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Volume XLVII, No. 8
Mars Hill, North Carolina
Monday, December 4, 1972
Former Grad
Becomes
Ed.
A MHC Alumnus has
recently been appoint
ed as the Executive
Editor of the Phila-
delphia Inquirer. Mr.
Gene Roberts, class of
1952, came to the In-
quirer from the New
York Times where he
Served as National
News Editor. While
'^ith the Times, Mr.
Roberts commanded 60
fulltime reporters
throughout the United
States.
Mr. Roberts has a
'^ell established and
Impressive list of ac-
complishments in jour-
’^'alism. Among these
^re: covering the as
sassination of Presi-
'lant Kennedy, the
trial of Jack Ruby,
civil rights demon
strations led by Mar
tin Luther King, Jr.,
llalph Abernathy, Sto-
Media Ask
For Funds
Two proposals,
sting money,
submitted to
^he Board for Stu-
^snt Communication
i^sdia by the HILL-
and the cam-
radio station,
^C, at its Nov.
■^3 meeting.
The HILLTOP
®kedi for a budget
I^Jiend^ent . of
^iOoo to meet the
ising cost of ex-'
^®hses that the
^^Per has 'incur-
The presen-
Mtion was given
HILLTOP editor,
Easterby.
Radio station
^^hager, Roy Gul-
, also re
aves ted funds a-
p’^Unting to $500
support of the
?*^htinued opera
tion of WMHC ex
plaining that the
purchase of cer
tain equipment was
necessary. The
radio station was
not funded by the
college for the
'72 - '73 school
year.
In support of
WMHC's request.
Dean Gehring (a
member of the
board) made a mo
tion that the pro
posal be "strong
ly” endorsed by
the board and pre
sented to the
president. Geh
ring was impressed
by the managing
and operational
procedures of the
station and felt
that they had im
proved considerab
ly over previous
years.
Hillto/i Editor
Resigns
Applications Being Accepted
By Sam Easterby
Gene Roberts
kley Carmichael and
John Lewis. He also
has been chief war
correspondent in Viet
nam where he covered
the battle of Hue dur
ing the TET offensive
of 1968. The Golds
boro, North Carolina,
native has also writ
ten several books and
magazine articles.
Mr. Roberts re
ceived the citation as
Mars Hill "Alumnus of
the Year" in 1970.
While at Mars Hill he
was Sports Editor and
Editor-in-chief of the
HILLTOP. Mr. Roberts
was on campus February
22, 1972 as one in a
series of symposium
lecture speakers.
Sam Easterby an
nounced his plans to
resign as the editor
of the HILLTOP at the
end of the fall semes
ter. He explained to
the Board for Student
Communication Media
that an opprotunity
has arisen to do his
torical research for
the Park Service in
the Great Smoky Moun
tain National Park
3 Added
To
Who’s Who
Three MHC stu
dents who should
have been included
in the Who's Who
story in the Oct.
20 issue were in
advertently omit
ted. These three
are Rebecca Sams-
college marshall,,
Kay Sherrill-past
senator, and Jan
Sparks-senior sen
ator. The HILLTOP
staff congratu
lates these stu
dents for their
inclusion in Who's
Who.
during the spring se
mester. Easterby and
George Richardson'(al
so in the project)have
received funds from
the Appalachian Regio
nal Commission to sup
port their project.
The Board announ
ced that applications
for the position of
editor will be accep
ted until the end of
the fall semester and
that the editor for
the spring will be
chosen by the board
during the mini-term
in January.
The applications
are available in the
office of Walter Smith
(chairman of the
board), located in the
Montague building.
Any student may apply
for the job.
After lengthy
discussion on each
of, the issues,
both were approved
by the board.
Also brought to
the attention of
the board was the
idea of a "Christ
ian" publication
on- campus to be
offically sponsor
ed by the Minist-
rial Conference.
Brock Henry re
ported the details
and said that the
first issue may he
out before the end
of the semester.
Senior Alice Arndt touches up picture
for Art exhibit. (See story, page 2.)
SENATE FOILS
’ALARM’ OFFENDERS
By Su Harper
A brief Senate issue of new business
meeting Monday night concerned fire drills,
got things rolling a- After amendments, the
pin after Thanksgiv- bill states "any stu-
Ing break. The main dent charged with in-