward said. “I knew she would be really surprised, since she hadn’t mentioned anything about it to me at all.”

OPINION SPRING CONCERT PREVIEW

Chance the Rapper “Acid Rap” won’t trip you up

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by Ellen Martin

would be lying if I said that I had heard of Chance the Rapper before I read about him coming to Hendrix all over Twitter. And I have to add that my expectations were a bit offended when the only result I found for him on iTunes was a feature in a JBiebs song. However, I underwent a change of heart when I listened to his new mix tape, “Acid Rap.” Formally known as Chancelor Bennett, the

20-year-old, Chicago-born artist has come a long way from his first drop, inspired by a 10day suspension received in high school. While I was listening to his new album, the background music had me twitching in a manner that is in-between that smooth, wrist-swinging snap you see guys doing in all the 60’s movies and a super chill head-bob you get into when the bass hits. The beats seem to emphasize every part

of an auditory drug-trip he is creating from the ‘Lil Wayne-like bird squawks to the drawn out syllables he extends to comic strip lengths. The music alone definitely gets me psyched for his performance.

Coming to terms with his voice was a little hard when I first played his album. I’ll admit that I thought my stereo was cracking a few times.

With the upmost courtesy and complimentary intentions, I say that you could characterize Chance the Rapper’s voice as a hoarse Childish Gambino skat or slightly less intoxicated Kendrick Lamar slur. I have never been a fan of the latter. Then again, there are a lot of people who say he just sounds like a high-pitched ‘Lil Wayne, which fits, too. Although, after putting the tape on a loop, you start to get caught up in the depth of what the lyrics are saying.

Unlike the Ferris Bueller twist his first mixtape gave, “Acid Rap” has an unsettling shadow of paranoia hanging over it as he paints a picture of what the unreported life from the streets of his hometown, at which news stations never looked twice, were like; ultimately leading back to the loss of a close friend — which he witnessed — that inspired most of the songs.

I do not want to be cliché when I say that Chance the Rapper’s music is “too real.” Though, after listening to him for the past few days over and over again, I am definitely excited to see him perform here in the spring, simply because of the slingshot personality his music has.

I do not expect it to be a complete jump fest like I imagined Macklemore was or a total head-banging scream that Matt & Kim sent out.

However, it will definitely be an experience. It is one thing to jam to “Acid Rap” in the car or when you are chillaxin’ in your Eno hammock set up under a lofted bed on Martin fourth floor, but it will be interesting to actually hear him speak the stories that brought him to make the release himself.

The giant teddy bears are mass-produced in Chinese sweatshops and have a long history of anxiety, but no circumstances of this nature have been reported to authorities before.

Since the incident, the teddy bear has reportedly tried to carry on with a normal life. He has been recently sighted eating at local restaurants, shopping for groceries, and taking walks in the park. However, he has asked for privacy during this difficult time as he deals with “crippling depression” and “post-traumatic stress disorder.”

“He will need a little time to process this ordeal,” Police Chief Michael Brooks said in the official press release. “I mean, he came alive, for God’s sake. How would you feel if your first act on this planet was to eat another person?”

As of press time, the giant teddy bear was sitting in front of Perkins’s television, uncontrollably sobbing that he “had always wanted something more real in life.”

A note to the reader: The Zucchini is a spinoff column of The Onion, a satire news publication

that is based in Chicago, Illinois. In other words, The Zucchini is just that—a satire. Nothing written in an article under The Zucchini column is factually true, nor are any of the names written therein true students or employees at Hendrix.

The Zucchini aims to take a fun or sarcastic spin on issues on or off campus; it does not intend to insult or place blame. Please do not take it seriously.

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HENDRIX IN ARKANSAS While attending Hendrix, students have the opportunity to study abroad in countless countries. After graduation, HENDRIX ALUMNI have begun successful careers across the globe.

Hendrix Alumni can be found from coast to coast, continent to continent. They can also be found in Arkansas. The 2014 Alumni Issue highlights Hendrix graduates that are making a difference and taking advantage of the opportunities offered by the state they chose to provide their education – Arkansas. photos Grace Oxley

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TALKING HENDRIX Brock makes career in communications

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oby Brock, a 1988 graduate of Hendrix, transformed a background in business and a bachelor’s degree in English into a successful career in business, politics, and journalism. Brock grew up in Arkansas and graduated from Hall High School before he chose to attend Hendrix.

“Hendrix has a sterling reputation as one of the top academic schools in the state, which appealed to me,” Brock said. “I also attended Governor’s School my junior year and kind of fell in love with the campus.”

Brock originally studied business and economics, but decided his junior year to switch to English.

