Volume 23 Issue 11: Bloom

BLOOM

VOLUME 23 ISSUE 11

APRIL 3, 2019

The crows see me. / They stretch their glossy necks / in the tallest trees. I am / possibly dangerous, i am / entering the kingdom.

The dream of my life / is to lie down by a slow river / and stare at the light in the trees / to learn something by being nothing / a little while but the rich / lens of attention.

But the crows puff their feathers and cry / between me and the sun, / and i should go now. / They know me for what i am. / No dreamer, / no eater of leaves.

Mary Oliver

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MEET THE 2019/2020 EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

LETTER FROM PRESIDENT BOB KUHN

CHURCH HOPPING

A farewell from TWU’s outgoing president

A survey and discussion of the church hopping phenomenon at TWU

An interview with future Mars’ Hill EIC, Chrisaleen Ciro

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Our Our Team Team

Sabine Henderson Managing Editor

Janae Gartly Visual Editor

FROM THE EDITOR Kelsey Morris Academy Editor

Kennedy Dragt Arts + Culture Editor

“Everyone thinks of changing the world, but nobody thinks of changing himself.“ -Leo Tolstoy

It’s 1 a.m. on the Saturday of my last production weekend, and I’m sitting here trying to figure out what I should write. I guess it’s finally hitting me that I’m writing an epilogue of sorts. I’ve been thinking of the words on King Solomon’s ring, “everything passes—this, too, shall pass.” The bad, and the good, pass, and so, while this good hasn’t passed yet, I want to take a moment to tell you about the five lessons I have learned this year.

After all, we are all here to learn, right?

Maxwell Stow Web Editor

Ishita Wilson News Editor

1. Other people’s talents and achievements do not threaten your success. I struggled so hard at the begin-

ning of the year to find my footing as an Editor-in-Chief, especially when the positive feedback we got about the paper had nothing to do with my direct accomplishments. It took me more than five issues to understand that this is the whole purpose of my leadership—to help bring my team members to success, and my own feeling of accomplishment will come naturally.

2. Give creators the space to create. I came into the

Manfred Dewsbury Layout Editor

Bailey Broadbent Sports Editor

academic year with a 100% developed vision, and I had to forsake most of it along the way. But not in a bad way at all—I had to make room for the visions of each of my team members, and let me tell you, creatives step down for no one. That’s what made this year so amazing—my team had the space to create, and I think it’s safe to say they have made a beautiful paper this year.

3.Sometimes, it is about you. When you work hard toward

an achievement and you finally succeed, you have the right to be proud. I

Nyssa Morgan Humour Editor

Hannah DeVries Photo Editor

Richard Enns Advertising + Finance Manager

Sierra Ellis Illustrator

Emma Dykstra Staff Writer

Hazal Senkoyuncu Social Media Manager

started from the very bottom—I mean, look at the photo of me on the left.

Freshman Niki, whose English vocabulary was pretty sub-par, would never have imagined getting this far, and she never thought that the place she got to call home was the Mars’ Hill newsroom. I am most definitely proud of how far I have come.

4. But when it’s not, be ready to sacrifice. Being a TWU leader comes, or at least should come, with its own set of difficulties.

The hours I have spent sorting out the smallest and the biggest of issues just to make sure Mars’ Hill comes out every Wednesday will most likely go unnoticed, and the sacrifices I have made throughout the year to get the gears running smoothly will just be written down as “part of the job.”

But, if someone were to ask me whether I would do it all again, the answer is absolutely yes.

5.Don’t spend your whole production weekend food budget on the first day. We learned that the hard

way. Nothing gets done when you’re hungry.

We started this year under construction, and I think it’s safe to say that the flowers we planted are blooming quite beautifully. I hope you like them too.

My job here is done, I’m going home now.

Your local Russian girl,

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Contributors: Bob Kuhn Mark Husbands Chrisaleen Ciro Whitney Regan Kirsten McAllister Trevor McMahan Alexandria Bay Arianne Thompson Sunny Austin Driedger Connor Thiessen Bailey Ridder

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DE-CLASSIFIEDS REFUSE TO REMAIN COMFORTABLY UNINFORMED.

yoof (yeet + oof)

Dear Trinity students, if your interested in joining our meetings, just mark your door with a smudge of your own blood and we’ll contact you about dates and times.

Sincerely, the Back 40 Cults

The art department is taking over TWUSA next year.

With a completely straight face my roommate asks me: “wanna smash?”

MVB #5 call me when you’re 23. sincerely, someone bored of boys but a fan of your hair.

I don’t want to date you, but you shouldn’t have a girlfriend. just in case..

See the live action remake of Aladdin is an example of a corporate cash grab that does not bring me joy

Productivity is procrastinating on your procrastination.

What will I do for wrapping paper when I graduate and no longer have access to print copies of Mars’ Hill??

Hoard. I will hoard them all now. contrary to popular belief 2/3 low is not a cult Volcanoes are flying canoes every time daryl seow looks at me i feel my heart grow 3 sizes bigger When I told Britney the news she was Birkenshocked.

Holla holla get dalla dalla. Stan ITZY.

okay Google play sicko mode

Hey Josh Halladay. Are you a cat because I’m feline a connection between us

apparently getting this bread does not refer to communion

I’d like to request that people stop taking my crushes so seriously. It’s purely lust, is that really so wrong?

Martin Luther: SOLA SCRIPTURA Also Martin Luther: *cuts out books from the Bible*

7787517454 why didn’t Noah ever go fishing?

Emma Johnson, an intellectual: cause he was inside the fish Wait people actually talk to their crushes??

girl with yellow converse seeks boy with red converse

slither.io meetup - bottom right quadrent at 10:27

More guys should workout, as most of them don’t seem to be strong enough to flush to the toilet

JOSH WEBSTER - YOU. ARE. A. STAR. SERIOUSLY RAD

stars: out bra: off retainer: on i am forcibly removed to the atrium #douglasfirealarm

If you’re going to drink alcohol on campus, please have the decency to not litter your cans on our nice campus lawns I like the smell of Skidmore.

hey 2A when it’s midnight I don’t really want to hear you walk around above me like a herd of elephants Latin name for Mars’ Hill: Manifesti Decepti Who doede and how do I become her friend

the great debate: lobster vs egg Climate change is so real. As stewards of the earth and lovers of God’s creation, we need to do everything we can to reverse it, rather than ignoring it.

enneagram, enneadamn.

Maddie Kirstein is seriously underrated. She’s a ray of sunshine and the absolute best. Love you Madz <3

I’ve graduated yet still reading these #TWUforlife

: I can’t wait to not be a freshman anymore.

Next time you think I’m flirting with you, ask yourself if kindness is so rare in your life that you mistake it for desire

hate it when first years call preview kids ‘preview babies’ like calm down we know you’re going to be eyeing that preview guy up come spring of your fourth year

Freshmen girls will never know the struggle of the lower caf bathroom stall doors that were only like 2ft tall. #GodblessOranethecarpenter #lifechanger Walking into Reimer and seeing the photo of Kent Clarke makes my day every time.

What if this is Connor Thiessen’s only declassified Me: S(he) Be(lie)ve(d) Mars Hill: :0

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egg Plot twist: TWU is a cult of blundstone-birkenstock wearing people who only come out when it’s sunny to perform their mating rituals of hitting a ball on a circle trampoline and hanging from trees. #dontdrinkthekoolaid S/o to Alex & Becca for parenting TWUSA this year! <3 Fun Fact: there is a tiny old man named Mars’ Hill Bill hidden in every issue of this year

ain’t that a caution “Honestly, I’m the jockest jock on campus.” - Jonah Carpenter Help I’ve fallen for Chad and I can’t get up everyone so sad about bob leaving but can we talk about John Dyck leaving because that’s a tragedy too there is a golden summer waiting for you

@student life i’m telling preview student they can look forward to 4 years of dorms.

AGAPE - thank you for everything you’ve done for this campus! Trinity needs you now more than ever. cute Mark with the glasses please notice me hahahahahaahha@yahright.com

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CONTRIBUTOR OF THE ISSUE What is your name?

Kirsten McAllister What is your major?

English Literature Where are you from?

That emerald gem, the Fraser Valley What is something you believe in, something you’re passionate about and want to share with the world?

Everyone should surround themselves with real things. Don’t put filler art on your walls. Get real plants that you actually have to water. Make bread, go barefoot, pick up nice rocks, and use film.

Why do you write for Mars’ Hill?

It is a tremendous privilege to speak and be heard.

When else in life do you get to put aside all the regular chores and responsibilities in order to ask deep questions with your community? It baffles me that, every time I am published, my words get printed as many times as there are students on campus. When I write, I feel like I am doing something important.

What is your favourite body part?

The palm of the hand is so intimate, and I think if I only got to have one body part, that would be it.

But I also like all the awkward parts that divet or protrude...like belly buttons and elbows and noses.

What is your favourite article you’ve written for Mars’ Hill and why is it important?

The article I wrote for this issue is probably the one that is the most important to me. It is about making singleness and single people more important to our churches. You will have to read it to find out why!

Who is your favourite (fictional) character and why?

Either the fabulous wizard Howl from Howl’s Moving Castle, or Batman (the Dark Knight). If anybody knows what they have in common, they should be bestowed a cookie.

If you had to stand on one surface for the rest of your life, what would it be?

I would love it if everywhere I stepped became a walking piano (better yet, an organ), and each musical note would match the quality of my step or the mood of the situation that I was “walking into.”

