A member of the luncheon’s audience asked Funk if poetry might see a revival of sorts in the wake of the attack, similar to how beat poetry developed during the ’60s and ’70s during the Vietnam War. He asked the question relating it to Funk’s book of poetry “Life at the Epicenter” that focused on the devastating 19th century earthquakes that shook the states along the New Madrid fault line and the surrounding states, including Mississippi.

Funk was living in Mississippi in the early 1990’s when another large earthquake was predicted, by non-scientific means Funk added, along the fault line. She became aware of the earthquakes that shook the region in the late 1800’s at this time as the history of the last major earthquakes along the fault line were discussed.

“I think it is very possible,” Funk said. “Poetry is an expression of emotion, and there is certainly quite a bit of emotion surrounding this situation. Poets may focus on it more, or it may even cause those who haven’t thought of writing a poem before to do so. It seems in times like this we tend to turn back to poetry.”

“You can have talent, but if you don’t work at it, that talent doesn’t grow. You don’t develop as a writer,” said Funk, who earned her M.F.A. in creative writing from Columbia University. “I can think of only four or five people from my class in graduate school who are writing and still publishing. Life and its circumstances can often keep a person from writing. And writing is not easy. It can be a struggle, and if your time is otherwise occupied, you may not be able to write.”

Dr. Murphy receives scholar award

Dr. Teresa Murphy, assistant professor of education, has received the 2001-2002 AILACTE (The Association of Independent Liberal Arts Colleges for Teacher Education) Scholar Award. The AILACTE Scholar Award is given to faculty members who teach in AILACTE institutions and who are in their first five years of appointment time. The award is designed to encourage scholarly study of topics related to the themes developed by the Models of Excellence Committee. Dr. Murphy proposes a study entitled “Creating a Climate of Peace: What Teachers Should Know.” Her study will involve the interviewing of high school students in order to determine the factors in the school environment which deter school violence.

The AILACTE Scholar Award carries with it a $2,500 stipend.

Dr. Murphy also has recently had an article, “Composition, Critical Think-ing, and Social Constructs: Writing about Gender,” published in the Summer 2001 Academic Exchange Quarterly.

Preview Day is Saturday

Enrollment Services will host a Preview Day on Saturday, September 29, on campus. High school juniors and seniors have been invited from the surrounding areas. Approximately forty-four students along with their parents are expected to attend.

Brody Burroughs to display works

Recent works by Brody Burroughs, Lyon’s assistant professor of studio art, will be displayed in the Kresge Gallery in the Alphin Building, from Thursday, September 27 - Sunday, October 28. Opening reception is Tuesday, October 2, at 7 p.m.

Sports

The Pipers volleyball team will be on the road Saturday to play the University of Central Arkansas in Conway at 2 p.m. The next home game will be Tuesday, October 2, when the Pipers host Philander Smith in Becknell Gymnasium at 6 p.m.

The Pipers lost to Ouachita Baptist at home on Monday, 22-30, 24-30, 14-30. The Pipers are 5-7 for the season and 1-2 in conference play.

Lyon College Campus Calendar

9 a.m. Jenzabar Conversion Meeting             Lyon, Worthen Bank Room

10a.m. Institutional Advancement Staff Meeting             Lyon, Citizens Bank Room

12 noon Catholic Campus Ministry             EDH 002

Greek Week Committee             EDH 003

4 p.m. Lyon College Cross Country Invitational             Intramural Field

9 p.m. Starlight Club             Starlight Lounge

Saturday, September 29

9 a.m.-3 p.m. Preview Day!!             Lyon Building

12:30 a.m. Harlequin Theatre Rehearsal             Holloway Theatre

2 p.m. Volleyball: Pipers vs. UCA             Conway, AR

Sunday, September 30

5 p.m. Alpha Xi Delta Meeting             Lyon, Rooms 200 & 202

6 p.m. Kappa Sigma Meeting             Alphin, Arkansas Room

7:30 p.m. Tau Kappa Epsilon Meeting             Alphin, Patterson Room

8 p.m. Phi Mu Meeting             Lyon, Nucor Auditorium

Zeta Beta Tau Meeting             Lyon, Citizens Bank Room

Monday, October 1

12 noon Alpha Chi Meeting             EDH 002

4 p.m. Curriculum Committee             Lyon, Worthen Bank Room

4-8:15 p.m. APPLE             Lyon: Rms. 100,200,204,214

Alphin: Barton & Long

5:30 p.m. APPLE Orientation             Lyon, Nucor Auditorium

6 p.m. Residence Life Staff Meeting             Lyon, Citizens Bank Room

6-7 p.m. Choices CT Workshop             PC Lab

6:30-10 p.m. Harlequin Theatre Rehearsal             Holloway Theatre

8 p.m. SAC Meeting             SAC Office

9 p.m. BCM Leadership Meeting             Lyon, Citizens Bank Room

Tuesday, October 2

12 noon Model United Nations Meeting             EDH 001 Area

Wesley Fellowship             EDH 002

Erosophic Society Meeting             EDH 003

SGA Meeting             Lyon, Room 100

Panhellenic Council Meeting             Lower Union

4-5 p.m. Kids Run Program             Intramural Field

5 p.m. SAC Meeting             Union Conference Room

5:30 p.m. Graduate School Selection/Application             EDH 002

6 p.m. Volleyball: Pipers vs. Philander Smith College             Becknell Gymnasium

6:30-10 p.m. Harlequin Theatre Rehearsal             Holloway Theatre

7 p.m. Opening Reception: Brody Burroughs Art Exhibit             Kresge Gallery

Wednesday, October 3

9 a.m. Student Life Staff Meeting             Union Conference Room

10 a.m. Alpha Xi Delta Blood Drive             Lower Union

12 noon Presbyterian Connection             EDH 002

Tau Kappa Epsilon Meeting             EDH 003

4 p.m. Promotion & Tenure Meeting             Lyon, Worthen Bank Room

4-8:15 p.m. APPLE             Lyon: Rms. 100,200,204,214

Alphin: Barton, Long

5:30 p.m. APPLE Orientation             Lyon, Nucor Auditorium

6:30-10 p.m. Harlequin Theatre Rehearsal             Holloway Theatre

9 p.m. BCM Meeting             Morrow Building

Thursday, October 4

8:30 a.m. Faculty Personnel Committee             Lyon, Seminar East

11 a.m. Chapel Service             Small Chapel

12 noon Campus Ministry Board             EDH 002

Black Students’ Association             EDH 003

2:15 p.m. Institutional Assessment Committee             Lyon, Seminar West

4 p.m. New Faculty Orientation             Lyon, Worthen Bank Room

6:30 p.m. Chi Alpha Meeting             Union Conference Room

6:30-10 p.m. Harlequin Theatre Rehearsal             Holloway Theatre

8 p.m. Coffeehouse, International Students’ Assoc.             Edibles, Edwards Commons

Friday, October 5

11:30 a.m. Sigma Tau Delta Meeting             EDH 003

12 noon Catholic Campus Ministry             EDH 002

6 p.m. Volleyball: Pipers vs. Martin Methodist University             Becknell Gymnasium