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Volume 103 | Issue 1
THE HENDRIX COLLEGE
PROFILE
New students, new president, same old Hendrix.
As Hendrix takes on a new chapter in its history, The Profile documents what will stay and what will evolve.
THE PROFILE
CONTENTS
Volume 103 Issue 1 October 2014
NEWS
3 Senate budget cut The current financial situation
4 “Up and Coming”
Hendrix receives recognition
5 Greek to Bubble No more Faux Rush week
OPINION 6 Cheers and Jeers The good and the bad
6 Editorial The Hendrix brand
7 Homecoming Yay or Nay?
FEATURE 8 President Tsutsui New to the Bubble
10 Freshman Perspective Why they came here
11 Alumni Why they come back
SPORTS 12 Football One year later
CULTURE
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THE PROFILE STAFF EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
BROOKE NELSON 817-341-9167 NelsonBT@Hendrix.edu
MANAGING EDITOR
LAYOUT EDITORS CLAIRE DE PREE JACKIE OAKLEY
PHOTO EDITOR LEE ROGERS
JOSH HAMMONS 501-616-0328 HammonsJE@Hendrix.edu
COPY EDITOR
ASSOCIATE EDITOR
PHOTOGRAPHERS
BLAIR SCHNEIDER
14 Tailgating New traditions
15 How Do You Roll Restaurant review
16 Calendar THEPROFILEONLINE.BLOGSPOT.COM
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MARY KATHERINE BARKER
MADISON DEALING FRANCISCO BERRONES MEGAN PRETTYMAN
STAFF WRITERS
ANUSHAH JIWANI CASEY HAWKINS CHIRAG LALA DANIEL GREAR SYDNEY MEYER RACHEL LORSBACH
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Senate forced to cut budget
Low enrollment leads to lack of funding for student organizations
In September, the Senate Finance Committee (FinCom) called for all student organizations to cut 5% of the budget they were allocated in the spring. The announcement followed Senate approval for the cuts after funds came up short due to low freshman enrollment in the 20142015 year. The Environmental Concerns Committee (ECC) has a string of creative programs that have all had to trim their projects ever since the Finance Committee announced the cuts. Its Earth Week plans will have to make do with $600 less than planned, and stipends for ECC representatives in each of the residence halls will be curtailed. But the main area of cuts that William O’Brochta, ECC’s Campus Campaigns Chair, stressed was the joint work with the Facilities department to place more recycling bins around campus, particularly near the sports fields during games. Facilities itself has been under a long-term spending freeze, and the newest cuts have pushed back another year’s worth of initiatives. ECC isn’t alone in its duress. The Senate office has been hit with a number of frustrated calls from clubs across campus. Part of the frustration extends back to spring allocations this past semester. With last year’s above-average enrollment of 450 students (an anomaly by conventional standards), more students have started organizations and requested funds than ever before. Nevertheless, FinCom knew admissions would be lower this fall and were quite conservative with their potential funding estimates. That meant most clubs received an average of 10 – 15% less funding than they requested. O’Brochta and Carrie Yang, the Senate Treasurer, both mentioned that total requests for funding were approximately $300,000 more than even the most liberal estimates for how much money would be available come fall 2014. The Senate based those estimates on potential student enrollment, a number supplied by the Hendrix Admissions Office. The Senate student activities fund gets its money of the student activities fee, which is funded by a portion of every student’s tuition. When it turned out that total student enrollment was only 1,310 as opposed to the 1,425 that was (very conservatively) estimated, it meant one thing: cuts. But it’s not just cuts that have organizations fuming. Two issues in particular have been raised. The first is that numerous organizations have reported cuts in excess of the mandated 5%. One organization in particular (which planned at least two large events this year) claimed it received nearly 40% less than it was promised. FinCom chalked this up to a pervasive misconception: rollover funds. Each year, numerous organizations have unused money leftover. Two years ago, a policy was instated that the Senate would not keep giving organizations more and more money on top of the funds they saved from
previous years. Instead, they would “reabsorb” that money and reallocate it during the next year’s applications for funds. Many organizations thought they would get to keep their rollover funds. O’Brochta pointed out that this rule was in FinCom’s guidelines that Senate made publicly available and understood last year. Some argued that the Senate did not do a sufficient job explaining the new policy, especially when this policy has not been enforced in previous years. Yang acknowledged that there were likely “miscommunications that the Senate could have done better on fixing.” The question remains why budgets should be so low in the first place, especially considering the overall cost students pay each year. The answer lies in the student activity fee. A portion of student tuition--$150 each semester—goes to the student activities fee. This fee is lower than fees at comparable liberal arts institutions nationwide and has not been raised several years. The other reason that money remains tight is that unlike other institutions, Hendrix concerts (costing $35,000 on average) are funded out of the student activities fund to which everyone contributes. At other institutions, the Student Activities Office covers the cost of concerts. But student organizations are not the only ones who must adjust. Total tuition from the reduced student body impacted every single department: this includes the academic departments, facilities, the Dean’s office, etc. Dr. Terri Bonebright, the new Provost, commented that the nature of the cuts were “very low key, but ultimately a necessary business decision.” The cuts were intended to be as balanced as possible and planned, like the ones with FinCom, at 5% per department. However, adjustments to the cuts were made when certain departments could not make 5% cuts without affecting critical programs. Thankfully, no major academic programs suffered drastic cuts and no faculty were fired. Instead, departments implemented hiring freezes on new incoming faculty, reduced planned outlays on existing projects, and trimmed excess costs wherever they could be found. However, this does not mean the cuts were ineffectual; remember that Facilities has not experienced any meaningful budget increases in several years and must now postpone important renovations like energy efficiency improvements at the Clifton Apartments, new equipment, or planned projects with ECC due to cuts. But the bright side remains, as Dr. Bonebright commented, that there are no indicators of this year being part of any broader decline in student enrollment. It was a bad year, cuts had to be made, and were made. If enrollment returns to normal levels, there will be more money available next year, both for departments and clubs. But the low 2014 enrollment will also affect Hendrix for another four years. For now, even with more money, strict budgeting is here to stay.
