Meet the Monstars!!!

Cue the team!

Angela Bennet '10

Trip: Horse and Rock
Favorite Movie: Dazed and Confused
Favorite Keepsake or Memento: The piano my g-ma gave me.
Best place to get away from it all: In a good book on a rainy day.
Best advice I ever received: If you always try to please other people, you'll never please yourself.
Favorite Restaurant: In Conway, Jade China. In Little Rock, Star of India. Anywhere, Doe's Eat Place. (I like to eat...okay!?)
Favorite Hobby: Underwater Basket Weaving and Tomfoolery
Favorite Number: 87.3245
Favorite Writing: Anything by Donald Miller
Most beautiful thing I've ever seen: The Sistine Chapel
Favorite Cereal: Maple and Brown Sugar Frosted Mini Wheats
Four Guests at my Fantasy Dinner: Rosalind Franklin, John F. Kennedy Jr., Martin Luther King Jr., BJ Fogleman Jr.
Favorite Candy: Werther's Original
Three things I'd take to a deserted island: Other people, civilization, and a boat.
Special Skillz: A couple of my powers include earthquake generation, incomprehensibility, perfect pitch, prehensile tail, super ventriloquism, and unaided outerspace travel.
Bio: I was orphaned at the age of 1 when the darkest wizard of all time killed my parents trying to get to me. The only memory that I have is this flash of green light and a small lightning bolt scar on my forehead. I went to live with my aunt and uncle in Little Whining until at the age of 11 I went to the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. For the next 7 years, I was a total badA, defeating death eaters right and left. In the end, I saved the world from immenent doom and everyone worships me to this day. The End. PS: I know what I'd do with a klondike bar.

 Heather Hawkins '09

Trip: Skiing at Brady Mountain
Favorite Movie: Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
Favorite Keepsake or Memento: A necklace that the toothfairy gave me mad of all my teeth.
Favorite Place to get away from it all: The Jungle. Feeding Bananas to monkeys is so therapeutic.
Best advice I ever received: If you're stressed out, take a loved one out for dinner and an autopsy.
Favorite Restaurant: Macaroni Grill - create your own pasta, baby!
Favorite Hobby: Picking wedgies and biting the insides of my cheeks
Favorite Number: Threeeeeeeeeeee
Favorite Writing: All of the Harry Potter Books!
Most beautiful thing I've ever seen: Two dragonflies atop one another, cuddling.
Favorite Cereal: Muromuesli (Finnish - granola with raisins)
Four Guests at my Fantasy Dinner: Isn't it usually 3? Jesus, BJ Fogleman, and Bee Lyons
Favorite Candy: Hot Tamales - I can eat a whole box (all 650 calories) in a couple of hours.
Three things I'd take to a deserted island: A boat, some skis, and some Hendrix freshmen!

Alex Sego '10

Trip: Walkin' in Memphis
Favorite Movie: The Indiana Jones Quadrilogy. They've been a popular choice at Wild Thing Movie Night. The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull also took home a Wild Award at the Wild Thing Film Festival on Friday the 13th. Watch them!
Favorite Place to get away from it all: I'm going to start with the smart answer "within the pages of a good book," an answer that is completely true. And Facebook. I can't deny my addiction to Facebook.
Favorite Quote: "Last night I dreamed I ate a 10 pound marshmallow. When I woke up, the pillow was gone." - Tommy Cooper -
Favorite Restaurant: Benihana's
Favorite Number: 67. It's the number on my ultimate jersey!
Favorite Writing: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, followed by the rest of her brilliantly written works.
Most beautiful thing I've ever seen: Jake Eddington
Special Skill: Can you keep a secret? I have a magic finger, much like Sabrina's (the teenage witch). With it I can control mixing bowls and their contents and convince any pesky oven to give the wild things a sweet treat!
Bio: I'm just beginning my Junior year here at Hendrix and I'm working towards a scary degree in psychology. Some day, I'll be able to speak with the Wild Things and help the humans understand who they are, why they are, and just how important they are to society. I'm from Sardis, Arkansas which is about an hour away from Conway. Some call it the boonies, but the Wild Things call it home. You know you're in the South when dinner with the King of the Wild Things is a weekly engagement!

