Community Organizer Pearl Fryar to Speak on Campus
Check out the Earth Week calendar of events for April 19-23.
WNC LINC Announces New Higher-Education Partners
We're on our way to forming a university and college news partnership, here through WNC LINC. See the widget in our right-hand column.
The Hilltop staff shot video and photos of a recent Madison County Jail tour. See coverage in our photo gallery on this page and on our YouTube channel, www.youtube.com/hilltopmhc.
MHC Struggles to Minimize Effects of Deficit
Because more students than expected did not return after the semester break, the college now finds itself with a budget deficit of more than half a million dollars.
Transcript of Interview with The Hilltop
Before spring break, The Hilltop talked with President Dan Lunsford about the half a million dollar shortage in the college budget. Kalynn Baker, Hilltop staff writer, provides a transcript of her interview to shed light on the situation affecting MHC coffers.
Two Serving Prison Sentences, One Wrote for The Hilltop
In the past 10 months, three Mars Hill College football players have been arrested for selling drugs.
Nearly $10,000 was raised in “Lion Hearted for Haiti,” the MHC Athletic Department’s effort to support the earthquake relief effort. A magnitude 7 earthquake struck Jan. 12 near Haiti's capital of Port-au-Prince. As many as 200,000 people are reported dead.
Sexual activity is prohibited in residence halls at Mars Hill College, but students indicate that this rule may not hold up in reality. Nonetheless, policies followed by the college about the distribution of condoms on campus are intended to deter sex.
