Art professors at Lyon Col-

lege come and go. Margaret

LeJeune, assistant professor of

art specializing in digital art and

photography, knew that well

after spending three years with

“a significant amount of turn-

over” in the art department.

When LeJeune joined the

Lyon community in 2007, she

worked with Chris Valle. Le-

Jeune returned the next year,

but Valle did not. “I was a sen-

ior art professor after my first

year here. It was crazy,” Le-

Jeune said. -

LeJeune saw this process

repeat itself for the next two

years. Don Overbeay took

Valle’s position, but he was laid

off during his first year and

replaced part-time with Marvin

Gates. Like Overbeay, Gates

moved on from Lyon in a year’s

time. -

“Ever y th in g

was haphazard,”

Senior art major,

Frances Win-

frey, said of the

program at the

time. “There

wasn’t any space

to work. It was

totally unorgan-

ized.” -

When Gates

left the program

in 2010, Dustyn

Bork took his

position. Bork came to Lyon

with the intent to stick

around. -

“I was interested in the

small size of the Lyon cam-

pus,” Bork remarked. “I felt

like I could make a greater

impact here while furthering

my own research and artwork.”

His wife, Carly Dahl, became

Kresge Gallery’s new gallery

director, a position that LeJeune

had previously juggled along

with teaching every art history

Hopeful future for Lyon’s art program

BCM and FCA host antislavery awareness week

From March 26 to 30, Bap-

tist Collegiate Ministry and

Fellowship of Christian Ath-

letes hosted events to promote

antislavery awareness. Lyon

senior, Tesla Fields, said,

“The goal of this week was to

incite more awareness and

action into our generation,

because our generation is the

generation who will have the

skills and the power to do

something about it.” -

Human shaped cut-outs

were placed around campus

with items made by slave

labor to promote awareness

about this issue. Fields said,

“It is important to support the

companies that support fair

trade.” -

Lyon students could also

buy red bracelets in the

Temp. These bracelets were

made by women rescued from

sex trafficking and slave la-

bor. The bracelets cost three

dollars and Fields explained

that “one dollar will pay the

girl who made the bracelet.

The other two dollars will go

to finding and rehabilitating

girls. If people missed their

chance to buy a bracelet this

week, we will also be selling

them at Scot Fest.” -

BCM and FCA raised

money other ways this week

as well. On Tuesday, March

27 Just Chillin’ donated 25%

of every purchase to Well-

spring Living as Hope Acad-

emy in Atlanta, Ga. The

school’s cause is to fund bet-

ter law enforcement to better

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Bach’s Birthday Bash 2

Dr. Mulick Perspective 3

Bagpiping Major 3

Study Abroad 4

Macy shaves head 4

HLC visits campus 5

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class offered at Lyon

and the digital art and

photography courses.

“The gallery has

taken off with pro-

gramming,” LeJeune

said of Dahl’s per-

formance. “We are

really lucky to have

Carly Dahl.” Accord-

ing to Dahl, the big-

gest change she has

made to the gallery is

the artist featured in

t h e g a l l e r y .

“I think the gallery has

changed in the sense that I’m

bringing in different artists than

[LeJeune] would,” Dahl said.

Dahl noted that she has utilized

Bork’s networking by connect-

Continued on page 5

respond to human trafficking

and to recognize human traf-

ficking. Phi Mu helped support

the cause by hosting a cake

walk Wednesday, March 28 in

front of the library. Participates

could donate money. Any

clothes left in the laundry room

this week will be donated to

the Family Violence Preven-

tion Center. -

If students could not donate

their money or their clothes,

they could write encouraging

letters to girls who had been

rescued from slavery. Zeta

Beta Tau hosted a viewing of

the movie Taken and Tau

Kappa Epsilon partnered with

BCM to host a rent-a-puppy

event on campus. Fields said,

“It is great to see the Greek life

on campus supporting this

great cause.”