“That positivity isn’t the solution to sadness” –Tina Fu

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news Ishita Wilson

Letter from President Bob Kuhn The past six years have been the most challenging, but also the most rewarding, years of my life. In the early Spring of 2013, I would have never guessed that I would be called upon to serve as the fourth president of my alma mater, Trinity Western University. I was 61 years old. Although I was coping with the early stages of Parkinson’s disease, I was still enjoying practicing law in a law firm that I had founded in 1998. No one would have accused me of being an academic, and my experience in administration was limited to management in a law firm. In other words, I was not an obvious, or even a logical, choice. But it would seem that God had other ideas, leading me way out of my comfort zone.

Now, as I finish my term as President of this special university at the end of April, I recognize that, despite my health challenges, lack of experience, and inadequate qualifications, God can be trusted to accomplish His purposes. Daily, I am reminded that “by myself I can do nothing” (John 5:30), and yet, “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me” (Philippians 4:13).

Of course, there have been times of deep disappointment, and even painful discouragement, such as the days following June 13, 2018 when I broke my leg playing soccer, compounded two days later by the stunning, negative judgment of the Supreme Court of Canada regarding our proposed law school.

Now, as I finish my term as President of this special University at the end of April, I recognize that, despite my health challenges, lack of experience, and inadequate qualifications, God can be trusted to accomplish His purposes.

But, as tragic as those events may have seemed at the time, they do not compare with the joy I have experienced. There have been so many blessings: seeing the Hanson Garden Chapel constructed on our Langley campus with stones from the original campus Chapel, which encouraged many alumni from the early years, including Renae and me, as it recognized the contributions made by the first president of Trinity Western University, Calvin Hanson, and his wife, Muriel; seeing our bank debt reduce substantially, while at the same time watching two new student residences being built and multimillion dollar improvements made to the gymnasium and other academic spaces; watching our student enrolment grow substantially over the past six years, especially in our Richmond satellite campus, while undergraduate tuition remained static. Budgets were balanced each year and we saw unprecedented financial support of our school that signalled increased trust in our future and confidence in our stewardship.

I have been thrilled to celebrate national, and even international, recognition of our extraordinary faculty who continued to provide excellent educational programs and research. At the same time, our Spartan athletics have enjoyed consistent success in winning championships at the elite level over universities 10 times our size. And alumni continue to evidence extraordinary accomplishments on the local and global stage, following their calling and serving others in countless ways.

And then there are the students. Superlatives seem inadequate to describe the young men and women whom I have gotten to know whether at the Langley campus, Ottawa’s Laurentian Leadership Centre, Bellingham, Salt Spring Island environmental study site, or the Richmond location. These students have taught me so much and shared with me precious moments along their journey’s pathway. They have allowed me the privilege of involvement in both the adventures and adversity they face. They have shared their tears and their laughter, their pain and their pride, and often their fears and failures. We have prayed together. I can honestly say that I have loved them and will continue to love them. And I have learned from them that “love is its own reward” (to borrow from the song of the same name sung by Steve Kipner).

A few of the many fun memories I have include riding my motorcycle into the Atrium on O-day for a “grand entrance”; “fly-fishing” 20 meters above McMillan “lake” while perched on the skid of a Sky Helicopter; sharing meals with the students in the Caf; convincing now internationally recognized hip-hop dancer/choreographer, Scott Forsyth, to do a standing backflip on the second landing of the LLC; travelling to China with the women’s Spartan volleyball team; ziplining with student leaders at RockRidge Canyon; hosting hundreds of students at our home (who all got to hear Renae tell the story about my unbelievably slow recognition that she was the right one for me); sharing my heart in chapel; playing soccer in the gym (except for the broken leg part—thanks, Paul); and shaking hands with all those robed graduates who have walked across the stage over the past six years.

As I look back over the years, I have truly accumulated a debt of gratitude to many (the following list is illustrative only, and any lack of reference is not intended to diminish importance). I am thankful to the Board of Governors that has provided both wisdom and support; the faculty who have taught me so much about academic rigour and commitment to students’ success; the TWUSA executive team that works hard to serve the students and nurture a caring environment; the dedicated staff who do so much more than dealing with Wi-Fi connectivity, financial aid, student life, recruitment, engaging with parents and alumni, cleaning residences, and plowing snow; the President’s Interns, who have put up with my less than methodical mentoring; my Executive Leadership Team, and especially Carson Pue, who have kept me accountable and trusted me as we learned together about leadership; and my incredible assistant, Ann Coats, who can read my mind, is clairvoyant, and has consistently tried very hard to protect me from myself. Of course, I am extremely thankful for my wife, Renae. She loves this place at least as much as I do, and she has given up a great deal to enable us both to serve the university. I could not have done it without her support, encouragement, and advice.

It has been suggested that I give some parting advice. The diversity of those who may read these words causes me question whether that would be wise. Somehow, it seems presumptuous. So, I have chosen to close with the phrase that I have often said to graduating students, “Don’t forget who loves you.”

In His Service, Bob

Come to chapel April 11th to celebrate Bob Kuhn’s time at TWU, and sign his personal Pillar Yearbook!

“The Avril Lavigne we see today isn’t the real Avril Lavigne” –Hannah Ahrendt

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Dr. Mark Husbands

Letter from The Incoming President Greetings, Trinity Western University students!

My wife Becky and I are thrilled to be joining you all later this summer.

In the meantime, I appreciate the invitation from Niki Mara (Mars’ Hill Editor-in-Chief) to occupy this “space” for a moment to introduce myself.

experienced “lived theology” in a unique setting shaped by the rhythms of morning and evening prayer, the study of race and reconciliation, Sunday evening “Emmaus dinners,” and shared opportunities to demonstrate our love of God and our neighbor. This was a generative context in which to teach, care for, disciple, and befriend students.

I was born in Cardiff, Wales, and my wife Becky was born in St. Catherines, Ontario. I emigrated to Canada with my family in 1968, and I spent my high school years in Stratford Ontario, playing soccer, hockey, and music. As a trumpet player, I regularly played with the musicians at the Stratford Festival and the Kitchener-Waterloo youth orchestra. Perhaps not surprisingly, this led to a music performance degree at York University where, like some of you, I changed my major part-way. I graduated with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Religious Studies (with a minor in Music).

At Wycliffe College (an evangelical Anglican college at the University of Toronto), I completed a Master’s degree on the language philosophy of Ludwig Wittgenstein and Martin Heidegger, and launched the academic journal, Prolegomena. In my doctoral work, under the supervision of one of the world’s leading Christian theologians (the late John Webster), I completed a dissertation in the area of Moral Theology, working on theology of the Swiss Reformed theologian, Karl Barth.

In 2016, Becky, Ethan, and I moved to Northwestern College where I became the Vice President for Academic Affairs. As the Chief Academic Officer of the college, I am responsible for the oversight and management of a budget in support of 87 full time and 109 part-time faculty members, and over 1250 students. I also supervise the work of graduate and undergraduate academic Deans, the Registrar’s Office, the Directors of library, computing services, audiovisual services, academic support, institutional research, honors program, NWCore (general education), FYS (the freshman year seminar program), global education, institutional assessment, and the Franken Leadership Center. I will miss the many good and faithful people at Northwestern College. Working at Northwestern College has underscored how important it is to achieve clarity and commitment to the value proposition of Christian higher education, and I will take with me a deep sense of gratitude for the care, support, and encouragement I experienced from the faculty, staff, and students of Northwestern College.

My first administrative and faculty position began in 1999, at Tyndale Seminary in Toronto where I was appointed Professor of Theology and Director of Extension and Summer School. At Tyndale I had the opportunity to hire faculty for over 65 graduate and undergraduate courses annually (serving approximately 1,300 students) and administered a year-long extension studies program in Ottawa and Oakville.

Niki was kind enough to invite me to introduce some of my bigger plans and agendas for the years ahead as president. Having travelled and worked throughout Canada and the U.S., I have learned how important it is to take the time to get to know and understand the people and culture that you enter prior to forming substantial plans or strategies.

In July 2001, just a few months before 9/11, my family (Becky, Olivia, Elliott, and Ethan) and I moved to Wheaton College were I became an Assistant Professor of Theology. At Wheaton, I was blessed to be able to do a number of things including leading Wheaton’s annual Theology Conferences, editing and publishing a number of volumes of theology. At Wheaton I was deeply involved in two remarkable programs: Honey Rock (Wheaton’s Outdoor Center for Leadership Development), and HNGR (Human Needs and Global Resources)—a global education program focused on equipping students to live among, serve, and learn from the poor.

In 2007, I responded to an invitation to become the first occupant of the Leonard and Marjorie Maas Chair of Reformed Theology at Hope College.

Hope College, and my dear friend Trygve Johnson (Dean of the Chapel) taught me many things, not the least of which was how important it is to provide students with a vital worship experience and setting in which to explore faith in the soil of hope. Worship at Hope had a profound impact upon me and countless students over the years, and I miss it to this day.

At Hope College, I was invited to develop an innovative learning community called the “Emmaus Scholars Program.” Think of a mash-up of Bonhoeffer’s Life Together, Wheaton College’s Human Needs and Global Resources program, the approach to Christian Community Development that you find in Brian Fikkert’s When Helping Hurts, the commitment to racial reconciliation manifest in Martin Luther King Jr.’s work for beloved community, and Jeremiah’s mandate to seek the welfare of the city (cf. Jeremiah 29:7), and you have a good sense of the Emmaus Scholars Program. Together we

If I can be allowed to re-imagine the question and respond to the inquiry, “as you anticipate becoming President of Trinity Western University, what are you most eager to do?” My response to this question takes the following form.