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NEWS
#1 “UP AND COMING”
LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGE Hendrix selected by U.S. News and World report for recognition By Rachel Lorsbach
On Sept. 9, U.S. News and World Report named Hendrix the country’s #1 “Up and Coming” liberal arts college. According to U.S. News and the Hendrix website, the list “includes the institutions most often cited by college presidents, academic leaders and admissions deans as having made promising and innovative changes in academic life, faculty, student life, campus and facilities.” Hendrix has appeared on this list for seven consecutive years. Hendrix is also included amongst the list of national liberals arts colleges that display “A Strong Commitment to Teaching” and has been featured in the 2015 Fiske Guide to Colleges, Forbes magazine’s list of America’s Top Colleges, the 2014 Princeton Review’s The Best 378 Colleges, and the most current edition of Colleges That Change Lives: 40 Schools That Will Change the Way You Think about Colleges, according to the Hendrix website.
Obama launches attack against ISIS
Responding to threats from the perceived Iraqi terrorist group ISIS, including a video of the group beheading American journalists, President Barack Obama has announced the commencement of an American military campaign in Iraq. The United States has carried out air strikes against ISIS, aimed mainly on the ISIS stronghold of Raqqa, a city in northern Syria. Obama also plans to arm Syrian rebels and send military service member to Iraq to provide training, intelligence and equipment to the Iraqi military. Other countries have followed the United States into the attack, but so far Obama insists that no American boots will be on Iraqi soil.
Hendrix College President Bill Tsutsui believes that the college’s substance itself earns these outstanding recognitions. “Our passionate, talented students, our exceptional faculty and staff, our accomplished alum, our tradition of high expectations, and our ongoing commitment to excellence” are what keeps Hendrix at the top of these lists, Tsutsui said. While the traditions and customs that Hendrix has adopted over the years (Shirttails and the being thrown in the fountain on your birthday) are popular with students, there is something more behind the traditions that Hendrix offers. “Hendrix has a lot of traditions, from Shirttails to disco trays,” Tsutsui said, “but one of its most important traditions is its ability to innovate. We see examples of this all over campus and throughout the curriculum, from the Odyssey Program to the Engaged Citizen to Explorations to our athletic programs and students affairs programming.” But what exactly does a liberal arts education mean to the people who live it every day? “To me, a liberal arts education means so much more than taking required classes in order to graduate,” Freshman Jess Hunter said. “Getting a liberal arts education allows one to become
well-rounded and to take classes that place a person outside of their comfort zone. Through liberal arts education, we become better suited to take on the ever-changing world. Liberal arts allows us to learn critical thinking and challenges us to think, ‘to what end?’ in relation to our actions.” President Tsutsui agreed. “At Hendrix, [a liberal arts education] means an education that goes beyond books, the classroom, and the campus; it means engaged learning that prepares students for the complexities and realities of the world beyond college.” Hendrix garners such accolades not only because of its long-existing programs and liberal arts education, but also because of its exceptional students. “I find Hendrix students genuine, intellectually curious, engaged, eager to challenge themselves, open-minded, community spirited, and truly considerate of others,” Tsutsui said. Hendrix is an environment that consists of impressive academic programs, an exceptionally rare Odyssey program and unforgettable traditions, but in the end it is the priceless liberal arts education that students receive at Hendrix that truly wins the awards.
NEWS BRIEFS Scottish Vote Against Independence
On September 18, the world watched with bated breath as the Scottish made the monumental decision to remain politically attached to the United Kingdom. The Scottish Independence Referendum Bill, set forth through an agreement between the Scottish and United Kingdom governments, required a simple majority to pass. However, 55.3% of voters answered “No” to the independence referendum question “Should Scotland be an independent country?” 84.6% of the population eligible to vote—Scottish residents aged 16 years or older—participated in the ballot, an unusually high voter turnout for the United Kingdom. Despite government efforts, it looks like Scotland will remain united with the UK for the time being.
Ebola Crisis Spreads in Africa
A horrific virus epidemic has swept through at least four West African countries (Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Nigeria) at time of press. The hemorrhagic fever has no cure, and the morality rate could reach 90 percent. The United States has sent money and expertise overseas to combat the wave of fatalities.
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Harvest Music Festival Hits Town
For those of you sticking around over fall break, make sure to circle October 16-18 on your calendars. Yonder Mountain String Band will hold its annual Harvest Music Festival on Mulberry Mountain near Ozark, Arkansas. The released 2014 lineup features the Yonder Mountain String Band, Trampled by Turtles, Railroad Earth, and the Jayhawks, among many other folk and blues bands. Put on your cowboy boots and get ready to get down and dirty, rain or shine. Tickets are available online at yongerharvestfestival.com/tickets.
NEWS
FROM GREEK
TO BUBBLE WEEK SoCo gives Faux Rush Week new name, new look This year, SoCo decided to enact a change that Hendrix has been looking forward to for many years. Faux Rush Week, renamed Bubble Week, underwent a transformation that has redirected its purpose and goals.
By Anushah Jiwani
nus points by going to events on campus such as the Senate meeting and Project Pericles. At the end of the week, SoCo also throws Foam Party. The winning team receives a limo service the night of Winter Formal and gets to choose which organization or hall council gets a $500 donation. This year’s winner, Team Egg Roll, decided to donate the money back to the Student Discretionary Fund since it is facing budget cuts. Some students were surprised by the new change in name. “Some people definitely felt weird about it, but we changed it because we wanted a fresh start. We wanted to erase the impression that Faux Rush Week has made on students in the past,” Knorek said. But why name it Bubble Week, of all things? Knorek explained that SoCo wanted to pay homage to the “Hendrix Bubble” and advocate the advantages of the campus. The Committee also wanted to emphasize the multitude of activities on the Hendrix campus that students can get involved in, and show them that Hendrix is a great place to be. Overall, Bubble Week fosters a sense of community, belonging and teamwork, and is a great way to get involved at the beginning of the school year. “This year was a transition year, so maybe that’s why there wasn’t enough hype about it, but I have no doubt that in time Bubble Week will grow into something amazing,” Knorek said.
“Faux Rush Week originally began as a way to satirize Greek life, but after a while, it began to embody it,” senior Sophie Knorek, Chair of the Social Committee (SoCo), said. “People didn’t really see a need for it anymore.” “Tonya Hale, who works with the Social Committee, thought that this would be a great year to finally switch the gears. This year, our goal was to foster a greater sense of community and involve everyone on campus,” Knorek said. Although most of the activities have remained the same, Knorek noticed that there was a much better turnout at events this year. “It used to be a competition between residence halls, which meant that only freshman and sophomores would be able to participate, and most of them did it in order to earn money for their halls,” Knorek said. “Now, anybody can get involved, and they’ll participate because they actually want to do it and not just for the money.” Bubble Week requires students to form teams and compete in various events such as Lip Sync Battle and Mega Relay. Teams can also earn bo-
photo Madison Dearing
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Jeers
Cheers Football team’s winning season
Undefeated and it feels so good. While we can’t say undefeated in 50 years anymore, the Hendrix college warriors have started off the season well with a 3-0 record so far. Averaging 38 points per game, Hendrix has held off Birmingham-Southern, Bacone, and Westminster. The lowest margin between them and an opponent has been ten points.
