September 24, 2007
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• Lyon College to host annual Service Day event • Batesville Symphony League announces Arkansas Symphony Orchestra concert, other programs • Lyon College BCA holds fall meeting • Miss Arkansas Teen USA prepares to pass on crown • Wray presents inaugural lecture as the W. C. Brown Jr. Professor of English • Career Center to host trio of events for students interested in graduate school • Chinese delegation visits Batesville, Lyon • Casting complete for Harlequin Theatre’s fall production • Lyon staff members to participate in walking challenge
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Pulitzer Prize winner to deliver Patterson Lecture
Laura Sessions Stepp will talk about her most recent book, Unhooked: How Young Women Pursue Sex, Delay Love and Lose at Both, which takes a close look at "hooking up" and how it harms a young woman’s ability to experience deeper levels of intimacy and love. Stepp followed three groups of young women over an academic year studying what "hooking up" is all about. She attended class and partied with them, and listens to them talk about their sexual encounters -- coming away with some enlightening and disturbing insights into sexuality. Stepp won the Pulitzer Prize for public service reporting in 1981 while at the Charlotte Observer as part of a team investigating and reporting on dangerous working conditions in the textile industry. She’s currently a journalist for the Style Section of The Washington Post. Stepp has written about children and families for more than a decade and has been featured in more than 50 newspapers and magazines including The New York Times, The Washington Post, and USA Today, Stepp served as a member of the U.S. Surgeon General’s Healthy People 2000 Panel on Adolescence in 1998 and 1999 and chairs the board of advisers of the Casey Journalism Center for Children and Families at the University of Maryland. She previously authored Our Last Best Shot: Guiding Our Children Through Early Adolescence. Stepp is a Batesville native whose parents grew up in this area. Her mother, Dr. Rae Barnes, formerly Rae Rutledge, will accompany her daughter to Batesville. After receiving her bachelor’s degree from Earlham College in Richmond, Ind., Stepp earned her master’s degree at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. She is married and has three grown children. The Hugh B. Patterson Sr. Lecture Series was established in August 1977 by Hugh Baskin Patterson Jr., former chairman of The Arkansas Gazette, in memory of his father. The lecture series brings a nationally recognized journalist to the campus each year. |
Lyon College to host annual Service Day event Wednesday
Last year, a record 413 members of the Lyon College community turned out to participate in the annual Service Day event, but with more students on-campus this year, that record could be broken.
On Wednesday, Sept. 26, Lyon College will release faculty, staff, students and administrators from their regular responsibilities to work with members of the local community in the college’s annual Service Day.
After a morning gathering in Brown Chapel at 8:30 a.m., members of the Lyon campus will travel to more than 40 sites in the community.
This event involves most of the campus. Last year the students, faculty and staff who participated in service day contributed a combined total of more than 1,000 volunteer hours.
Lyon has sponsored the event for several years as part of the college’s mission to develop responsible citizens and leaders committed to continued personal growth and service. Since 1992, the Lyon campus has given more than 15,000 volunteer hours in Batesville and the surrounding area.
Dr. Bruce Johnston, vice president for student life and dean of students, said participants perform a wide array of jobs during the event.
"Yard work, window washing, reading to children, working with the elderly," Dr. Johnston said. "It’s all over the map."
Participants often benefit as much as the community does during Service Day, he added.
"They learn the value of service and the satisfaction helping others brings," Johnston said. "It’s also a break from the daily routine after the first month of classes."
For a campus with only about 500 students, having so many members of the Lyon College community volunteer their time and energy is "incredible."
"It’s a wonderful measure of the development of civic responsibility on the part of the college community," he said.
Dr. Joel Plaag, assistant professor of music, said many locations around Batesville receive the benefit of Service Day labor support for that day.
"That gives them either a break from those responsibilities, making their environment a little better, or helping to serve those in need in our community," he said. "And the students get a sense of accomplishment, of having done something positive to benefit not only their school but the community. And we gain a better idea of what kinds of services and organizations are in Batesville."
For more information on service day or to inquire about hosting a future Service Day worksite, call campus chaplain Rev. Nancy McSpadden at 698-4281.
Batesville Symphony League announces Arkansas Symphony Orchestra, other programs
The Batesville Symphony League, which sponsors programs that enrich the offerings of symphonic music in the Batesville area and supports existing programs in the schools, has announced a series of upcoming fall programs.
The League is a sponsor of Arkansas Symphony Orchestra, Lyon Community Orchestra, and North Arkansas Youth Orchestra.