“I took Shakespeare and Cost Accounting in the same semester, and I really liked Shakespeare more than I liked Cost Accounting,” Brock said. “So that helped me make the switch.”

While he eventually returned to Arkansas, Brock also spent time abroad.

“Being at Hendrix, it pushed me to want to explore some of the things I had been studying throughout high school and college,” Brock said.

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“So a year after I graduated, for that next year I actually traveled abroad in Europe, and lived in London and used that as my home base.”

After his return from Europe, Brock began one of many jobs and pursuits he would have over the next 25 years. He began working for the accounting company Baird, Kirks and Dobson.

When he moved on from that job, Brock started his own business.

“From there I actually started a restaurant with a friend of mine from church called Shoot the Bull,” Brock said. “Kind of a burger and beer joint.”

After three years of running the restaurant Brock once again moved to a seemingly unrelated career path.

“I got offered a position to help plan the presidential watch night party for Bill Clinton in 1992,” Brock said. “So that whole, everything you’ve ever seen on TV, you know, when he came out to the Old State House with his wife and Chelsea and the world saw him for the first time as president, I planned all that.”

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capitol.

“I met soon to be Arkansas Governor Jim Guy Tucker in the crowd that night and went to work with him up at the state capitol instead of going to Washington,” Brock said. “I wanted to stay here.”

Brock was very clear on his connection to Arkansas.

“I think I knew at a pretty early age in my teens and early twenties that this was home to me,” Brock said. “This is where I wanted to make my living. I knew people and had relationships and connections.”

All of his experiences developed into his current occupation. Brock started a video production company called River Rock Communications 15 years ago. This led to the creation of his talk show and website Talk Business.

“If you look at what I studied at Hendrix, I studied business and English, which for me was about communication, oral and written communication,” Brock said. “And really what I spend a lot of my time doing right now, most of my time now, is writing or speaking about business and politics.”

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Williams works to improve state

apping his knuckles on the screen door, southern Little Rock citizen Darrin Williams was greeted by a voice asking him to come inside.

Williams was looking for a vote.

It was what Williams left with that was noteworthy.

After a conversation about why he was running for State Representative from District 36, which encompasses parts of Little Rock south of I-630, Williams walked out of the house with the vote he had sought. He also had received an assortment of legumes.

“When I left, I had her vote, and I had a couple bags of purple hull peas, I had some greens, and she and I are still friends today,” Williams said.

“In fact, she had a wonderful story.”

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Williams went on to tell the story of that same Arkansan, who had overcome a ravaging house fire and the death of her husband, yet remained overtly optimistic.

The woman even called Williams to let him know she had voted for him early because she was going to be out of town on Election Day. “I’m a people person, and there are so many cool people in the state of Arkansas that so many of us don’t get the chance to meet,” Williams said when discussing why he originally wanted to run for State Representative. “We hear a lot about problems. We don’t get often to hear about the positive things.”

Williams, a 1990 Hendrix graduate with a Bachelor’s degree in History, was elected in 2008 to the state’s general assembly.

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But much like the woman, Williams had a long road before being in a position to run or be elected.

That road begins in the town on Danville, Ark., a small town in Yell County.

It was here that Williams was born; however, it is not where Williams considers home. At three weeks old, Williams was adopted by a loving Little Rock couple.

“My whole growing up was in Little Rock,” Williams said. “I’m from Little Rock.”

Aside from spending summers in Menifee, Ark., where his mother hails from, Williams spent his adolescent years growing up in the same district he would later serve.

“I live now less than a mile from where I grew up, and so the church that my dad was a

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minister of and that I attended all my life was less than two miles [away] within the legislative district that I am proud to serve,” Williams said. “I’ve got relatives, I’ve got family, I’ve got friends. I’ve been there all my life.”

Through his exposure to the Little Rock area, Williams is now influencing the same area that influenced him throughout high school and even provided him with what he jokingly refers to as his crowning political achievement.

While attending Central High School, Williams was elected Student Body President for his senior year.

“That was my first election and my best election,” William said with a laugh. “Every election since then has been downhill. I was at the peak of my political career as a senior in high school.”

But Central was more than just a political experience for Williams. It was an experiment in leadership.

“Central was an awesome educational experience,” Williams said. “Two thousand students.

Bigger than some of my colleagues at Hendrix, bigger than their hometowns. I had more people, more constituents than their mayors.”

The year prior to his experience as Student Body President, Williams experienced Hendrix College through Governor’s School.

“That really got me to thinking more and more about Hendrix,” Williams said. “I enjoyed my experience at Governor’s School, enjoyed the campus.”

It was not a foregone conclusion that Williams would attend Hendrix.