SPRING 2012, I SSUE 4 P AGE 2

Students from the Lyon College chapter

of the Alpha Chi National Honor Society

won several awards recently at the soci-

ety’s Super-Regional Convention in Balti-

more, Md. -

Juniors Hannah Ellis, Megan Holifield,

and Jon-Michael Poff attended the confer-

ence with advisors Dr. Tim Lindblom and

Dr. Terrell Tebbetts. -

Ellis was elected to the Alpha Chi Na-

tional Council as the student delegate

from Region II. She will serve a two-year

term on the council. -

“I am truly honored to be the newest

student representative for Alpha Chi,”

Ellis said. “I’m proud to be able to be a

part of such a prestigious organization

and to represent our school there.”

Holifield won both a Region II junior

scholarship and a presentation award in

creative writing. Holifield’s paper was

called “Big Awful, Bad Awful.” -

Poff won the Alfred H. Nolle national

scholarship for his paper titled “‘City

Shower’ as Swift’s Parabolic Ars Po-

etica.” He also won a presentation award

in American Literature for his paper

called “Phrenology and Deviant Sexuality

in Poe and Whitman.” -

Junior Marc-Andre LeBlanc, who was

unable to attend the convention, also won

a Nolle scholarship. Alpha Chi awards

only ten Nolle scholarships each year. -

According to the Alpha Chi website,

the honor society seeks “to promote aca-

demic excellence and exemplary charac-

ter among college and university students

and to honor those who achieve such

distinction.”

Brian Neel, Scott Trantham, Victor Wil-

son, and Kelley Wyatt each played multi-

ple roles within the play. -

Sophomore Miracle Davis hopes that the

play encouraged the Lyon community “to

be more accepting.” -

“My hope is … they come to an under-

standing to not be so quick to judge or

persecute others,” Davis said. -

Senior Victor Wilson felt that the play’s

emphasis on community perspectives was

an important part of the message. “One

should be aware of one’s community at all

times,” he said. -

Davis says there has been an overall

positive reception to the play on campus.

On Oct. 12, 1998, Matthew Shepard

died after receiving severe head injuries

during what has been labeled a hate

crime; Shepard was homosexual. -

On March 22 – 24, Lyon College’s

Harlequin theatre presented The Laramie

Project, an account of the tragedy as seen

through the perspectives of 60 characters.

The production not only addressed issues

of prejudice and violence, but connected

the audience with a not so distant past.

Tonya Clapp, Miracle Davis, Justin

Holmes, Lauren Holt, Matthew Horne,

“They like what message we were sending.”

Other actors who had been part of The

Laramie Project in other productions had a

similar reaction and felt that the Harlequin

theatre “got the message” portrayed.

Davis felt the most difficult part of partici-

pating in the production was primarily the

abundance of characters every actor had to

master. She found it especially challenging

to become personas “that were so not like”

her and “hearing these things… watching

people say such hateful things.” -

She found the experience rewarding for

not only the positive reception and message,

Alpha Chi wins big in Baltimore

Harlequin Theatre: a step past entertainment

Press Release

Molly Young

Staff Writer

Junior Jon-Michael Poff and Dr. Ter-

rell Tebbetts visit Edgar Allan Poe’s

house in Baltimore.

Students, faculty, and staff honor Bach’s 327th birthday

Joey Gartin

Staff Writer

On Sunday, March 25, Lyon students

and faculty performed a musical celebra-

tion of the works of Johann Sebastian

Bach, in honor of the famous Baroque

composer’s 327th birthday. Dozens of

guests gathered in Brown Chapel to hear

the concert, led by Dr. Joel Plaag and Dr.

Russell Stinson. -

After an introduction from Dr. Plaag in

which he described Bach as not looking

“a year over 315,” the concert opened

with oboe soloist Hannah Cruse, followed

by organ performances from soloists

junior Aaron Walton, Cruse, and Dr.

Stinson. Other selections included a duet

between Dr. Stinson on organ and junior

Aaron Farris on drums, and a duet be-

tween Walton on violin and sophomore

Willa Thomason on cello. -

Guests then crowded into the Bevens

Music Room to hear a vocal duet between

Dr. Plaag and junior Diana Turnbo in

which Turnbo portrayed a young woman

addicted to coffee, and Dr. Plaag acted as

her exasperated father who just wanted to

find her a man. The audience laughed at

hearing a singing Dr. Plaag call his

“daughter” an “annoying little monkey,”

and seeing fellow audience members such

as Dr. Weatherman grabbed from the crowd

as prospective—and unsuccessful—suitors.

