Harlequin Theatre to present 'Romeo and Juliet'

Lyon College’s Harlequin Theatre will present William Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” March 27-30 in the Holloway Theatre. Show times are at 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and at 2 p.m. on Sunday.

Dr. Michael Counts, associate professor of theatre and director of the Harlequin Theatre, is directing the production. Gary Harris, associate professor of theatre, is in charge of design for costumes, lighting, and set.

Tickets are $5 for adults and $3 for students and senior citizens. Admission is free for Lyon students and faculty, but tickets should be reserved in advance. Call 793-1749 to make reservations for any of the performances.

Six Lyon students attend
Alpha Chi national convention

Six members of Lyon College’s Alpha Chi chapter attending the scholarship honor society’s national convention in Washington, D.C., returned Sunday bearing a variety of honors.

All six students were honored for their scholarly presentations at the convention, which attracted over 500 attendees. They include Josh Brooks, presenting a popular culture study of “The Simpsons”; Heather Grantham, presenting on the issue of women’s ordination; Courtney Harris, presenting on the Batesville Freedman’s School; Megan Looney, presenting an original short story; Margaret McWilliams, presenting on Turkey’s admission to the European Union; and Danielle Temple presenting research in chemistry.

Three of four students competing for Alpha Chi scholarships won recognition at the convention. Megan Looney was named an alternate for the Benedict Fellowship, and Kristin Harris won a first-alternate honorarium in competition for the Pryor Fellowship. Finally, Heather Grantham was named winner of the society’s Nolle Scholarship. This marks the eighth straight year Lyon students have won one or more Alpha Chi scholarships, competing against over 20,000 undergraduate members across the nation.

In addition, Megan Looney was honored as one of the seven student members of Alpha Chi’s National Council. She was attending the last national convention and National Council meeting during her term of office. Her essay on Wordsworth’s “Tintern Abbey” has been selected for publication in Alpha Chi’s national journal, The Recorder. It will be the fifth essay by a Lyon student so published in the last eight years.

Finally, the students returned with word that Alpha Chi has named Lyon’s chapter one of its Star Chapters, a distinction achieved by only about 10 percent of the over 300 chapters across the country.

Two chapter sponsors accompanied the students – Dr. Ronald Boling, who helped the students prepare their presentations, and Dr. Terrell Tebbetts, an elected member of the National Council, who was presented a 30-year service pin.
 

Zuiderveld to present organ recital March 30

Rudolf Zuiderveld, organist and professor of music at Illinois College in Jack-sonville, Ill., will present an organ recital at 4 p.m. Sunday, March 30, at the Christian Science Society at 18th and College streets.

Zuiderveld will present a program that includes music by classical masters, such as Bach, Buxtehude and Pachelbel, as well as music by 20th century Dutch composers.

Zuiderveld received his A.B. degree from Calvin College in Michigan, his M.Mus. degree from the University of Michigan and a Doctor of Musical Arts in organ performance and pedagogy from the University of Iowa. He joined the faculty at Illinois College in 1980

He is also organist of First Presbyterian Church in Springfield, Ill., the “church of Abraham Lincoln.”
 

Jazz saxophonist/artist Cicero to perform here April 3

Carmen Cicero, a nationally recognized painter and jazz saxophonist will perform in the Bevens Music Room at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, April 3.

The college’s Convocations Committee is sponsoring the appearance.

Cicero was classically trained as a clarinetist in his youth and switched to the saxophone and jazz in high school. He has played with nationally known jazz artists such as Marshall Wood, Kent Hewitt, Mike Melillo, Scott Lee, Todd Coolman, Glen Davis and Vinnie Burke.

Cicero was one of the first to play free form music and was featured in Downbeat Magazine for this accomplishment.

He is also a renowned New York-based painter, whose work has been exhibited at numerous galleries and museums, including the Arkansas Arts Center in Little Rock. His first exhibition was at Peridot Gallery in 1957

Cicero was born in Newark, New Jersey, in 1926 and went to New Jersey State Teachers College – now Kean College – then attended Hunter College in New York City where he studied with artist Robert Motherwell. Cicero says he “instantly became an abstract expressionist.” His work has evolved into what he calls “figurative expressionism.”

Cicero will lecture on his art and music in several classes during his visit to Lyon.
 

Cello workshop scheduled Saturday at Lyon

Lyon College is hosting a cello workshop from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 22, in the choir room of Brown Chapel.

The workshop is for the students of Barbara Reeve, a music instructor at Lyon. The clinician for the workshop will be Mrs. Felice Farrell of Little Rock.