Taylor Adams '10

Trip: Spring River - Many Islands...Don't forget it!
Favorite Movie: Fox and the Hound; Fight Club is a close second
Best Advice you ever received: Sir, that is not a toy and I strongly recommend that you get down from there immediately.
Favorite place to get away from it all: The UCA Library (It's always empty)
Favorite Restaurant: A Taste of Thai
Favorite Number: 6 (Former Basketball/Lacrosse Number)
Favorite Hobby: Recreational Talking
Favorite Writing: Cursive
Most Beautiful Thing I've Ever Seen: A bald BJ Fogleman in a drag show.
Favorite Cereal: Life
Four Guests at my Fantasy Dinner: Tom Petty, Martha the Cafeteria Lady, James Joyce, and Terrell Owens
Favorite Candy: Sourpatch Kids
Three things to take on a deserted island: 1) My third favorite Movie: K-Fed vs. Predator 2) a bag of kolachies from Shipley's Doughnuts 3) A fully equiped and staffed yacht with GPS capabilities and hot tub.
Bio: Taylor is particularly eh...unique in the Monstar world. A bunny rabbit who was left parentless (according to the opening plot of most Disney movies) he was raised by a pack of wolves.
His Special Skill: Moderate Agression. Is he cuddly or is it too late?

Rachel Decuir '09

Trip: Heifer Ranch
Favorite Movie: Dead Poets Society
Keepsake: My Box of letters
Place to Get Away: Anywhere, really. Traveling is kind of my thing. Special preference is given though to the country side, rivers, and places where French is hanging out.
Advice: Never hold on too long, never let go too soon. Thank you fortune cookie.
Restaurant: I prefer helping people that I know will cook delicious meals for me.
Hobby: Doing ridiculous little kid things, like blowing bubbles or swinging or climbing trees when I can reach them. Ooh, I like folk dancing, too!
Writing? A cruel question to ask someone who is planning to turn her bedroom into a library that just happens to house a bed.  The Giver by Lowis Lowry. Illusions by Richard Bach. At least, those are the two that I carry around.
Beautiful Thing: A forty person brass band dressed all in orange playing at night in the snow, to name one. Ask me again tomorrow for another response.
Cereal: Muesli. Or scooters, the cheapo depot brand of honey nut cheerios.
4 Dinner Guests: Victor Hugo, the man who invented the Hula Hoop, the person that I would invite randomly the day of, and a good friend to fill the awkward pauses in a conversation.
Candy: Lemon Heads, Green Apple Jolly Ranchers, Kinder Bueno.
Island: Pen and Paper (which obviously count as one item), my own personal talented musician, instruments included, and sunscreen - SPF 45.
Bio: Growing up in the spicy cajun land of southern Louisiana, this fiesty monstar of the redheaded variety appears docile until provoked. Though largely nomadic, when it is still, it is often found under trees. It has been known to be subject to frequent bouts of linguistic schizophrenia. Is easily lured with the cunning use of maps, well seasoned food and good guitar. When threatened, has a tendency to flee to far away destinations.

Justin Warren '09

Trip: Magic Springs at Hot Springs
Movie: Star Wars (It reminds me of Home)
Keepsake: My London Oyster Card
Place to Get Away From it All: Jupiter is pretty cool.
Advice: Always carry an extra pair of undies in case things get messy.
Restaurant: Italian Coffee Company right off Tottenham Court Road.
Hobby: Acting, Recording Music, Photocopying, and the self check-out thingy at Wal-Mart.
Number: 33!
Writing: The Dictionary (Oxford ONLY) and Harry Potter 7. HANDS DOWN.
Most Beautiful Thing I've Ever Seen: The Statue of David
Cereal: Special K - Fruit and Yogurt. Oh my.
Four Guests at Dinner: Jesus, Barack Obama, Prince, Will Smith
Candy: Reese's Peanut Butter Cups = Crack
Desert Island: Bible, Guitar, Paper and Pen (They go together, so it only counts as one)
Bio: 3,233 years ago, when the sun eclipsed the moon and the sky turned plaid, Justin Warren was born when he stepped out of his mothers tummy, already fluent in Chinese and reading on a 12th grade level.  He soon moved to the moon to teach moon rocks how to commune with Martians, and upon his arrival to earth, he was awarded a Nobel peace prize for being the most baller living organism on the planet.  Besides impressing world leaders with his incredible ability to fly and his unrivaled skills at rubbing his tummy and patting his head at the exact same time, Justin likes to spend his time helping old ladies cross the street and saving cats that get lost in trees. Recently receiving an endorsement from Barack Obama himself, Justin decided that it would be best to use his newly acquired influence to be a Peer Leader and help new freshers become ballers themselves.  He promises to teach them tips on college survival, acceptance, hopscotch, and stem cell research. 