School again…
School is back in session. Summer is over. It’s back to the grind with classes all week. Essays are due, homework isn’t getting turned in, and priorities shift from sleep and food to that extra hour of work time before class.
Financial Situation
Parties again!
With so few new students this year, the budget for every student organization—and much of the rest of the school—was cut. Discretionary funds are low, and the college as a whole has taken a huge hit. So far it still feels like business as usual, but the cuts may start to turn up later on in the semester.
They’re back! Shirttails, Foam, Martin, and Front Street. From our unique theme parties, to century old traditions Hendrix loves to get down. If Hendrix stays true to the idea of work hard, play hard it should be a fun semester. We still have Ghost Roast, Cherub, and SoCo 54 to look forward to.
Studying again…
Fall weather in September
Back to school means back to studying. Late nights are spent in the study carrels surrounded by books and notes, desperately trying to beat the nine a.m. deadline. Of course all your exams and essays are due on the same week, making everything that much harder to accomplish. Get some highly absorbent tissues for all of the crying you’re about to do, because this is going to be another long semester…
What’s this? It’s NOT 100 degrees with a chance of heat stroke in the middle of September? It looks like Mother Earth has pulled a fast one by giving us a head start on our autumn appreciation. With temperatures ranging in the mid-80’s, we can enjoy a bit of down time on the pecan courts without fear of embarrassing sweat stains. We’d better enjoy it while it lasts, though, because in a few months it’s going to be too cold to move. Typical Arkansas.
Editor’s Note “
There’s no place like Homedrix,” we like to say. But what happens when ‘Homedrix’ stops looking like home? With a new President, new housing and new students, Hendrix has embraced a whirlwind of change in the past few months alone. Looks like we’re not in Kansas anymore, Toto. In September, U.S. News and World Report
by Brooke Nelson, Editor in Chief
named Hendrix its #1 “Up and Coming” liberal arts college in the nation. Hendrix has appeared on the list for seven years in a row. We take immense pride in this reputation; after all, we can agree that a place as outstanding as Hendrix deserves some recognition every once in a while. But the title is beginning to feel a little wearisome. Isn’t it about time we got to wherever
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it is we are going? In his time at Hendrix, President Tsutsui intends to address just that. Like us, he sees the college’s magic. There is something unique in the beautiful spirit and culture of the place we call home. Just walk across campus on a Friday afternoon: friends will wave at you, music will blare out of a Martin window, and you will probably
OPINION Homecoming?
Meh
by Chirag Lala
Should Hendrix add homecoming to football season?
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eh. Surprisingly, that’s the most common response I received when I asked whether Hendrix should host a Homecoming in the fall semesters. And the ambivalence is confusing. It’s rare that Hendrix students ever react with such nonchalance. An issue that has arguable selling points on either side ought to evoke more passion. Strong opinions, good debate, and a predilection to parties are kind of our thing. But when you think about it, ambivalence to Homecoming is a very Hendrix response. Hendrix – the culture as opposed to the College – is (putting it mildly) unique. We’re a small, liberal bastion in the center of a rapidly reddening state. Our parties are nothing like those in Arkansas, or the South. More importantly, the term “Hendrix student” carries an identity and self-conceptualization that we are more in tune with than students at any other institution could claim. ‘Hendrix’ has meaning. With meaning comes culture and a world unto itself and the whole person. And that world doesn’t necessarily register with the culture and meaning that Homecoming carries. It’s not that homecoming is bad or undesirable. Quite the contrary. It would increase school spirit, raise money, and be good fun. But it doesn’t seem to be ‘us.’ We struggled long and hard with the decision to bring football back. Grumblings about that decision may subside at
the games, but they don’t disappear. There was pride that Hendrix avoided wrapping its social culture entirely around sports as occurs in many American colleges. And to this day, despite football’s triumphant comeback, that remains true. But it also means that Hendrix culture might not be able to give Homecoming culture the treatment it deserves. A week at Hendrix will teach any freshman what our parties are like. They have their themes, their costumes, their craziness, and spirit. But at their most basic level, our parties devolve down to a few core activities. And there is legitimate concern that homecoming wouldn’t be any different from what we already know. I spoke to a member of the football team who truly wanted a homecoming for the contribution it would make to school spirit and football culture. But are we as a school really prepared to do his vision justice? Not by the way our parties usually go. Before we return Homecoming, or any other trappings of football culture to Hendrix, we have to ask ourselves three questions. Do the traditions align with what we imagine ourselves to be? Would we do them justice? And do we really want them? An inability to answer the first two questions conclusively will inevitably result in an ambivalent answer to the third. “Meh.” An uncomfortable yet fascinating acknowledgment that our collective College identity is still in flux.
dodge the Sword Club at some point. No doubt about it—Hendrix is a rare breed. We just need to get that message out there. President Tsutsui aims to redefine what he calls the Hendrix “Brand,” improving everything from the school’s diversity and climate, to our reputation in Little Rock and Arkansas, to academic programs, to career preparation in a planning
process that will highlight the best qualities about Hendrix. It’s about asking the big questions: How do we sell ourselves? What is the message we tell? With President Tsutsui’s dream, our idea of Homedrix is going to take on a whole new meaning, an entirely reinvented perspective of our home.
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The Hendrix we know and love will launch into an entirely renewed identity within the next five months, five years, five decades. So what is going to stick around when all is said and done, and what will withstand the test of time itself? What makes Hendrix, Homedrix?
