March 19, 2007
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• Heasley Prize winner to present lecture and reading at Lyon College • Weinzierl to lecture on America's view of Japanese during World War II • Career Center to host Career Expo March 27 • Lyon alum meets Karl Rove during LR visit • Professor Valle's paintings included in exhibition with heavyweights Dali, de Kooning, Oldenberg • Alumnus Joseph Key to present history lecture at museum March 29 |
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Japan Lecture Series to present the author of 'Lexus: The Relentless Pursuit' Thursday
Chester C. Dawson III, author of Lexus: The Relentless Pursuit, will speak at Lyon College Thursday as part of the college’s Japan Lecture Series. The lecture, which is free and open to the public, will be at 7 p.m. in the Derby Lecture Hall. Dawson will offer a behind-the-scenes look at one of the most ambitious and lucrative business strategies executed in the past 20 years. "It is the story of how Toyota Motor Corp. developed the ‘perfect’ car line and the fascinating people behind the scenes who made it happen, defying critics and beating competitors at their own game," according to Mieko Peek, director of the Japan Studies Program at Lyon. Dawson is vice president at SPARX Investment & Research Inc., the New York-based office of Japanese hedge fund SPARX Asset Management Co. Previously, he worked as international finance editor at BusinessWeek magazine and has been a frequent contributor to the magazine's automotive industry coverage. Dawson spent 10 years in Tokyo covering Japan Inc.'s "lost decade" for BusinessWeek, Dow Jones & Co.'s Far Eastern Economic Review, The Associated Press and Bloomberg News. His cover stories at BusinessWeek include "Can Anything Stop Toyota," "The Zen of Nissan" and "The Americanization of a Japanese Icon." He graduated with a M.A. degree from Harvard University in 1993 and earned his B.A. at Ohio University the previous year after spending his junior year abroad at Sophia University in Tokyo.
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Heasley Prize winner to present lecture and reading at Lyon College
Novelist Kent Haruf, this year’s Leila Lenore Heasley Prize winner, will visit Lyon College Tuesday for two free public presentations. Haruf will present a lecture in the Bevens Music Room at 11 a.m. Then at 7:30 p.m., he’ll give a reading of his work, also in the Bevens Music Room.
His most recent novels are "Eventide" and "Plainsong," winner of the Mountains & Plains Booksellers Award and a finalist for the National Book Award in 1999, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and The New Yorker Book Award.
His novel "The Tie That Binds" received a Whiting Foundation Award and a special citation from the PEN/Hemingway Foundation. He retired from his teaching position at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale and now lives with his wife, Cathy, outside Sedelia, Colo.
The Leila Lenore Heasley Prize is awarded annually to a distinguished representative of American or international letters, theater or cinema. Each spring, the Heasley Prize recipient gives a free public lecture, reading or performance at Lyon College.
Dr. Martha Heasley Cox, professor emeritae of English at San Jose State University in San Jose, Calif., established the prize in 1995 in memory of her sister, Leila Lenore, and in honor of other family members.
Weinzierl to lecture at library Tuesday
Dr. John Weinzierl, assistant professor of history at Lyon College, will present a lecture, "Without Mercy: America's View of the Japanese During World War II," at 11 a.m. Tuesday, March 27, the Mabee-Simpson Library.
Dr. Weinzierl will discuss the racist hostilities Americans had toward the Japanese during World War II. Dr. Weinzierl will consider the official view of the Japanese as exhibited by the government and media during the war years, and then demonstrate how this official view was reflected and perpetuated in American popular culture (movies, songs and comics).
The lecture is free and open to the public.
Career Center to host Career Expo March 27
The Lyon College Career Center will host its annual Career Expo Tuesday, March 27, in the Lower Union of Edwards Commons from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Companies registered to attend this year’s Expo are: Arkansas Department of Education/Teacher Recruitment, Dillards, UALR College of Business, Cintas Corporation, Staffmark, Arkansas Department of Health and Human Services, UALR William H. Bowen School of Law, Acxiom Corporation, University of Arkansas Walton School of Business, Home Depot, Heifer International, Exit 1st Choice Realty, Primerica, City Year Little Rock, University of Arkansas School of Law, and Kaplan Test Prep and Admissions.
This is an excellent opportunity for all Lyon students to meet representatives, ask about employment opportunities, and submit their resumes.
All students are welcome. No registration is necessary.
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Eric Wilson '06 (left), assistant to the dean of the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service, welcomes Karl Rove (right) to the Clinton School during a recent visit. Rove is deputy chief of staff to President George W. Bush and a key Republican political strategist. With them is Skip Rutherford, dean of the Clinton School and a member of the Lyon Board of Trustees.
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Professor Valle's paintings included in exhibition with heavyweights Dali, de Kooning, Oldenberg
Two paintings of Chris Valle’s Culturally Constructed series were included in a group exhibition in Valdosta, Georgia. Valle is an assistant professor of art at Lyon College.
The exhibit was titled Valdosta Collects 2007 and it was presented by the VSU Art Associates. Valdosta Collects highlights works from collectors to share, from their collections, art works by out-of-town artists.
The exhibition also included works by Salvador Dali, Elaine de Kooning and Claus Oldenberg.
