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Mark Norwood
Grounds Chief Pushes Recycling
"Bet you didn't think you would see someone doing this today," said Mark Norwood as he dumped about 25 pounds of trash onto the ground. Norwood, supervisor of grounds for Mars Hill College, was standing in front of Marshbanks with bags of refuse he had collected from various campus buildings. As he spoke, he stuck his latex covered-hands into the bags and was continually pulling out garbage that really, was not garbage.
Pop Cans Pay
When you walk by a trash barrel that is full of soda cans, consider that you might be passing a profitable opportunity. If you recycled the cans from one case of soda every week for one year you would make about $36.40.
Reducing, Reusing, & Recycling is a Must! Stories and an essay by Katie Bryden
Brian Danforth - Something about this place!
Former Scholar Now Sells the College
Brian Danforth is half way through his first year as a Mars Hill College admissions counselor. Just last spring he was a student intern in the admissions office and was offered the job about a week before graduation. He gladly accepted.
Story by Chris Dowdell
The Loft on Club Night
Club Night Comes to "The Loft"
From the outside of McConnell Hall you might see a really old building with doors that look like they are ready to come off the hinges. Even after you walk in, the first two steps seem as if they are caving in. But McConnell isn't just an 82-year-old relic. It is also the home of The Loft, a space where students can get together and mingle. For the last few months some students have been trying to set up "Club Night" in The Loft.
Story by Anrae Février
Dmitri Semenyakin
Russian Student Finds Path to Business at Mars Hill
Dmitri Semenyakin was born in Russia five years prior to the fall of the powerful Soviet empire. As he was growing up the attitudes and feelings toward free market idealism and entrepreneurship changed dramatically within Russia. Today he is at Mars Hill College studying business and finance in hopes of returning to Russia to start his own business.
Story by Michael Davis
Matt, Alison, and Kristine
Quills: Inspiring Writers
As Matt Finch puts it, "It's an opportunity to share work with people my own age who care about writing as much as I do." Every Friday at 4 p.m., tucked away in Timberline, Mars Hill College's own writing society meets. Sitting around a circle on the couches and chairs, students gather to share and get feedback about their writings. One by one, each student reads aloud what he or she brought along to share, followed by an open discussion of reactions, including praise and constructive criticism.
Story by Meg Currier
Homecoming Parade Debut - K. Bunyan Photo
Cyclists Gear up for Spring Racing
When talking about cycling, Grant Gosch's eyes light up. He is trying to assemble a Mars Hill co-ed cycling team before spring and is very interested in getting students attracted to cycling. "It's a life sport," he says. He uses football as an example, "You can't play football forever…. At some point you have to be more gentle on your body while remaining active, and cycling is a great medium to do just that."
Story by Megan Moran
No shyness here
Freshmen Sound Off
Recently, English Instructor Leslee Johnson (MHC '95) asked her two sections of English 111, The Expository Essay, to expose something that needs improvement at the college. Thirty-six freshmen delivered a flood of commentary on matters ranging from Campus Activities to Recycling.
Mars Hill Archery Club is Right on Target
An Archery club may be on its way to Mars Hill College. Jeremy Payne, a freshman student, has introduced the idea in hopes that club members will eventually be launched into competitions on local, regional, and professional levels.
Story by Kate Prichard
Coach Sean Woods
New Coach Sparks Lacrosse Program
New Head Lacrosse Coach Sean Woods, who has been playing lacrosse since he was about ten years old, is still doing what he loves. "My passion has always been lacrosse, and I just couldn't let it go," said Woods, who took charge of the lacrosse team this fall.
Story by Lesli Frazier
Mark Malone, Nick Goudy, Steven Henz and Noah Baran
LaXmen Clean Up Highway...and Their Image
The Mars Hill College Lacrosse team recently collected twenty-seven bags of trash from a stretch of highway that runs through Mars Hill. It was the first of four clean-ups that the team plans to complete. The team picked up aluminum cans, cigarette butts, fast food bags, and plastic bags. "Nothing really out of the ordinary, just typical trash," said Junior Lance Renes, a team captain.
Story by Rebecca Barker
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Scenes from the past
Intramurals Look for a Home
Intramural sports in the past have brought students together for friendly team competition. With the end of the semester getting closer each day, students are asking what has happened to the program. Last year by this time intramural sports had already begun, with students playing flag football.
Story by Chris Dowdell - - Click for Comments
UPDATE!
Jay Gillie has been given the green light to coordinate intramural tournaments this semester in team handball, dodgeball, table tennis, and basketball. Sign-up for team handball is October 25-27, with the tournament scheduled October 30-November 3 at 7:30 p.m. in the Auxiliary Gym. Click for Schedule
It's all there in pictures
Through the Long Years Tells College History in Photos
"As a labor of love for a very special place," three alumni have created a pictorial history of Mars Hill College in their new book Through the Long Years. On the occasion of the college's 150th anniversary, Darryl Norton, Robert Chapman, and Walter Smith have put together a 206-page coffee table size book that includes 850 annotated photographs.
Story by Ingrid Hopkins
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Sgt. Hilterbrand at work
Mars Hill Student Returns From Iraq
Mars Hill Sophomore Charity Hilterbrand is a trained diesel mechanic for the Army Reserves. She works on Humvees, deuce-and-a-halves and LMTVs. "Anything with wheels I can work on," Charity says.
