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Longtime Lyon
trustee Michael E. “Mike” Wilson, a longtime member of the Lyon College Board of Trustees, died unexpectedly Friday evening. More ***
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February 18, 2008
Visiting
writer says telling the truth M. Elaine Mar isn’t afraid to tell the truth. Though personal and painful, it is exactly what she did in her 1999 memoir “Paper Daughter” and her essay “Bi Bi Hua,” which earned a Pushcart Prize in 2003. But it was that truth that cost her a family. Mar is spending six weeks at Lyon College as part of the college’s Visiting Fellowship in Creative Nonfiction winner and sharing her story with students, faculty, staff and the Batesville community. Mar will have a public reading at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 19, in Bevens Music Room on the Lyon College campus. The event is free.
Students
reminded of weather safety After a deadly night of tornadoes in Arkansas, Tennessee, Alabama and Kentucky, Lyon College students are learning it pays to be prepared. Strong storms may have missed the Lyon campus, but Union University, a TranSouth Athletic Conference rival who was just at Lyon for two basketball games on Feb. 4, was hit hard. A tornado struck Union University in Jackson, Tenn., Feb. 5 destroying 40 percent of its residence facilities and heavily damaging an additional 40 percent. More than 50 students were treated for injuries, but no students were killed.
Chamber music
concert by Mariposa Lyon College will host a chamber music concert by Mariposa & Friends at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 24. The Mariposa duo, Sandra McDonald on violin and Linda Holzer on piano, will present a concert in Bevens Music Room featuring music by Dvorak, Robert Schumann and Clara Schumann. Guest musicians include Susan Brummel Belcher, soprano, and Rafael Leon, cello. Admission is free.
Blevins to
talk about strange murder trial A Stone County murder will be the topic of discussion at a library lecture this month. Dr. Brooks Blevins, Lyon College assistant professor of history, will speak at noon Feb. 27 at the Mabee-Simpson Library. Blevins’ lecture will be “The ‘Arkansas Ghost’ Trial: The Strange Story of the Murder of Connie Franklin.”
Convocation on
academic cheating An expert on academic cheating will share his research on the subject with Lyon College students this month. Dr. Don McCabe, professor of management and global business at Rutgers University, will speak about academic cheating at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 28 in Nucor Auditorium on the Lyon College campus. The event, sponsored by the Convocations Committee, is free and open to the public.
Japan Lecture
Series guest speaker Hello Kitty is an unlikely success story. Launched 30 years ago with no fanfare, the cartoon cat has almost no story or media exposure. Yet with almost no advertising, the two-dimensional cat now churns out half a billion dollars in revenue and is sold in more than 40 countries. Ken Belson, co-author of “Hello Kitty: The Remarkable Story of Sanrio and the Billion Dollar Feline Phenomenon,” will explain how Hello Kitty grew into one of the most recognizable characters in the world in a lecture at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 6, at Sanders Lecture Hall in the Derby Center on the Lyon College campus.
Heasley
Prize winner Lewis Nordan Lewis Nordan, winner of the 2008 Leila Lenore Heasley Prize, will visit Lyon College March 11 for two events. He will participate in a "Writer's Life" interview at 11 a.m. that day in Bevens Music Room. At 7:30 p.m., he will read from his work, also in Bevens. A book signing will follow. Both events are free and open to the public. |
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