Farrell holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Indiana University. Farrell was assistant principal, associate principal and acting principal cellist with the Minnesota Orchestra. Farrell was a solo cellist with the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra. She has been on the faculties of Indiana University, Indiana University at Fort Wayne, University of Minnesota, Eastman School of Music and University of Central Arkansas.

A member of the Kapelle Trio, Farrell and her colleagues hold a Chamber Music Festival every May in Heber Springs

For more information, call 698-4332 or e-mail Mieko Peek at mpeek@lyon.edu.

Practicing Japanese calligraphy

Adcock invited to play in Australia; help needed to finance trip

Sarah Adcock, a junior forward on the Lyon College Pipers basketball team, has been invited to participate on the USA Athletes International women’s basketball team, which will travel to Australia May 14-27 to compete in the Arafura Games.

Adcock is the daughter of James and Elizabeth Adcock of Heber Springs and a graduate of Heber Springs High School.

The Arafura Games, held in Darwin, Australia, every two years since 1991, are a leading international sporting competition for athletes in the Asia-Pacific region. This year, a special invitation has been extended to U.S. athletes to participate in the games along with more than 3,100 athletes representing 25 nations.

USA Athletes Inter-national is a non-profit organization dedicated to giving amateur athletes the opportunity to participate in sporting events in the international theater, while also allowing them to broaden their educational and cultural knowledge of the world through sports.

Adcock is seeking financial donations to help with the cost of the trip. Anyone who would like to help may call (870) 307-7150 or (501) 362-8711. Donations are tax deductible. Checks should be made payable to USA International, Inc., and may be mailed to Sarah Adcock, 3575 Libby Road, Heber Springs, AR 72543.

Cuddly bear

Mary Waggoner,(at right) a Lyon College senior biology major, holds a live bear cub in Mountain View last week. As part of her biology science practicum, Waggoner helped several forest rangers identify and tag the baby bear so its health and migration patterns can be monitored as it matures.

SPORTS

Basketball

The Scots were eliminated in the first round of the TranSouth Conference Tournament March 13 with an 86-78 loss to Freed-Hardeman in Henderson, Tennessee. Brandon Byrd scored 19 points to lead Lyon, followed by Chris Wilkinson with 18 and Norris Weintz with 17 points and seven rebounds. The Scots ended the season with a 12-27 record overall and 7-7 in the conference.

Golf

The Piper golf team shot a two-day total of 718 to win the season’s first match March 13-14 at Cooper’s Hawk Golf Course. The Pipers defeated Morningside College and Evangel University. Morning-side came in second, 34 strokes behind the Pipers. Evangel ended up with two-day total of 779. Junior Julie Church took medalist honors with a total of 164 (84, 80). Church edged fellow Piper Adriane Barnett, who shot a 165 (83, 82). The Pipers will travel to Pottsboro, Texas, to play in the Texas A&M-Commerce Lady Lion Invitational on March 23-25.

Tennis

Lyon’s men’s and women’s teams lost to Union University, both by a 5-1 margin, March 13. The Pipers are 2-7 overall and 0-6 in the conference. The Scots are 3-7 and 1-5. Reagan Greeno and Laura Higginbottom picked up their fourth doubles win for the Pipers. Lyon Coach Be Pham said Erin Boardman “played a strong match and came up just short.” Daniel Angel and Cory McDaniel picked won a doubles match for the Scots. The Pipers are scheduled to play Evangel at 11 a.m. Saturday on the Lyon courts. Both men’s and women’s team will host the University of the Ozarks at 1 p.m. Tuesday.

Baseball

The Scots swept a doubleheader from MidAmerica Nazarene 11-0 and 3-2 Tuesday.

The Scots lost two games and won one in a weekend series at home against Berry College. Berry won 9-8 on Friday and 2-0 in Saturday’s opener. Lyon won the second game Saturday 6-5 for their first conference victory.

On Sunday, Lyon blasted North Park of Chicago 16-5.

The Scots suffered another heartbreaking injury in the first game with Berry when leftfielder Sam Cooke tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee. Cooke joined a growing injury list, which also includes pitcher Louis Raptopoulous; outfielder Gabe Ozel, and Adam Westmoreland, a junior designated hitter.

The Scots travel to Lee University for games today and Saturday. They will host Crichton for a doubleheader beginning at noon Tuesday.

Lyon calendar viewed on Web

Until further notice, the GreenSheet campus calendar can be viewed on the Web at http://www.lyon.edu/calendar/.