McClure has been assistant coach of the men’s basketball team for three years. He has also served as assistant volleyball coach and sports information director. He will be giving up those duties in his new position.

“We are pleased to promote David McClure to take over the duties of head women’s basketball coach,” said Terry Garner, director of athletics at Lyon. “David has all the qualities to bring continued success to this program.”

McClure said, “I am grateful that I have been selected to be the Pipers’ new head coach, and I’m looking forward to next season.” McClure said his coaching philosophy emphasizes “pride, fundamentals, knowledge and character.”

Originally from Gravette, McClure is a 1996 graduate of Hendrix College in Conway, where he played basketball on two NCAA Division III national tournament teams. In 1999, McClure earned his master’s degree in physical education from the University of Arkansas.

He has served as a head junior high and assistant high school coach at Lonoke and at Shiloh Christian School in Springdale.

He is married to the former Jennifer Gabel of Fayetteville, who is a registered nurse at White River Medical Center in Batesville.

“We will be ever grateful to Grace for the contributions she has made to the Lyon Athletics Program, both as a coach and a student athlete,” Garner said. “We want to wish her and her family the best as they begin their new professional careers.”

McDowell has been the Pipers’ head coach for three seasons. The Pipers’ season record this year was 11-19 and they were 3-11 in the TranSouth Conference. In 2000-01, the Pipers were 9-5 in the conference and 15-17 overall.

She is a Lyon graduate and was a standout basketball player for the Pipers. McDowell scored 1,794 points, which is the Pipers’ record for most points in a career.

McDowell will be teaching and coaching at a middle school in Frisco, Texas, north of Plano.

Her husband, Dr. Derek McDowell, also a Lyon graduate, is a professor of chemistry at Lyon. They have a daughter, Derrica, who is four years old. The family will be relocating to Texas this summer.

Rajbanshi cycles to Memphis to deliver St. Jude donation

Shajjan Rajbanshi, a junior at Lyon College, bicycled to Memphis Saturday to deliver a $2,000 donation to St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital.

He left at 7 a.m. Saturday from in front of Brown Chapel.

Rajbanshi said he raised the money for St. Jude’s with the help of fellow students, faculty members and friends.

He said he expected to make the 140-mile trip to Memphis in 9-10 hours.

Fellow student David Ziegmann accompanied him by car and provided food and water along the way.

Rajbanshi is no stranger to bicycling, having won national awards in the past. He is also a member of the Lyon cross country running team. He said he has ridden as many as 250 miles at one time.

However, the native of Nepal has not been able to train for several weeks since he twisted an ankle a few weeks ago. He still felt confident he could make the trip on time.

Enjoy musical entertainment at the Arkansas Scottish Festival

There will be plenty of musical entertainment at this year’s 23rd Arkansas Scottish Festival, starting Friday night and running through Sunday.

As always, there will be opportunities galore to hear traditional bagpipe playing over the weekend. Individual drumming and piping competitions will fill the morning air Saturday.

For those that would like to enjoy traditional Scottish and Celtic folk music, two performers will take the stage throughout the weekend.

Alex Beaton returns to the Coca-Cola Edinburgh tent for a slate of performances throughout the day Saturday and Sunday. Beaton is a popular Scottish folk music performer that travels the country. He returns for a thirteenth straight year.

Also performing throughout the weekend will be The Boatrights, a Celtic music group from Mountain Grove, Missouri. The band, all family members, will perform at the Grigsby House, a traditional log cabin located on the north end of the field. Their style of music fits in perfectly with the Celtic heritage the Arkansas Scottish Festival celebrates.

Gates open at 8:30 a.m. Saturday with drumming and piping competitions beginning at 9 a.m. Gates open at 9 a.m. on Sunday. Performance times for Beaton and The Boatrights will be sprinkled throughout the day.

Admission is $10 for adults and $5 for children ages 6-12 on Saturday. Tickets are $6 for adults and $4 for children ages 6-12 on Sunday. Tickets will be available at the gate. Admission is free for those with a Lyon I.D. and their immediate family.

The students also represented Lyon College’s Student Affiliates of the ACS chapter by attending the ACS Student Affiliates Chapter Awards Ceremony. The chapter’s activities during the 2000-2001 academic year earned the chapter an honorable mention award.