Lead sponsors for these programs are First Community Bank and Lyon College for the Arkansas Symphony, Wal-Mart / Sam’s Club for Lyon Community Orchestra, and Citizens Bank for North Arkansas Youth Orchestra. Area business and individual donor contributions fund these programs, with less than 10 percent of the support coming from ticket sales. Members and organizers of the Batesville Symphony League wish to thank the community leaders of Batesville for their support.
Arkansas Symphony Orchestra will appear Sunday, Oct. 14, at 2:30 p.m. in Brown Chapel of Lyon College. At 1:45 p.m. in Bevens Music Room, David Itkin, one of the acclaimed lecturers of the state, previews the concert, which is the same one that will be performed as the Masterworks II program the following week in Little Rock.
Arkansas Symphony will execute Rossini’s Barber of Seville Overture, followed by violinist Andrew Irvin performing two frolicking Gypsy violin pieces, Tzigane by Ravel and Carmen Fantasy by Sarasate. The second half features Schubert’s rarely performed Symphony No. 9 in C Major, The Great.
Sponsoring ticket outlets include First Community Bank, Citizens Bank, Liberty Bank, and First Southern Bank. Tickets: $15 adults, $12 senior adults, $5 students. Free to Lyon students, faculty and staff.
Additional sponsors include FutureFuel, Eagle Mountain Assisted Living Center, ConAgra Foods and Midwest Lime.
Other upcoming musical programs:
• Arkansas Symphony Sturgis String Quartet’s program, Mozart - the man behind the music, will appear on Oct. 9, at 9 a.m., at West Magnet for Visual and Performing Arts.
• On Tuesday, Nov. 13, at 6:30 p.m., the Lyon Community Orchestra, directed by Barbara Reeve, will present A Caroling Christmas. The program will also include the Beautiful Blue Danube Waltzes and local 4th - 6th grade school choirs in White Christmas, Adeste fidelis (O Come, All Ye Faithful) and the Rutter- Angel’s Carol. Area choirs from Southside, 6th Grade Center, and West Magnet for Visual and Performing Arts will also perform at the event, which will be held in Brown Chapel. Admission is free.
• On Monday, Nov. 19, at 6:30 p.m., the North Arkansas Youth Orchestra will perform at West Baptist Church with Andrea Steward directing.
Lyon College BCA holds fall meeting
The Lyon College Board of Church Advocates held their annual fall meeting at Second Presbyterian Church in Little Rock on Thursday, Sept. 13. During the meeting, Charles F. Allen, Board Chair, and Claudia Marsh, director of Church Relations presented the new class members with Lyon College coffee mugs and lapel pins.
Beth Highsmith of Little Rock is chair-elect.
During lunch, the board helped to celebrate board member Rev. Gail Perkins’ 20th anniversary in the ministry with a special cake, a gift and card. The Rev. Bill Branch and Lyon President Dr. Walter Roettger shared some special words about Gail and her life and ministry.
The Board of Church Advocates is an advisory board to the president of Lyon College, with the responsibility for nurturing the relationship between Lyon College and institutions of the Presbyterian Church U.S.A.), including the Synod of the Sun.
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| Above left, The newest class members of the Board of Church Advocates received Lyon College gifts from Charles F. Allen, board chair, and Ms. Claudia Marsh, director of church relations. Standing left to right: Claudia Marsh, Sam Highsmith, Paula Thompson, Debbie Murphy, Dennis and Emily Faulk, Wayne and Mary Ann Glenn, Gail Perkins, Cecelia Blasier, and Charles Allen. Kneeling left to right: Patricia Howard, Carol Williams and Joan Erickson. Above right, from left: Bill Branch, Gail Perkins, Charles Allen, Claudia Marsh, and Dr. Walter Roettger. | |
Miss Arkansas Teen USA prepares to pass on her crown
Competing
for the Miss Teen USA title on national television surprised a Lyon College
freshman by helping make her "a more well-rounded person" who’s now better able to
take care of herself.
Miss Arkansas Teen USA Tiffany Greenstreet won her title, as well as the Miss Photogenic award, at the state pageant held in Conway on October 28, 2006. She received a prize package that included an all expense paid opportunity to represent Arkansas in the Miss Teen USA competition in California at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium. The event was aired on NBC Universal Television on Aug. 24.
"It was one of the most amazing experiences that I’ll ever have the opportunity to take part in," Greenstreet said. Unlike most of the other girls competing in the pageant, she made the trip to California alone. "Having the chance to go somewhere so far away was great. It made me a lot more comfortable with myself. I can go anywhere by myself now and not be intimidated."