Historian/Lyon alumnus to
speak at museum
Dr. Joseph Key '88 will present a lecture, “'Masters of This Country': The
Quapaws, 1673-1833,” as part of the Brown Bag with a Book series at the Old
Independence Regional Museum at noon on Thursday, March 29. The Quapaws were one
of the primary groups of Native Americans in Arkansas from the 17th century to
the early 19th century, controlling most of the eastern half of the state.
Dr. Key, one of the foremost experts on the Quapaws and other Arkansas Native
Americans, is an assistant professor of history at Arkansas State University. A
graduate of Lyon, Dr. Key earned his M.A. in history from West Texas A & M
University and his Ph.D. from the University of Arkansas, where his dissertation
on the Quapaws and environmental change won the best dissertation prize from Phi
Alpha Theta/Westerners International.
The Old Independence Regional Museum's Brown Bag with a Book series is now in
its third year. The series will feature one additional presentation this
semester. On April 18, Dr. Steve Striffler of the University of Arkansas will
discuss Hispanic migration and labor issues and the modern poultry industry.
Bring a sack lunch to the museum (380 South 9th St.), relax, eat, and listen.
Old Independence Regional Museum (http://www.oirm.org/) will provide free water
and soft drinks. Admission is free.
Baseball
No. 4 Trevecca sweeps series with Scots
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The NAIA's No. 4 Trevecca Nazarene Trojans swept the
TranSouth Conference season series from the No. 6 Lyon College Scots, winning
8-7 in the first game and 7-0 in the nightcap Saturday evening. Lyon drops to
22-4 and 5-4 in league play. Trevecca improves to 25-6-1 and remains perfect in
TranSouth action with a record of 9-0.
Scots' first baseman Andy Bettis doubled and homered and had 3 RBIs in the first
game of the twinbill.
Steven Brown earned the win for Trevecca. Starting pitcher Jerry Farina (5-1)
took his first loss of the season for Lyon College.
Game two starred Trevecca Nazarene starter Eric Van Slyke, who tossed a
complete-game, four-hit shutout.
Jefferey Matlock (4-1) suffered the loss for Lyon College.
The Scots will host Dana College of Blair, Neb., for a doubleheader Wednesday
beginning at noon. Lyon will return to conference play at home this weekend
against Cumberland University with a doubleheader at noon Saturday and a single
game Sunday, also at noon.
No. 4 Trevecca takes game one in series with Scots
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Trevecca Nazarene took the first game of a three-game set by
a score of 8-2 against Lyon College Scots Friday afternoon.
Lyon took an early 1-0 advantage, but watched as Trevecca scored seven
unanswered runs to claim a 7-1 cushion into the eighth.
The Scots scored a lone run in the eighth and Trevecca bounced back with an
insurance run to cross the finish line ahead by the final margin.
Justin McGarity (4-2) suffered the loss for Lyon on the mound.
Tennis
Lyon College captures Rust College tournament
HOLLY SPRINGS, Miss. – Matt Petty led the Lyon College Scots tennis team to
the championship of the Rust College Tournament, earning Tournament MVP honors
for an undefeated weekend on the courts. Petty was a perfect 5-0 in No. 1
singles matches and held a record of 5-0 in doubles matches with partner Adam
Robertson during the tournament.
As a team, Lyon didn’t lose a single match, finishing the weekend with an
unblemished 35-0 mark. Lyon defeated Stillman College in the first round, 9-0;
swept Fish College in the second round, 9-0; rolled past Lane College, 9-0 in
the third round and topped the host team in a 9-0 match in the semifinals.
LeMoyne-Owen College was the victim in the finals where Lyon earned another 9-0
victory behind a singles win from Petty and a doubles win from the
Petty-Robertson combo.
Other Lyon winners in singles play during the finals matches were: Daniel Angel,
who earned a 7-5, 6-3 win; Robertson, who rolled past his opponent 6-1, 6-0 and
Justin Dill, who captured a 6-2, 7-5 victory. Lyon's Juan Daza also won in
straight sets 6-0, 6-0 and Cody Cox put the finishing touches on the singles
dominance, winning 6-1, 6-0. Angel and Daza topped their foes in the finals via
an 8-5 doubles victory while Dill and Cox won 8-0.
The Scots are in action again on Friday, when they take on TranSouth Conference
foe Lambuth in Jackson, Tenn.
Pipers win Rust College Tournament
Championship
HOLLY SPRINGS, Miss. – The Lyon College Pipers fought through a tough first two
rounds of the Rust College Tournament, then cruised to the tournament title,
winning 23 straight matches en route to the championship.
The Pipers were tested early but passed both exams, topping Stillman College 5-4
in the first round and then edging Lane College 5-3. From that point on, the
Pipers were unstoppable, winning in a forfeit over the host team and sweeping
past two more teams en route to semifinals and finals victory.
Lyon’s Andrea Higginbottom was named Tournament MVP for her performance. She was
flawless during the weekend, winning four No. 1 singles matches and four doubles
matches with her partner Eri Kasai.
In the finals over LeMoyne-Owen College, Higginbottom won 8-0 in a singles match
and teamed with Kasai to win in an 8-0 doubles walkover.
Kasai (8-4), Ran Tsurumaki (8-4) and Alison Sablick (8-5) each triumphed in
their respective singles matches during finals play. Tsurumaki and Sablick
combined to win their doubles match 8-1 over LeMoyne-Owen’s pairing.
The Pipers hit the court again on Friday for a match with Lambuth University in
Jackson, Tenn.
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