New to the Bubble
photo Hillsman S. Jackson
Unless you live under a rock or outside the bubble, you’ve probably heard about Hendrix’s new President, Dr. Bill Tsutsui. What’s more, you’ve probably heard scattered reports about a weird Godzilla obsession or his top-notch educational history (Ph. D. from Princeton, graduated summa cum laude from Harvard). And while this information isn’t wrong, it’s nominal at best. The third floor of Fausett is home to Dr. Tsutsui and his hoard of Godzilla collectibles. Playing 20 questions with Tsutsui proved that there is so much more to the President of Hendrix College than Godzilla and Ivy League degrees. Tsutsui is a fan of the Baltimore Orioles and has attempted to be a fly-fisherman. He has a deep love for anything deep-fried in batter, corn dogs especially, and gets excited just like the rest of us when he pulls a disco tray out of the stack. In fact, he attributes Hendrix’s recent rankings in US News and World Report to his disco tray. “I got a disco tray right before we got the US News results, and so I’m thinking, you know, oh sure the faculty work hard, and the students are great, but really what got us those US News rankings? Disco tray.” Tsutsui is the proud owner of two cats, Junior THEPROFILEONLINE.BLOGSPOT.COM
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and Krum, and a dog named Kiba, who is a Japanese Shiba Inu. “The horrible secret of my life?” Tsutsui said, “Krum and Kiba love each other and they are inseparable in really disgusting ways.” If you’re lucky, you may get a chance to meet Kiba, as Tsutsui and his wife are known to take her on walks around campus. In his free time (“if he ever had any,” he made sure to clarify) Tsutsui is an avid reader. His favorite book and personal recommendation is Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier. He also enjoys listening to Willie Nelson, and his favorite movie is, not surprisingly, the classic 1964 Godzilla. Tsutsui grew up the son of two educators. So, naturally, his dream job as a child was anything other than educating – namely careers that involved getting to drive big trucks or vehicles. When asked if the kid version of himself would be pleased with where he is now, Tsutsui responded that he would be “so pathetically disappointed. What happened to me, I could’ve driven a big rig? And now I’m sitting behind a desk driving a mouse.” Of course that’s not to say that with some age and perspective Tsutsui isn’t thrilled to be here at Hendrix. “I think it really is the reputation that convinced me to move out here,” he explained. “Even before I thought about coming here to work I knew that Hendrix was a really high quality institution. It was not only the best liberal arts college in Arkansas, it was one of the very best in the south, and that’s a very high standard; reputation means a lot.” One of the main points on Tsutsui’s presidential agenda is expanding and defining the Hendrix ‘Brand.’ “I think all of us here know what a wonderful place Hendrix College is, I just don’t think we’re doing a very good job of telling the rest of the world.” He is focused on getting Hendrix’s marketing and identity up to speed. “I think if you look at our website and look at the materials we send to prospective students, they look a lot like every other liberal arts college in the nation. But Hendrix is truly distinctive
FEATURE
PRESIDENT
BILL TSUTSUI By Sydney Meyer
because of the character of our community, the kind of students we attract, and frankly the place we’re at.” Tsutsui continued by noting how important it will be in the future for Hendrix as a college to define what exactly we do through the Odyssey program and our connections to the community, and even how the bubble we have here on campus makes us special. “I think that a lot more folks out there in America would want to be a part of this community if they knew what it was like.” As President, Tsutsui has a lot in mind for the future, ranging from new construction projects to academic expansion. “The dorms are very much on my mind,” Tsutsui said. “Dorm renovations are something that I’m sure we’re going to be looking at.” Tsutsui confirmed rumors about new residence halls being built in the next few years, and also mentioned the tentative plan to either construct a new building or renovate Ellis Hall to create a new campus Welcome Center. “I think we need to do a better job with our front door to the community,” Tsutsui said. “Ellis Hall is a lovely, charming old building, but I feel if I sneeze in there it may fall down.” Academically speaking, Tsutsui is looking to broaden options and horizons. “There are a lot of things we need to do in terms of our academic programs to give more options to our students. I’m really interested in increasing interdisciplinary options for our students. I think it’s those connections between the traditional disciplines that creates options for a lot of creativity and opportunity right now,” Tsutsui said. “What I sense about the Hendrix community,” Tsutsui added, “is that it’s a really down to Earth place, it’s a really accepting place, but it’s also a place with really high standards.” President Tsutsui is adjusting well to life in the bubble. “I keep looking around for something bad that’s going to be here, but there isn’t anything. The people are genuinely nice and welcoming. And people actually seem happy! I think, ‘oh, they must be tortured inside’ but no,
they’re not!” He even enjoyed his very first Shirttails experience. “The Dean was afraid that I would be scandalized by it, so he placed me between the Faulkner County Sheriff and Mrs. Martha,” Tsutsui said. “I really enjoyed it though, I thought it was a great college tradition. It’s the kind of thing no one would ever invent if they were sitting down to think, ‘let’s invent a college tradition!’ It’s silly and wonderful and yet fun.” The only hesitation he had came from wondering how many knee injuries resulted from Veasey crawling across the bricks. To better help you visualize Tsutsui, if he had gone to Hendrix, he claims he would’ve lived in Couch. “I am so not a Martin Man,” he laughed. “Hardin is possible, but I might’ve been a Couchie. As you can tell from the Godzilla, I’m a little bit eccentric and I might’ve fit in well there.” I can attest to the eccentricity; almost every bookshelf in his pristine presidential suite is decorated with a collectible figurine, with a light sprinkling of Hello Kitty paraphernalia shining amongst the scaly Godzilla claws. But do not make the mistake of underestimating or assuming that he isn’t all business. Yes, he is entirely approachable and laughs more than he breathes, but President Tsutsui is goal-oriented, levelheaded, and ready to steer Hendrix toward a bright and successful future. In parting, he offers this bit of wisdom to the student body: “Never say no to a new adventure. If you have an opportunity to do something neat, do it. It’s all too easy to say ‘oh, I’ll do that later in life’ or ‘that opportunity will come again.’ But what I have found is to accept the risk and jump at the chance.” It is my wish that the Hendrix community continues to welcome President Tsutsui to campus, that we embrace the positive changes he has in store for us, and most importantly, that we show him why we keep coming Homedrix year after year, in the hopes that he will too. OCTOBER 2014
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Freshman
Perspectives
Hendrix’s unique spirit draws hundreds of new students each year by Casey Hawkins
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midst the chaos of move-in day, the only thing freshman Graham Harris wanted was a moment of solitude. As he strapped on his helmet and mounted his motorcycle, he couldn’t help but worry that his dad was leaving him in a few short hours, leaving him completely alone in this foreign environment. Meanwhile, on the second floor of Hardin, fellow freshman Braxton Anderson was moving his things into his room. This was his dad Patric’s old dorm back in the 1980s, and three years later, he would meet his wife, Cheryl, on the very same campus. For Anderson, Hendrix is almost an extension of his home. Everyone has his or her own reasons for coming to Hendrix, but for Harris and Anderson, their paths couldn’t have been more different. Harris comes from Portland, Ore., a mere 1,737 miles from Conway. He found out about Hendrix through a hired college counselor who suggested he look into it. “I got to know the Hendrix admissions counselor from my area, Michael Licatino, and we just had an interesting connection,” Harris said. “Over time I started getting more into Hendrix because I really liked his attitude and what he said about Hendrix stood out to me more than other schools.” Near the end of his college decision process, Harris’ choices narrowed down to Colorado State University, Trinity University, and Hendrix. But after visiting Hendrix’s campus for the Hays Memorial Scholarship competition, the choice became clear. “I really liked it when I came here, and what I liked the most was that I was here around all these intellectual people having fantastic conversations,” Harris said. “And when they sent me my Reese’s [Peanut Butter Cups] on my birthday, I was like, oh man, I like this school. I also just really liked Michael [Licatino] and through my on-