“I probably initially thought for college I would leave the state for college,” Williams said.

A yearning to stay close to his mother following his father’s death helped solidify Hendrix as Williams’ choice for higher education.

“I felt this desire to stay closer to Mom,” Williams said. “To take care of [my] mom. And Hendrix was close enough where I could get back home when I needed to.”

Williams has carried this importance of family with him throughout his professional career, always talking with his wife, Nicole, about decisions as well as factoring in his two children, Darrin Jr., DJ for short, and Payton.

“They [DJ and Payton] are the basis for the decisions that I make,” Williams said. “I always consult my wife, and she has been a solid rock and a strong influence, and I am fortunate in that regard.”

Williams met his future wife while studying law at Vanderbilt, a decision that was very much fostered because of his career as a student at Hendrix.

“Hendrix and Vanderbilt had a very strong relationship,” Williams said. “A number of folks who had attended Hendrix had gone to Vanderbilt Law School and had [established] a rich history between the two schools, so Vanderbilt

recruited Hendrix students for law school, and that was a common tie.”

After graduating from Vanderbilt, Williams spent time working on his Masters of Law at Georgetown in Securities and Financial Regulation while also writing legal opinions part-time for the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

It was during this period that Williams started getting involved in the Washington, D.C. political realm.

“About that time, Bill Clinton was elected President in 1992, and so all of Arkansas, all of my political friends in Arkansas were in Wash-

“I REMEMBER AT THAT TIME, GOVERNOR CLINTON SAYING TO ME, ‘I’M GLAD YOU’RE GOING OFF TO VANDERBILT. THAT’S GOOD. GO OFF AND DO A GOOD JOB, BUT COME BACK [TO ARKANSAS].’” ington, D.C. working for President Clinton,” Williams said. “And while I didn’t move to D.C. because of that, every time I had a chance to volunteer, to help out, I worked on [or] did something with regard to assisting President Clinton’s administration.”

One of the many ways the Williams helped was through volunteering with the Democratic National Committee (DNC) through his Hendrix roommate and fellow 1990 graduate, Darren Peters.

Volunteering to help the Clinton administration quickly paid dividends for Williams, as he was offered a job in 1995 with the DNC working to promote President Clinton’s policies through base voter outreach.

“I worked on political campaigns throughout the country, particularly with a focus around the turnout of African American voters in elections and having African Americans support the policies of President Clinton’s administration,” Williams said.

“It was a fun time. Politically, I had a ball.”

Williams’ work with the DNC was not the only

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time Clinton had a major impact on his political career.

“Before I went to Vanderbilt, I had just finished Hendrix, I was asked to introduce Bill Clinton,” Williams said. “He was then Governor ... and I remember at that time, Governor Clinton saying to me, ‘I’m glad you’re going off to Vanderbilt.

That’s good. Go off and do a good job, but come back [to Arkansas].’”

These words stuck with Williams, and coupled with his experience as a multi-year intern with Sen. David Pryor during his Hendrix career, provided a conduit for Williams to return to Arkansas when he was offered the position of Chief of Staff for Mark Pryor’s campaign for Attorney General.

“Initially I said no, but then we continued to talk and consult with my wife, and we decided to move back,” Williams said.

He served in the role of Chief of Staff for Pryor until 2002, when he started practicing law in Little Rock. Williams worked in law until 2013, when he was asked to become CEO of Southern Bancorp.

“We were in a good place, and just decided, let’s take a shot,” Williams said. “At some point in time it’s got to be about more than just money. There’s probably more money in suing a bank than running a bank, but we decided to take this opportunity, and I have not regretted it. It’s fun. I’m learning a lot.”

Before being offered the job, one of the reasons that Williams was familiar with Southern was because of his legislative experience, and he had worked with the non-profit side of the bank to make legislation to benefit the financial wellbeing of his constituents.

“I read about what they were doing, and they were really doing some innovative, progressive things with regard to building families’ assets, savings, strong policy work around financial literacy and financial education,” Williams said.

“So I just called them up because I had not heard of them.”

The result of that partnership was a bill to curb and work to eliminate predatory ‘fast cash’ tax return businesses that preyed on constituents of his district. Other legislative accomplishments for Williams include a prison sentencing reform bill that he led the charge on in the 2011 general assembly session, but the votes he is most proud of concern education.

“We continue to make education a priority in Arkansas,” Williams said. “You can tell where a person or a state’s priorities are by where they spend their money ... I think education has such an impact on lives, education is such the equal, provides such an opportunity for so many people. It really can take you from poverty to affluence, and to self-sufficiency.”

Or Williams’ case, from Arkansas to Washington and back through his personal Odyssey.

