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Josh Alford’s drawing of a future murder victim receiving his degree is part of TCU Theatre’s For Bo.
Photo courtesy of TCU Theatre.
Sparked by the L.A. riots following the videotaped police beating of Rodney King and the success of John Singleton’s movie
Boyz N the Hood, Hollywood produced a string of films in the early 1990s about young Black men that almost always included a scene with their main characters being terrorized by racist white cops. That story point became so common in “hood movies” that Rusty Cundieff’s 1994 comedy
Fear of a Black Hat parodied the trope by having its rapper protagonist held at gunpoint by an overzealous security guard and pointing out the crowd of people videotaping the incident, plus one woman executing an oil painting of it, plus one man making a life-size papier-mâché sculpture of it.
Mainstream Technologies Hires Justin Barrios
Share Article LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (PRWEB) April 28, 2021 Mainstream Technologies is pleased to announce the hiring of Justin Barrios as Software Developer. His responsibilities will include the design, development, and deployment of full-stack software solutions.
Justin has 11 years of software development experience that includes three years as a Solution Developer with Acxiom, Conway; and five years as a software developer with NUCOR, Blytheville. He has a Bachelor of Science degree from Harding University. He lives in Alexander with his wife and son, and is a member of a house church, meeting in people’s homes. Justin also enjoys gardening and video games.
Andrew Watson and Angela Flippo of Williams Baptist University in Walnut Ridge
Andrew Watson and Angela Flippo have been assigned new roles at Williams Baptist University in Walnut Ridge.
Watson has been appointed the university’s associate vice president. He recently served as the school’s director of financial aid. Watson, who has been with the school for 10 years, has also served as admissions counselor, director of admissions and head coach of cross-country/track and field.
Flippo will be the director of the Joy Ring Student Success Center. She worked in the admissions office at Williams for two decades before stepping away but then returned to her vice president’s role in 2018. Flippo succeeds Mary Norvell.
Harding University’s spring commencement ceremonies will be held Friday and Saturday, May 7 and 8, celebrating the accomplishments of more than 800 students. A ceremony will be held Friday, May 7 at 4 p.m., and four ceremonies will be held Saturday, May 8 at 9 a.m., 12 p.m., 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. in the University’s George S. Benson Auditorium. All COVID-19 guidelines for social distancing and safety will be followed.
Members of this semester’s graduating class represent 16 different nations and territories, as well as 42 states.
Degrees will be conferred from the College of Allied Health, College of Arts and Humanities, College of Bible and Ministry, Paul R. Carter College of Business Administration, Cannon-Clary College of Education, Carr College of Nursing, College of Pharmacy, College of Sciences, Honors College and University College.
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