Arkansas Democrat-Gazette film critic Philip Martin will answer the question “What Do We Want from the Movies,” on Friday, April 12, at 7:30 p.m. in the Bevens Music Room. This original essay was written especially for the launching of the first film festival and to help introduce local audiences to the joy and variety of filmdom. Admission to Martin’s talk and the “meet and greet” that will follow is free to members of the Lyon community.

Independent filmmaker Herb E. Smith will present his newest work, “The Ralph Stanley Story,” at 6 and 8 p.m. Sunday, April 14, in Nucor Auditorium. The screenings are the culmination of a four-day retrospective of films from the Appalshop Media Center in eastern Kentucky. The Appalshop retrospective takes place Thursday through Sunday at the Old Independence Regional Museum. Dr. Brooks Blevins ’92, a visiting faculty member at Lyon last year and currently on the faculty at Ozarka Technical College, will present the Friday Appalshop program. Thanks to a grant from the Arkansas Humanities Council, all of the programs in the Appalshop retrospective are free.

JoAnne Wilkes and Lynn Rose from the Office of Institutional Advancement are working with festival executive director Judy Pest in planning a special event for Thursday evening (April 11) at the Melba Theatre. “A Forties Movie Premiere” will recreate the atmosphere of the Golden Age of Hollywood, complete with red carpet, spotlights, a Betty Boop cartoon, a George Pal Puppetoon, and a rare original print of the 1941 Technicolor classic, “The Shepherd of the Hills,” starring John Wayne.

Her paper, titled “The Use of Text in Picasso’s Early Collages,” will be presented at the conference in White Water, Wisconsin.

The annual conference provides an opportunity for undergraduate students to present their research and answer questions about it from professors and students.

Choir performs at National Cathedral The Lyon College Concert performed at Washington National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., on Sunday, March 17. The choir sang the choral prelude to the service of Holy Eucharist at 10:30 a.m. The prelude was a 25-minute program of a cappella music sung from the great crossing steps of the west balcony of the cathedral. The opportunity to participate in the service is a rare one. Invitations to sing at the cathedral are hard to come by with the limited number of open slots being booked months in advance. Dr. Michael Arshagouni, the choir’s director, received the invitation for Lyon in November. During the trip the choir also made several other stops, including performances at Clearview Baptist Church in Franklin, Tennessee; Westminster-Canterbury, a retirement village in Richmond, Virginia; Union Theological Seminary in Richmond; and at Alamance Presbyterian Church in Greensboro, North Carolina.

An opening reception will be at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, April 4, in Kresge Gallery.

The juried exhibition will feature 39 works by 28 Arkansas artists.

The Scots defeated Freed-Hardeman in three of four games played over the weekend in Henderson, Tennessee.

Lyon got three complete games from its pitchers and committed only one error.

Chuck Stracener won his fourth game of the year in Friday’s opener as the Scots won 4-3.

Phillip May got the win in the second game with a 5-3 Scot victory. May, 8-1 for the year, gave up only three hits in seven innings.

In the Saturday opener, Adam Davis went the distance and pitched a four-hitter in the 5-2 win.

Freed-Hardeman won the final game, 6-4.

Lyon is 20-17 overall and 6-6 in TranSouth Conference games.

The Scots are scheduled to be at home Friday and Saturday for doubleheaders against Union University. The games begin at noon each day.

Tennis

The Lyon College tennis teams lost conference matches Friday and Saturday.

Lee University swept both the men’s and women’s teams by identical 5-0 scores Friday in Jackson, Tennessee. The Pipers lost a close one, 5-4, at home Saturday to Evangel University.

The Pipers had their chances to win the Saturday match but dropped two close doubles matches. Paulette Pearson was the only double winner of the day, winning her two matches at the No. 2 position. Reagan Greeno battled back from trailing in her first set to win a tight tiebreaker. From there she used that momentum to cruise through the second set. Nicolette Preiser and Taylor Preiser played well in their doubles match but came up short.

In the Scots’ match against Lee, two games were forfeited because Lyon only had five players available for the trip.

The match against Arkansas Tech scheduled for Tuesday was canceled due to rain and will not be rescheduled.

Basketball players recognized

Brandon Byrd and Kyle Hill of the Scots basketball team have been recognized for basketball and academic accomplishments.