going conversation with him I got a feel for what his attitude was and therefore the attitude of the school and that was probably the biggest factor in me coming here.” Harris said that the biggest surprise about Hendrix has been the state of Arkansas itself. “People from Portland judge the South and a place like Arkansas, but when I went and got out and about the surrounding area on my motorcycle I saw so much green,” he said. “I expected Arkansas to be kind of dull and boring but there’s hills and tress and wildlife here. In certain ways it’s similar to my area in that there’s trees everywhere. I think that’s what I would really like to tell kids from Portland: Arkansas is different than you think.” “I thought everyone here was going to have a southern accent,” Harris said, “and I was sorely disappointed by that. I honestly wasn’t really too sure what to think because at the time I hadn’t really visited a lot of liberal arts campuses. I guess the one thing I did kind of expect was that there’d be a lot of smart kids here and after talking to Michael [Licatino] it sounded like it was going to be pretty liberal. I imagined it as someone described to me as a ‘sanctuary of liberalism’ in Arkansas, which I think is very true. In a sense this is my home away from home in that kids from Portland are fairly similar to the kids here.” For Anderson, Hendrix is all he’s ever known. His parents graduated from the school in 1989 and have been telling him about it since he was a child. “I had some ideas and fantasies in my mind of what Hendrix would be like before I had gotten to see the campus,” Anderson said. “My parents would tell me that it was the best time of their lives, the greatest four years ever, and just made it seem like a really nice place in my mind, but at that point I wasn’t sure where I’d go. I just knew that their college experience was nice and I want-
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ed something similar,” Anderson added. “My mom always told me the entire time I was looking at colleges that I was making this decision by myself,” Anderson said. “She obviously kind of wanted me to go to Hendrix but she never promoted it too much. She knew that the more she promoted it, the more I may pull away from the idea of going there. She would obviously tell me stories of times she had, but she never labeled Hendrix as ‘the best,’ although she knew it was.” Although Hendrix was an obvious contender, Anderson seriously looked at the University of Tulsa. However, after visiting both schools, the choice to him was obvious. “It was pretty ironed out that I was going here [Hendrix] right after my visit to Tulsa,” Anderson said. “When I visited Hendrix all the people were just super nice to me. They showed me a really good time. We didn’t do anything crazy, it was just really laid back and chill experience. I saw myself being here for the next four years,” he added. “I continued to get things from Hendrix in the mail and I always liked them because they were always kind of quirky,” Anderson said. “Not just the brochures, but the little things, like sending the bar of candy. That was my favorite because mine [Max Brenner’s chocolate from New York City] was harder to come by, and I also really liked the witty little poems that they would send over, like the disco tray stuff. I just really enjoyed the way they spoke to me,” Anderson said. “These past couple weeks I’ve been acclimating to what life is like at Hendrix and I do consider it my home now just because everyone is so nice and inviting and I don’t feel like I have to be anybody but me,” Anderson said. “That was something that was tough in high school; I felt like I always had to put on different masks for different groups of people. It’s not nearly as scary as I thought it might be.”
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Hendrix Alumni:
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lumni come in all shapes and sizes, some staying close and some moving far away. For example, Emily Williams, a sociology major from the class of 2014, isn’t quite ready to give Hendrix up. “I really liked the sense of community that I found at Hendrix, and felt that that would carry over in the workplace,” Williams said. Instead of leaving, the Rome, Ga. native decided to take a two-year position as a full-time admission counselor. In short, she functions as a spokeswoman and recruiter for the college, visiting several high schools a day in order to spread the word about Hendrix. After her two years are up, Williams plans to attend graduate school, aspiring to be the Dean of Students for a small liberal arts college like Hendrix. Despite this ambitious goal, she still imagines herself coming back to Hendrix for Alumni Weekend as well as for the Hendrix Ultimate Experience, an Ultimate Frisbee tournament with an active alumni team. In contrast to Williams’ campus presence, David Clemmons, a history major from the class of 1984, rarely makes it back to Hendrix these days. This fact, however, makes him no less of an exemplar of the college’s mission. As a dauntingly devoted U.S. History teacher at Keller High School in Keller, Texas, Clemmons simply doesn’t have the time. As much as he’d like to visit, it’s not worth sacrificing the academic success of his students. “Alumni weekend is always two to three weeks before the AP exam, and I am busy,” Clemmons said. Though Clemmons is a teacher by occupation, he defines his vocation this way: “to be in ministry and service to and with young people.” In light of this passion, he spends much of his free time involved in the Methodist church and his local community. “Over the past 10 years, I’ve taught Sunday school four years, taught confirmation two years, and volunteered on Sunday nights with the youth program for now my third year in a row. Over the past 12 years, I’ve coached girls recreational league softball eight of those years,” Clemmons said. Jack Sunder, an international relations alum from the class of 2000, keeps up more of an academic relationship with the college. “I usually speak once a year at Dr. Stella Capek’s ‘Food, Culture, and Nature’ class,” Sunder said. As the owner and operator of The Root Café in
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Little Rock, a restaurant as committed to their food as they are to community and environmental ethics, he has a lot of insightful knowledge under his belt. In addition to Hendrix classrooms, he has also made appearances at Arkansas Governor’s School. When asked about whether or not Hendrix has changed since he left, Clemmons spoke positively. “The academics have remained strong, and perhaps have gotten stronger over the years,” Clemmons said. His only complaint stems from Hendrix’s homogeneity. “One of the things I wish is that Hendrix would have become more diverse over the past 30 years. It would be nice if we could do some partnering with Philander Smith College in Little Rock in some kind of real and meaningful way,” Clemmons said. In response to the same question about change at Hendrix, Sunder referenced the fact that outof-state students have tipped the scale. “When I was there, the majority of the students were from Arkansas,” Sunder said. Additionally, Hendrix was much cheaper when he was a student. “When I started in the fall of 1996,” Sunder said, “tuition, room, and board were just under $13,000 a year.” As of 2014, Hendrix’s comprehensive costs are $50,202. In addition to just providing them with a degree, Hendrix impacts alumni in indispensable ways. For Sunder, Hendrix affects him on a day-to-day basis. “Hendrix was definitely a formative event in my life. The students and faculty were amazing and really inspired me to cultivate the best version of myself. [Hendrix] taught me to be a lifelong student and critical thinker, which is a skill that has served me in every aspect of my life since college,” Sunder said. In the case of Clemmons, Hendrix’s ever-growing reputation in particular has served him well. He recalled a meet-and-greet from when he was first enrolled at Duke’s Divinity School. “I mingled around students who had done their undergraduate work at Rutgers, Princeton, Yale, etc. When I introduced myself and said that I went to Hendrix, every single professor said, ‘Oh, yes! I know about Hendrix College.’”