The trip marked only the second time she’s ever been on an airplane, Greenstreet said.
"I switched planes in Dallas, and the airport there is huge," she said. "I’m a better person for going out there alone."
In addition to being named Miss Arkansas Teen USA, Greenstreet, who lives in Melbourne with her grandparents, was recognized as the valedictorian of her graduating class at Izard County Consolidated High School. She planned to earn a degree in law from the University of Arkansas, but after traveling to California, she’s begun thinking about attending law school outside her home state to learn more about the world.
However, her ambition is to win a seat in the Arkansas House of Representatives is still intact.
"I’m in Dr. Roulier’s class now and I love it when we get into things that are going on politically in the world right now," Greenstreet said. "He’s really enthusiastic about politics, and that makes it even more interesting."
The "most meaningful" part of her trip to California turned out to be a blossoming friendship with Miss Colorado Teen USA Hilary Cruz, who won the overall Miss Teen USA title at the competition, Greenstreet said.
"Since my family couldn’t go out there with me, Hilary and her family invited me out on Family Night with them, and they really embraced me," she said. "I was so grateful for that."
The two beauties have since stayed in touch with each other and have become good friends.
"I love her to death," Greenstreet said.
The media circus that surrounded the botched interview with Miss South Carolina Teen USA Lauren Caitlin Upton was somewhat unfair, Greenstreet said.
"She’s not a dumb girl, but she could barely hear the question, which surprised her on national television," Greenstreet said. "She was just excited and had to answer a dumb question that she could barely hear. She’ll get the last laugh though. She’ll end up being a top model someday."
The Miss Universe Organization runs Miss Teen USA for girls aged 15-19. The pageant was created in 1983 as a sister pageant to the Miss USA system. Greenstreet said she may compete in the Miss Arkansas USA pageant in a two or three years, depending on school and schedules.
With her reign nearly over, she’ll soon pass on her crown to the next Miss Teen Arkansas USA at the 2008 competition to be held in Bentonville.
"I know a couple of the girls who’ll be competing and they’re really sweet, pretty girls," Greenstreet said. "They’ll represent Arkansas well."
She’s recently volunteered for Big Brothers/Big Sisters and is currently waiting to see who her little sister is going to be.
"I can’t wait," Greenstreet said with a smile. "It all starts with the young people and I want to help in any way that I can."
She’s not the only member of her family to attend Lyon, she said. Two of her aunts, Terri and Tammy Greenstreet, both high school teachers, graduated from Lyon College.
Lyon College's W. C. Brown Jr. Professor of English presents inaugural lecture
Dr.
Virginia Wray poses with Terrell Tebbetts, Lyon’s Martha Heasley Cox Chair
in American Literature, left, and John Peek,
vice president of Academic Services and
dean of the faculty, at her lecture in Nucor Auditorium on Tuesday. The chair she’s sitting in and the lecture were both in honor
her being named Lyon College’s W.C. Brown Jr. Professor of English.
In April 2006, the Board of Trustees announced that Dr. Wray had been awarded the prestigious endowed professorship. It was established in 1980 by a gift from the late W. C. Brown of Hot Springs, a former trustee of the College and a member of the Class of 1915.
Above, Dr. Wray presents her inaugural lecture as the Brown Professor of English. The lecture, "Flannery O'Connor and Lillian Smith: A Missed Opportunity?", has just been published in the new Flannery O’Connor Review.
Career Center to host trio of events for students interested in graduate school
On Thursday, Sept. 27, the Lyon College Career Center will be hosting a Grad School Expo for all students in the Lower Union of Ed's from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. No registration necessary. The event will give students the chance to speak to recruiters, get information, ask about graduate school application processes and pick up brochures.
Also, the Career Center will be administering the free Kaplan Grad School Practice Tests on Sept. 29. Representatives from the following graduate schools attend the event:
• Northwestern State University • University of Memphis School of Law • Webster University • Saint Louis University Graduate School
• University of Arkansas School of Law • UALR William H. Bowen School of Law • UCA Graduate School • Parker Chiropractic College
• Arkansas State University • Toulouse School of Graduate Studies-University of North Texas • Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences
• Texas Chiropractic College • Forest Institute of Professional Psychology • University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Graduate School
• University of Tulsa • United States Military
On Oct. 18, the Career Center will host John Bury as he presents his "Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Grad School, But Were Afraid To Ask" program in the Lower Union of Ed’s.
For more information on any of these events or to sign up, contact Debra Dickey in the career Center at (870) 698-4264, or by e-mail at: ddickey@lyon.edu.