Lyon continues to support Bach’s legacy

in annually performing the composer’s

works and by relying on the knowledge of

organist and leading Bach scholar, Dr.

Stinson.

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THE H IGHLANDER NEWSPAPER P AGE 3

time a student has concentrated the music

major with bagpiping. -

The major has

the basic require-

ments of the music

major with an

added requirement

of a final bagpip-

ing concert. Smith

is the director and

orchestrator of this

concert; his job

includes booking

the venue, market-

ing the concert to

the Lyon College

and Batesville

communities, and

teaching the pipe

band leading up to

t h e c o n c e r t .

Bagpiper Elliot Smith

came to Lyon College with

a history degree in mind.

However, after one short

year working under Jimmy

Bell’s guidance in the pipe

band, he decided to change

course a bit. -

“Jimmy taught me that

the goal of piping is to

teach as well as play,”

Smith said. He is now

pursuing a bagpipe major,

which would be a bridge

between the music major

and the Scottish arts de-

partment. While the major

is not new, this is the first

Lyon College’s Associate Professor of

Psychology, Dr. Patrick Mulick, is like

any other professor, teaching several

classes and always having something to

grade, but there is one characteristic that

sets Mulick apart from his colleagues. He

and his family live on campus. -

Spragins house, located by the freshman

dorms, serves as the Mulicks’ residence.

Initially, this had not been a plan for the

Mulick family. -

“I really had not thought at all about

living in Spragins House until the Lind-

Bagpiper Smith creates first bagpiping major

Professor Spotlight: Dr. Mulick’s on-campus perspective

bloms lived there. The Lindbloms are really

good friends of ours, and so we were over at

Spragins a lot. When they decided that their

time was going to be done, Kristi [Mulick’s

wife] and I talked about the process,” Dr.

Mulick said. -

The “process” to move into Spragins

house is, according to Mulick, “a formal

process that goes about informally.” -

Professors do not apply by application but

by first contacting Bruce Johnston, dean of

students, who then collaborates with the

dean of faculty to decide if it is appropriate

for the professor to live there. After the

three-year term of residence is finished, the

contract is renewed annually. Mulick and

his family moved into Spragins House this

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Smith said that, prior to the major, the

pipe band gained experience performing by

attending 10 to 15 concerts a year. This final

concert will give the pipe band a chance to

perform for the community in the same way

Lyon’s choir does. -

“I’ve always wanted to run a concert and

gain experience by running recitals,” Smith

said, adding that the concert would deepen

the pipe band’s relationship with the com-

munity. -

Smith acknowledged that a few other

schools have a bagpiping major, but he

pointed out that “one benefit of the Lyon

side is that Lyon completely funds travel

and focuses on developing individual play-

ers as well as the pipe band as a whole.”

Several other students in the pipe band are

considering the major, such as junior Avens

Ridgeway and freshman Jared Malone.

past July. -

So far, residence on a college campus

has worked out quite well for the Mulick

family. “We love it,” said Mulick. “There

are so many wonderful things that go on

with living in Spragins house. It’s actu-

ally a really great house for us as far as

just the physical house. It’s laid out well

for little kids and it’s really quiet so we

actually don’t hear much of what goes on

out on the quad and the row.” -

Campus environment has also benefited

the Mulicks’ two daughters. Mulick

pointed out, “As far as our girls, we feel

it’s really good for them socially… To

Continued on page 5

Yamashita hosts Japanese tempura dinner

Chelsea Guess

Staff Writer

Dr. Samuel Yamashita from Pomona

College enlightened students of Lyon

College, the city of Batesville, and a

young group from Cabot about the begin-

nings of Japanese cuisine. -

The traditional dinner of tempura was

his topic of conversation. The history of

each dish was thoroughly explained and

each ingredient was traced back to its ori-

gins. From different types of rice to differ-

ent ingredients of miso soup, Dr. Yama-

shita led everyone on a journey through

tempura teishoku. -

Rice is served with tempura as the main

dish. Tempura can be either Edo style or

Okoyodo style. Edo style is only fish tem-

pura, while Okoyodo is a dumpling style.

