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By Andy Behl
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^ A/ore; The following is an interview with Rob Ruark, Assistant Director of
'! for Alumni Activities. Mr. Ruark is a 1973 graduate of Mars Hill and
Sffl'{^^veral positions in banking and as a controller of a private business. He
V^0 Mars Hill in 1979. The Alumni/Development Office is located on the
of Blackwell Hall.)
What is the Mars Hill College Alumni Association?
The Alumni Association is made up of students who attended Mars
Hill for at least one year. I think that some students think they have to
join the association, but this is not so, as they automatically become
members. The only decision they have to make is whether to be an ac
tive member or an inactive member.
What does the Association do for alumni?
The Association, through the Alumni Office, plans a variety of pro
grams each year. Some of the programs we sponsor are alumni
chapter meetings, tours. Homecoming, class reunions, and we put
together a great deal of the material for the alumni magazine. We also
have programs which are directed at current students such as the
Homecoming Dance, a parent’s organization and Parent’s Day, the
graduate banquet for seniors, and we distribute Graduate magazine to
seniors. This year we are working with the senior class on a Senior
Seminar which will help seniors make decisions on items such as what
to look for in a lease; do I need life insurance and if so, what kind;
how do I establish credit; and other important decisions which seniors
must face.
What are alumni chapter meetings and the alumni magazine?
In 1969, when the first full-time Alumni Director was hired, he
established areas where there was sufficient alumni interest for
meetings on an annual basis. We now have 35 groups who meet on a
regular basis. The groups are as far north as the Delaware Valley area,
and as far south as Florida. We also have groups in Louisville, Ken
tucky, and Knoxville and Nashville, Tennessee. Since our largest con
centration of alumni is in North Carolina, we have a larger number of
groups in the state. These meetings are for former students to get
together to hear about the college’s activities. We usually have dinner
and the college provides a program such as faculty speakers, student
speakers, or student entertainment. These meetings are an excellent
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The Lion’s Preyi
Opens Soon
and Mars Hill playwright C. Robert
Jones. We began the workshop for play
wrights to encourage new playwrights in
their work, and perhaps produce new
scripts for SART to produce.”
SART does not usually produce shows
outside the summer months; but accord
ing to Thomas, ‘‘When we received the
grant from N.C. Theatre Arts, we decid-
Continued on page 3
Media Center
Is Now Open
By Andy Behl
The Harris Media Center is now of
ficially open to the public from 8 am to 6
pm, Monday through Friday. There are
still many things that still need to be
done, but classes are meeting in there,
and equipment may be checked out. The
Continued on page 2
The Southern Appalachian Repretory
Theatre (SART) has received a $2,000
grant from N.C. Theatre Arts, a section
of the N.C. Department of Cultural
Resources, under their New Plays Pro
gram.
The funds will be used to produce a
new play entitled ‘‘The Lion’s Prey,”
written by Jed Bierhaus, chairman of the
Department of English at Warren
Wilson College. Scheduled for perfor
mances February 18-21, the new play
came to the repertory group’s attention
at a workshop sponsored by SART for
new N.C. playwrights this summer. In
September, a preliminary reading was
held at the college and received
favorable response.
‘‘SART has a history of producing
new plays,” claimed James W. Thomas,
chairman of the Department of Theatre
Arts at the college and SART’s manag
ing director. ‘‘We have produced the
world premier show of new plays by
Howard Richardson, Bernard Sabath,
Hascal
Fisher -
The Man
Behind
the Law
By David Trotter
If you have been at Mars Hill for a while — and if you have managed to get
yourself in trouble — you have probably met Mr. Hascal Fisher, a security officer
here.
Mr. Fisher has been on the security staff for 13 years. He is the father of two
daughters, each of which now have families of their own — one in Hendersonville
and one in Weaverville. A native of Madison County, Mr. Fisher was first employed
by the N.C. Department of Transportation, where he worked in construction. He
then worked for the Tennesesee Valley Authority for five years, before moving to
Michigan where he was employed by an airplane factory and then later on, by the
state. Then, as so many people seem to do, Mr. Fisher returned to the beautiful
North Carolina mountains, built a house and started farming in Buncombe County
— where he and his wife live today. Mr. Fisher farmed for a while before coming to
work at Mars Hill in 1969.
As a security officer, Mr. Fisher explains that his chief duty is that of helping the
students in any way he can. The security officers have many duties; they are respon
sible for locking all doors, answering all emergency calls, transporting patients to
and from the hospital or doctor’s office, delivering the mail, transporting students
to and from the bus station or airport, and as Mr. Fisher explains, just being a han
dyman — ‘‘doing what no one else will do.”
Over the years, Mr. Fisher has had quite a wide variety of experiences — ex
periences that he shall never forget. He has seen suicide attempts, tragic accidents,
robberies, vandalism, fights, and unfortunately, quite a few deaths. He has been
responsible for saving the lives of several students on different occasions. He has
seen the building of Cornwell, Blackwell, and the Wren College Union, and of
course, just recently the new Media Center. And through these years Mr. Fisher has
made friends with countless numbers of students — many of whom come to him for
help.
Mr. Fisher has immensely enjoyed being here at Mars Hill. He explains that he has
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