Sophomore Caleb Brake pauses before play continues. Hendrix defeated Bacone College 24-14.
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HENDRIX FOOTBALL
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tart-up years for any sport, let alone football, are made up of drudgingly difficult work. In the fall of 2013, Hendrix welcomed football back to campus after a 53-year hiatus, and things were especially trying. While some colleges take a full year to practice, acclimate, and generate some team chemistry before kicking off their first official season, the Hendrix Warriors decided to charge onto the field with only two-and-a-half weeks of summer training under their belts. Nonetheless, they came out on top, beating Westminster College by two points (46-44). When football was first announced at Hendrix, it was met with a modest backlash from students and faculty. “I knew that it takes a lot of players to make up a football team so I was really worried that [an abundance] of athletes would change our unique vibe,” said senior Hope Montgomery. Despite her apprehensions, Montgomery was pleasantly surprised. “The football team has been much more of a positive presence than I imagined,” Montgomery said. Senior Graham Senor, the Warrior’s slot receiver, has scarcely noticed much of a change on campus. “I would assume that the male-to-female ratio is more balanced now, but, culturally, not much else has changed, aside from students having something to do on Saturdays besides or in addition to parties,” Senor said. For freshman Sylas Nunn the football program didn’t affect his decision to come to Hendrix. Instead, it was an added bonus. “When I heard about it, I thought it might be cool to go to some games, but it wasn’t a major interest of mine,” Nunn said. For Senor in particular, football at Hendrix meant that he would get the opportunity to suit up for the very first time; he never played in junior high or high school. “I didn’t even know what position I’d play,” Senor said. However, after speaking with the coach and
other staff members in November of his sophomore year, Senor was encouraged to try. “I could tell that his heart is in the right place,” Senor said, referring to Head Coach Buck Buchanan. Off the field, Senor thinks of himself as an intermediary between football and the student body. “A lot of people didn’t like the idea of football coming back to Hendrix, so I wanted to be someone they could ask to get an unbiased opinion,” Senor said. Despite his ambitiousness and upperclassman status, Senor “still felt like an underclassman” throughout his first year on the team. According to Buchanan, football at a liberal arts school is something special. In short, he didn’t arbitrarily come to Hendrix to fill an available position. Instead, he sought out a school that fit his coaching background. Before joining the Warriors in 2013, Buchanan coached at Austin College and Louisiana College, two schools with almost identically sized student bodies to Hendrix. In Buchanan’s eyes, Division III football allows “the business part to be taken out of the game.” “Our sport at the big time level is out of whack,” Buchanan said. When scholarships are removed from the picture, the purest form of the game emerges. Additionally, the lower-stakes nature of Division III football allows for the game to be more about relationship building than anything else. “An average career spans 40 games,” Buchanan said. “We want our players to be friends with students that are not football players.” At the end of the day, he recognizes that competitive football only lasts four years before all of these players will move on to the real world. He’s a realistic coach. “We’re going to have doctors and lawyers and teachers and coaches, and they’re all going to go out and be successful,” he said. When asked about what sets Hendrix football apart even from comparable liberal arts schools, Coach Buchanan cited our distinctive eschewing of fraternities and sororities. “The Greek system has a tendency to divide OCTOBER 2014
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teams,” Buchanan said. Last year’s season went better than expected. At the end of summer training, Senor thought that the team might have the chance to “squeak out a [single] win.” In contrast, the Warriors finished with a 3-7 record. “The three games we won were deserved. And with five of the losses, we were incredibly competitive,” Senor said. In addition, the head coach thinks of Hendrix’s first year of football as a triumph of character. “I wasn’t in the Dean’s office once,” Buchanan said, in reference to the team’s lack of disciplinary issues. In regard to fan support, both Buchanan and Senor described it as steady. “It dwindled a bit, but was consistent after we hit the second game,” Senor said. The 2014 season will be largely different. Most importantly, the team has increased in size by more than 20 players. “We can go a lot harder in practice because there’s depth at every position,” Senor said. “We’ve got two, three, and in some cases five backups for every position.” In light of the team’s growth, they’ll have the opportunity to sparingly go all out in practices and scrimmages instead of only softly simulating tackles. Aside from these new advantages, however, the team will still face its fair share of challenges. Because the team is still made up of mostly freshmen and sophomores, there is a treacherous tendency for the players to not yet take their contributions seriously. “There always feels like a window of opportunity at the end of their career,” Buchanan said. He works towards combating these kinds of pitfalls on a day-to-day basis. Fortunately enough, this is the last year in which underclassmen will outnumber upperclassmen. After winning their first two 2014 games against the Westminster College Blue Jays (42-28) and the Bacone College Warriors (24-14), the Hendrix Warriors look forward to a riveting season. They play their most notorious rival, the Rhodes College Lynx, on Nov. 8.
From left to right juniors Liz Forrester, Ruthie Daniel, and Ty Spradley, along with sophomores Ava Parker and Amelia Grayson enjoy tailgating before the game. Student Senate hosted the first tailgating event of the year.