President Bob Kuhn, his leadership team, and the faculty and staff of Trinity, have all worked hard to foster a strategic, growth-oriented, and value-driven culture at TWU. I am committed to pursue the very best for Trinity Western University and shall seek to encourage the vital growth and momentum that marks the university’s current trajectory. It is a privilege to have been called to lead a Canadian university that has demonstrated excellence in advancing spiritual growth, academic excellence, and high achievement in athletic and creative performance.

I believe that Christian higher education must seek to advance the kingdom of God by educating learners to seek, know, and follow Christ in the totality of their lives. Few institutions across North America have been able to dedicate their energy and resources to such a compelling vision of cultural renewal (Jeremiah 29:7) as Trinity Western. I am honored to have been called to lead Trinity in a praiseworthy mission of forming leaders capable of acting justly, seeking mercy, and walking humbly with God (cf. Micah 6:8).

Finally, please know that when, in the midst of my responsibilities, I take a moment to stop to think about what lies ahead for TWU, Becky and me, I am filled with immense joy and hope.

“The Grand Budapest Hotel is a Christmas movie” –Janae Gartly

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Talks on Tuition

A conversation on tuition with our TWUSA and university presidents

Emma Dykstra

The community, the intimacy of a small campus, and the Christian aspect of our learning are just a few reasons why people choose to go to Trinity Western University. Considering that TWU is a private, non government-funded school, the high tuition and student fees should come as no surprise. Mars’ Hill’s conversations with President Bob Kuhn and TWUSA President Monique Bouchard helped shed some light on TWU’s tuition situation and why things can be subject to change.

President Kuhn explained where TWU gets its funding from in the first place.

“There’s really only three sources. Tuition is by far the largest source of income that allows the university to run. The second is donations, specifically donors that support Trinity Western University, and that’s critical to our wellbeing. And the third is miscellaneous revenue…it comes from conferences during the summer, interest earned on bank deposits…but that’s it,” he said. “We don’t have any government sources, so we’re kind of stuck with those three elements.”

The cost of tuition for the upcoming school year is usually decided late in the fall semester or earlier in the next. The reason it was decided early this time is so that the admissions team can recruit students on the basis of a fixed tuition amount. How do they decide on that amount? And who even is “they?”

“The question is: are the expenses going to be covered by tuition? That’s what it really comes down to. And to an extent, they’re not. [Then, the question is:] how much can we anticipate to raise by way of charitable donations to the school?” President Kuhn explained. He further explained that an Executive Leadership Team (ELT) decides on tuition prices, and that the administration brings a prospective budget to the finance committee.

The finance committee of the board looks at the budget and then brings it to the board as a whole. President Kuhn explained that all of these levels play a part in the process of deciding tuition for the upcoming year, and it is never left up to one person or committee to decide on it alone—that includes the president of the university as well. “Far be it from the presi-

dent to make a decision on some sort of unilateral basis that the tuition is going to go up, or down for that matter,” he said. “I can’t imagine that happening.”

Students at TWU have gotten used to having a flat tuition for the past five years. This idea was radical, as it meant that despite the increasing needs of the school, the tuition would stay at the same price, but as TWU students learned in the last couple weeks, sometimes things have to change.

“We’ve gotten used to flat tuition over the past five years, but it puts a lot of pressure on the expense side. So it’s a matter of recognizing that tuition is an element of the whole equation, and there is a balancing of issues that face the administration,” President Kuhn emphasized.

What TWU needs most in order to keep its tuition low is to grow in student population, and that is something we need to understand. “I trust this school, and I know that they want to bless students, and I know that they’re doing everything in their capacity to keep tuition costs down,” TWUSA president Monique Bouchard stated. She pointed out that even though “the price of tuition hasn’t changed in five years, the cost of living in Langley has changed extraordinarily over the last five years. So, I think before we judge the school too harshly on decisions that just feel really negative to us, it’s important to say: okay, well why did this change actually happen?” She emphatically noted, “The school doesn’t want to raise tuition.”

Bouchard indicated that it is important for us students to not react too harshly to any kind of tuition change, but rather to look at why and how this change could not only benefit us, but the school as a whole.

No one likes finding out they are going to have to pay more money for anything. But, when we look at TWU’s financial situation from a realistic and more positive perspective, we see that the process of deciding how much we pay to go here really is more complicated than one might think.

Financial decisions made here are not made easily, and they are made to help us and Trinity Western University as a whole.

Meet the 2019/2020 Mars’ Hill Editor-in-Chief Chrisaleen Ciro

What has been your previous involvement in the TWU community?

I’ve been blessed to be a part of several important conversations on campus. I am a proud ally of OneTWU (even if I have not attended meetings as often as I should have this year). Last year, that gave me the opportunity to help organize the Night of Stories.

TWURise has been an incredible growing experience for me. I have learned a lot about advocacy, equitable policy, and institutional limitations. We have experimented with support group models, community-building events, and are currently working to advise the Learning Commons on process-based accessibility concerns. This past year, I have enjoyed working closely with the Gender Studies Institute as a marking assistant and intern. These opportunities have exposed me to hard conversations and brokenness.

Often, when I have felt powerless, Mars’ Hill has given me a platform to process my feelings and share my concerns with my community------often resulting in real change.

What is your vision for Mars’ Hill?

My vision is entirely oriented around my team’s growth. Mars’ Hill is an opportunity for members of our community to grow and develop professional skills. Practically, this looks like leading my team in effective debriefing exercises, proper training and resourcing during SLO week, and revising and implementing employee policies. Generally, it means creating a workplace culture that values effective communication, defined expectations, aspirational standards, and tangible definitions of success. Mars’ Hill occupies a unique role in TWU’s dominant discourse and artistic culture. I look forward to seeing how our team will steward this opportunity.

What compelled you to apply for this position?

I have been passionate about this position since my first year. I am enthusiastic to lead a team because I believe in sacrificial leadership. I am one of the final eyes on the paper------therefore, the senior editing staff and I have the ultimate responsibility for published content. This added protection empowers my team to initiate hard conversations and take creative risks. I believe that this opportunity for selfless, interdependent, and surrendered leadership will be a catalyst of significant growth in my life.

“The earth is flat” –Jay Lutz

What is your understanding of the function of Mars’ Hill?

I believe Mars’ Hill gives students isolated from other spheres of campus the opportunity to contribute to campus discourse. All student leadership positions give us insights into the nature of God, and I believe that Mars’ Hill is no different. The paper disciples into two aspects of the nature of God: God is creative, and God is the source of truth. Our aesthetics reflect the beauty and brokenness of God’s creation.

Therefore, I believe that the function of Mars’ Hill is to allow us the opportunity to explore our nature as an image of a Creator God.

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Kelsey Morris

Heroism n a i AF ad n Heroism n o a r A F gotten Stor y of C adia n ian Heroism o a r g C o AF f d orgotten Stor y o f Cana tten Stor y o

However, we must not forget the stories where the braver y of pilots and co -pilots have turned tragedies in the making into stories of triumph—especially the Canadian ones.

Emma Dykstra The headlines mentioning planes as of late have seemed to indicate nothing but disaster. Tragic and deadly crashes grab our attention and cause us to grieve. It is not often at all that we hear about the airline incidents with happy endings—but there is a very famous one in Canadian history.

Though the story is now 36 years old, it is still just as thrilling from start to finish.

cided to attempt to land at a closed air force base located in Gimli, Manitoba. Unknown to them, part of the base had been turned into a drag racing strip known as the Gimli Motorsports Park. Not only that, but the park was in full use, with a barbecue picnic set up alongside the track along with many campers and racers enjoying the sunshine. The track was clear, except for three boys biking down the strip.

On July 23, 1983, Air Canada Flight 143 was scheduled for take-off from Montreal-Dorval International Airport towards Edmonton. The plane was soaring at 41,000 feet over Red Lake, Ontario with 61 passengers and eight crew members on board when the aircraft’s warning system sounded in the cockpit. It was to notify the crew there was a fuel pressure problem on the left side of the plane. Captain Bob Pearson and co-pilot Maurice Quintal ignored it, aware that there was a small electronic fault on the instrument panel—it was one they had learned to work around. Unfortunately, the panel had another fault. It stated that the fuel tank for the aircraft was full and had sufficient gas for the flight to Edmonton.

As the engineless plane came down to land on its makeshift runway, it made virtually no noise. The boys didn’t even hear the plane until it hit the ground. Captain Pearson later said that the nose of the aircraft was so close to the boys that he could see the fear in their eyes. The boys made it out of the way in time, but a new problem arose. Would there be enough track for the plane to come to a full stop on? The failure of the front landing gear to lock into place (the tires at the nose of the plane) turned out to be a blessing in disguise as the passenger jet hit the ground nose first with the back landing gears in place, causing it to skid down the strip nose first and come to a complete stop before going off the track. Sparks and metal flew as the plane came to a halt, and racers ran towards the aircraft with fire extinguishers to help combat any potential blaze. All 61 passengers and eight crew members made it off the plane safely with only minor injuries from exiting the plane. With dual engine loss at 41,000 feet only minutes earlier, Air Canada Flight 143 had landed with zero casualties.

But, the ground crew had made an error when filling up the plane’s fuel tanks. The fuel had been calculated in pounds instead of kilograms, which meant that Air Canada Flight 143 had only half of the fuel required for the journey. The amount had been entered incorrectly on the instrument board. After the crew turned off the alarm for the left fuel pressure, the right hand side alarm began to sound. The pilots decided to divert to Winnipeg for an emergency landing, but the left engine shut down and failed completely. The Boeing 767 was now a single engine aircraft flying over Manitoba. Only seconds later, the right engine also died, the instrument panel flickered, then turned black, and the entire plane went silent.

