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Library News and Events
"International Terrorism. "
Dr. Bradley Gitz, The William Jefferson
Clinton Professor of
International Politics "Terrorism isn't new; in reality it is quite old as a violent means of achieving political objectives. What is new, and vastly more dangerous, however, is "International Terrorism," the kind which struck America with such tragic consequences on September 11, 2001. Such a form of more disruptive and lethal terrorism has emerged only much more recently, in the last few decades, and is the consequence of several easily identifiable factors related to religion, technology, and the mass media. Because international terrorism is a new phenomenon, the response to it must also be new and go beyond the strategies that governments have resorted to in the past. By identifying the factors that have made terrorism more dangerous, we can acquire some understanding of how to address it more effectively as well" -Dr. Bradley Gitz Dr. Gitz joined the Lyon faculty in 1994.
He is the former Chair of the Humanities division and of the
Pre-Law Advisory Committee and is the faculty advisor for the Model
United Nations and of the Washington Center Internships. He also publishes twice weekly op-ed columns in The Arkansas
Democrat-Gazette. Dr. Gitz's lecture available for listening at: Lecture It's 60mb which is about an hour of audio. For technical assistance call Andrew Richardson,
Media Services Coordinator at: (870) 698-4601 or contact him
by email at: arichardson@Lyon.edu Displays for January will honor Daisy
Bates, Rosa Parks, and Martin Luther King, leaders in the Civil Rights
Movement.
Budy will read love poems from her book soon to be published and love poems by different authors. She's inviting the public, especially the students, to bring their favorite love poem to share. Poems to share must come from a published work. There will be a reception afterward with some really cool Valentine treats. Bring your date! Bring your friends! Bring yourself!
Budy's reading is also a webcast. Here is the recorded session: Reading Please make sure that either Winamp, iTunes, or
XMMS is playing the file and not another For technical assistance call Andrew Richardson, Media Services Coordinator at: (870) 698-4601 or contact him by email at: arichardson@Lyon.edu
Professor of Theatre and
B.A., Pace University Counts' reading is also available as a webcast. First of all, make sure you have the correct
listening software installed. For technical assistance call Andrew Richardson, Media Services Coordinator at: (870) 698-4601 or contact him by email at: arichardson@Lyon.edu The recorded Webcast is at: Reading.
Displays for March highlighting Women's History Month include the first women graduates of Lyon College. Who were the first women in Arkansas to graduate with a Bachelor of Arts Degree and where was that degree from? They were Mary Maxfield, Susie Butler, and Cynthia Scherer and they graduated from Lyon College, then Arkansas College, in 1876. See their pictures and what they were studying in 1876. In another display are listed internet resources for Women's History Month from the Library of Congress.
Faculty Reception for the faculty who published
in 2005, April 11, Tuesday, Honors Day, 3 PM. Come and
join us to celebrate the achievements of our professors.
Display cases will highlight the work of Dr. Scott Roulier and his
colleagues. Last spring, Dr. Roulier was awarded Lyon’s top
teaching honor, the Lamar Williamson Prize for Excellence in Teaching
for 2005-06. He also was awarded the "Arkansas Professor of the
Year for 2005" by the Foundation and Council for Advancement and Support
of Education (CASE). The event is open to the public.
Call Camille Beary at 698-4267 for more information. Displays for April include pictures of the published faculty of 2005, and information highlighting Dr. Scott Roulier's achievements as well as publications in 2005 and a display of books about finding one's Scottish Heritage. There is also a take-me list of three highly recommended books to start researching your Scottish heritage. Wireless access is here! Follow directions below to use wireless in the library: When your laptop is on, there will be an icon
indicating whether or not it is ready to connect to the wireless
network. After you enter the key and click Connect, your
view will revert to the previous screen and will indicate when the
connection is made. Amnesty Days until May 4th. According to "Feng Shui" when you clean out those dorm rooms and pantries you clear your mind and refresh your spirit. Bring us the food and books, and we'll forgive those overdue fines. The food will go to "Help and Hope" of Batesville to feed those less fortunate than you.