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Hendrix tailgating culture takes off for football season
s of 2008, Hendrix College hadn’t been exposed to the presence of a football team in nearly fifty years. This all changed when the Board of Trustees began the process of integrating a NCAA Division III intercollegiate football team into the diverse campus life at Hendrix. Along with a new football team came the classic pre-football events and festivities—but with a Hendrix twist. The tailgating at Hendrix on Sept. 13 consisted of our close-knit students, parents, and alumni coming together to spend time together and cheer on their favorite football team. Fans hung out under the tailgating tents, playing Baggo or volleyball and chatting as the hours rolled closer to kickoff. When surrounded by spirited black and orange, one cannot help but become infatuated with the entire experience of fun activities, delicious food, amazing people and unforgettable memories. “I really enjoyed tailgating before the first game,” senior Ples Spradley said. “It was fun playing Baggo and hanging out with friends while we awaited kickoff for the first game. The food was great, and the company was even better!” As for the game itself, it was “a great one,” Spradley said, “especially considering the fact that Hendrix won. The fact that it was a night game was also great because we avoided peak
afternoon heat. Plus, the student section was packed and incredibly lively!” “I am extremely glad that Hendrix revived its football team. It gives the student body something to rally around and look forward to. It also makes us a more attractive school to prospective students. The sense of camaraderie around football is what makes it so special,” Spradley said. Sophomore Elissa McDavid has also enjoyed tailgating this season. “It was an awesome time to chill out before the game. We eat, throw a frisbee/football around, generally hang out,” McDavid said. McDavid doesn’t know what Hendrix was like before the creation of the team, because football has been around as long as she’s been a student. “I’m glad we have a football team. I don’t really know what Hendrix was like before, since I am a sophomore. But I think it gives us another opportunity to be together as a Hendrix student body,” McDavid said. Freshman Kelsi Stimack participated in a multitude of activities at the tailgate, as well. “I got to hang with my friends and eat some good food. There were a bunch of guys playing beach volleyball, and some other guys were throwing the football around,” Stimack said. Although the tailgating was incredibly fun on that cool night, there was some trouble raising
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awareness for the tailgating. “I think the tailgating process needs to be in a better location because I didn’t even know where the tailgating was happening,” Stimack said. Other students, including Spradley, would agree. “Hendrix could make it easier for students and student organizations to host their own tailgates by making the tailgating times, location, and rules publicly known. Perhaps they could send an e-mail to students, letting them know this information. I know that I would not have known anything about last weekend’s tailgate if I did not have friends on Senate,” Spradley said. Like every new tradition, tailgating has its pros and cons. Regardless, tailgating provides Hendrix with the opportunity to bring together its current students, parents, faculty, staff, and alumni. Hendrix College now not only bonds in academic and social settings, but in athletic settings, as well. The new football team at Hendrix has allowed talented students to play the sport they love, while also providing the remaining students with incredible tailgating memories.
CULTURE How Do You Roll brings gimmick, good food to Village by Josh Hammons
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o how exactly does our newest Village restaurant roll? How Do You Roll, the first of this chain in Arkansas, is a modern sushi joint that is similar in style to Zaza’s, which it shares clientele with. Like Zaza’s, you walk into a clean, modernstyled restaurant. Simple patterns of green and brown meet you. Order your food up front, and then go sit down with a number and wait for the food to show . Luckily, you shouldn’t have to wait very long. I barely had time to get my drink ready and sit down before appetizers started to arrive. There are plenty of chopsticks jammed into containers on the table, but if you lack the dexterity and skill, there are utensils available next to the soda fountain. This odd, almost fast food-like arrangement was a little off-putting for a sushi restaurant. It was a very Americanized version of Japanese cuisine. Price-wise, How Do You Roll varies. You can order a sushi roll (this is cut into eight pieces) and water and leave only $5 poorer. However, you may find yourself wanting a little more. You can easily get plenty of bang for your buck if, as a hostess will probably suggest, you get the bento box. For $12, you get two starters, a sushi roll, a sushi or desert cone (think rice paper rather than waffle) and a drink. This is actually quite a bit of food, and since I wanted to try a variety of items, that’s what I went with. My starters were miso soup and beef dumplings. While the dumplings were nothing to tweet home about, the miso soup was delicious, with enough salt and tang to hold my attention well after my other food arrived. For my roll I chose the Mango Tango, a sweet and spicy roll that had salmon, crabstick, sprouts, avocado, mango salsa, sesame chili oil and chili powder. The cool mango was refreshing and complimentary to the rest of the roll. The rest of the ingredients looked well prepared, and despite how quickly everything arrived, I didn’t get the impression it had been sitting around for a long time. For my dessert I chose the “Fruitella Dessert Cone” consisting of a soy wrap, mandarin oranges, strawberries, Nutella and rice. It was pretty to look at and better to eat. The fruit was cool and fresh, and the rice balanced the sweetness of the Nutella. While How Do You Roll can feel a little gimmicky (you can build your own sushi roll while you like them on Facebook and download their app), and could easily fall into the category of middle ground chain restaurants, it backs up itself up with well prepared, tasty food that doesn’t leave you feeling sick a few hours later. I can’t speak to every item on the menu, but I will say I wouldn’t mind going back to try everything.
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CALENDAR Oct. 1 - Oct. 5 Wednesday, Oct. 1 8 p.m. Arum Rae. Juanita’s. Little Rock.
Thursday, Oct. 2 7 p.m. Warrior Men’s Soccer. Hendrix vs. Rhodes. Conway. 9 p.m. Band of Heathens. The Rev Room. Little Rock. 9 p.m. Adam Hambrick. Stickyz Rock ‘n’ Roll Chicken Shack. Little Rock. 9 p.m. Polica. Juanita’s. Little Rock.
1 p.m. Warrior Football. Hendrix vs Millsaps. Conway. 7 p.m. Warrior Women’s Soccer. Hendrix vs Rhodes. Conway. 7:30 p.m. Charlie Wilson. Verizon Arena. Little Rock. Clinton Presidential Center. Little Rock. 8:30 p.m. The Dave Matthews Tribute Band. The Rev Room. Little Rock. 9 p.m. Miniature Tigers/ Skizzy Mars. Juanita’s. Little Rock.
Sunday, Oct. 5 11 a.m. Field Hockey. Hendrix vs Centre. Conway. 1 p.m. 2014 Little Rock Pride Fest. 8 p.m. Gringo Star. Stickyz Rock ‘n’ Roll Chicken Shack. Little Rock. 8 p.m. Ty Dolla $ign. Juanita’s. Little Rock.
Conway, Little Rock, & Central Arkansas wanee. Conway. 11 a.m. Warrior Volleyball. Hendrix vs Birmingham-Southern. Conway. 9 p.m. Brown Soul Shoes. Stickyz Rock ‘n’ Roll Chicken Shack. Little Rock. 9 p.m. Ben Roy. Juanita’s. Little Rock.
