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(For alumni,
friends *** Lyon College is running a 30-second commercial on cable television systems around the state. To take a look at the spot in streaming video, click here. |
October 29, 2007 Harlequin Theatre fall production to address sensitive issues; begins run on Nov. 2 By Lauren Adams Lyon College’s Theatre Department is set to perform as its fall production a play that takes a look inside the sensitive issue of abortion and how it affects the lives of those it touches. The Harlequin Theatre will open their production of “The Water Children” by Wendy MacLeod on Nov. 2, 3 and 5 at 8 p.m. They will also give a 2 p.m. performance on Nov. 4. Lyon research project led by Dr. Beckford receives $107,000 grant from INBRE The research being conducted by a Lyon College chemistry professor may one day help battle cancer, and the Arkansas INBRE program has awarded his work a grant totaling more than $100,000. Dr. Floyd Beckford, associate professor of chemistry at Lyon, said the aim of the research, in the long term, is to synthesize and examine the biological activity of inorganic complexes.
Combined
choirs bring more than At Lyon College’s annual Kirkin’ o’ the Tartans service held Oct. 21 during Homecoming Weekend, Dr. Dorothy Landis Gray, emeritus professor of music, led a combined choir of more than 80 people in two anthems in what is fast becoming a part of the tradition of choral excellence at Lyon College.
Author and
journalist Mara Leveritt Mara Leveritt, a newspaper and Web reporter in Arkansas focusing mostly on the criminal justice system, will speak at Lyon College on Nov. 6 at 7:30 p.m. in Nucor Auditorium. Leveritt is a contributing editor for the Arkansas Times, and has won numerous awards for investigative reporting. In 1994 was named Arkansas Journalist of the Year.
Dr. David Thomas to present Lamar Williamson Prize Lecture Nov. 8
Contemporary Writers Series hosts An award-winning poet told a capacity audience Tuesday at Lyon College that writers should dig into the work of the authors they admire to see what gives it power. As part of Lyon College’s Contemporary Writers Series, poet Jo McDougall presented her lecture, “Who Are Your Kin? Influences and the Writing Life,” in the Bevens Music Room Tuesday morning.
Noted
archaeologist Norman Hammond A respected expert in the field of archaeology, Dr. Norman Hammond, professor and chairman of the department of archaeology at Boston University, presented his program, “Exploring La Milpa: A Classic Maya City in Belize,” in the Sanders Lecture Hall, located in the Derby Center. Lyon College’s Kresge Gallery to host painting exhibition by John Hartley An upcoming exhibition of paintings at Lyon College will be “Searching for Heroes.” John Hartley’s series will appear in the Kresge gallery from Nov. 1 – 29, and the gallery will host a Closing Reception and artist talk on Nov. 29 at 6 p.m. More headlines: • Contemporary Writers Series to welcome John Clayton Nov. 13
• Lyon
College Concert Band to present
• Lyon Health Office to give flu shots
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