Lyon College Blog

Although I’ve made it through almost 3 years of college without a TV in my room, I finally folded and bought a TV over Christmas break.   I have a pretty short attention span so I usually just flip through the channels looking for commercials.  A few nights ago, I saw the AT&T commercial which shows a grandma, mom, and 2 daughters (I think) playing Scrabble.   They don’t put down typical phrases but play tiles that spell out texting lingo, like ROTFL and things like that.  And the whole time that the girls are playing, they are all (except for the mom) texting on their cell phones.

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It’s over! Valentine’s Day officially ended about 30 minutes ago. While some people may hate this very commercialized holiday, I particularly enjoyed it this year. See, I wasn’t expecting much at all. I had to work tonight, and my boyfriend and I decided a few weeks ago to forgo gift exchange. But after work, I was delighted to learn that my boyfriend not only wanted to take me out to dinner, he also wanted to go see a new movie! This was definitely a treat. We get so busy with school and all that most of the time we just end up hanging around campus and not going on a “real date.”

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Winter break has been very good this year. As I am planning to go on a Nichols trip to Spain in May, I decided to get a job over the break to save some money. I’ve been working at El Chico Cafe waiting tables in my hometown, and I’ve done pretty decent on tips. My last day is this coming Wednesday, and although I have enjoyed my job, I will certainly be glad to be rid of the “taco” aroma my clothes obtain and the blisters my shoes have given me. Yay! Another reason my break has been so good is that I’ve seen all my friends that I don’t go to school with, and my family that isn’t always around. So, as I prepare to once again venture back to school, I am confident that this upcoming semester will be a pretty good one. Ciao!

This coming weekend will be one of the busiest weekends of the year, second only to Scottish Fest in the spring; it’s Homecoming here at Lyon!  The actual Homecoming activities don’t begin until Friday afternoon, but we’ve had Homecoming stuff going on all week.  The annual Window Painting Contest in Ed’s went well as usual….if you haven’t checked it out, you definitely should.  Today at lunch, I caught a glimpse of the ogre from Shrek and the pumpkin carriage from Cinderella…very interesting stuff.  Also, the ever-popular “Hoop Dreams” will be held tonight in the gym.  The Scots and Pipers Basketball team will play some scrimmage games; there are drawings for all sorts of prizes and opportunities for quite a bit of audience participation.

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So, when I arrived (a little late, as always) for Molecular Bio lab last week , there was a sticky note on the lab door that said, “Katee, we have gone to the chapel to climb to the top.  Meet us there.”  I wasn’t exactly sure what Dr. Ong was thinking, but anything was better than beginning the paper presentation we were supposed to be doing.  I was assuming that we were going to climb to “The Room” in the Brown Chapel, so I was a little excited because I had never been up there.  You hear lots of rumors about that room….it’s one of those locked places that you’re not suppose to go into and technically shouldn’t be able to get into, but everyone does it anyway.

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Well unless you’ve been under a rock, you’ve probably heard about the release of the newest edition in the nerd hit series, Halo 3.  I guess I don’t have a whole lot of room to talk since I’ve played it as well.  People, mostly guys, have been rockin aliens left and right, and taking it to multiplayer with other students across the college LAN.  It’s a pretty fun game to play every now and again, but it’s funny to hear the stories of the people who take gaming a little too seriously and end up holed up in their rooms for a week or so.  Anyway, have fun doin what you do, just don’t let it fail you outta school.

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Well, we’re now about a week into classes, and things have started to get into a groove.  Freshman have had the luxury of being moved in by upperclassmen,  and gone then been through the un-luxury of the orientation process.  Later it is the fun of memorizing your new schedule and finding new classrooms for the first time.  At the same time, there is the getting aquainted with the roommate process, and building your raft with your mentor group for the raft race that just took place on Monday. It’s a lot to handle for the first week.

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Batesville may seem small.  We’ve got restaurants, a movie theater, and a bowling alley.  But trust me, there’s still plenty of stuff to do here on the weekends.  The Student Activities Council, known as SAC, sponsors some sort of activity every weekend.  Also, there’s always some type of sporting event taking place; you can count on basketball in the fall and baseball in the spring!  And Greek life is definitely not lacking in vitality on campus, as the fraternities always have something planned!

It’s already that time of year again and the bagpipes are warming up. All the festivities are about to take place in two weeks on April 20-22 and include plenty of Scottish heritage from bagpipes and dancing along with lots a food and people. It’s a time when plenty of organizations are out offering diffenrent arts and foods for fundraisers and just a time when alums and students are all out. The attractions don’t end at the close of the Fest in the afternoon though. There’s a concert on Saturday night with a party following hosted by the Kappa Sigma’s, which always attracts plenty of students and this time with some alums as well. It should all be a good time for all and is always a mark for the end of the semester coming (can’t wait!).