August
2005
"World War II Remembered" August 30, Tuesday, 10:30. The Scottish Rite Freemasons of Arkansas and Mr. Gabe Gentry the director and editor, are donating this collection to the Mabee-Simpson Library at Lyon College.
September 2005
September 11, Sunday, 4 PM "The September Project" is a grassroots effort to foster civic events in communities around the world on September 11. The Mabee-Simpson Library is participating in the movement this year by sponsoring a lecture and discussion on the Bill of Rights, led by Dr. Scott Roulier, Lyon College's professor of political science. Dr. Roulier joined the Lyon faculty in 2000. He currently serves as faculty advisor for the Lyon Moot Court Team, The Lyon Office of Volunteer Education, the Interfraternity Council, and as co-advisor for Alpha Chi. He also serves as a basketball coach and soccer coach for the Independence County Youth Athletic Association.
Banned Books Week, September 24-October 1, 2005. Exhibit of banned books in lobby. The following list by the American Library Association lists the top ten banned books from 1990-1999. It's your freedom we're talking about. Scary Stories (Series) by Alvin Schwartz For the month of October the library's emphasis will be on informing the students, faculty, and staff about the expanding Video and DVD collection, one of the most widely used collections in the library. Did you know that we have over 2,800 videos and over 300 DVD's to check out? Students have a week checkout. Staff and faculty have a month checkout, and alumni and retired have a week. November
2005 Clyde Rodgers, author of "Lives of Quiet Desperation," and "Just Tuning My Air Guitar: Stories and Poems from the Arkansas Delta." will be here on November 6, Sunday, at 2 PM, for a reading and discussion of his books. "Lives of Quiet Desperation" is a work of fiction based on the author's days of growing up in Bondsville, seven miles from Lepanto, Arkansas. It's a fun book, but also deals with the loss of community when the sharecropping system gave way to the automated cotton picker. "Just Tuning My Air Guitar" is a collection of poems and short stories written over the last 25 years. It's a hodgepodge of poetic styles, ranging from the tightly structured to free verse. Mr. Rodgers is an English Professor and has taught for 20 years at East Arkansas Community College in Forrest City, Arkansas. He has an M.S.E. and is a graduate of Southern Baptist College (now Williams College) in Walnut Ridge and of Ouachita Baptist University in Arkadelphia. November Displays: Arkansas Authors. We have in our display cases several prominent Arkansas authors. They include two Pulitzer Prize winners: Mary Ann Gwinn, from Forrest City, who was awarded the Pulitzer in 1990 for her coverage of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill. The poet John Gould Fletcher, of Little Rock received the Pulitzer in 1938 for his book of Selected Poems. One of his well-known poems, Down the Mississippi is displayed. His wife was Charlie May Simon, also an Arkansas author who was nationally known for her children's books. She wrote over 27 and every year in Arkansas, school children vote for their favorite book, which becomes the Charlie May Simon Book Award for some lucky author. Her well-known books include: Robin on the Mountain, Straw in the Sun, and All Men are Brothers. There are several other Arkansas authors you may know only by the title of their books, such as Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, or True Grit. The display will be here for the month of November. December 2005 Amnesty Days at the library! The library offers forgiveness of overdue fines and fees if you bring back the books and give us food for "Help and Hope." "Help and Hope" is a local organization that feeds the poor in this region. The library has been contributing for over 10 years now, and we're very proud of that. Even if you don't have overdue fines, you can still bring some food and set it under the "Hope Tree" in the library. Christmas Toys and Ornaments from Europe The library is also displaying Nutcrackers, wooden trains, and beautiful Christmas ornaments from Germany and Switzerland in the month of December. Marjorie Seasholtz, who purchased them in Europe in her worldwide travels, is sharing them with us.
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An Evening of Love Poems-Andrea Hollander Budy 
Dr.
Michael Counts will be acting in the play he has written @ the library.
March 28, 11 a.m., Tuesday. The play's title is: Our Flag
Was Still There. Dr. Counts wrote the play in response to the
current war in the Middle East.