Dr. Yamashita moved from the main

course to miso soup. Miso was the main

flavoring agent in Japan until the 20th cen-

t u r y . -

Dipping sauce for the tempura can be

made from water and stock. There are two

different types of stocks to make the dipping

sauce: benito flacks and dried kelp. Na-

masu, a kind of dressing or salad, as well as

Japanese pickles, make up the end of the

meal. Green tea or sake is the typical drink

of choice for this meal. -

The idea of a tempura dinner did not de-

velop until the 1600s and would eventually

become a “set” dinner style.

SPRING 2012, I SSUE 4 P AGE 4

their choice. At the end of the col-

lection period, the brother whose

container contained the most money

would shave his head. -

Members of the Lyon College

community donated $405.78 in

total, with more than $59 of that

going into Macy’s jar. -

As a result, senior A.C. Tortorich,

who is also a brother of Kappa

Sigma, shaved Macy’s head on

March 14 in front of a crowd gath-

ered near The Temp. -

Following a fundraising campaign in

March, sophomore McKenzie Macy

shaved his head recently in support of the

Kappa Sigma Fraternity’s Military Heroes

Campaign. -

During the campaign, the fraternity

placed several containers in The Temp,

each one with a picture of a fraternity

brother on the front. Students, faculty, and

staff could then contribute to the campaign

by dropping money into the container of

Campus Event Calendar

“We could keep you here all night with

stories,” said senior Lighla Whitson. Jun-

ior Tiffany Thiessen

agreed. They had just

finished recounting

some of their favorite

parts of their semester

abroad in Japan and

the memories kept

them laughing. “It

would be easier to

answer the not fun

e x p e r i e n c e s , ”

Whitson continued.

Whitson and Thies-

sen left for Japan last fall, on Aug. 21.

They were destined for Akita International

University. Thiessen described the town

as “rural-esque” and friendly. “It was

smaller than Lyon. You could really con-

n e c t w i t h t h o s e p e o p l e . ”

Thiessen re-

called attending

a neighborhood

c e l e b r a t i o n

which she espe-

cially enjoyed

for the inti-

macy. “I really

got to set down

and talk one on

one … to see

Japanese people

as whom they

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are, rather [than see them] as an outsider.”

The kindness with which they were met

deeply impacted both students.

“You don’t know real hospitality until

you have someone walk you three

blocks,” Whitson stated after Thiessen

commented that “Southern hospitality has

nothing on these people.” They experi-

enced this firsthand when a ramen noodle

shop owner went out of her way to give

them her own umbrella on a rainy day.

One of their mutually favorite experi-

ences was shopping for kimonos. “You

can imagine girls prom dress shopping,”

Thiessen stated. “This was that with kimo-

nos.” They started to laugh recalling how

their host mother and her friends immedi-

Study Abroad: Whitson and Thiessen in Japan

April 10 Tuesday:

- 2-4 p.m.—Lyon Baseball; Campus Wide

- 5:30-6:30 p.m.—Zumba; Small Gym

- 6:30-8:30 p.m.—Yoga; Brown Chapel

April 13 Friday:

- 7 a.m.-9:30 p.m.—Arkansas Scottish

Festival; Campus Wide

- 8 a.m.-5 p.m.— Book Fair; Library

- 6:30-9 p.m.—Big Show; Brown Chapel

April 14 Saturday:

- 7 a.m.-9:30 p.m.— Arkansas Scottish

Festival; Campus Wide

- 2 p.m.— Lyon Baseball

- 7:30 a.m.-2 p.m.— SOAR Day; Campus

Wide

- 8 a.m.-5 p.m.— Book Fair; Library

April 15 Sunday:

- 7 a.m.-9:30 p.m.—Arkansas Scottish

Festival; Campus Wide

- 2 p.m.—Lyon Softball

April 16 Monday:

