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Overcoming Obstacles
Injury!! - An Athlete's Toughest Trial
Surviving College: Students Tell How They Do It
Life After Sport: A Runner Hits the Track Toward New Goals
Active Minds Speaks to Exam-Stressed Students
High Tech Medicine Keeps Student on Her Feet
Bipolar Student Turns Experience to Service

Making Mars Hill Work for You
Brian Danforth Marches to his Own Drum
Caty Carpenter, A Scholar Who Does it All
Amanda Orders & Lee Cope - Graduation Speaker Profiles
Creative Artist McAllister Brews Cryptic Code
Voice Major Looks Ahead
Student-Veteran Brings Home Lessons from Iraq

Service Opportunities
Diverse Group Rebuilds in Katrina's Wake
A Survivor Tells her Story
Local Family Finds New Home in Habitat House
Making Wild Critters Feel at Home
Operation Big Sweep Sweeps Across Ivy River
Students Enjoy the Bio-Ethics of Bailey Mountain Bailout
Bonner Scholar finds Mexico in Our Mountains
Caring Award Honors Senior
Mars Hill Group "Vacations" in Coal Country
Pottery Therapy at Mars Hill

History
Shelton Laurel
Civil War Still Haunts Marshall Street
The War Index February 28
Baptist Scholar of Islam Preaches Cooperation
Local History Lives Again
Making History at Mars Hill College

Places to Go Outdoors
Max Patch: Above Timberline in Carolina
The Sound of Silence: A Look Inside the Coleman Boundary
A Ramble up Big Bald

New Construction
Construction Begins on Math and Science Center
Construction Begins on Meares Stadium

Events
Mountain Fiddler Back with his Bow
Lunsford Festival History
Modern Musical Fairy Tale Opens at Owen

People on Campus
BMC Conquers Nationals with New Director
Senior Defined by Dance
Mars Hill's Hart Keeps Up the Beat
Near-Death Experience Offers Coach New Life
Skydiving Celebrates Fifty Years
Gill Bosonnetto - From South Africa to Mars Hill
Mars Hill's Grant Seeker Phyllis Stiles
Campus Security Chief Keeps Learning
Cindy Whitt - Lady With the Lens
Rhonda Hall Blooms at Mars Hill
Edna Moore appreciates Phyllis Bechtol
New Dorm Chief Todd Oldenburg Aims for Friendlier Living
Maintenance Demands Strain System
Meet Virginia Bower
Ray Commended for Charity
Rep. Rapp Relishes Raleigh

Town of Mars Hill
Local Barbershop Features Personal Approach
Papa Nick - A Legacy Served Hot Every Day
You're Never a Number at the Main St. Deli

Diversity
Good Friends Discover Each Other (click, then scroll down to find story
   Mee Vang - Strong in Two Cultures
   Nicole Robinson - Bound for NASCAR
Tar Heel Hmong Celebrate New Year
Dominican Scholar-Athlete Follows His Dream to the Hill
International Student Wows Fashion Department
Joseph Deng Walks a Long Road From Home
Student Recalls Terror of War in Sudan
Student Views From Five Nations
Two Sisters Serving Two Worlds
The Lost Boys Of Sudan Find Friends Among Mars Hill Students
Student Finds Light in the Darkness

Campus Issues
Grounds Chief Pushes Recycling
Pop Cans Pay
Reducing, Reusing, & Recycling is a Must!
Trash Cost Higher Than Reported
Students Unite to Protect the Environment
Date Rape: It Happens Here, Too
New Policy to Encourage Reporting Assaults
Sexual Assault Forum Calls on Silent Victims to Speak
How Dry is the Campus?
Race/Gender Matters at Crossing Point
Do Supplements Give Athletes an Edge?
Speaker Shares Struggle Against Eating Disorders
Mars Hill Grad Killed by Fiancé

Immigration
College Follows Local Link to Mexico
Bonner Scholar finds Mexico in Our Mountains
One Man's Journey From Mexico to Western Carolina
Mars Hill Students Survey Yancey County Mexicans

Civil Rights / Race Relations
Oralene Simmons' Story
Viola Barnette: Spoke Out for Education
Charity Ray Remembers the Long Ride to Education
Concentration Camp Survivor Shares First Hand Description of Hell

Travel Opportunities
BorderLinks Gives Quality Time on Mexican Frontier
Students Savor Italian Travel/Study
Students Study in Salzburg

Sports
Do Supplements Give Athletes an Edge?
Free Safety Addison Tackles Team's Academic Challenges
A Basketball Player Pursues Grail Beyond Degree
Runner Battles Bone Spurs
Cheerleaders: Athletes or Not? You Decide!

Sesquicentennial
President's Assistant Recalls Mars Hill's Age of Innocence
Miss Virginia Remembers
College Honors Education Campaigner
Viola Barnette Spoke Out
Charity Ray Remembers the Long Ride to High School
Mars Hill's Forgotten Pool
Marshbanks Light Mystery Solved
Beloved Doctor's Trail Grows Dim

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