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Filmmaker Carl Deal Brings Katrina Story to Mars Hill College

Wed, 1 Sep 2010 15:22:22 -0400

"Trouble the Water" Shown Across Campus

Carl Deal, co-director and co-producer of the award-winning documentary Trouble the Water, spent a day at Mars Hill College (NC) to talk to the student body about working as a journalist. The keynote speaker at fall Convocation, Deal also spoke with Co...

Parking to Textbooks: Find Coverage on YouTube

Fri, 20 Aug 2010 17:56:09 -0400

By: Hilltop Staff

Navigating campus? Find stories about parking, textbook purchasing and the culture of Mars Hill College on the Hilltop Youtube channel. ...

Week of Campus Events Raises Money, Awareness of Hunger

Wed, 21 Apr 2010 22:50:31 -0400

For the Mars Hill campus and community, the second week of April was one of education and promotion about hunger issues on the local, national and global levels. Hunger Week raised money for non-profit organizations that feed people who cannot afford to f...

Editorial: Shifting Gears from College to Life

Wed, 21 Apr 2010 22:07:22 -0400

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Graduation Set for Saturday, May 8, in Moore Auditorium

Often in life, we stop to remember and revel the past and ndash; the moments of triumph, experiences of tragedy, and those emotional highs and lows of life. and nbsp; On May 8th, college and ndash;the first 4 years of traditional higher-education, will ...

Keeping Silent to Speak Up

Wed, 21 Apr 2010 21:26:09 -0400

By: KC Tuchol

More than 100 students across the Mars Hill campus pledged to refrain from speaking for an entire day on April 16. Participants used silence to show their support of the nationally recognized Day of Silence for people in the gay, lesbian, bisexual and tra...

Diversity Part of College's Social Scene

Wed, 21 Apr 2010 19:41:50 -0400

By: Joshua DeBerry

Compared to other local colleges, Mars Hill College in the Appalachian Mountains is made up of a more diversified student body. Many different races and ethnicities attend MHC. How does it all mesh? See the student documentary on the By: Becca Johnson

The Ins and Outs of Buying, Reselling at MHC Bookstore

Textbooks are the elephant in the living room when it comes to college students' budgets. Becca Johnson reports on the ins and outs of using the local source -- the MHC Bookstore on Main Street....

SLAM 2010: Research Makes Connection Between Nirvana, Nihilism

Wed, 21 Apr 2010 15:24:47 -0400

By: Kalynn Baker

Nirvana, grunge-rock and Kurt Cobain gave a voice to Generation X, by creating music that embodies the philosophy of Nihilism, according to and nbsp;research by a Mars Hill College music major....

Earth Week Offers Film, Activism, Hike

Mon, 19 Apr 2010 14:10:59 -0400

Community Organizer Pearl Fryar to Speak on Campus

Check out the Earth Week calendar of events for April 19-23....

SLAM 2010: Improvising Classical Music is Dying Art

Mon, 19 Apr 2010 13:31:31 -0400

By: Joshua DeBerry

MHC Student Practices to Bring it Back

The art of improvisation in classical music is to create a piece of work without preparation. The artist performs without any annotation or 'written music. and rdquo; However, one MHC student laments the practice of improvisation is dying out....

SLAM 2010: "When I was thirty-two years old . . . "

Mon, 19 Apr 2010 12:15:09 -0400

By: Sam Hartshorn

A Cadenza Story

When I was thirty-two years old... a 2010 Candenza story....

Cadenza Release Party Brings in Poet Glenis Redmond

Mon, 19 Apr 2010 11:55:49 -0400

By: Becca Johnson

Literary Magazine Gets Slicker Look

Cadenza, noted for the best student art and writing by Mars Hill College students, will have a new look this year. The staff unveils the new edition April 26 with the talents of poet Glenis Redmond. and nbsp;...

Hilltop A New Partner in Regional Media-Sharing Grant

Tue, 13 Apr 2010 12:00:31 -0400

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....

Q & A with MHC President Lunsford on College's Budget Crisis

Thu, 25 Mar 2010 12:07:04 -0400

By: Kalynn Baker

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 and...

Small Percent, Big Problem

Wed, 3 Mar 2010 16:47:22 -0500

By: Kalynn Baker

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....