While in Iraq, though, Charity discovered that most of the men in her motor pool were reluctant to let her work on the big things.
Story by Lesli Frazier
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Wolfman Jeff
Caught in the Act: The Mysterious Man in Glitter
Who is this "Wolfman Jeff?" None other than Jeff Jamerson, one of the Mars Hill campus security officers who helped put on a recent campus "Sock Hop." The band's performance of Elvis's "Good Luck Charm" also included students Krystal Webb, Kasey Tremmel, Courtney Evans, and Director of Security Sandy Robertson, who sang back-up and danced.
Story by Meg Currier
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Michael Ramseur
Loyal Alum Coaches Lion Line
Coach Michael Ramseur, also known as "Coach Ram," has returned to The Hill to take charge of the Lion's offensive line. He came to Mars Hill as a transfer in 1994 after playing two seasons at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. He started as a linebacker, was moved to the defensive line, and finally ended up as center on the offensive line.
Story by Anrae Fevrier
Todd Boling at the Lion's Growl
What is a Chaplain, and Why Should You Care?
A plaque behind Todd Boling's desk reads, "Chaplain - (n.) one who cares for others." Boling, new campus chaplain at Mars Hill College, says that for him that means "being a part of different organizations on campus, and being here for students that need to talk and praying for them."
You will see this blonde-haired 29-year-old cheering at soccer games, worshipping at the Refuge and Christian Student Movement, and joking around with students in the cafeteria.
Story by Miley White
Working to get noticed
Lion Baseball Player Makes His Pitch for the Pros
About one thousand young baseball players get picked in the Major League Draft each summer. That number doesn't seem so big when you realize that each year more than 3 million young players across the country have hopes of getting drafted. At least one player here at Mars Hill College has reason to believe that his hard work may well pay off. Nicholas Andrew Tracy, a senior from Herndon, Virginia, has been looked at by pro scouts on more than one occasion.
Story by Jon Helsabeck
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Computer Lab Closed; Library Hours Cut
A computer lab that last year was open to students until the early hours of the morning has been closed and the computers absorbed into the library. On top of that, library hours have been cut, leaving some students with no computer access after 9 or 10 p.m.
Story by Megan Moran
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This publication reflects the views of the writers, editors, and con- tributors - not necessarily those of the College.
Fall Semester Events '06
November Events:
Sat Nov 4
7-9 p.m., Comedy Night! Share your Funniest Stories & Jokes! Timberline
Mon Nov 6 through Fri Nov 10
Intramurals: Dodgeball, 8 p.m.each night, Auxiliary Gym
Mon Nov 6
4 p.m. Peace Vigil, Corner of College & Main
7:30 p.m., Movie, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Belk Auditorium
8-11 p.m., Timberline Late Night.
Tue Nov 7 ELECTION DAY! VOTE!
6:30 a.m.: Spin Class in the Outdoor Center
10 a.m. Crossroads: Chuck Bugg, dean of Gardner Webb Divinity School, Broyhill Chapel.
4 p.m. Disc golf, meet at the Outdoor Center
6 p.m. Christian Student Movement (CSM), Bentley Fellowship Hall
Wed Nov 8
4 p.m. Bicycle road ride, meet at the Outdoor Center.
6 p.m. International Club Meeting, Cornwell Reading Room
6 p.m. The Refuge, Bentley Fellowship Hall
Thur Nov 9
6:30 a.m. Spin Class in the Outdoor Center
5 p.m. Gung Hey Fat Choy Chinese Feast, Pittman Cafeteria
7:30 p.m. Student Sound-Off on events & activities, computer lab access, etc. Forum in Belk Auditorium
9 p.m. Club Night, The Loft
9 p.m. Yoga in the Outdoor Center
Sat Nov 11
7 p.m. Thousand Tongues & Groove Cafe, Timberline
Mon Nov 13 through Mon Nov 20
Intramurals: Table Tennis, Outdoor Center
Mon Nov 13 through Wed Nov 15
Baptist State Convention of North Carolina annual session, Greensboro
Tue Nov 14
10 a.m. Crossroads: LAA Civic Life, Broyhill Chapel
Thur Nov 16
7:30 p.m. An Evening with Maya Angelou, poet and author of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Moore Auditorium
Tue Nov 21
10 a.m. Dreams into Deeds: Watershed Years, Broyhill Chapel
Wed. Nov 22 - Sun Nov 26 THANKSGIVING Mon Nov 27
8 a.m. Classes Resume
Tue Nov 28
10 a.m. Crossroads: LAA Creativity, Broyhill Chapel
Wed Nov 29-Thu Nov 30; Mon Dec 4 - Wed Dec 6
Intramurals: Coed 3 on 3 basketball, 8 p.m. nightly, Chambers Gym
December Events
Fri Dec 1
8 p.m. Christmas Concert, Moore Auditorium
Tue Dec 5 Last Day of regular classes
10 a.m. Crossroads: Christmas Concert, Broyhill Chapel
Wed Dec 6 Reading Day
Thur Dec 7- Wed Dec 13 Final Exams
Thur Dec 14 Final Grades Posted
Fri Dec 15
6 p.m. Winter Graduation, Moore Auditorium
Sat Dec 16-Sun Jan 14 CHRISTMAS VACATION