- 5:30-6:30 p.m.—Zumba; Small Gym

- 6:30-7:30 p.m.—Yoga; Brown Chapel

- 8-9 p.m.—Chaplin Bible Study; Young

House

- 9-10 p.m.—Fellowship of Christian Ath-

letes; Lyon 204

April 17 Tuesday:

- 8 a.m.-8 p.m. Honors Convocation;

Brown Chapel/Campus Wide

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THE H IGHLANDER NEWSPAPER P AGE 5

Art program, continued

Continued from page 1

ing with many artists he knows

through his lecturing job at the

University of Toledo, such as

featured artist Melissa Gill. -

Both Dahl and Bork special-

ize in printmaking, and accord-

ing to Bork, that is one of the

changes he wanted to make to

the program immediately. Bork

established courses in print-

making, etching, and screen-

printing his first year at Lyon;

he has even influenced one of

the Art Student Society’s (ASS)

most successful fundraisers: the

sale of screen-printed Valen-

tine’s Day cards. -

Bork and LeJeune worked

together to create the Advanced

Concepts course, an upper-level

course meant for seniors.

“Margaret and I put our heads

together, and we decided that

this class would help better

prepare students for their senior

thesis show.” -

As well as altering the aca-

demic aspect of the art pro-

gram, Bork has added more

travel, which senior Matt Boyd

finds very beneficial. Boyd,

president of ASS, spoke posi-

tively of the conferences Bork

has sponsored in the program.

He mentioned last year’s trip to

the SGC International Print-

making Conference. The con-

ference helps students, profes-

Mulick perspective, continued

Continued from page 3

interact on a regular basis with all sorts of

people is a good skill for them to de-

velop... Kristi and I both agree that our

children need to have an honest picture of

the world. There are certain things we

definitely are going to shield them from,

but what we find appropriate is probably

different than some people.” -

When comparing residence in Spragins

house with living in their house down-

town, Mulick explained, “There’s a little

bit of a fishbowl effect. When you go to let

the dog out, most likely you’re going to

run into somebody and talk with them,

which isn’t a bad thing but different than

living in a house.” -

An aspect that is quite fulfilling for Mu-

lick is that he feels he is making a

“significant impact on students.”

He said, “I really, really love Lyon Col-

lege so helping students to find their home

here is appealing to me.” -

Despite Lyon being a wet campus and

Spragins House’s close proximity to apart-

ment row, Mulick claimed, “We don’t hear

or see anything that happens on the week-

ends.” This surprisingly also applies to the

notorious Greek event, Chapel Walk. “We

did leave for Chapel Walk but not inten-

tionally…We were here for the morning

portion, and the kids were outside watch-

ing all the people, but we kept them by our

house. There’s not a lot of stuff going on

in front of Spragins house.” He joked,

“You don’t hear the drunkenness.”

Unlike other professors, Mulick has an

interesting opportunity, and it appears that

the experience has been rewarding, not just

for him but for his family. Mulick aspires

to stay an extra year after the three year

term in order to “walk the freshman class

all the way through their four years at

Lyon.”

sors, and professional artists

“learn about various techniques

and what’s going on in the art

world right now in general,”

according to Boyd. -

According to Bork, the big-

gest challenge the art program

has faced during his time at

Lyon is the loss of Edwards

Commons in a fire last year.

After the fire, the art program

sacrificed its art studio to build

the Temp, the temporary cafete-

ria that will be in use until the

new facility is built. The art

studio was relocated to the

Louisiana room in the Alphin

building and the Fulkerson

studio was condensed to allow

for more workspace. Bork’s

own personal studio was moved

to the Derby building. -

“We could really use more

facilities,” Bork said. “There

needs to be more space dedi-

cated to the program.” -

LeJeune and Dahl both

agreed that the program would

benefit most from a new profes-

sor of three-dimensional art. “I

would love to have another

professor teach things like

sculpting or ceramics,” LeJeune

s a i d . -

“I think the students here are

really good and really eager,”

Bork said. “We’ve got some

great students. The future’s

looking good.”

