Often in life, we stop to remember and revel the past – the moments of triumph, experiences of tragedy, and those emotional highs and lows of life. On May 8th, college –the first 4 years of traditional higher-education, will be in the past for MHC’s graduating seniors.
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 trans-gendered community who have experienced discrimination.
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?
Why is it that God has this wonderful way of testing you until your breaking point? Why is it that when it rains it pours and there’s nothing that can be done about it? Well, that was my experience this past week, and it was interesting to say the least.
Madison County is building a new jail beside the Madison County Health Department because the old jail is out of date and overflowing. The Hilltop staff visited the old white jail during an afternoon in March and found that it was very busy for its size.
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 feed themselves and their families.