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Fitzhugh on his bike with sister Pamela
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The College Loses a Real Super Man

Funeral services will be held Sunday, April 27, for Phillip Andrew Fitzhugh, who died Tuesday as the result of a motorcycle accident. The services will begin at 3:30 p.m. in the chapel of Groce Funeral Home, Lake Julian. Visitation is from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Fitzhugh, 21, was originally from Arden, N.C., and attended T.C. Roberson High School where he played football. He came to Mars Hill College in the fall of 2005 and attended through the spring of 2007.

Story by Caitlin Daly

Phil's Friends Remember
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The line was as long as the eye could see. It wrapped around the building, and when they let people in at around 6 p.m., there were still many people outside. Hillary Clinton came to the Asheville Civic Center on Thursday, April 24 to campaign for the White House. She came to tell her voters and the people of Western North Carolina to come and vote in the state primary May 6. She came to tell them her ideas and what she would do when she becomes president. North Carolina could make the difference in who wins or loses for the presidential Democratic nomination, and Clinton came to win the votes. Her opponent, Barack Obama, has not announced if he is going to visit Western North Carolina.
Photos by Yonaton Arnold - Click for more
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Kat Stadler and Carlee Macon hanging Kat's Parrot
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Student Art on Display

Three Senior art students have spent countless hours over the last two semesters preparing for the Senior Art Exhibit, which opened on Friday, April 11. The exhibit will run through May 10 in the Weizenblatt Gallery of Moore Auditorium.

Story by Kacie Cardwell
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Three bedrooms, living room, and kitchen
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Habitat House Dedicated

On a sunny April 6, Madison County Habitat for Humanity dedicated its nineteenth house since its founding in 1989. The family, a single mother from Madison County and her two young sons, will move in as soon as the final inspection is complete.

Story by Sally Carswell
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It's just a game
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Beech Glen - Where Hoop Dreams Get Laid Up

Just playing a little basketball is about all ex-players -- and even many people who never had the chance to play on a team -- want to do in their spare time. Beech Glen Community Center provides that sweet opportunity. The gym at Beech Glen has brand new extra-soft goals, floors so sticky that you twist your ankle if you stop too quick, and is just big enough to where a lot of pick up games happen.

Story by Tyler Coates
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No more "if's" or "and's" - just butts
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Smoking Ban Initiative Snuffed Out

One vote made the difference as the Student Government Association turned down a proposal to establish a smoke-free campus, 10 to 9. One person abstained. The vote, held during a regular SGA meeting April 10, ends the discussion for this school year, but it can be brought up again next year.

Story by Sable Adams
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Students Rally to Take Back the Night

People gathered on the Mars Hill College campus on April 10 to share stories and to speak out against sexual assault and domestic violence during "Take Back the Night, 2008." The speak-out aimed to end the silence that often surrounds these issues and to raise awareness, hope and courage.

Story by Jessica Young
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Jack Delaney speaks about Bacteriophages
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Poo and You: Biology Major Seeks Medical Alternatives in Sewage

With slides titled "Bacteriophage -- what the ? ," and "Poo and You," Junior Biology Major Jack Delaney informed the crowd during SLAM about using Fecal Viruses as Medicine. In his April 9 presentation he told about bacteria-eating viruses called "Bacteriophages" as an alternative treatment in bacterial infection.

Story by Lesli Frazier - - Click for Reader Comment
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Michelle Bruner, Wayne Morris, Sarah Brandenberger and John Burk
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Spine Injury Presentation Draws Athletes' Attention

The spine is the central nervous core of the human body. It's the CPU -- the central processing unit of the body. When something bad happens to it, it's not going to be the only thing affected. In a case of a 20-year-old MHC football player, something did happen. Students, athletes, and faculty alike crowded in to the MHC media center on April 9 to hear a SLAM presentation by the student athletic trainers on spinal injury.

Story by Josh Coburn
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The congregation stares at the wall
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SLAM Performance Suggests an Allegory of the Church

Imagine Plato's Cave as your church. That is how Christine Hernandez-Cuenco introduced her one-act play, God on the Wall, at SLAM on April 9th in Broyhill Chapel. The performance consisted of an all-female cast including Hernandez-Cuenco as the main character, as well as Kasey Boston, Maryanne Brown, Reb Knight, and Joan Wilkerson.

Story by Kacie Cardwell - - Click for Reader Comment
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Handmade Bowls for the 2006 Empty Bowls Dinner
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Hunger Week Events Stuff Campus Calendar

Every year Mars Hill College has a Hunger Awareness Week to collect funds and food and raise awareness of the problem of hunger worldwide and in North Carolina. With help from student organizations, Kayla McCurry and Todd Allen have taken on the task of planning a week of events.

Story by Jessica Young
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