Air Canada Flight 143 was now gliding through the air with zero thrust in both engines. Passengers noticed immediately something was wrong. The usual hum of the engines was gone, replaced with an eerie silence. Pearson and Quintal searched the emergency checklist for protocol for flying an aircraft with both engines out. No such section existed.

But Captain Pearson was an experienced glider pilot—he knew techniques never used in the flying of commercial aircraft. Time was running out and decisions had to be made quickly. Using Pearson’s gliding skills, they de-

Two years later, Maurice Quintal and Bob Pearson were rewarded with Fédération Aéronautique Internationale Diploma for Outstanding Airmanship. All other attempted simulations of the flight attempted in Vancouver had resulted in crashes, demonstrating the true skill set and bravery of the captain and co-pilot. The Boeing 767 aircraft was fixed and flown to Winnipeg for thorough investigation. It later became known as “the Gimli Glider” and was used for many years after the incident took place. It took its final journey on January 24, 2008.

Unfortunately, not all airline incidents end with survivors. However, we must not forget the stories where the bravery of pilots and co-pilots have turned tragedies in the making into stories of triumph—especially the Canadian ones. Therefore, it is always important that we remember the efforts of Maurice Quintal and Bob Pearson, two great examples of Canadian heroism and triumph.

“My cat loves me” –MacKenna Wilson

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Water the Soil, Let in the Light Whitney Regan

AUTHOR’S DISCLAIMER: *I want to acknowledge that although I am implying we could do a better job of paying attention to one another in relationship, I am not insinuating that our friends or mentors should replace the real need for clinical counselling when it comes to addressing deeper mental health issues.*

conditions to engage this self-actualizing tendency that Rogers describes.

We were created to experience fullness of life—it is not just an offer made to us by God; He has built it into the very fibre of our being. “Your roots will grow down into God’s love and keep you strong.” This is resiliency in partnership with the Spirit.

When I first told my dad that I wanted to be a clinical counsellor, his response was something along the lines of, “Well, what the heck does that mean?”

I’m currently in my second year as a Resident Director here at TWU—an unexpected detour from the counselling trajectory I was on. Though, despite the change of context, my understanding of people remains the same: we are born inherently valuable, but somewhere along the way we learn our worth is conditional on [fill in the blank]. This skews our self-concept and the result is that our awareness ceases to match our experience, usually resulting in our own restlessness and dysfunction. It is at this point that people often turn to counselling.

“You know, like a therapist,” I replied.

My dad has never been to therapy—let alone start a sentence with the words “I feel”—so it was hard for him to comprehend how I planned to make a career out of talking to people about their feelings. However, over the past decade or so, there has been a noticeable shift in our society’s willingness to acknowledge the need for counselling.

According to a study done in 2015 by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, 81% of Canadians are more aware of mental health issues than they were five years ago and 70% believe that attitudes toward therapy have changed for the better in that time. What was once considered a highly stigmatized cry for help is now increasingly recognized for the selfaware act of courage that it is. We could speculate with an abundance of reasons about why therapy has become more socially acceptable, but I believe a significant factor is the increasing pervasiveness of loneliness and disconnection. This reality contributes massively to an increase in mental health issues, and it’s therefore harder to keep hidden than ever before. In our tendency toward isolation, we lose our ability to practice resiliency—to push through adversity and continue to thrive—and we are more desperate than ever for a solution.

In the counselling world, there’s a concept known as the self-actualizing tendency. Carl Rogers, a humanistic psychologist, was convinced that humans have one basic motive: to fulfill our potential and achieve the highest level of “human-beingness” that we can. He claimed that “the organism [that’s you and I] has one basic tendency and striving—to actualize, maintain, and enhance the experiencing organism.” Like a flower that will grow and bloom to its full potential in the right conditions, while also finding itself restricted by the environment, so human beings will flourish if their circumstances allow. We live in a world with both privilege and oppression, and therefore it’s important to point out that some of us were planted in richer soil, so to speak, making the ability to self-actualize easier for some than others. But how would we engage our own lives and the people around us differently if we believed we were all capable of reaching our full potential? That, in fact, the propensity to do so is hard-wired into our being?

Rogers rejected Christian theology; however, I can’t help but see how his theory parallels the life Christ invites us into. In Ephesians, Paul says that “when we experience the love of Christ, we are made complete with all the fullness of life and power that comes from God.” Perhaps encountering the love of God and allowing the Spirit to guide us are the necessary

There are many reliable counselling interventions and treatments out there.

However, one thing that stood out to me about Roger’s theory is that the process of effective therapeutic change is impacted primarily by three things which the therapist offers the client: empathy, unconditional positive regard (a fancy way of saying acceptance—not to be confused with agreeance), and genuineness. According to Rogers, these three elements are the driving forces of change in therapy. These three things can help us unearth the ways we have misplaced our inherent worth and realign our awareness with our experience, reducing dysfunction and furthering the process of self-actualization.

Earlier I alluded to the idea that perhaps counselling is more sought after today than ever before because loneliness and disconnect are rampant.

So, what if, in addition to encouraging one another to seek out mental health services when appropriate, we also committed to tuning in to one another? I don’t want to work myself out of a job here, but sometimes I wonder if there would be such a demand for competent counsellors if we learned how to turn towards each other with empathy, acceptance, and genuineness. It has become all too easy to disengage from the people around us (if I was going to rant about smartphones and social media, now would be the time to do so). We forget we have a responsibility to look closely and enter in—to show up with our full selves. Maybe we don’t know how, or don’t think we have the time. Perhaps we’re too caught up in our own stuff and can’t see past ourselves. But counselling forces me to tune in, whether I’m in the mood or not—for one hour I must harness my full attention toward the person sitting across from me and remain curious. This may be the most counter-intuitive skill I will never master but forever pursue.

If Rogers is right, and we are intrinsically motivated to fulfill our potential as our environment allows, then perhaps our job as people in community with one another is to tend to that environment: to water the soil and let in the light—to make the conditions around us as fertile as possible. Ask yourself how you can show up and encourage the people around you to bloom, knowing that just like you, they are created to live in the fullness of life.

“That five years at TWU was worth every penny” –Alex Gust

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Celibacy as Something Celibacy as Something Celibacy as Something

Kirsten McAllister

When I was seven years old, I asked my mom a serious question: are there more boys or girls in the world? Inspired by my new knowledge of addition and subtraction, I had come to the realization that when everybody in the world grew up and got married, once all the vows were said and done there was likely to be somebody left out. If there was going to be a surplus, I wanted to know if it was going to be me. Laughing, my mom reassured me that I did not need to worry because there were more boys than girls in the world. But somewhere in the impressions of this memory that still linger in my 25-year-old (unmarried) mind, it seems to me that she was coming to more than just a mathematical conclusion. By some intuition or clairvoyance that I didn’t have, my mother, like most parents, seemed to just know that matrimony would happen upon me.

kingdom of heaven” (Matt 19:12) or have a theology around why “it is good…to remain unmarried” (1 Cor 7:8).

Contemporary culture seems to have us convinced that until your affections are swept up in a blazing torrent of roses and sex and babies—in that order for Christians—your love is not quite real. Romantic relationships have appropriated the greater spectrum of love that was historically accessible to unsexual “lovers.” In The Four Loves, C.S. Lewis reminds us that it was friendship that the Ancients saw as the “happiest and most fully human of all loves; the crown of life and the school of virtue.”

By seeing singleness as a problem and gap to be filled with the solution of marriage, we inadvertently usurp the vocations of many. This includes many of the most vulnerable people in society including the severely disabled, the mentally ill, the incarcerated, all who simply cannot find a compatible partner, and (if you are of a traditional theology of marriage) those who are same-sex attracted. These are the people who become the “surplus” of our society as long as we do not expand our concept of love beyond the walls of marriage to include lives of celibacy.

Without the concept of singleness as vocation, marriage is often pushed as the universal answer to the problems of loneliness and sexual temptation, and what is implied by this is that the life and work of singles is either second-class or suspect. This became most vividly apparent for me at a church meeting regarding the hiring of a new single youth pastor, where somebody raised their concern about the candidates potential for pedophilia (as if being married is a guarantee of chaste relations towards children).

While this view was dismissed at the time, I have wondered since if his singleness is one of the reasons that he did not get the job.

Until recently, I used to be really hate the question, “do you feel called to marriage?” Besides being confounded by the idea that anyone could foresee being united to the person of their dreams that they had never met, my confusion lay in the fact that I had never met anyone who was called to “not marriage.” I realized that the logic of the former depended on the possibility of the latter. Perhaps the mutual dependency of marriage and not-marriage means they are really closer than we think. Maybe they are just two sides of the same love.

Over the centuries, mystics across different religions have described essentially two pathways to the knowledge of God: via positiva (the positive way) and via negativa (the negative way). While positive theology ascribes characteristics and names to God (“God is good”), the latter negates our analogies to remind us that all attempts to utter anything about the divine are feeble at best (“God is not good,” since he is beyond goodness). The church father Pseudo-Dionysius describes the experience of via negativa as an entry into the mystery of God’s presence with “an undivided and absolute abandonment of yourself and everything, shedding all and free from all, [where] you will be lifted to the ray of the divine shadow which is above everything that is.” Many mystics agree with him that, although both paths to knowing God are necessary, the via negativa is higher as it is a more direct experience of the divine.

Our 21st-century love story is especially a burden upon women, because their identity is more embodied than their male counterparts. There is a certain “incompleteness” subtly ascribed to a woman who does not enter the cult of biological motherhood, by which she is gloriously transfigured through her gestation, birth, and a really adorable Instagram. I do not mean to in any way detract from the immeasurable sacrifices made by the majority of women in history who became mothers. What I do intend to say is that this is only one half of what it means to be called to a life of love.