Higher Learning Commission visits campus

Chelsea Guess

Staff Writer

A team of four instructors with the

Higher Learning Commission (HLC)

evaluated Lyon College for two days last

week. -

The committee, which is a nationwide

institution that exists to accredit colleges

and universities, met with almost all of the

campus committees. They looked at all

aspects of college life, from the education

to the food; their job is to ensure that col-

leges and universities are doing the best

possible for the students. -

Open forums were held for students,

faculty, and staff. The honesty of the mem-

bers of the Lyon community impressed the

team and will help in renewing Lyon’s

accreditation. The instructors involved

have spent the better part of three years

looking at Lyon College, its strengths and

weaknesses from the past ten years.

Dr. John Weinzierl, associate professor

of history, was very impressed by the way

everything was handled. This was his first

experience with an HLC visit. -

The William Jefferson Clinton Professor

of International Politics, Dr. Bradley Gitz,

has been in communication with the HLC

regarding their visits. He is glad most of

the work is done. “All we have to do is

wait on their [the visiting team] report.”

He added a special thanks to Lynn Nichols

and Cindy Gillaspie for their help.

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The Laramie Project, continued

but how it has allowed her to

grow as an actress. Though

she had taken a break from

acting for a while, she now

wants to continue to work in

the theatre and feels more

confident addressing such

controversial themes. -

Wilson saw himself improve

as an actor because of the

demands of his multiple char-

acters. “It stretched my range

of voices,” he said. “As a

person, it forced me to get in

the mindsets of people who

are homophobic.” -

Senior Tesla Fields affirmed

the campus’s positive reac-

tion, stat-

ing, “I felt

that it defi-

n i t e l y

touched on

some issues

that our

society as a

whole has.

Hopefu lly

by bringing

these to the

front, we

may take

actions to

p r e v e n t

future hate crimes.” - With this production, the

Harlequin theatre brought to

the forefront themes of toler-

Macy shaves head, continued

A good sport, Macy did not

seem to mind having his head

shaved. “I didn’t mind shaving

my head for a good cause like

Military Heroes,” he said.

“Veterans sacrifice so much

for our freedoms, so shaving

my head was the least I could

d o.” -

Junior Sean O’Toole, presi-

dent of the Lambda-Iota chap-

ter of Kappa Sigma, expressed

his appreciation in a statement

Continued from page 2

ance and hope, emphasizing

the integral role of theatre as a

mechanism for social change.

Junior Scott Trantham rehearses his lines for one of

his characters.

Study Abroad, continued

Continued from page 4

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ately began to wrap them in

their new purchases. It was

another instance of the kind-

ness and acceptance which

Thiessen and Whitson experi-

en ced . -

“I think one of my favorite

experiences happened com-

pletely by accident,” Whitson

said. “Some guys just stopped

us and said, ‘You speak Eng-

lish. We need to practice for a

test.” They went on to buy the

two girls dinner just so they

to those who had donated.

“We truly appreciate the dona-

tions that came in in support

of our national fundraising

campaign,” O’Toole said.

“McKenzie understands the

importance of supporting our

military, and our chapter sa-

lutes him.” -

According to the Kappa

Sigma Fraternity website, the

Military Heroes Campaign

“was designed to honor and

aid the thousands of wounded

military veterans returning

from active duty.” The Mili-

tary Heroes Campaign pro-

vides charitable donations to

organizations such as the

Fisher House and other enti-

t ie s . -

“The Fisher House Founda-

tion, is a segment of the In-

trepid Fallen Heroes Fund that

provides free housing to

wounded veterans and their

families throughout the dura-

tion of rehabilitation.”

could speak to them.

Both Whitson and Thiessen

also regularly volunteered by

giving local tours, teaching

English in elementary schools,

and harvesting rice. “It was a

good chance to give back to

the community,” Whitson

s a i d . -

Whitson praised these

chances at “getting out of your

comfort zone and seeing how

other things are done … the

good and bad parts of how we

do things here.” “I learned

about them and me.”

Thiessen felt that the best

advice she could give any

student wanting to study

abroad is to prepare. “To get

the best out of an experience

you need to be prepared for

culture shock. Maybe read up

on cultural differences,” she

suggested. Whitson summed

up her experience stating, “I

learned more in that semester

than I think I’ve learned in

years at Lyon, and very little

was in the classroom.”