Trey Eerebout '10

Trip: Spring River Oaks
Movie: Spanglish
Keepsake: Tie between my signed John Mayer album and my Barack Obama poster
Place to Get Away: Ernest Hemingway
Advice: "Keep it in your pants."
Restaurant: Gyros
Hobby: Writing and Playing Music
Number: Shfifty-five!!!
Most Beautiful Thing I've Ever Seen: Your Mom
Writing: "Self-Reliance" by Emerson
Cereal: Raisin Bran
Four Guests at Dinner: Barack Obama, Earnest Hemmingway, Langston Hughes, E.E. Cummings
Candy: REESES!
Deserted Island: Sara Bareilles, Regina Spektor, An Eagle Scout...Duh!

Kate Cook '10

Trip: Ballin' in Blanchard Springs
Favorite movie: Groundhog Day
Favorite keepsake or memento: lucky Tiki from Hawaii
Favorite place to get away from it all: my car, Charlie
Best advice I ever received: "You cannot find peace by avoiding life." -The Hours
Favorite restaurant: La Huerta
Favorite hobby: having marathon sessions of watching seasons of TV on DVD
Favorite number: 711
Favorite writing: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy collection
Most beautiful thing I've ever seen: Pamukkale. It's a calcium rock formation in Turkey. The name means "cotton castle"--it looks like a huge marshmallow mountain!
Favorite cereal: King Vitamin
Four guests at my fantasy dinner: Garrison Keillor, Jim Halpert, Martin Luther King, Jr., Madeleine L'Engle
Favorite candy: Twizzlers pull-and-peel
Three things I'd take to a deserted island: my iPod, the book "Good Poems for Hard Times," water purification tablets

Missy Moore '09

Trip: Water Skiing at Greer's Ferry
Movie: Pride and Prejudice
Keepsake: Necklace from my aunt
Place to get Away: The Woods around my House
Best Advice: Be here now.
Restaurant: Vino's
Hobby: Playing volleyball with the little monsters.
Favorite Number: 3 or 8
Writing: The Little Prince
Most Beautiful Thing You've Ever Seen: My Brother and Sister after they had their first baby
Cereal: Honey Nut Cheerios
Four Guests at Fantasy Dinner: Paul McCartney, Brandon Boyd, and my Grandparents that I never met
Deserted Island: Photo Album, plenty of strong rope, and a knife.

Brenley McGuff '09

Favorite movie: American History X (if I have to pick just one)
Favorite keepsake or memento: Scrapbooks my mom made for me
Favorite place to get away from it all: Camping in the middle of nowhere
Best advice you ever received: That you can learn something from every situation you are put in if you just look hard enough
Favorite restaurant: Mike's Place
Favorite hobby: scrapbooking
Favorite number: 11
Favorite writing: Pillars of the Earth and World Without End both by Ken Follett
Most beautiful thing you've ever seen: the sunset from a cruise ship
Favorite cereal: Raisin Bran...trust me this says nothing about my personality
Four guests at your fantasy dinner: I could say obvious things like Ghandi or Jesus but instead I will say that my fantasy dinner is the same as my reality dinner....my mom, dad, sister, and best friend...the 4 most important people in my life
Favorite candy: Swedish Fish (just the red ones)
Three things you'd take to a deserted island: my best friend Jason, iPod, knife
Special Skill: Taking it like a man.
Bio: I like change, maybe even love it. My friends mean the world to me. My best friend has had the most impact on my life. I love musicals and I love to sing, and yes, I'm a good singer. I used to be a member of the Hendrix College choir. I play way too much solitaire and free cell. I wear a lot of black even though I love colour. I spell some words funny, get over it, it's cause I'm Canadian. I work at Quizno's making sweet sandwiches, your sandiwches don't even compare, trust me. I hate drama, plain and simple, keep it to yourself. I'm in love with Hendrix College. I'm also in love with psychology. I want to work with addicts one day. I'm the biggest procrastinator on the planet, seriously. I text message way too much. I'm addicted to tattoos and A&D ointment. I want to go to the Meditteranean. I am one of the craziest people you will ever meet, hands down.