Since the mandate of clerical celibacy was called into question by Martin Luther and other reformers, it has occupied a shrinking part of the Protestant imagination. In most Evangelical churches today, there is virtually no unique space set aside for individuals who are single beyond the typical dating age. Without explicitly saying so, the formation of our churches around the marriage relationship alone suggests that the call to singleness is a call to...well, not really anything at all. It is puzzling that a tradition that knows its scripture so well does not encourage being “eunuchs for the

It seems to me that the relationship between these two “ways” perfectly parallels the paths of marriage and celibacy. While the most common way to know love is to depict and describe it through marriage, the life of the celibate person says “yes, but there is more.” They remind us that if you feel called to get married now, it is because you are really called to marry God one day (“for in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given to marriage”). By the mystery of celibacy the single person negates our common understandings of love (marriage) by becoming an open space for the kind of love that is beyond words. It is in the vows of the monk and the nun that we see most perfectly that true spousal relationship between God and Israel, and Christ and his Church. Would not every denomination become a more beautiful bride for having disciples under their roof like these?

If the vocation of singleness is a gap, then it is one that is meant to be filled.

If it is a void, it is one that can catch those who have fallen from the world’s mold that is not big enough for them. Whether you cannot marry or you choose not to, celibacy is an invitation to total and radical self-giving. It is a sign, for those who have eyes to see, that no one is called to nothing.

“That one friend will ever pay me back the money” –Lucy Chuang

what’s in church hopping

You’ve heard of it. You’ve likely participate and if not, you certainly live and study am people who have. It is a phenomenon tha sists of attending a variety of churches w committing to one, and it is particularly co in the young adult years as individuals m new apartments, cities, jobs, and unive seeking a place to call home. To discov extent and nature of its presence am students at Trinity Western University, we ducted a survey examining students’ expe es with visiting churches while attending u sity.

In a recent conversation, a friend mentio me that she considers church hopping to sad Trinity thing.” This phenomenon re quite normal among us students, as, liv Langley, we find ourselves in the middle o least very close to, a Bible belt. Having m options for places to attend church ma almost too easy for us to not commit t place and to feel like we have many optio finding the “perfect church.”

Bailey Ridder and Niki Mara discussion

Personally, over the past two years, I have been church hopping around the Abbotsford and Langley area, looking for a church to call home. It has been during this time that I started to wonder exactly what it was I looking for in a church. Is it the community? The worship? The pastor and his sermon? The people? Or is it a proper combination of all four? I found myself searching for the “right church,” although I wouldn’t even be able to tell you exactly what it was that would make the church feel right to me.

A general assumption often made by older generations about our generation is that where we choose to make church home is based purely off of feeling. I’ve heard it said that all we care about is the feel-good experience we get from worship and community. Yet, 50% of the people who participated in this survey actually reported that sound doctrine and scripture-based teachings are a priority for what they look for in a church.

What is it that has us now searching for those things in a church? Personally, having been raised in a Christian home, going to a relatively traditional church every Sunday, I had scripture-based teachings and sound doctrine drilled into me as something that is absolutely necessary. And, I feel like I can make the same assumption for the others of you who have been raised in a similar environment. It’s almost as if the generation (and denominations) that raised us has led us to view these things as foundational to faith, and more specifically, to church.

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The reasoning for church hopping is overall pretty similar for everyone: we’re all looking for the “right church.” But what makes a church the right one? According to the survey, the three most commonly looked for aspects in a church are good worship, community, and scriptural teaching. However, it is important to acknowledge that even if each of us were to find a church with the perfect balance of those three things, we don’t all have the liberty to actually attend that church every week. Many students on campus do not own cars, and this limits our ability to be picky with where we go to church, as we find ourselves having to rely on the people who are able to drive us, often resulting in (potentially unwanted) church hopping. Yet, as university students, specifically TWU students, it’s extremely important for us to find a community off campus that we are able to be a part of and invested in so that we don’t find ourselves seemingly stuck in the “Trinity bubble.” For many of us, this kind of community can be found in a church.

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Mars’ Hill would like to express its gra tude to all the TWU students who ha participated in our surveys througho the 2018/2019 academic year. We hop that you are able to gain a broad understanding of the issues and tra of the current student body throug analyzing the results of our surveys.

Should you have any questions or com ments regarding the method, conten or discussion of these surveys, conta the Editor-on-Chief, Niki Mara, nicole.mara.ga@gmail.com.

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disclaimers

Due to the nature and method of this survey, we cannot guarantee accuracy of these results. Factors such as false reporting and misrepresentation of the student body must be taken into account when analying these results.

While we made the effort to include the majority of Christian denominations in our response options, we may have missed some denominations that have a substantial representation within the TWU student body. To counter this, we have added an “other” option to our questions about denomination and attented churches, in open-ended response format.

The method, content, or discussion of this survey are in no way intended to diminish, demean, or insult anyone who is not of Christian faith, or has a differing view on the churchhopping phenomenon. Rather, this survey serves to give the reader an idea of how church hopping has been experienced by TWU students, why they do it, and what, ultimately, they look for in a church.

what denomination is the church you attend most frequently?

what denomination would you consider yourself to be a part of? non-denominational baptist still figuring it out reformed mennonite pentecostal other christian and missionary alliance presbyterian anglican catholic I am not a Christian lutheran evangelical free universal

32% 16% 12% 08% 06% 06% 06% 04% 04% 02% 02% 02% 02% 02% 01%

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pentecostal non-denominational baptist I don’t know I don’t attend church mennonite other evangelical free christian and missionary alliance anglican reformed catholic lutheran methodist orthodox

which church have you attended the most? other village christian life assembly living waters church north langley community church town + field church northview community church fort langley evangelical free church peace portal alliance kinship st. herman of alaska the river fellowship I don’t attend church langley canadian reformed church st. joseph’s catholic church

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arts + culture Kennedy Dragt

For The Love of Mushrooms

A look into a summertime subculture

Kennedy Dragt Every year, wildfires ravage the forests of northern and central British Columbia, destroying the homes and habitats of human and non-human species alike. The fire does not discriminate. Last year, 2018, was the worst forest fire season on record, beating out the previous year and burning nearly 13,000 square kilometers of BC. In the wake of these disastrous flames remain trails of ash and lonely clusters of blackened trees. However, it is in these scars, marks of destruction, where new life is found, and the cycle of the forest, however set back it may be, begins again. It is in these scars that a small, yet significant organism begins to grow: the morel. Perhaps this miracle of a mushroom is nature’s only positive parasite. The mycelium feed on nutrients from the moist ashy soils found in the post-fire climates of interior BC. By May the next year, long after the fire has been beaten off by winter and before it will likely return again, the morel appears. The mushroom grows from late May through to the end of June, bringing with it an accompaniment of pickers, buyers, sellers, canteen operators, and many other people of indiscernible identities.

Thus, by the time I reached the outskirts of the Elephant Hill Fire the second week of June last year, camps were set up already scattered along the trails of charred trees scarring the mountain sides. Camps generally spring up around a buyer, the person who buys the mushrooms from those who navigate the half-dead forests to scavenge for the fungi. The buyer then in turn sells the mushrooms, usually dried, but sometimes fresh, to the market, places like Costco or high-end restaurants the like of whose doors the picker will probably never darken. The buyer also often acts as the camp ringleader; they become the protector. It is the buyer who negotiates camping and picking rights with local authorities (if they happen to come by). The buyer becomes the king of the camp, and if he or she rules with benevolence, their camp will grow (likely leading to an influx in revenue); if not, it may shrink. Of course, pickers are free to come and go as they please, but more often than not, “the pick” provides a base for comradery. The sense of belonging fostered in this environment is so strong that if a camp moves over 130 kilometers in pursuit of better mushrooms, from Seventy Mile House to Williams Lake, for example, almost all will come, leaving behind broken vehicles and less-portable supplies until the season is done and they can be reclaimed.

These wonderful men and women—mushroom pickers—these vagabonds and transients, they know a beauty intangible in common “civil” society.

They have created a society of their own. Without interference of trade laws and official government, a general sense of both inter- and intra-personal autonomy is free to rise. The picker chooses his hours. She may get up with the sun to seek the best spots, or he may wake up late and slowly wander into the woods by noon. Another may not pick for days at a time but stay at camp to build a sauna for his friends.

This is possible, of course, only because the economy and mindset in which the mushroom picker operates is one entirely different from the popular society in which we live. The mushroom picker knows that he is indebted to the land. He is indebted to the fire, for the fire gave him mushrooms, and he is indebted to the mushrooms, for the mushrooms give him bread and coffee. But even more than this, the mushroom picker knows that he is indebted to the land because he lives with her. She is the one who directs his life. And each year he spends with her, he gains the ability to attend to her moodiness, to notice when she rains and when she will storm. So every year, the mushroom picker leaves the land in late fall (after following the course of the other species of ‘shrooms through the summer) when her tantrums are too great to handle. When winter comes, the picker must re-adjust to common society; he takes a day job as a carpenter or mechanic or waiter in a diner. But soon, when she has once again calmed and her mushrooms are again out, he comes flocking back. He returns to his old friend.

At first glance, the world of the mushroom picker seems to belong in another universe, or at least on another continent. For, it produces a humanity reveling in the constant inconsistency of life. And though there are countless struggles in the picking life, as the ulterior motive comes not always by choice, but sometimes as last resort when one is unable to find employment, and the freedom of the fire-burnt wilderness brings a multitude of moral dilemmas, the mushroom picker seems continuously to be at ease.

