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    Missions on the Mountain

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    Light on the Mountain

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    The Mountain Breeze

    The Mountain Breeze

    Submit Your Writing to Win Cash!

    Submit Your Writing to Win Cash!

    2018 Mountain Breeze Competition Submissions for the 2018 Mountain Breeze Literary Journal are due by November 17, 2017. Seven categories are being accepted: Poetry (must not exceed 100 lines; spacing is at your discretion) One-Act Play (5000 word maximum; double-spaced) Short Story (5000 word maximum; double-spaced) Formal Essay (5000 word maximum; double-spaced) Creative Non-Fiction (5000 word maximum; double-spaced) Devotion (must not exceed 500 words; double-spaced) Art (
    Helping Hands for Hurting Paws

    Helping Hands for Hurting Paws

    The overabundance of stray animals on campus and in the community brings many questions to mind about ways to help the situation. According to a source on campus, one of the Blue Mountain College staff feeds and waters the dogs, but this simply attracts more animals (homeless or not) and does not offer a permanent solution to help the animals. In 2012, a group of more than thirty concerned citizens gathered at the law office in Ripley with plans to open a supervised, well-st
    Rushing Into a Society

    Rushing Into a Society

    As most everyone on Blue Mountain’s campus knows, early in the semester the weeks were filled with society rush parties and activities. I cannot speak for the men, but the ladies definitely knew how to throw a party. From barn dances to Alice in Wonderland to a candy themed paradise, there was no way a girl couldn’t find a society she identified with. Night one was Eunomian night. The Eunomian’s society party was one filled with food, music, hundreds of pictures, and, perhaps
    Care for Cambodia

    Care for Cambodia

    BMC Student Teaches to Give Children a Better Life In the farming villages of Cambodia most children own two ragged pairs of clothing—one to wear and one to hand wash in a bowl. Their need is desperate and in many cases they have no access to running water, education, or the Gospel. For Cambodian children, learning English is their chance to escape poverty because many higher paying jobs in Cambodia require fluency in English. Senior Mikki Stephenson spent this past summer ma
    Students Stunned by Solar Eclipse

    Students Stunned by Solar Eclipse

    On August 21, 2017, a miraculous astronomical event captured the attention of thousands, as people across the nation viewed the first total solar eclipse to cross America since 1991. Although Mississippi was not in the path of totality, students here on campus were able to view a partial eclipse - and view it they did. Many had been waiting in anticipation for some time. Everyone was talking about it. Everyone was so enthusiastic that Mr. Peters, who is always looking out fo
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