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Lyon 101 registration day will be April 5 April 5, 2008 - Lyon 101, registration day for deposited students, will be Saturday, April 5. Another registration day will be held June 13. Students will be able to get IDs, parking passes, register for fall classes, and meet with their mentors. Club Carnival is also planned for April 5, providing an opportunity for new students to get acquainted with student clubs and organizations. Lyon 101 schedule Hogwarts Day slated for April 6 Hogwarts Day has been rescheduled for 2-6 p.m. April 6 on the Lyon campus. Hogwarts Day is based around the Harry Potter novels and movie. The event is named after the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, the fictional school of magic that is the main setting of the Harry Potter series. It's a day of celebration open to children of all ages within the community and on campus. There will be games, toys and prizes. Library schedules book drive for April 18-20 The annual book sale is scheduled for April 18-20 at the Mabee Simpson Library at Lyon College. Book donations will be accepted March 24 – April 11. Donations are tax deductible and proceeds will be used to expand library collections and resources. Library hours are from 8 a.m.-midnight Monday – Thursday, 8 a.m.-6 p.m. on Friday, noon to 6 p.m. on Saturday and 2 p.m.-midnight on Sunday. Donations may be dropped off at the library anytime during normal business hours. Friends of the Library are invited to the preview book sale from 5:30-7:30 p.m. April 17 Thursday. Be sure to join the Friends of the Library group when you drop off your book donation. For more information, contact Deanna Devall at 870-307-7205 or e-mail her at ddevall@lyon.edu. Lyon SAFARI accepting applications Applications are currently being accepted for the Lyon College Summer Academics - Recreation and Fun Included (SAFARI) program. This year's sessions are June 2-13 and June 16-27. West Endowed Concert scheduled for April 3 The rescheduled West Endowed Concert will take place at 8 p.m. April 3 in Bevens Music Room on the Lyon College campus. The event was initially scheduled in January but was postponed due to inclement weather. In a program titled "The Magic of Sixty-Nine Strings," harpist Elisabeth Chardonet, double bassist John Dahlstrand and the Rockefeller Spring Quartet will play works of Bottesini, Brahms, Caplet and Ravel. 7th Ozark Foothills FilmFest opens this week The 7th annual Ozark Foothills FilmFest takes place March 27-30 in Batesville. The FilmFest schedule is available at www.ozarkfoothillsfilmfest.org. New this year is the annual Screenplay Competition. Cash
prizes for first, second, and third place will be awarded at a free
public event that kicks off the festival at 8:15 on Thursday evening,
March 27, in the Bevens Music Room on the campus of Lyon
College. Screenplay entrants and judges will attend. An invitation-only
reception will be held at Bradley Manor prior to the awards ceremony. Scottish Festival on campus April 18-20 For three days in April, the picturesque Lyon College campus will resemble the Scottish Highlands when the 29th Arkansas Scottish Festival takes center stage. Bagpipers, dancers, drummers, sheepdogs and kilts will flood the campus April 18-20 for demonstrations and competitions to celebrate the college's Scottish heritage. Last year, nearly 10,000 people attended the festival, and Lyon College Director of Scottish Heritage Jimmy Bell said 2008 could be the best year yet for attendance. Things kick off Friday, April 18, with the United States Piping Federation Professional Piobaireachd Qualifier. The event will be at 1 p.m. at the Pocket Park on Main Street in downtown Batesville. More Annual Career Expo will be March 26 in Ed's The Lyon College Career Center will sponsor its annual Career Expo on Wednesday, March 26, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Lower Union of Edward Commons. Recruiters from a variety of companies and organizations will be available with information about job and internship opportunities for students in all majors. Students are encouraged to dress professionally and bring copies of their resume to meet recruiters and ask about available positions and internship possibilities.
SCARF accepting applications
for projects The Student Creative Arts and Research Forum is accepting applications of scholarly, artistic and creative projects from Lyon College students. All finalists will receive a commemorative scarf, and $500 in cash prizes will be awarded. The deadline for submission is at 1 p.m. April 3. Submissions must be turned in to Peggy Weaver’s office on the third floor of the Lyon Building. Local author to discuss her book at Mabee-Simpson Library March 25
It was years later as a doctoral student that Jacoway began to realize the importance of the Little Rock Nine. It was then she determined she, along with the rest of the world, needed to know the truth about what happened 50 years ago. Jacoway will talk about her book Turn Away Thy Son:
Little Rock, the Crisis That Shocked the Nation (Free Press, 2007)
at noon March 25 in the Mabee-Simpson Library on the Lyon College
campus.
Schram's
daughter named to All-Ivy 1st team Koren Schram, a former star basketball
player for the Southside Lady Southerners, was recently named to the
All-Ivy League first team in basketball, according to a Dartmouth press
release. Schram is the daughter of Dr. Mark D. Schram, associate
professor of biology at Lyon. Schram, a junior guard, led the Dartmouth
Big Green in scoring with an 11.4 points per game average, sixth in
league scoring. Schram led the league in 3-point shooting, hitting a
league-high 62 3-pointers. She also hit a conference-high 83 percent of
her free throws and finished second in the conference in steals.
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March 24, 2008
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When nine black children desegregated Little Rock’s
Central High School in September 1957, 13-year-old Elizabeth Jacoway
paid little attention. At the time, she had no concept of the history
she had lived through.