On the line of possible future realignment, Lyon College in Arkansas and University of the Ozarks, also in AR, are looking at some sort of potential merger. Of course, like everyone, they state with absolute certainty that "that these talks are absolutely not going to lead to a merger." Exactly the same statement every merger candidate states, right up until the day its announced.

This may acutally be just a deal to share some resources and save costs though. While both colleges are very small, neither seem to be hurting for money. Lyon has an endowment of $60 million, with 600 odd students. U of O has around a $130 million endowment with 800 odd students.

U of O is D3, while Lyon is NAIA. Certainly not a done deal, but potential movement to watch.

https://www.lyon.edu/news/posts/lyon-col...ortunities

I heard about this during the news of the Lyon College president being fired a few days ago, calling his campus in Batesville a liberal, tolerant haven amongst a bunch of racist hateful KKK white supremacists. (My paraphrasing) Guess what, the townspeople didn't like being referred to that way by the local college president. He's gone. Read the article below, its a good one!

https://www.fox16.com/news/investigates/...-comments/

The ex prez is quite the storyteller apparently. He says he's had multiple vehicles fire bombed while in WV because he officiated a gay wedding, his house was criminally vandalized, and a Trump rally "basically put the campus on lockdown in November of 2020," Of course, none of this was reported to police, and no students were on campus in Fall of 2020 because of covid, but these are his claims.

He sounds like a real life Walter Mitty!