The ACS Committee on Education selects Student Affiliates chapters to receive special recognition on the basis of their programs and activities as described in their annual reports. Awards are classified as outstanding, commendable, and honorable mention. Lyon College’s SA chapter was included in a list of honorees that included 24 outstanding, 46 commendable, and 72 honorable-mention awards. Given that there are nearly 900 SA chapters in the nation, obtaining such a national distinction is an exceptional accomplishment for the SA chapter at Lyon. The group was presented with a plaque to commemorate the national recognition. In only the chapter’s 5th year of existence, this is the third year in a row that the chapter has received such national recognition.

Additional students present research

In addition to the Lyon psychology students listed in the March 29 edition of the Greensheet, other students and a faculty member presented their work at the 2002 Arkansas Undergraduate Research Conference at Henderson State April 19-20.

History majors Krystle Perkins and Malinda Huntley presented “Delta Roadhouse: The King of Clubs and the Growth of Rockabilly in Arkansas.”

“Cyanobacterial Growth under Anoxic and Carboxic Conditions” was presented by science major Shannon Sullivan assisted by Amanda Price, James Liles, Shawn Zimmerman and Dr. David Thomas, assistant professor of biology.

“Superoxide Dismutase Activity in Antarctic and Temperate Strains of Chroococcidiopsis” was presented by Amanda Price assisted by James Liles and Dr. Thomas.

Sports

Baseball

The Scots split two nonconference games with Harding Wednesday in Searcy. The Scots won the opener 16-2 and lost the second game 7-6. Lyon’s season record was 35-29 after the Wednesday games.

Last weekend, the Scots lost three of four games to Martin Methodist in Pulaski, Tennessee. Martin swept Lyon 12-10 and 7-0 on Saturday. Lyon won the first game Sunday 10-6, then lost the second game 16-5.

In the Scots’ 10-6 win, Jason Livernois hit two home runs and drove in four runs. Nathan Read was two for two. Chris Scarborough was the winning pitcher.

The three losses put Lyon (9-14) in fifth place in the conference standings. Martin finished fourth at 9-11. The two teams will play each other Tuesday in the conference tournament in Cleveland, Tennessee.

The Scots were to wrap up the regular season against Ouachita Baptist in Beebe on Thursday.

Lyon College Campus Calendar

Friday, April 26

8:15 a.m.-noon Board of Trustees’ Meeting             Alphin, Alphin Board Room

10 a.m. Stinson’s Piano Juries             Bevens Music Room

10:30 a.m. Big Show Rehearsal             Brown Chapel

12 noon Catholic Campus Ministry             EDH Area

2 p.m. Student Intern Orientation             Lyon, Citizens Bank Room

7:30 p.m. The Big Show             Brown Chapel

Beginning of Arkansas Scottish Festival Weekend!

Saturday, April 27

Arkansas Scottish Festival

8:30 a.m. Alumni Council Meeting             Lyon, Nucor Auditorium

1 p.m. Kappa Sigma Alumni Meeting             Lyon, Citizens Bank Room

Sunday, April 28

Arkansas Scottish Festival

9:30 a.m. Iona Scottish Worship Service             The Big Red & White Tent

4 p.m. Lyon College Flute Choir Spring Concert             Bevens Music Room

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

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

7 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

9 p.m. BCM Prayer Meeting             Lyon Terrace

Monday, April 29

8 a.m.-5 p.m. Self-Scheduled Exams             Lyon, Nucor Auditorium

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

Tuesday, April 30

8 a.m.-5 p.m. Self-Scheduled Exams             Lyon, Nucor Auditorium

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

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

5 p.m. SAC Meeting             Union Conference Room

Wednesday, May 1

8 a.m.-5 p.m. Self-Scheduled Exams             Lyon, Nucor Auditorium

12 noon French Table             EDH Area

Tau Kappa Epsilon Meeting             Union Conference Room

Thursday, May 2

8 a.m.-5 p.m. Self-Scheduled Exams             Lyon, Nucor Auditorium

Friday, May 3

10 a.m. IA Staff Meeting             Lyon, Citizens Bank Room

10:30 a.m.. Rehearsal – Baccalaureate/Commencement             Couch Memorial Garden

5:30 p.m. Alumni Dinner             Edwards’ Dining Hall

7:30 p.m. Baccalaureate             Brown Chapel

Saturday, May 4

9:30 a.m. Commencement             Couch Garden