HENDRIX TO HORTICULTURE Phelps finds calling as master gardener

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or many college students, the expansive realm of possibilities following graduation can become a cause for suffocation rather than celebration. Some may be able to determine which career path to follow or lifestyle to lead early on, but others may become lost in this freedom. Beth Phelps, class of 1980, felt this anxiety upon her own graduation, sure of her interests but unsure of where they would take her. But, rather than resisting the unknown, she began a path of exploration which led her to her dream job, and encourages current students to do the same.

Phelps works for the University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Services, which falls under the Department of Agriculture. The Extension provides educational programming in commercial agriculture, family life, financial literacy, food safety and nutrition, and youth development. “Our charge is educational in nature,” Phelps said. “We take non-biased, research-based information and disseminate it to the counties in which we live.”

Phelps specializes in urban horticulture and manages the Pulaski County Master Gardener

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program, which consists of about 400 volunteers who are currently working on 29 projects across the county. “They go through pretty extensive training, and then we have volunteers in our office that are answering questions on the phone,” Phelps said. “So if you called in and said, ‘I have a question about my azaleas,’ that’s the first person you would talk to.”

Master gardeners have public gardening projects as well, including a wildflower demonstration at Pinnacle Mountain State Park and maintaining the grounds in front of the Old State House. This past year, the master gardeners did over 13,000 hours of service on their projects in Pulaski County alone. “The volunteers are mostly young retirees,” Phelps said, “people who are interested in gardening, and this is a way to use that interest to give back to their communities.”

While Phelps found a perfect career fit with the Extension Service, it was not always a part of her plan: after graduating with a degree in biology, her future was still up in the air. Phelps said many of her biology classmates were off to medical school after Hendrix, but she had something THEPROFILEONLINE.BLOGSPOT.COM

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else in mind.

“I always liked the plant aspect of biology, and I always wanted to travel, so I tried to figure out ways I could do that, and I joined the Peace Corps,” Phelps said.

During her two years with the Peace Corps, she taught science at a high school in Kenya.

“When I got home, I didn’t know what to do next, but I knew I liked plant biology,” Phelps said. “So, I went back to school at U of A Fayetteville and got a Master’s degree in horticulture.”

Even with hazy post-collegiate plans, Phelps eventually found her way to the Extension Service: a perfect combination of horticulture and human interaction for her. “I got a great education at Hendrix, and a great foundation in biology, and everything’s built on that,” Phelps said. “If you’ve got that good education, you can use that to go anywhere.”

The future should not be a reason to panic; it should be an excuse to discover passion. Dream jobs are waiting to be found, and a Hendrix education is just the first step.

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HOUSE FINDS HOME IN ARKANSAS Hendrix alumni join forces for free clinic

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hough we must all end our time as students on our respective graduation days, the social glue of the Hendrix never quite loses its hold.

“We call it the Hendrix Mafia,” Matthew House, a Little Rock attorney and ’96 Hendrix alum, said. “Of course, we didn’t have fraternities or sororities, but there’s a larger network that’s created at Hendrix and it’s carried into your career because of the large percentage of Hendrix graduates that go on to some professional degree program. When you call up another Hendrix grad you can immediately start a conversation with something as simple as, ‘Hey, did you live in Martin?’ or ‘Did you have professor so and so?’”

House attended Hendrix from 1992-96 and upon graduation attended the University of Arkansas at Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law. After receiving his law degree, House remained in Arkansas to practice and is currently a partner at a private law firm in Little Rock.

“The reason I stayed in Arkansas was because I had made lots of friends at Hendrix as well

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as what would become future professional contacts,” House said. “After four years of being away from home while I was in college, I didn’t have any close contacts back home in Oklahoma.

Arkansas is my home now.”

Though House’s current legal work is primarily focused on business litigation and estate and trust litigation, he has been involved in a various types of cases and projects. Among these, some of his most influential work was starting a health care clinic in Little Rock alongside fellow Hendrix alumna, Amy Johnson. “Basically [the clinic] provides health care and dental care to people who make too much to qualify for Medicaid, aren’t old enough for Medicare, and don’t have private insurance on their own,” House said.

House described the clinic as his proudest accomplishment and talked of the immense gratification he feels to think about the thousands of people the clinic has helped since it opened its doors in 2008.

“Quite frankly, we’ve put so many people back to work because they can be healthy,” House said. “Or because they have a new set of denFebruary 2014

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tures when they previously had not teeth at all, they aren’t embarrassed to go to that job interview. It has definitely made a very meaningful impact on the community.’”

House likes to remain involved in organizations that build the community of lawyers in Central Arkansas, mainly through his participation in the Arkansas Bar Association.