For the mushroom picker, whatever gender they may be, is intimate with change, and finds connection in earth and in other people. It appears, upon considering this alternative community, that civilization is not necessarily a warm house near a street full of shops and reliable government services. Perhaps civilization can be found around a campfire instead, lingering in the black of gritty fingernails and in faces smudged with ash.

Perhaps it sings in the offer of a lukewarm beer, spills out in the splitting of a grilled cheese sandwich, and rings in itch of mosquito bites.

“There are ALIENS in this room right now” –Rees Morgan

13 Artist Spotlight: Trevor McMahan

Mars’ Hill: Tell us a bit about your story as a musician.

MH: What part of your creative process do you most enjoy?

Trevor McMahan: My musical adventure began in a church basement in Seattle, with Rebecca teaching me the C major scale on an upright piano in the fellowship hall. I went on to play percussion in band, sing in choir, and be in an absurd amount of musicals throughout middle and high school. I also tried to form a band with my friends in 8th grade, but we soon realized we had no idea what we were doing and gave up.

TM: The little moments of discovery! Sometimes writing songs sucks, sometimes recording sucks, and sometimes meticulously editing and overthinking things sucks. But there’s parts of all of them that are really fun. And I really like listening to my songs in my car, cuz it’s the kind of music I would want to listen to even if I didn’t make it.

The last piano teacher I had before I stopped taking lessons in 10th grade told me I should learn to play from chords instead of just sheet music. That was enormously impactful advice for me (if you play the piano, go learn to play chords!!).

Ever since starting piano lessons in 2nd grade, I repeatedly tried to write songs, but I kept overthinking things or rejecting my lyrics for being bad—I ended up with a bunch of fragments of songs I half-liked scrawled on printer paper. Then on a particularly emotionally overwhelming day in 2017, I wrote one I actually liked. After that, I started noodling on the piano more often and jotting down lyrics and chords on my phone. Accepting that I might not like everything I make and that my music was allowed to be simple were the first steps to enjoying the process. Now I write songs about depression!

MH: What made you choose music as an art form to pursue?

TM: I thought I’d relegated music to just being a hobby after high school, since I wanted to focus on filmmaking. But then I moved to Los Angeles last May, and working on music was suddenly the only creative thing I wanted to do. I work as an assistant editor at a trailer finishing house, so I guess I needed a creative outlet that was less visual. I think I didn’t consider pursuing music because I didn’t see it as a storytelling medium in the same way that film is. I definitely underestimated how effective music is at telling stories in viscerally personal and emotional ways.

MH: How was being part of the TWU community influential in your journey as an artist?

TM: Digital Recording I with Jef Gibbons at TWU initiated my love for music production, so that was huge! I’m not sure I would have stumbled into it otherwise. And other MCOM classes also helped me hone my writing skills.

I learned a lot at uni about what I like and don’t like, what I think is truth and what is bullshit. What’s more worldview-building than being in a confined space with a bunch of young adults with varying degrees of existential dread, asking big questions like, “What does it mean to be human?”

I’m grateful to have been a part of the Theatre department, since they really stoked and illuminated that question the most.

MH: Tell us a bit about your upcoming EP? TM: It’s four anxious lil’ songs about processing my emotions and living with the consequences of my actions! It’s called Walnut Grove, since I wrote all the songs while living in a house near 216th and 88th. And my buddy Cam is helping me produce it. It’ll be available on Spotify/Apple Music/Soundcloud/Bandcamp/Google Play Music/Pandora/iHeartRadio on April 19. Just in time for Easter!

MH: How does your art pursuit influence your daily life?

TM: I’m constantly irrationally worried about not making enough art, so it makes me anxious. Haha.

But my art also informs and helps me process my reality. I write songs and play piano to vent, to have fun, and to channel the amorphous blob of emotion into a cohesive representation of a feeling.

At its best, my art helps me connect with other people, through collaboration or the sharing of the art. When someone hears a song I wrote and says “I feel that way, too,” it’s unlike any other form of interpersonal understanding.

MH: What advice would you give to other TWU students hoping to pursue their passion in music?

TM: If you have elective space, take Digital Recording I! But regardless, download a Digital Audio Workstation like GarageBand, Logic, Cubase, Ableton, etc., and start recording stuff. I’m not a prolific piano player, so it was a real shock to discover my compositional ambitions weren’t limited to the speed of my fingers.

Also, join choir or band! Try out for the musical! Perform at open mics! Go to the music building and use the practice rooms! Serenade your lover in the Back 40! There’s so many opportunities and platforms that won’t be as accessible after you graduate.

If making/playing music is fueling/nourishing your soul, do it! If it’s not, try something else creative—you can always come back to it. Or push through it, if you’re the persistent type. Follow the creativity where it leads.

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“Jacobson Hall is a product & embodiment of Cartesian dualism” –Sabine Henderson

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Tall Tales Theatre in conjunction with SAMC Theatre presents:

The One You Feed

Alexandria Bay The One You Feed, a new play based on an old Cherokee legend, is coming to the SAMC theater April 11-13. The play is co-written by TWU alumnus Keenan Marchand, and Alexandria Bay, a graduating BFA student. This reiteration of the ancient tale indwells the ambiguous places between the spiritual and physical realms, as it challenges the common perceptions of good and evil. According to the legend, in every person live two wolves, one good and one evil.

The rivalry of these wolves plays out through the course of the drama in the lives of a pair of young adult siblings. Following the death of a grandparent, both siblings begin to wrestle with their wolves. For Andy, the sister, the struggle manifests itself as bodily dysmorphia. For her brother, Clark, the struggle is a cultural dysphoria, an inability to reconcile his light skin with Indigenous identity. However, the battle between the wolves is internal and silent.

People remain silent everyday, afraid to show the battles that they are facing. Some people neglect the two wolves who lurk inside of them, not knowing that every action they make influences the internal lupine war.

The One You Feed strives to empower people, reminding them that it is okay to be vulnerable and open, that their story deserves to be heard, and that we are stronger together. In a society where we try to mask our pain or hide our hurt, it’s important to give a voice to those that have been silenced their whole life.

Come witness these silent battles explored through tales of our ancestors, physical movement, live music, and dance, performed by a fully Indigenous cast. The One You Feed runs from April 11-13 in RNT Freedom Hall. Buy tickets now at theoneyoufeed.brownpapertickets.com!

Subjectivity in the Arts Arianne Thompson If you have had the opportunity to take a humanities or arts course in your university career, you may be familiar with the strange feeling of fragility that results from the absence of concrete, objective facts. When examining an author’s or artist’s work, there are very few collectively agreed upon principles that a university student can cling to for anchorage in the sea of subjectivity. Of course, the Western literary canon, which determines the “value” of certain literary works, allows us to feel as though we can make objective value judgements about literary works. Also, there are established methods of literary and artistic analysis, and certain conspicuous themes which prompt a unanimous interpretation; however, for the most part, literature and art are disputable, each word placement or stroke of paint an eligible subject of debate.

Disputing artistic and literary works in university (as opposed to enthroning a single interpretation) is valuable because it leads students on an expedition toward truths about life and about ourselves as humans. But will we ever be able to see these truths through the network of subjectivity that characterizes the artistic disciplines and laces our own thoughts? First, the artistic and literary works we study are themselves created by fallible human minds. On top of this, the twenty-something-year-old mind of the average university student perceives these works through individual and faulty lenses. As our eyes observe the most discreet curve of a sculpture or the most inconspicuous adjective in a novel, our minds produce subtle personal reactions. A memory might be sparked here, prompting an emotion there, and as we conclude our engagement with the artistic or literary work, we have concocted a distinctly different Hamlet than the person sitting next to us.

terpretations in an English or Art course can be seen as a microcosm of the world; I, the third student back from the front row of a third-year university class possess one of billions of voices, all struggling to be heard. Indeed, subjectivity in art can be overwhelming.

So, are the humanities and artistic disciplines hopeless endeavours? No, I think not. In a world of subjectivity, art has the ability to unify us. Even if we see a work from different angles, we are still all looking at the same thing and we are unified in our pursuit of truth. Also, the medley of differing interpretations that springs from an artistic or literary work reveals an important truth: life is complex. Though it seems like an obvious statement, the acknowledgement of this truth encourages us to persist in peeling back the layers of reality and exploring the flavours of existence. Though the intense subjectivity of the humanities and arts can be overwhelming at times, the exploration of humanity’s myriad perspectives makes for a richer experience of life. If there was only one glaringly apparent, objective interpretation of an artistic or literary work, the pursuit of truth would no longer be a pursuit. What fun is there in that?

Psychologists describe extreme cases of individualized interpretation as “aesthetic empathy” or “self-projection.” These unconscious processes include the projection of inner emotions onto an external thing, creating what psychologist June Downey calls a “universe of mood values.” We can compile as much textual or visual evidence as we want, but we cannot separate ourselves from the personal, subjective biases which unconsciously govern our artistic or literary analyses. The diversity of self-projected in-

“That one day I won’t have debt” –Leah Goertz

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Tips for Academic Success at TWU, by Success Coaching 1. Have a “Growth Mindset” As you approach your academics, some subjects may be difficult to comprehend. Take charge of your learning, believe in yourself, and learn from your mistakes.

Teach yourself that your intelligence can grow, improve, and that you are a fantastic learner!

2. Be organized and manage your time well Take time to plan all your due dates for the semester onto one calendar.

Plan times to study when you know you will be most focused. If you’re generally a morning person, plan morning study sessions.

Start assignments as early in the semester as you can.

Break large assignments into smaller component tasks.

Study in places that will limit distractions.

3. Study or work on assignments in intervals of 20 minutes Define a task that you would like to accomplish in your study time, i.e. “my first step on my essay is to look over the assignment and understand its requirements. After that, I will find five journal articles and cite them in my bibliography.”