Byrd, a 6-foot-4 sophomore from Jonesboro, earned NAIA Honorable Mention All-American status. Byrd averaged 19 points while shooting 85 percent from the line and 43 percent from 3-point range.

Byrd and Hill, a senior from Kilbourne, Louisiana, were both named NAIA All-American Scholar Athletes.

Byrd is a biology (pre-med) major with a 3.85 GPA. Hill, named a scholar athlete for the second consecutive season, is also a biology major and has a 3.55 GPA.

Lyon College Campus Calendar

Friday, March 29

EASTER BREAK –Good Friday

12 noon Baseball: Scots vs. Trevecca Nazarene University             Lyon College Baseball Field

Saturday, March 30

12 noon Baseball: Scots vs. Trevecca Nazarene University             Lyon College Baseball Field

Sunday, March 31

12 noon Baseball: Scots JV vs. North Arkansas CC             Harrison, AR

Monday, April 1

6 p.m. Lyon Ambassadors             Lyon, Nucor Auditorium

Residence Life Staff Meeting             Lyon, Citizens Bank Room

8:30 p.m. Phi Mu Sorority Meeting             Lyon, Room 200

Tuesday, April 2

10 a.m. Executive Cabinet Meeting             Lyon, Worthen Bank Room

11 a.m. SGA Meeting             Lyon, Room 100

Dental Health Program Info Edibles             Hallway

12 noon Erosophic Society             EDH 003

1 p.m. Baseball: Scots vs. University of Central Arkansas             Lyon College Baseball Field

2 p.m. Tennis: Scots/Pipers vs. University of the Ozarks             Clarksville, AR

2:15 p.m. TeamsElite Implementation Team             Lyon, Citizens Bank Room

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

4-8:15 p.m. APPLE             Lyon, Alphin, Union Conf. Rm.

5 p.m. SAC Meeting             Edibles

5:15 p.m. Education & Training Committee             Lyon, Worthen Bank Room

5:30 p.m. Dress for Success Workshop, Career Development             EDH 002

6:30 p.m. Big Show Auditions             Brown Chapel

Boy Scout Meeting             Union Conference Room

Wednesday, April 3

10:30 a.m. Scottish Festival Planning Committee             Lyon, Citizens Bank Room

11 a.m. Honors System Review             Lyon, Seminar West

12 noon French Table             EDH 002

Resume Workshop for Kappa Sigma             EDH 003

Tau Kappa Epsilon Meeting             Union Conference Room

Big Show Auditions             Lower Union

T-shirt Sale, International Students             Edibles Hallway

3:30 p.m. Open Forum/NCA Preparation             Lyon, Nucor Auditorium

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

4-8:15 p.m. APPLE             Lyon, Alphin, Union Conf. Rm.

5 p.m. APPLE: President’s Night with Seniors             Bevens Music Room

T-shirt Sale, International Students             Edibles Hallway

7:30 p.m. Film: Women’s History Month             Lyon, Room 100

8 p.m. Fellowship of Christian Athletes             Lyon, Nucor Auditorium

9 p.m. BCM Meeting             Morrow Building

Thursday, April 4

11 a.m. Chapel Service, Kerr Houston & Brody Burroughs             Small Chapel

Psychology/Education Search Committee             Lyon, Citizens Bank Room

12 noon Campus Ministry Board             EDH 002

Black Students’ Association             EDH 003

T-shirt Sale, International Students             Edibles Hallway

4 p.m. Academic Affairs Council             Lyon, Worthen Bank Room

5 p.m. T-shirt Sale, International Students             Edibles Hallway

5:30 p.m. Art Exhibit Reception, Small Works on Paper 2002             Alphin, Kresge Gallery

6 p.m. Lyon Computer Club             Lyon, Room 202

Public Forum on Education Reform             Lyon, Nucor Auditorium

7 p.m. Moot Court Scrimmage             Alphin, Alphin Board Room

SAC Gameshow             Lower Union

8 p.m. Coffeehouse – BCM             Edibles

Friday, April 5

10 a.m. IA Staff Meeting Lyon, Citizens Bank Room 11:30 a.m. Sigma Tau Delta Meeting             EDH 003

12 noon Catholic Campus Ministry Meeting             EDH 002

Baseball: Scots vs. Union University             Lyon College Baseball Field