“I like seeing people that are part of other firms – there’s a common experience,” House said.

“There’s the often painful common experience of going to law school. Then there’s the common, often distressing experience of not knowing what you’re doing the first couple of years you practice and struggling to figure that out.”

“And so there’s sort of a fraternity or sorority [of lawyers] in that regard – common interests, common pursuits, common experiences,” House said.

House admits that there is something about living on a college campus that gives a sense of community that you may not experience elsewhere in your life. Perhaps we may take solace in the fact that the Hendrix Mafia will continue to cast its presence well after graduation.

ART IN ARKANSAS

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rtist James Hayes’ world seems to bleed with color — from nature to fashion, he sees it everywhere. Even the instant of silence between the click of the phone being answered and his gravelly voice travelling through the receiver feels teeming with hues of grey, orange, and blue. When his hearty “Hello?” breaks the moment and begins the conversation, the energy still refuses fade.

Instead, energy ebbs and flows with Hayes, a Hendrix alumnus of 1988, as he moves from one topic to the next, never breaking for an instant even as he catches his breath or searches for the right word; the greens of happiness, reds of love, and oranges of mischief all swirl together to make up the personality of the charismatic and poignant man.

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All of this does not come as a surprise. As a glassblower with his own studio in Pine Bluff, Ark. and artwork spread across the nation, Hayes’ profession deals specifically in the subject of colors and the emotions they incite within us.

“The different color combinations I see [in nature] inspire me,” Hayes said. “The sky, and the wildlife, and the plants, the flowers, things like that.”

It is little wonder, then, that Hayes is a force of nature himself. His work can be found anywhere from the Governor’s Mansion to the cover of At Home in Arkansas magazine. He has been invited to design a Christmas ornament for the White House, featured in countless media (including the Arkansas Democrat Gazette, KHTV Channel THEPROFILEONLINE.BLOGSPOT.COM

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11’s Everyone has a Story, and Southern Living magazine), and has won several awards: the best of media at the Shreveport Louisiana Red River Revel Arts Festival and best of show at Riverfest in Little Rock, Arkansas, according to his website (www.hayesartglass.com). In 2006, he was awarded the Hendrix College Odyssey Medal in Artistic Creativity for the 2006-2007 year.

Perhaps the most notable of his works — to current students — is the bright chandelier that hangs in the Burrow. Installed in 2010, the piece took three and a half hours to assemble and countless more to create. Its sentimentality to the Hendrix community, however, is priceless.

“I think it’s incredibly unique,” freshman Barrett Goodwin said of the chandelier. “It’s a great fit for Hendrix because it represents thinking

ALUMNI outside the box. That’s ultimately what Hendrix is all about.”

Senior Maiya Block took a different spin on its representation of Hendrix’s culture.

“When I first came to Hendrix, it made the place seem just a bit funkier and all that more of a cool place to go to,” Block said. “I’ve always been into glass blowing too, so that held an appeal for me. I feel like it probably represents the Hendrix culture pretty well in that the shapes are all unique and going off in all directions, yet meet at the center to meld together with the light of knowledge at the center.”

For Hayes, the chandelier carries another underlying meaning behind the swirls of bold yellows and blues and reds. The large orange ball at the center of the piece not only sports the color of Hendrix, he says, but it also represents the school’s basketball team.

“That’s one of the things we were very good at before football came along,” Hayes said.

Although Hayes was not a part of the basketball team himself, while studying at Hendrix, he took a course called Coaching Basketball in order to fulfill one of his graduation requirements.

The teacher of the class — who also happened to be his golf coach — created a unique nickname for him.

“He called me Purple Hayes,” he says. “The song or the drug, I’m not sure, but we thought it was funny.”

Hayes “embraces [the nickname] to this day”, wearing purple shoes, pants, or shirts while he markets his work. He even has graphic t-shirts printed with the name on them.

Even with something as simple as a nickname, color seems to follow Hayes everywhere, thanks to his stellar career. But Hayes once walked on the same red brick pathways and made mischief in the same buildings that current students do now. He graduated from Hendrix with an art degree in 1988, but the memories of his antics at Hendrix are still as clear as day.

In one anecdote he shared, he and his friends broke into the old swim building with the help of a couple of their swimming buddies and skinny dipped in the pool. Over the course of the night, he jumped off the high dive, landing on his friend in the water, and climbed into a canoe — yes, a canoe — tipping it over and falling back, fully clothed, into the pool. When security came, he hid in the bushes with one of his friends until they could safely sneak back to the dorms.

“I wasn’t one of the best students at Hendrix,” he says, and I can hear the grin in his voice.

While Hayes may have carried on the Hendrix tradition of causing mischief and mayhem, he was not a supporter of other traditions.