Lin Poff '10

Trip: Rock Climbing
Favorite movie:  The Princess Bride… and the rest that star me and my friends.  It’s the movie of our lives!
Favorite keepsake or memento:  The fang of a Sabertooth tiger that my brother ripped out of my mommy’s belly as he was pulled out of the womb.
Favorite place to get away from it all:  The lake… and Martin Hall!
Best advice you ever received:  10% of the things that happen to you in life are inevitable… 90% of your life is reflected in the attitude you choose.
Favorite restaurant:  Mike’s Place, followed by Wafflehouse in a close second.
Favorite hobby:  Pushing it to the limits!
Favorite number:  Seven
Favorite writing:  what is a writing?  Like… a book?  Or is it something I was supposed to write…?  I’m not good at this answer because I can’t read or write…
Most beautiful thing you’ve ever seen:  BJ and Bee’s nipples… not on the same night though!
Favorite cereal:  frost flakes!
Four guests at your fantasy dinner:  George W. Bush, Saddam Hussein, Genghis Khan, and Adolf Hitler
Favorite candy:  nerds…
Three things you’d take to a deserted island:  Winnie the Pooh, some honey for Winnie the Pooh, and the DVD Gone with the Wind because reading the back of the movie takes way less time than reading the actual book.
Bio: My name is Lin Poff, 20/21 years old depending on when this is read over the summer.  I’m leading the Rock Climbing trip.  I only have one special skill, and that is this:  planting and growing beets on my beet farm.  And helping run Schrute Farms.

Bee Lyons '09
Orientation Coordinator

Favorite Movie: Little Miss Sunshine / Finding Neverland
Favorite place to get away from it all - Fenway Park, Boston.
Best Advice - toughen up buttercup
Favorite Restaurant - Da Nico Ristorante - New York City
Favorite Hobby - watching the Boston Red Sox
Favorite Number - 18
Favorite Writing - anything Augusten Burroughs
Most beautiful thing i have ever seen - Glacier National Park
Favorite Cereal - honey nut cheerios
Four guests at fantasy dinner - David Ortiz, Barack Obama, Johnny Depp, My grandmother
Favorite Candy - good and plenty
Three things to take to a desert island -  water, a hammock, music
Special Skills: Sass

BJ Fogleman '09
Orientation Coordinator

Favorite movie? Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, HSM2 (jk), Aladdin
Favorite keepsake or memento? My great grandmother's Bible
Favorite place to get away from it all? The gravel pits behind my house
Best advice you ever received? No matter what you do with your life, your family will always be behind you.
Favorite restaurant? Bangkok Restaurant (Alexandria, LA)
Favorite hobby? Reading, taking pictures, cuddling with my roommate Lin
Favorite number? 7 and 13
Favorite writing? Ender's Game, Where the Red Fern Grows, The Bridge to Terabithia, Ishmael, Clifford Goes to the Dentist
Most beautiful thing you’ve ever seen? My maw-maw's smile after making it through a heart attack
Favorite cereal? Raisin Bran (yeah i know lame, right?)
Four guests at your fantasy dinner? Rainey Gibson, Cary Small, Lin Poff and my Mama
Favorite candy? Jujubees
Three things you’d take to a deserted island? A genie, bear grylls, solar powered GPS
Special skills? Well I am a level 76 Orientation Coordinator so that means i pwn n00bs. I'm also very good at giving Jake work to do.

Tonya Hale
Director of Student Activities

Favorite movie? Magnolia
Favorite keepsake or memento?  A shadowbox that my best friend gave to me
Favorite place to get away from it all?  Nashville, TN
Best advice you ever received? The only way to find significance in our own lives is by valuing the lives of others.
Favorite restaurant? Damgoode Pies in Little Rock
Favorite hobby?  Discovering and sharing new music
Favorite number? 3
Favorite writing? Cursive (j/k).  I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
Most beautiful thing you’ve ever seen?  My grandmother’s smile
Favorite cereal? Life
Four guests at your fantasy dinner? Ellen Degeneres, Kate Winslet, Mary Louise-Parker, and Karen Walker. 
Favorite candy? Twix
Three things you’d take to a deserted island? My iPod, my best friend, and a physicians desk reference, hollowed out…inside-waterproof matches, iodine tablets, beet seeds, protein bars. NASA blanket, and in case I get bored Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone – no, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.