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The official student newspaper of Mars Hill College
Mars Hill, NC 28754
ISSUE 7
••• BROADWAY COMES
Opinions:
{, Pr Leininger relates his im-
,'“Scions of what the future
vin ® for Mars Hill in an inter-
With the HILLTOP
TO MHC
from staff reports
-Page 2
Sports-
four new sports are com*;
Mars Hill in the fall,
out what they are.
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I
Features
time, so get some
"’ters here.
Page 4
Culture & Enter
tainment-
looks at the hit new
sn Hand that Rooks
- Cradle*'
•Page 5
Endnotes-
fas'h®ck out whal the college
on for the next few
With Dateline MHC.
Page 6
The college’s visiting artists
and lecturer committee is
making it easier for the kid in us
to escape to the big top. The
Tony-Award winning hit Broad
way musical, Barnum. based on
the life of P. T. Barnum has
toured nationally since Septem
ber 1991 and will stop off at
Moore Auditorium on Thursday,
February 6, 1992, at 8:00 pm.
"Barnum’s the name. P. T.
Barnum. And I want to tell you
that tonight you are going to see
- bar none - every sight, wonder,
and miracle that name stands
for!" So Phineas Taylor Barnum
raises the curtain on Barnum the
show that traces the career of
America’s greatest showman
from 1835 to the year he joined
with James A. Bailey to form The
Greatest Show On Earth Bar
num confesses that he’s here to
defend the noble art of humbug,
which he defines as the puffing
up he gives the truth; the coat of
varnish he puts on the hard facts
of life. He explains further in the
song "There is a Sucker Born
Ev’ry Minute," the first of seven
teen musical numbers.
Barnum composer, Cy
Coleman, is no stranger to
catchy show tunes. Of his list of
famous songs are such notables
as "If My Friends Could See Me
Now," "Big Spender," and "Hey,
Look Me Over." He won a Tony
for On the Twentieth Century
three Emmys for his work with
Shirley MacLaine on her TV spe
cials, "If They Could See Me
Now," and "Gypsy in My Soul,"
and was also honored with an
Oscar nomination for his scoring
of Sweet Charity which also
starred MacLaine. Coleman’s
latest hit is the 1990 Best Musi
cal Tony award winner City of An
gels.-
Assisting Coleman with his
music is lyricist Michael Stewart,
who is best known for his libretto
of Bye Bve Birdie and for his
book of lyrics of Hello. Dolly! for
which he won Tonys. The book
for Barnum was written by Mark
Bramble, who later collaborated
with Stewart for the hit 42nd
Street.
Dennis Cunningham of WCBS-
TV calls Barnum "colossal enter
tainment, a dazzling blaze of
color, music, dance and spec
tacle. It quite literally and
lavishly spills off the stage in a
joyous and dizzying blur of
entertainment."
Barnum should prove to be
one spectacular night at the
auditorium. Tickets are $15 in
advance and $17 at the door.
Mars Hill students will be re
quired to buy a ticket for $5. The
student tickets can be pur
chased at the Union starting
January 23, 1992. Cther tickets
can be picked up in person from
the Music Cffice in Moore 9-12
and 1-4 any weekday. Advance
tickets can also be ordered by
phone and picked up on the
night of the show by calling (704)
689-1 114.
.
Barnum. the hit broadway musical, will play in Moore
Auditorium on the campus of Mars Hill College on February 4.
The production has been called "collosal entertainment."
"^ancial Aid and Costs to Rise in 1992-93
staff reports
percent increase in
5 bg aid for new students
'ht announced by presi-
*^ed B. Bentley. The in-
totalling nearly a
I iri response to the
state and federal aid
Isaid Bentley,
phoi aid will be in the form
?’’ships and grants with a
1 sri''^^9ing the four new var-
’^OQjHarts approved by the
trustees in December
iiS^farate article).
'Sgg.y 66 percent of the
^ total budget, ap
proximately $5.8 million, is ear
marked for financial aid. The
school also boasts a $10 million
endowed scholarship program.
"We believe we have the best
scholarship endowment program
of any school our size in the ,
state," said Bentley. He proudly '
points to the fact that nearly 80
percent of Mars Hill’s students
receive financial aid of some
form.
Mars Kill also has special
programs to aid area students.
The Buncombe County Assis
tance Program awards a $1,000
grant to students from Asneville
City and Buncombe County high
schools, and the Madison,
Mitchell, Yancey Student Assis
tance Program awards a grant of
75 percent of the tuition to
graduates of high schools in
those three counties. Nearly 60
percent of the college’s students
are recruited from Western North
Carolina.
"We believe that Mars Hill is
doing its part to keep the costs
of education down," said
Bentley. The increase in finan
cial aid should more than offset
an anticipated 4 percent in
crease in tuition. School offi-
continued on page 4
Lady Lions’
Visit Bahamas
For Tourney
Loren Crook
staff writer
The Lady Lions Basketball team
spent the latter part of the Christtnas
break in the Bahamas. The ladies;
took part in the 1992 Great
Bahamas Goon Bay Shootout
Women’s OrawJanuary 2-7althe A.
F. Adderly Gymnasium in Nassau.
The teams involved In the
women's tournament were Simon
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