“Whenever it was my birthday, I would make myself scarce, because I didn’t want to get thrown into the fountain,” Hayes said, laughing.

“A lot of people got thrown into the fountain, but I did not want to be one of them!”

After graduation, Hayes began taking art classes at the Arkansas Arts Center Museum School, searching for a medium that suited him best. It was here that he discovered glassblowing, and after that, there was no turning back.

“I just fell in love with it,” Hayes said.

For five years, Hayes continued taking classes in glassblowing as he saved up his money to start his own glass company. A large portion of this savings came from the revenue he saved from a golf tournament with his father at Hendrix. He had originally won a car for hitting a hole in one at the tournament, but because he already owned a car, he sold the award and tucked away the money to hopefully begin his own business one day. Five years later, he did exactly that, naming it the James Hayes Art Glass Company.

“So, you know, it all really ties together,” Hayes said.

But what started off as a solo business quickly grew into an operation beyond the capability of one man, according to Hayes.

“Me, I used to do everything: answer the phone, package, ship it, grind it, find it.”

Now, Hayes employs two men who assist him in making his art, particularly when he is travelling, selling or designing. One heats the glass

“THE DIFFERENT COLOR COMBINATIONS I SEE [IN NATURE] INSPIRE ME. THE SKY, THE WILDLIFE, AND THE PLANTS, FLOWERS, THINGS LIKE THAT.” IT IS LITTLE WONDER, THEN, THAT HAYES IS A FORCE OF NATURE HIMSELF. and hands it over to Hayes, who shapes it and designs it. Then the glass is taken to the gaffer, or head glass-blower under Hayes, who finishes off the final piece. The process acts like an assembly line in context, but seems to undertake all of the artistic care and unique qualities of handmade art.

Since graduating, Hayes has studied glassblowing in Murano, Italy; Columbus, Ohio; and the Pilchuck Glass School near Seattle, Wash., according to his website. But his education in the art has not faltered, even two decades later.

He spends a fraction of his time researching and discussing trends with those involved in the fashion and marketing industry, he says.

“These companies have already done their homework of what colors are going to be popular. They’ve spent millions of dollars figuring out what colors people are going to like.”

The “in” colors this year will be yellow, grey, and white, according to Hayes. Gold for jewelry.

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Pastels.

He described his work as “colorful, playful, distinctive, adventurous. When people can tell when they see a piece, that it’s mine.”

It is the ingredients that make the piece, he said, and “I use real good ingredients.”

As for the future, Hayes said he has many things to look forward to. For one, his wife, Meg, who graduated from Hendrix in 1986, will be turning 50. “My wife, my muse, my travel companion,” he called her.

To celebrate her birthday, they will be vacationing to India during monsoon season.

“It’s really cheap,” he says.

Professionally, Hayes is thinking bigger and broader into the future. On Martin Luther King Day, he installed a 14-foot-long horizontal chandelier in the Pediatric Research Institute at the University of Arkansas of Medical Sciences building in Little Rock.

For Mr. James Hayes, class of ’88, the future is colored as brightly as his ornaments and as luminously as his chandeliers, and there is no stopping him.

SPORTS MEN’S AND WOMEN’S

BASKETBALL A season retrospective

by Mary Katherine Barker

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o far this season, both the men’s and women’s basketball teams have claimed an average record, but that is not to say that their play has been average. Both the women’s and the men’s teams have an overall 8-11 record as of press, and hope that this record will improve prior to the playoffs.

As the Southern Athletic Association tournament nears, each of the teams will have to buckle down in February and attempt to bring the Warriors to victory. However, throughout the season, both the men’s and the women’s teams have had their fair share of victorious moments.

“I’d say our best game of the year was when we played at UT-Tyler towards the beginning of the season,” sophomore guard Alec Conard said.

“We played really well as a team and did everything our coach asked of us, and in the end,we beat a very good team.” Conard scored 15 points that game, and senior Colton Primm tied his career high with 20 points. Primm later beat his career high during the Dec. 31 game against Centenary, which the Warriors went on to win 81 to 75. Primm also holds the Warrior career record for blocked shots with 89.

The power of the men’s team does not lie only in individuals, but also in group effort. “I think our great strengths are our toughness and our rebounding, which kind of go hand in hand,” Conard said. “We’re number one in the confer-

“WE’RE NUMBER ONE IN THE CONFERENCE IN REBOUNDING BECAUSE OF HOW TOUGH AND HARD WE PLAY.” ence in rebounding because of how tough and hard we play.”

As for the remainder of the season, the team is sporting a positive outlook. “I think we’ll have a successful run in the tournament, and we may even have a shot to win it if we can get hot at the right time,” Conard said.