Sunday, Oct. 12 1 p.m. Warrior Volleyball. Hendrix vs Millsaps. Conway. 7:30 p.m. The Youngest. Stickyz Rock ‘n’ Roll Chicken Shack. Little Rock. 8 p.m. Not Your American Idols Tour feat. For All Those Sleeping and Capture the Crown. The Rev Room. Little Rock.
Oct. 13 - Oct. 19 Oct. 6 - Oct. 12 Wednesday, Oct. 8
7 p.m. Warrior Field Hockey. Hendrix vs Roanoke. Conway.
8:30 p.m. Radkey. Stickyz Rock ‘n’ Roll Chicken Shack. Little Rock.
Thursday, Oct. 9
3 p.m. Warrior Volleyball. Hendrix vs Oglethorpe. Conway 7 p.m. Warrior Volleyball. Hendrix vs Rust. Conway. 9 p.m. Benjamin Del Shreve. Stickyz Rock ‘n’ Roll Chicken Shack. Little Rock. 9 p.m. Salsa. Juanita’s. Little Rock. 9:30 p.m. Bret Michaels. Juanita’s. Little Rock.
Friday, Oct. 10 2014 Arkansas State Fair. October 10th- 19th. Arkansas State Fair Grounds. Little Rock. 9 p.m. Salsa. Juanita’s. Little Rock. 9:30 p.m. Earphunk. Stickyz Rock ‘n’ Roll Chicken Shack. Little Rock.
Thursday, Oct. 16 8 p.m. The Bottle Rockets. Stickyz Rock ‘n’ Roll Chicken Shack. Little Rock. 9 p.m. Jantsen x Dirt Monkey. Juanita’s. Little Rock.
Friday, Oct. 17 6 p.m. Warrior Women’s Soccer. Hendrix vs Centre. Conway 6:10 p.m. Five Finger Death Punch & Volbeat. Verizon Arena. Little Rock. 7 p.m. Justin Moore. First Security Amphitheater. Little Rock. 8 p.m. Warrior Men’s Soccer. Hendrix vs Centre. Conway. 9 p.m. Salsa. Juanita’s. Little Rock. 9:30 p.m. An Evening with the Chris Robinson Brotherhood. The Rev Room. Little Rock.
Saturday, Oct. 4 10 a.m. 4th Annual Main Street Food Truck Festival. Main Street. Little Rock. 11 a.m. Warrior Field Hockey. Hendrix vs Translyvania. Conway. 11 a.m. Warrior Volleyball. Hendrix vs Berry. Conway. 1 p.m. Warrior Volleyball. Hendrix vs Rust. Conway.
Wednesday, Oct. 15 8:30 p.m. Big Gigantic. The Rev Room. Little Rock.
8 p.m. Cody Canada and The Departed. Stickyz Rock ‘n’ Roll Chicken Shack. Little Rock.
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1 p.m. Warrior Golf. Hendrix vs Dallas. Conway.
CULTURE PROMO PHOTO SOURCES: Adam Hambrick: https://www.facebook.com/adamhambrickmusic; Hendrix Football: Lee Rogers; Hendrix Volleyball: Wil Chandler; Boom Kinetic: https://www.facebook.com/boomkinetic 9 p.m. Goose. Juanita’s. Little Rock. 9:30 p.m. Boom Kinetic. The Rev Room. Little Rock.
9 p.m. Salsa. Juanita’s. Little Rock.
Little Rock. 9 p.m. Salsa. Juanita’s. Little Rock.
Saturday, Oct. 25 11 a.m. Warrior Volleyball. Hendrix vs Sewanee. Conway. 12 p.m. Warrior Field Hockey. Hendrix vs Rhodes. Conway. 1 p.m. Warrior Football. Hendrix vs Austin. Conway. 9 p.m. Luther Dickinson with Amy Lavere & Ms. Sharde. Juanita’s. Little Rock.
Sunday, Oct. 26 Sunday, Oct. 19 12 p.m. Warrior Women’s Soccer. Hendrix vs Sewanee. Conway. 1 p.m. Warrior Golf. Hendrix vs Dallas. Conway. 2 p.m. Warrior Men’s Soccer. Hendrix vs Sewanee. Conway.
Oct. 20 - Oct. 26 Monday, Oct. 20 8 p.m. Emily Woolfe. Juanita’s. Little Rock.
Tuesday, Oct. 21 8 p.m. Miss May I. Juanita’s. Little Rock. 9 p.m. Brownout presents Brown Sabbath. The Rev Room. Little Rock.
Wednesday, Oct. 22 7 p.m. Wait Until Dark. Arkansas Repertory Theater. Little Rock. 8 p.m. Here Come the Mummies. Juanita’s. Little Rock.
Thursday, Oct. 23 7:30 p.m. Sister Act The Musical. Reynolds Performance Hall. UCA. 8:30 p.m. Nahko and Medicine for the People. The Rev Room. Little Rock.
Friday, Oct. 24
9 p.m. Reckless Kelly. The Rev Room. Little Rock.
11 a.m. Warrior Volleyball. Hendrix vs Centre. Conway. 8 p.m. Yelawolf. Juanita’s. Little Rock.
Oct. 27 Oct. 31 Tuesday, Oct. 28 8 p.m. Mansions on the Moon. Juanita’s. Little Rock.
Wednesday, Oct. 29 7 p.m. Warrior Women’s Soccer. Hendrix vs Lyon. Conway. 7:30 p.m. Straight No Chaser. Reynolds Performance Hall. UCA.
Thursday, Oct. 30 8 p.m. Ages and Ages. Juanita’s. Little Rock. 9 p.m. JB and the Moonshine Band. The Rev Room. Little Rock.
Friday, Oct. 31 6 p.m. Warrior Swimming. 52nd Annual Hendrix Relays. Conway. 8:30 p.m. J Roddy Walston & The Business. The Rev Room. OCTOBER 2014
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Make a Difference The Noyce STEM Teacher Education in the Arkansas Delta (N-STEAD) program prepares high-achieving Hendrix science and mathematics students to become effective – and employed – teachers.
Information Session October 22nd, 5 – 6 p.m. Murphy House Learn more about the N-STEAD Intern program for freshmen and sophomores (up to $1,800 stipend), the N-STEAD Scholar program for sophomores, juniors and seniors (up to $15,000 scholarship) and free tuition for 5th year scholars. www.hendrix.edu/n-stead N-STEAD@hendrix.edu (501) 450-1379
1600 Washington Ave Conway, AR 72032