Set a timer and work uninterrupted for 20 minutes, after that take a 5-minute break. Repeat the intervals four times and then reward yourself with a longer break.

4. Attend your classes This is the easiest way to aid your grade. While you’re in class, engage by taking good notes (see point #5).

5. Take good notes Be brief and selective - note the important 20%.

Be consistent - always take notes and use similar abbreviations.

Be logical - look for themes and organize notes.

Be yourself - use your words. Don’t record your professor’s words verbatim.

Be neat - you need to read them.

Mix it up - incorporate diagrams and sketches as part of your note-taking.

This uses a different part of your brain and will help you remember more of the class content.

6. Read to understand Take the time to comprehend the material and apply the concepts (ask why and how).

Repeat the main points of a reading back to yourself.

7. Review material regularly On a daily and weekly basis review your notes from your classes, highlight what was most important, and clarify questions you may have. This will help you retain what was taught in class.

8. Stay healthy TWU has services available to help you meet all your wellness needs. See Student Life and the Learning Commons for more information.

9. Use your resources Take advantage of all the resources that are available on campus, particularly in the Learning Commons. Go to: create.twu.ca/learningcommons to book an appointment or come up to the second floor of Reimer. Our services include:

- Academic Advising

- Career & Professional Development

- Disability & Equity of Access

- Success Coaching

- Supplemental Instruction

- Writing Centre Want more tips? Go to create.twu.ca/learningcommons, and search for “Study Tip of the Day.” We believe you’ve got this, and we are here to support you as you persist and thrive!

Ask for help!

The Research Help Desk is available on the first floor of the Library Monday to Friday from 10:30a.m.–3:30p.m. and via email at infodesk@twu. ca. For more information, visit http://libguides.twu.ca/help.

The Writing Centre is available to help at all stages of the writing process.

There are in-person and online services. For more information and to book appointments, visit create.twu.ca/learningcommons.

为了忘却的纪念

Sunny Zhang

时间是忘却的伴侣， 文字是记忆的伴侣， 学校生涯的铸锻， 记录已生成习惯， 悲或喜，好或坏。 让时间来沉淀， 让记录来历练， 让文字来思辨。

日出日落，年复一年， 亘古不变，不可逆转； 且行且珍惜......

Remembrance of Forgetfulness Time is the partner of burying; Words are the partner of remembering; Scribing shapes thinking.

Suffering, or enjoying, Evil, or goodness.

Let time settle down, Let scribing rise up, Let the words stand out,

“Santa” –Braedon Sunnes

Sunset meets darkness; Darkness welcomes sunrise.

Day by day, Year by year.

Unchangeable, Irreversible.

To Walk, to Cherish.

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The The Ultimate Athlete The Ultimate Ultimate Athlete Athlete

Bailey Broadbent

Bailey Broadbent With less than a month left before the end of the semester, many students have already checked out of their studies, dreaming of the start of summer.

For some of these students, anticipation is also building for the future as graduation is on the horizon, and their studies are soon to be in the past.

One of those graduates will assuredly be missed within the Spartan Athletics program and by Trinity Western University as a whole, as he prepares to walk the stage later this month.

Whether or not you have heard his name before or recognize his face, Deryk Kirchner has taken what it means to be a student athlete to a whole new level.

Since coming to TWU in the Fall of 2014, “Kirch,” as he’s often referred to, has been involved in what seems like just about every sport on campus. He has played for the Spartans men’s hockey team, Bombers hockey team, and Titans men’s basketball team. He’s also been involved in intramurals soccer, basketball, volleyball, and badminton, while running dorm football for two years.

This year, Kirch has spent time behind the bench, coaching the Spartans women’s hockey team. He’s also held previous positions as a coach, most notably during last year’s Can-Am hockey event, coaching Team Canada.

Born and raised in Sherwood Park, Alberta, the 23-year-old recently sat down with Mars’ Hill’s Sports Editor to discuss his time at university, his love for sports, and his many sports-related experiences here at TWU. Why did you come to TWU originally?

Following high school graduation, I wasn’t actually planning on coming to TWU or playing hockey in post-secondary; instead, I was leaning towards attending the University of Alberta near where I grew up in Sherwood Park. My mom attended TWU in the 80s, so when my family was out for an alumni weekend, I was asked about whether I had any interest continuing playing hockey here. I couldn’t be happier with the decision to come.

Without a doubt, the real reason I am at TWU is because God put me here.

What is your favourite sport?

Definitely hockey. For me, the physicality and team camaraderie found in hockey make it my favourite.

Did you play much for the hockey team? How would you describe your play?

I didn’t play much in my first two years with the hockey team, mainly because I dealt with a rollercoaster of injuries. Into my third and fourth years I began playing a lot more after being moved to forward and enjoyed being able to contribute on the ice. As a forward, I was usually proudly manning the fourth line and liked playing a physical shutdown role with the team.

What is your greatest sports-related accomplishment?

The BCIHL championship we won in my fourth year with the hockey team was something special. However, the real highlight that year was being able to witness the culture change with the team in the time leading up to that championship. Seeing the hockey team win that championship, only to be praying on the ice as a team and giving God all the glory moments later was something I will remember for the rest of my life. I had the opportunity to play a role in building a God-centred program, co-leading Spartans bible studies, and being a positive influence on players lives, and that is the biggest accomplishment—to be doing work for God’s kingdom.

Other sports-related duties include Kirch behind the microphone, lending his voice to Spartans athletic events. Most recently he spent a large chunk of time doing colour commentary for the Spartans men’s hockey team alongside yours truly.

He has also led and co-led numerous Bible studies for athletes and written dozens of articles for the Mars’ Hill sports section over the years.

Oh yeah, he’s also spent time as Sparty –Trinity Western Spartans’ official mascot. If he isn’t in the Sparty suit, he will be out dominating half-time contests (he is allegedly 13-0 in his time at TWU), trying to win TWU swag to give away as part of his media campaigns for Spartan’s Hockey.

Studs' n Duds,

Studs: - Amidst one of the most dominant seasons by an NHL team in recent memory, this week the Tampa Bay Lightning became just the fourth team in league history to record 59+ wins in a single season. The team already boasts an NHL best three players with 39 or more goals.

- While many doubt the longevity of the decision, long-time Patriot and superstar tight end Rob Gronkowski recently announced his retirement.

Through parts of 9 years in New England, “Gronk” established himself as one of the most dominant tight ends in NFL history.

- The Humboldt Broncos wrapped up their first-round series against the Estevan Bruins in the SJHL. Despite a 3-2 loss in game seven of the series, the team displayed incredible resiliency, just over a year after the fatal bus crash that claimed 16 members of the team.

Has your perspective on sports changed since coming to TWU? Prior to coming to Trinity Western University, I would say I was very success-focused in my sports. So, often my happiness in life depended on my performances in the sports I was involved in, particularly in hockey. In terms of my physicality and play in hockey, in my first few years at TWU I played on the edge of what the rules allowed, making competition not very fun for others and myself at times. (To put this in perspective, I had 18 penalty minutes in my first year, while in my last year I had just two minutes while playing in more games). Over time that changed, and as my career developed here at TWU, I learned how to combine God with my sports better and found more at peace and enjoyment when playing.

Duds: - If there wasn’t already enough controversy surrounding the NHL’s second-to-last place Ottawa Senators, their outspoken owner Eugene Melnyk recently gave hockey fans even more to talk about. During a radio interview on TSN 1200 in Ottawa, Melnyk heavily criticized well respected sports reporter Ian Mendes, going as far as calling him “bush league.”

- Despite a 10-game winning streak earlier in the NHL season, the Buffalo Sabres have fallen far back down to earth, winning just 13 of 49 games since November 27th.

- Following a 111-106 loss to the Brooklyn Nets last week, the Los Angeles Lakers will miss the NBA playoffs for the sixth year in a row. The loss marks the first time since 2005 that superstar LeBron James will miss out on the postseason.

“That being an adult means having it all figured out” –Kenzie Morgan

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T W U S parta n s Ye ar - I n - R e v i e w How did 2018/2019 treat the TWU Spartans?

Bailey Broadbent 2018/2019 was another successful season for Spartan Athletics team sports. Whether you were an avid Spartans fan or a casual one this past year, here’s a quick refresher on how the season went across the board for our university teams, which included conference and national championships.

Men’s Volleyball: After wrapping up the regular season second in the Canada West standings with an 18-4 record, the men’s volleyball team won their third U SPORTS national title in four years this past month in Quebec City.

Women’s Volleyball: Sitting tied atop the Canada West standings with a 19-5 record concluding the regular season, the women’s volleyball team won their third Canada West championship in five years after beating defending champion Calgary Dinos.

Men’s Soccer: A successful regular season saw Trinity Western University men’s soccer team finish second in the Canada West standings with an 8-3-4 record. After dropping the Canada West championship 2-0 to UBC, the Spartans dropped a nail biting U SPORTS semifinal match 3-1 to the Montreal Carabins in a match that needed extra time.

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Women’s Soccer: Dominating Canada West with a 12-2 record and later winning the CW Championship game, the women’s soccer team rode momentum into the U SPORTS Championship, which saw them fall 2-1 to the Ottawa Gee-Gee’s for the national championship.

Men’s Basketball: It was a difficult season for the men’s basketball team this season, finishing 17th in the Canada West standings. Look for a bounce back season next year.