The women’s team has experienced many suc-

cessful games as well, highlighted particularly by the Warriors’ game against Oglethorpe on January 11. This was their fourth consecutive win, whopping Oglethorpe by a final score of 71 to 48. “That was the best game so far in this season because we all played really well as a team and blew them out of the gym,” sophomore forward Katy Gallien said. “It was the first game we’ve won by more than 20 since I’ve been here.” Freshman guard Taylor Neal led the Warriors with 12 points, and freshman guard Peyton Hurst followed closely behind, scoring 11 points that game.

With a strong sense of teamwork and the determination to win, the women’s team has nowhere to go but up. “So far, we’ve been doing really well compared to last year,” Gallien said.

“We need to take care of the ball better in games because we have a high turnover percentage, but overall I think we’ve come really far as a team.”

As the players on both teams continue to grow and work together, there is one thing that is certain: the Warriors will bring their game faces when the conference tournament rolls around on Feb. 28.

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CULTURE INTRODUCING NEW ROMANTIC PERSPECTIVES:

“HER” & “DON JON”

by Connor Newton

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ebruary is here, which means for the next few weeks candy — stomach aches — bears and cards — heartache — will be slung at us through every supermarket aisle we walk through.

The pop culture of Valentine’s Day has attacked us from a young age: the ritualistic practices of brown paper sacks and cards for each grade school classmate first started our introduction to the holiday, and maybe got a few of us our first kiss.

However, in two recent films, “Don Jon” (written, directed, and starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, 2013), and “Her” (directed by Spike Jonze, 2013), the superficial and the artificial push the concept of romance into two new perspectives.

“Don Jon” features protagonist, Jon, who, as he states multiple times throughout the film in a butchered New Jersey accent, only cares about a few things: his pad, his car, his family, his body, his church and his porn. Jon surrounds himself with superficial objects, goals and women, only removing himself from that reality when he watches porn, which he loves.

Jon’s obsession with pornography comes from a desire to obtain a reality that he can’t find in the numerous guidettes he hooks up with, but finds in porn.

See, like Jon, the trashy, Staten Island, night crawlers that Jon fornicates with are nothing more than superficial shells that Jon finds displeasing compared to the grotesque porn with which he submerges himself.

Gordon-Levitt tries to play with this concept: a battle between the superficial nature of people and the empty motions of romances, verses the artificial and unrealistic reality of pornography.

Frankly though, Levitt does not succeed in most departments. The characters struggle to develop, the repetition of certain sequences becomes boring, Scarlett Johansson and Julianne Moore’s characters could not be more obnoxious, and the acting and writing are both laughable. Any movie that uses the phrase “dime piece” in reference to a woman in a nightclub cannot be taken too seriously.

And that is the hard part; I love Joseph Gordon-Levitt, but you can tell he reached, and the subversive nature of his film became too overt, which detracts from the message he was trying to get across.

When the fake becomes more real and pleasing than what actually exist in the world: where do we stand investigating romance?

But what if what pleased us, what we feel in love with, was something artificial, literally; “Her” tackles this twist on romance.

“Her” stars Joaquin Phoenix as quirky protagonist, Theodore Twombly, who, after recently separating with his wife, falls in love with his Operating System (OS), Samantha (voiced by

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Scarlett Johansson).

Samantha, as an OS, thinks, feels, talks like a completely sentient being, but with all the perks of a computer, e.g. surfing the web at the speed of light and reading millions of books in seconds.

Samantha and Theodore’s relationship starts with simple office work, but soon develops into a beautiful love story that leaves the viewer questioning what comprises love: availability, personal connection, physical contact, understanding — what makes two beings fall in love?

By the end of the film, it cannot be denied that Theodore loves Samantha, and it does not freak you out. With his brilliant execution, Spike Jonze creates a future that appears believable, filled with its own fashion, holographic videogames, and yes, people in love with their own OS. “Her” raises many appealing question by the end. My friends and I saw it and promptly went to an IHOP for two hours of discussion.

There is so much to like about “Her” (“Who?” “Ann?”), and I give it two clutching my phone because I love it, thumbs up.

Our concept of romance and love have been influenced from a young age, being effected by what we surround ourselves with, like the chocolate hearts at a supermarket or the cards we absently pass out. Now filmmakers want to challenge us with new forms of romance: the love of self and disillusion, and the love of the artificially real.

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Wednesday, February 12th

FEB. 10 - FEB. 16 Tuesday, February 11th

7 p.m. Latin Night! The Rev Room. Little Rock.

9:30 p.m. Tauk. Stickyz Rock ‘n Roll Chicken Shack. Little Rock.