Chinese delegation visits Batesville, Lyon campus
A delegation from Putian City, China visited the Lyon campus on Monday and Tuesday, Sept. 17 and 18, during their tour of Batesville.
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| Batesville Alderwoman Paula Terrell engages Zhong Wei-da in conversation at a reception at Bradley Manor. | The group strolls past Brown Chapel on their visit. |
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The group tours the Derby Science Center led by John Peek, vice
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Left to right: Cai Jinchun, vice director general of the Bureau of Personnel of Putian Municipal of Fujian Province; David Zeng, director of Foreign Affairs at Putian University, and Chen Liang, director of Foreign Affairs for the Putian Municipality attend a reception in their honor at Bradley Manor on Monday. |
Casting complete for Harlequin Theatre’s fall production
The Lyon College Theatre Department has completed casting for the fall Harlequin Theatre production, The Water Children, by Wendy Macleod.
The production will run Nov. 2 – 5 before it travels to UCA for the state Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival.
The play revolves around the character "Megan," an actress somewhere between "ingénue" and "mom." When she loses a role to a younger woman, her agent convinces the pro-choice Megan to do a right-to-life commercial. Megan begins to date the unexpectedly compelling Randall, the pro-life organization’s director, trying to put her beliefs aside, until their romance is shattered by Randall’s militant minions and Megan’s unexpected pregnancy.
On her Web site, author Macleod said that after she had her own children, she was unable to see abortion as matter-of-factly as she had before.
"I realized that in the event of unplanned pregnancy now, I would probably choose to have the child," she wrote. "At the same time, I realized an accidental pregnancy in your 30s when you're married and employed is very different from an accidental pregnancy when you're 16, alone and poor. So my emotional self was at war with my rational, feminist self."
Macleod said she felt that the only way to say something new about the issue of abortion was to challenge the presumptions of the predominantly liberal theatre-going audience.
"Instead of making the Randall Terry figure a cartoon, I wanted to make him an intelligent, sympathetic pro-lifer," she said. "There is, at least, a consistency, an integrity, to his position. He started out as an anti-Vietnam War protester and, because he was opposed to all killing, found his way into the pro-life movement. Randall is not a villain and should not be played as one. We have to believe that Megan would consider marrying him, at least until she discovers that, when push comes to shove, he might literally try to control her body."
The Harlequin Theatre production will be directed by Dr. Michael L. Counts, professor of theatre, and designed by Gary M. Harris, associate professor of theatre.
Amy Hancock is production stage manager. Paul Cootes is assistant stage manager, Luke Diver is master electrician and Coleen Rose will do wardrobe acquisition and alteration. Ashlea Armstrong will do properties and wardrobe and makeup supervision. There are some technical positions still open.
Cast members include: Emily Fleming (Megan); John Earney (Randall); Nina McCoy (Liz); Shane Russell (Tony Dinardi); Roger Simons (Chance); Kelsey Lack (Crystal); Morgan Dumeny (Kit/Mom/Cat); and, Victor Wilson (Dad/Roger/Jim/Buddhist Priest).
Tickets are $6 for adults and $3 for students and seniors. For reservations, call (870) 793-1749.
Lyon staff to participate in walking challenge
According to a Harvard University Study, you will gain about two hours of life expectancy for each hour of regular exercise, even if you don't start until middle age.
Brisk walking for as little as 30 minutes a day can bring heart-health benefits and reduce your risk for stroke by lowering bad cholesterol (LDL) levels and high blood pressure.
The Lyon staff will begin its second "session" of the year-long program on Monday, Oct. 1. Each session is four weeks long and prizes are awarded to both the individual and the team (no more than 4 members) that logs the most miles. Prizes are also available by random drawing.
To learn more about the Start! Walking Challenge, come to an informational/sign-up meeting on Thursday, September 27, 1:30 p.m., Seminar East Room in the Lyon Building. If you can’t make the meeting, please contact either Clarinda Foote or Brandi Allen for information. Hope to see you there!!!!!
Pipers Volleyball
Beineke selected TranSouth Player of the Week
Lyon College middle blocker Katie Beineke was selected as the TranSouth Conference Player of the Week for the week ending Sept. 23.
Beineke, a 6-2 sophomore from Jonesboro, Ark., sparked Lyon College to an undefeated 3-0 week. She tallied 49 kills (4.08 kills per game) and posted a .500 kill percentage in wins over Union University, Trevecca Nazarene University and Asbury College. The Jonesboro product also tallied six solo blocks and three assisted blocks during the week.
