The glow on sophomore Amy Hillard's face was apparent to everybody in the Mills Library March 9 when Dane Charles, former Election Commissioner and junior, announced her election as Student Senate president. Hillard won the election after three rounds of vote counting.… Post the First Comment

Senior Sarah Jacobson was awarded a $22,000 Thomas J. Watson Fellowship Grant for a year of self-designed independent study and travel outside the United States after she graduates in May. Jacobson, a Spanish and Classics double major, is the 22nd Hendrix student to win a Watson Fellowship since 1985.… Post the First Comment

If recently approved changes to the Hendrix Code of Conduct had been in place before last year's Profane was produced, some students who were responsible for the April Fools' Day spoof publication might not have had to appear before Judicial Council. According to some Hendrix officials, the most significant change to the code, which is printed in the Facefinder, is the removal from its second bullet the concept of embarrassment from the list of types of conduct that the community won't tolerate.… Post the First Comment

Students who worried that Hendrix would open up its very own Starbucks franchise may have had some misplaced concern. Contrary to rumors, Hendrix is not opening a Starbucks. But after the break, anyone who wants a Chai Latte can drop by the Burrow and pick one up, courtesy of Starbucks.… Post the First Comment

For some in the audience last Saturday night, Dominque Sanchez, the emcee of Miss Hendrix, was a little too dirty. Students voiced concerns about the potential problems that could result from harassment by Sanchez. Senior Andy Koehler said: "While she's here, she's a representative of Hendrix.… Post the First Comment

Bishop Janice Riggle Huie, who has served as Bishop for the Arkansas Area of the United Methodist Church (UMC) since 1996, will deliver this year's commencement address to the graduating Class of 2004, on May 15. Huie was elected to the episcopacy and appointed to the Arkansas Area of the United Methodist Church in the summer of 1996.… Post the First Comment

The Committee on Improving Student Life, or COISL, issued its final report last Tuesday and presented the document to the new Senate. The report calls for three committees to be formed by the Senate president and the president of the College that COISL determined are "the most pressing and problematic concerns of students"- college communication, Hendrix identity and spirit and housing and residential life.… Post the First Comment

What do Hendrix, the University of Central Arkansas and Poland have in common? The answer is the Arkansas Undergraduate Sociology and Anthropology Symposium of course. The symposium, which is today from 12:40 to 5 p.m. in Mills, includes presentations by students from Hendrix and UCA from 12:45 to 2 p.… Post the First Comment

In the news story "World Music duo brings yin, yang to Staples on Saturday," printed on March 5, The Profile misreported that Mei Han, ethnomusicologist, is male. Han is a female. The story also suggested that Latin-American music fell in the "non-Western" category of music.… Post the First Comment

Even after Nancy Lester retired last October from working in the Hendrix cafeteria, after 17 years of service, she would still come in on Saturdays to wipe the tables and clean the doors. She was working for free then, but at least she was doing what she loved best.… Post the First Comment

Campus Kitty surpassed its goal of around $16,000 when it raised a total of $17,500 last week, according to Erin Powers, Campus Kitty Chair and junior. About 100 to 150 people showed up at each of the major events: Casino Night, SoCo Movie Night, VZ Ladies/Martin Man Sale, Skating Night, Red Light Revue and Progressive Dinner.… Post the First Comment