Daily Lobo: How long have you worked at the SUB welcome desk?
Shonnetta Henry: Around a month and a half.
DL: What’s the most you’ve had to help someone?
SH: You get a lot of different questions here. A lot of them kind of pertain to what’s inside of here, but some times a lot of people ask where different offices are on campus, so I help them find, for example, Student Services or things like that.
DL: Is there anything you can’t answer?
SH: There are some things I can’t answer, but I know how to find out who can answer the questions, so that’s always good.
DL: Do you do homework as you sit here all day?
SH: During the week, I get a lot of questions, especially when we have a lot of events going on. There’s usually a lot of questions, but during the weekend I mostly do homework.
DL: How many hours a week do you work here?
SH: Between 20 and 30.
DL: How’d you get this job?
SH: Work study.
DL: What kind of hobbies do you have?
SH: I’m a minor in dance, so I do a lot of dancing.
DL: Do you have a favorite type of dance?
SH: Flamenco. We have a really, really good flamenco program.
DL: How long have you been dancing?
SH: I’ve been dancing for about 14 years. I just started flamenco dancing last semester. I’m in my second semester and it’s pretty hard.
DL: What do you like about dance?
SH: It’s just a different kind of art form. A lot of different dances are focused on being really graceful, and, kind of, being more vertical and light, whereas flamenco is a lot more rounded, which is really interesting.
DL: What other kinds of dance have you done?
SH: Oh everything. I’ve done Baile Folklorico, which is kind of similar to flamenco except for it’s a Mexican folk dance. It’s based out of Mexico rather than Spain. I’ve done Irish Stamp Dance, ballroom dance, jazz — all that good stuff.
DL: Did you get all of your
piercings at the same time?
SH: Oh, no (laughs). It’s accumulated over the past two years.
DL: How many total do you have?
SH: Thirteen.