Lyon College earns two wins at Trevecca
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The Lyon College Pipers doubled up on Saturday, posting respective 3-1 wins over Trevecca Nazarene (30-27, 28-30, 30-28, 30-26) and Asbury College (26-30, 30-21, 30-20, 30-20) in a road doubleheader.
The win over Trevecca (10-3 overall, 5-2 in TranSouth play) was Lyon's second straight over a TranSouth Conference foe. The victory over Asbury was Lyon's third straight overall. The two victories send the Pipers to 7-6 overall and 3-2 in TranSouth play.
"It was the biggest win of the year for us this season," said Lyon College head volleyball coach Justin Dee of the win over Trevecca. "Then we were able to get another win over Asubury. Our team just played unbelievable."
In the Trevecca match, Lyon middle blocker Katie Beineke crushed 17 kills and had two solo blocks. Outside hitter Lauren Castleberry added 11 kills, 10 digs and two aces, while teammate Meghann LaBorn also earned 10 kills.
Setter Jessica Sylvester led Lyon in assists (23) and aces (4), while Ann Sullivan earned a team-high 22 digs.
In the Asbury match, Piper senior Daria Paunovic sparked the squad with 16 kills. Beineke added 15 kills and LaBorn nine. Lauren Castleberry earned 13 kills, 11 digs and two aces. Lyon libero Ann Sullivan notched 21 digs and three aces.
Pipers earn 3-1 victory over Union University
The Lyon College Pipers were a killing machine, notching 64 kills in a 3-1 (30-23, 31-29, 22-30, 30-18) victory over the Union University Lady Bulldogs Thursday in TranSouth Conference action.
Sophomore middle blocker Katie Beineke led the way for the Pipers at the net, slamming 17 kills. Beineke also added three solo blocks.
Outside hitter Lauren Castleberry earned 15 kills and proved to be quite the multi-purpose threat, collecting 12 digs while serving three aces.
Piper senior Daria Paunovic had 12 kills and 15 digs. Paunovic's kill total moves her into second place on the Pipers' all-time kill list with 1168 -- ahead of former Piper Kim Ricker 1164 and just 40 kills behind Lyon career kill leader Ceca Brckalo.
Lyon's victory was its third straight regular season win over the Lady Bulldogs, dating back to Sept. 21 of last season.
Women’s Soccer
Pipers blank Freed-Hardeman, 2-0
HENDERSON, Tenn. -- Freshman Erica Cox held the Freed-Hardeman Lady Lions scoreless and the Lyon College Pipers got two scores from their offense to collect a 2-0 victory Saturday in TranSouth Conference action.
The shutout was Erica Cox's second of the season and her third victory of the year.
Lyon (4-4-1 overall, 1-1 in TranSouth matches) scored one goal in each half of the match, one from Sarah Ruegger in the first half off of an assist from Melissa Odell and another from Marisa Browne in the second.
Ruegger's goal was her team-leading sixth of the season. Browne's goal was her third this year.
Men’s Soccer
Scots shut down Freed-Hardeman, 3-0
HENDERSON, Tenn. --Lyon College Scots' goal keeper Matt Callaway notched his second full shutout of the season and his teammates pitched in a trio of goals during a 3-0 triumph over the Freed-Hardeman Lions Saturday in TranSouth Conference play.
Callaway has earned 2.5 shutouts total this season and collected his third victory of the year in goal.
Lyon (3-5 overall, 1-1 in the TranSouth) earned a 2-0 advantage after one half of play on goals from Craig Cannon and Gabriel LeBlanc. Cannon's scored his goal on a cross from Little Rock's Malaz Moustafa and LeBlanc's tally came off a rebound shot from Greg Buford.
The Scots scored once more in the second half on a Moustafa shot off an assist from Gueorgui Tchamkoriyski of Benton.
Women’s Golf
Pipers finish 16th at NSU Golf Classic
MUSKOGEE, Okla. -- The Lyon College Pipers had a tough go of it at the NSU Women's Golf Classic on lst Monday and Tuesday, finishing 16th out of a possible 16 teams.
Lyon shot 841 as a team, beginning with a 438 on day one and a 403 on day two. Tarleton State won the tournament with a two-day total of 617.
Jennifer Flegel paced the Pipers with a 69th-place finish in a field of 92 golfers, shooting a 42-over, 186.
Diedra Brauburger finished 74th with a 29-over, 173; Charli Steed shot 200 to place 76th and Chelsea Wilson earned 79th with a 244.
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Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author who specializes in the coverage of
teenagers and the adolescent years will deliver this year’s Patterson Lecture on
Sept. 27 at 7:30 p.m. in Nucor Auditorium.