Thursday, February 13th

9 p.m. 2014 Arkansas Times Musicians Showcase Semifinals. Stickyz Rock ‘n Roll Chicken Shack. Little Rock.

Friday, February 14th

7 p.m. “Robocop.” Market Street Cinema.

Little Rock.

3 p.m. Warrior Tennis. Hendrix vs. John Brown.

Conway.

6 p.m. Lanterns! Outdoor Winter Festival. Wildwood Park for the Arts. Little Rock.

7 p.m. “Tortilla Soup.” Market Street Cinema.

Little Rock.

8:30 p.m. Downtown Date Night: Dueling Piano Show. Kings Live Music. Conway.

9 p.m. Granger Smith. The Rev Room. Little Rock.

Saturday, February 15th

9 a.m. Warrior Tennis. Hendrix vs. John Brown.

Conway.

4 p.m. Warrior Men’s Lacrosse. Hendrix vs. Rockhurst. Conway.

8 p.m. Arkansas Symphony Orchestra. “Best of Broadway.” Robinson Center Music Hall. Little Rock.

8:30 p.m. Pretty Things Peep Show- Valentine’s Hangover Ball. The Rev Room. Little Rock.

9 p.m. Moot Davis. Stickyz Rock ‘n Roll Chicken Shack. Little Rock. theprofileonline.blogspot.com

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9:30 p.m. Abandon All Ships. Juanita’s. Little Rock.

Sunday, February 16th

8 p.m. Luke Williams. The Rev Room. Little Rock.

8:30 p.m. Sebadoh. Stickyz Rock ‘n Roll Chicken Shack. Little Rock.

FEB. 17 - FEB. 23 Tuesday, February 18th

5 p.m. Warrior Tennis. Hendrix vs. Arkansas Tech.

Conway.

7 p.m. Latin Night! The Rev Room. Little Rock.

Wednesday, February 19th

4 p.m. Warrior Men’s Lacrosse. Hendrix vs.

Dubuque. Conway.

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9 p.m. In the Round: Singer/Songwriter Showcase. Kings Live Music. Conway.

Saturday, February 22nd

11 a.m. Warrior Women’s Lacrosse. Hendrix vs.

Berry. Conway.

11 a.m. Little Rock Lacrossefest. Burns Park Soccer Complex. Little Rock.

2 p.m. Warrior Men’s Lacrosse. Hendrix vs. Centenary. Conway.

6 p.m. Arkansas Flower and Garden Show. Statehouse Convention Center. North Little Rock.

9 p.m. Heavy Glow. Stickyz Rock ‘n Roll Chicken Shack. Little Rock.

Sunday, February 23rd

8:30 a.m. Warrior Tennis. Hendrix vs. Rhodes.

Conway.

Thursday, February 20th

8:30 p.m. Robert Earl Keen. The Rev Room. Little Rock.

9 p.m. Soul Embraced. Juanita’s. Little Rock.

9 p.m. 2014 Arkansas Times Musicians Showcase Semifinals. Stickyz Rock ‘n Roll Chicken Shack. Little Rock.

Friday, February 21st

2:30 p.m. Warrior Tennis. Hendrix vs. Austin.

Conway.

FEB. 24 - FEB. 28

Tuesday, February 25th

7 p.m. Latin Night! The Rev Room. Little Rock.

7 p.m. Harlem Globetrotters: Fans Rule! Verizon Arena. North Little Rock.

Wednesday, February 26th

12 p.m. Wild Jobs Lunch and Learn-Burn Boss.

Witt Stephens Jr. Central Arkansas Nature Center.

Little Rock.

Thursday, February 27th

7:30 p.m. Little Rock Wind Symphony. “Celebrating 20 Years!” Second Presbyterian Church. Little Rock.

7:30 p.m. Trout Fishing in America. Juanita’s.

Little Rock.

7:30 p.m. Sea Wolf Acoustic. Juanita’s. Little Rock.

7:30 p.m. Neil deGrasse Tyson. Reynolds Performance Hall. UCA. Conway.

9 p.m. 2014 Arkansas Times Musicians Showcase Semifinals. Stickyz Rock ‘n Roll Chicken Shack. Little Rock.

9 p.m. 3 Kings Mardi Gras Dance Party. Kings Live Music & The Brick Room Event Center.

Conway.

Friday, February 28th

Ben Miller Band & Trampled Under Foot. Stickyz Rock ‘n Roll Chicken Shack. Little Rock.

9 p.m. Houndmouth. The Rev Room. Little Rock.

9 p.m. Randall Shreve & The Sideshow. Stickyz Rock ‘n Roll Chicken Shack. Little Rock.

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