I will miss all the people here at Lyon.  My people in Admissions have been so great.  They are so understanding about when I have to miss work to catch up on some homework that has gotten stacked up.  They also feed us well when we do cookouts! :-D  They are some great people to do workstudy with.  I will miss the professors here as well.  Every professor I have had here at Lyon really cares about me.  You hear that all the time at any college you look at, but here THEY REALLY DO CARE.  If you miss class, they are going to ask where you were.  They are worried about you being sick or hurt.  They expect you to come to their office to get help on things you don’t understand.  I have phone numbers (home and office) for the professors that I need to get ahold of for help.  And they are all asking what I am going to be doing next year.  They want to see what I am going to make of myself.  I will also miss all the students I have meet here at Lyon.  My close friends and I will stay close but all those other people that I have gotten to know over the years, I will probably loose touch with and that makes me sad.  There are some great students here and they will be great people after Lyon College.  They have learned so many valuable lessons here and I know they will take them into the world and make it a better place.  The med majors…  I would trust most of them to be my doctor. ;-)  The psyc majors…  they will make some excellent counselors or speech paths or whatever else they do.  The education majors…  I know all these people will make some great teachers - I’ve worked with them all year.  The business majors…  you can tell they will be awesome bosses.  The politic majors… man they know so much about politics!  I struggle to keep up with who is winning the primaries…  The religion/philosophy majors…  you guys will be the ones going to Africa and helping the needy children and families.  Y’all have huge hearts and will be awesome at anything you do.  I know I did not get everyone but there is not time enough to hit all of them although I know they will all do spetacular things with their lives. 

Lyon, I will miss you but I will take all I have learned here and take it out into the “real world.”  The liberal education I have learned here will make me a better citizen and a higher educated person.  I will do my best to change the world for the better.  Thank you and goodbye!

This year I am the secretary of SGA. Fall semester elections went very smoothly, and now it is time for spring semester elections to begin. Today kicked off the first of four different elections that will happen! I’ve got a lot of work ahead of me, but I know that it will pay off. I mean, getting new representatives from each class and for the Social and Honor Councils is quite exciting, and proves how unique Lyon is.

The last election that will be held is the Mr. and Ms. Lyon College election, which is pretty special.  It is an award which is very prestigious on campus. One male and one female rising senior will receive it. The coolest part is that the winners have to be kept a secret until the fall!

So, good luck to all the candidates, and I hope I can keep it all together during this crazy time!  Ciao!

 Well that has changed! My friend Jessica (who also blogs on here) and some others got together and formed the “swim club” last week. My friend Ashley is currently recruiting swimmers to join them. I am so proud of their efforts! I will definitely support them when they actually get to have a meet…if I can’t swim with them, I can at least keep time or do something useful! I’m a little bit excited, if you can’t tell. Ciao!

Current students, prospectives, alum….share your opinion.  It’s sort of like voting in a presidential election….we can sit around and talk about whom we want or don’t want running our country, but if we don’t go out and vote, our words will fall on deaf ears.  Let us hear what you think!

But thankfully, moving in is no big deal when you’re a freshman.  On Freshman Move-In Day, you pull up to the curb and swarms of Lyon students-members of fraternities, sororities, and campus clubs and organizations-start unloading the endless bags and boxes.  All you have to do is tell them where to put it, and they get things moving!

As a freshman, Move-In Day was a neat experience.  I was, of course, a little scared when I first arrived because I had no idea what to expect; college was a completely new and different stage in my life.  But as we were lugging suitcases, boxes, and armloads of clothes, I met a few upperclassmen and just talking to them made me feel better.  I actually remember one of the first conversations I had with an upperclassman while moving.  Shannon, who graduated this past year, saw that I had a bedspread with pink and red roses on it and said, “Hey! I love that bedspread.  The rose is our sorority’s flower!”  That sounds like such a simple comment, but I’ll never forget that.  Somehow, it broke the ice and made me feel much more comfortable.

Honestly, I think Move-In Day is a perfect example of the type of thing that sets Lyon apart from other colleges.  Yes, it’s the middle of August and like 100° outside, and even after endless trips up and down stairs and in and out of buildings, everyone is still willing to tote boxes and do anything to help.

First, there’s the philanthropic aspect of it, which a couple of the Greek group’s here on campus see Arkansas Children’s Hospital as a good cause. The great thing is, it isn’t the stupid Boston butt sales that you may be used to for fundraisers. For us, we throw a big concert festival at Vino’s in Little Rock called Rock for the Kids. It’s a great time listening to music and hanging out with friends while at the same time raising money for a good cause.

Second, there’s the leadership possibilities. As with any organization, we have officers, and we also have chairs that are in charge of the more specialized aspects of the things we do, for example a Social Chair in charge of parties, a Community Service Chair (pretty self-explanatory), and a Campus Events Chair just to name a couple. This is not to say that you’re only expected to maintain involvement within the fraternity. Most of our members are involved with many aspects of Lyon - I’m going to VP for Student Government. Basically, the fraternity is a great place to gain leadership skills and then put them to use in other facets of college life.

So, just a few of the other things that doesn’t always get associated with being a Greek on campus. I think most of all though, I definately enjoy the friendships I’ve been able to have within the fraternity because my best times here have definately been times spent with my brothers.

 Unlike some school’s honor systems, Lyon’s is completely run by students. This means student elected members that are your peers that handle cases of cheating. Most of the time though the cases are minor, and the whole point of the hearing is to determine a consequence that reminds the student of the system of trust that we work upon and return them to that society of trust. Just one more little thing that kinda sets Lyon apart.

Phi Mu is one of two nationally recognized sororities on campus, with Alpha Xi Delta being the second. The men’s fraternities include Kappa Sigma, Tau Kappa Epsilon, and Zeta Beta Tau. In addition to regular monthly meetings and inner-fraternity workings, the Greek societies also host many events on campus in which the entire student body can participate.