Women’s Basketball: TWU hosted a third-straight Canada West women’s basketball playoff game after a successful season that saw the Spartans finish with a 12-8 record overall. In the playoffs, the Spartans dropped the Canada West play-in game after a close 80-78 game vs. UNBC. Men’s Hockey: For the fourth consecutive season and fifth time over the last six seasons, the Spartans men’s hockey made yet another BCIHL championship appearance. They successfully defended their 2017/2018 championship after a dominant series sweep over Vancouver Island, outscoring the Mariners by a 12-3 margin.

Men’s & Women’s Rugby: While they didn’t compete this year, the 2019/2020 academic year will be the first as Trinity Western University men’s 15s and women’s 7s teams are set to compete this Fall.

S p o t l i g h t

Name:Austin Driedger Year: Fourth Major: Business Sport: Ice Hockey Hometown: Cloverdale, B.C.

while this year I won a dorm football championship. I have been crowned a triple-crown athlete, but I’m looking for the quad-crown by winning a hockey championship before I graduate this year.

Mars’ Hill: How did you hear first hear about TWU? Austin Driedger: I first heard about TWU as a young boy growing up in the hood in Cloverdale. And then I started attending the school two and a half years ago after transferring from Briercrest Bible College.

MH: What’s your greatest hockey-related accomplishment?

AD: At Briercrest I won a rec-league championship two years in a row so that was a definitive highlight. I also was cut from the Bombers when I first came to TWU, but after an intense off-season training regiment I got jacked and made the team this season, which has also been one of my greatest sports-related accomplishments.

MH: How did you first get involved in hockey?

AD: I spent some of my early years growing up in Calgary, and every winter I was out on the lake playing pond hockey. From there I started playing club hockey competitively.

MH: Have you continued playing ice hockey at TWU? AD: I have been fortunate enough to be an elite winger for the TWU Bombers this year which has been great.

MH: Tell Mars’ Hill what it means to be a triple-crown athlete.

AD: A triple-crown athlete is an athlete who has won three championships for an on-campus sports team. Last year I won both basketball and volleyball intramurals with the Driedger Dreams,

MH: Do you play any other sports than hockey?

AD: I would say the sports I most frequently play outside of hockey are basketball, volleyball, and snowboarding in the winter.

MH: What do you want people to remember Austin Driedger for?

AD: The dream would be to achieve the elusive quad-crown before I graduate. I am hoping the Bombers can pull through these playoffs and bring home a championship, that would be something special.

“That the quality of TWUSA coffee changes based on who is on shift” –Chrisaleen Ciro

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The Hottest New Dating Trend

Nyssa Morgan

Connor Thiessen

The world of romance can often be a difficult, even treacherous one to navigate, especially in a campus environment where one walk around the pond makes people think you’ve just proposed. As a result, there’s been a wave of students taking to their computers and phones in order to meet potential mates from the comfort of their own dorms, apartments, and collegiums. Apps with catchy one-word names like Tinder, Bumble, Grindr, and Hinge have made the world of speed-dating more convenient than ever, but at what cost?

One fifth-year Theatre student, who shall remain nameless, has noticed a growing boredom with the swipe-left-or-right approach. They were sparked by a desire to make a better first impression than an awkward selfie and a quote from the Office. This anonymous student suggests a method requiring a little more bravery, but also with a higher chance at better communicating oneself as a desirable partner: in-person conversation.

The Real-Life Approach (a.k.a. “RLA”) requires no technological tracking of your location but instead makes use of your visual and auditory senses to make note of possible singles in your area. Of course, one of the downsides to this approach is that it does not immediately distinguish who is single or not, simply that they are there. This requires some extra observational effort, or at least an awareness that not every conversation will lead to a date, but that concept is nothing new to those familiar with online dating.

Once the person of interest is acknowledged, you have the opportunity to begin the conversation, using a polite greeting. For example, “Hello, my name is ____, it’s nice to meet you” is a good start, but feel free to be creative. Alternatively, you simply pass them by and see who else life may cross your path with. It’s simple, low-tech, and has been proven successful for literally billions of relationships and marriages throughout history. Go out and try the Real-Life Approach today!

Your Summer Based on Your Zodiac Sign Nyssa Morgan

Aries (March 21 - April 19): You’ll spend hours sitting in front of fans and the AC unit to beat the heat and stay sweat-free all summer.

Libra (September 23 - October 22): 90% of your summer will be spent coming up with good stories to tell people when you get back to school and they ask how your break was.

Taurus (April 20 - May 20): A passion for cooking will be sparked this summer, meaning you’ll try new ways to eat ramen in preparation for next school year.

Scorpio (October 23 - November 21): You’re going to try hiking more often until you realize how much you hate sweating up a mountain and being eaten by mosquitoes.

Gemini (May 21 - June 20): A road trip with friends is just what you’ll think you need until you’re stuck in a hot car for hours, arguing over who gets the aux cord.

Sagittarius (November 22 - December 21): You will be focused solely on making Summer 2019 the #bestsummerever while making everyone jealous with cute Instagram posts.

Cancer (June 21 - July 22): After spending 8 months at school wishing you were home, you’ll be so bored that you’ll wish you were back at school.

Capricorn (December 22 - January 19): Trying to make the most of your break, you’re going to try to pack in as many opportunities as possible, which means that by September, you’re going to be exhausted.

Leo (July 23 - August 22): When you’re not working your summer job, you’ll be vegging out in front of the TV, binging as many Netflix shows as possible.

Aquarius (January 20 - February 18): You’ll spend every chance you get at the pool or beach but always forget to wear sunscreen so you’ll end up extra crispy.

Virgo (August 23 - September 22): Summer break isn’t much of break since you’ll be working non-stop trying to make that coin for school.

Pisces (February 19 - March 20): Your summer is going to be spent attempting to make the perfect summer playlist. You will not achieve it.

Scooby Gang Investigates Campus Crime

Emmett Hanly

When there’s a mystery to be solved, everyone knows who to call! No, not the police. Mystery Inc.! Those on campus who pay close attention will remember the strange sightings of the haunted “Sparty the Spartan” mascot costume chasing students out of the Back 40. The teen detectives quickly had a mystery on their hands.

The gang immediately split up to look for clues. Velma reportedly thirdwheeled for Fred and Daphne’s walk around the pond, and Shaggy got kicked out of the caf for trying to sneak a dog in. After an unfortunately uneventful day, nightfall came, and the gang nervously made the trek into the woods.

Almost instantly, Scoob and Shag then had a run-in with the Sparty ghost.

When later asked how he felt about that moment, Shaggy replied “Like, zoinks!” After a comical chase through the forest, Fred’s ingenious trap was sprung and Sparty was chloroformed. Shaggy tied him to a tree, and

once campus security arrived, they unmasked the mascot to reveal that, once again, Old Man Jenkins was the mastermind of the entire scheme.

Upon questioning, Old Man Jenkins confessed his dastardly motive: “I know all those darn freshmen sneak out to the Back 40 in the middle of the night to make out. I wanted to scare everyone out of ever necking in these woods again, and I would have gotten away with it if it wasn’t for you meddling kids, and your dumb dog too!”

In the end, security locked Old Man Jenkins in the secret prison underneath the pond, and Mars’ Hill can confirm the Sparty costume has been returned to its rightful owners. All that’s left of the Scooby Gang’s visit are the tire marks the Mystery Machine left behind after doing donuts in the Mattson roundabout and the faint scent of Scooby snacks wafting from the Lower Caf.

“My mom when she says I’m funny” –Nyssa Morgan

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Nyssa Morgan

Major: Acting Height: I lied about it on my driver’s license Hometown: West Kelowna, B.C.

What is your go-to party trick?

Holding my pee for hours because I’m too nervous to ask

How would you make up after your first fight?

A trip to the hospital and probably a couple stitches.

How many kids do you want?

No kids. Just cats.

What is your love language?

I read that last question as “fist fight.” My bad.

How do you plan to take family photos?

Patiently. Herding cats is hard.

Skill that makes you “the one”?

For someone who cries so much, I’m extremely well-hydrated.

Good age to get married?

69 Do you think you’ll actually get a boyfriend out of this?

According to my calculations, probably not.

ART 215 CP | Beauty & the Sacred Arts Dr. Baird - 3pm-4:15pm Mon. & Wed. EDUC 233 CP | Foundations of Education Dr. Castellon - 1:30pm-4:15pm Fri. ENGL 103 CP | Intro to Fiction Prof. Cavalli - 9:30am-10:45am Tues. & Thurs.

PHIL 111 CP | History of Western Philosophy: Fr. Bellusci - 3pm-4:15pm Tues. & Thurs.

PHIL 304 CP | Philosophy of St. Thomas Aquinas Fr. Bellusci - 1:30pm-2:45pm Mon. & Wed. RELS 101 CP | Intro to Old Testament Studies Dr. Baird - 12pm-1:15pm Tues. & Thurs.

RELS 102 CP | Intro to New Testament Studies Fr. Bellusci - 9:30am-10:45am Mon. & Wed. RELS 160 CP | Intro to Theology Dr. Kaethler - 12pm-1:15pm Mon. & Wed. RELS 224 CP | New Testament Theology Dr. Baird - 1:30pm-2:45pm Tues. & Thurs.

RELS 366 CP | Theology of the Body Dr. Kaethler - 1:30pm-2:45pm Mon. & Wed.

ENGL 104 CP | Intro to Poetry & Drama Prof. Cavalli - 9:30am-10:45am Tues. & Thurs.

PHIL 305 CP | Philosophy of the Human Person Dr. Baird - 1:30pm-2:45pm Tues. & Thurs.

RELS 101 CP | Intro to Old Testament Studies Fr. Bellusci - 9:30am-10:45am Mon. & Wed. RELS 102 CP | Intro to New Testament Studies Dr. Baird - 12pm-1:15pm Tues. & Thurs.

RELS 224 CP | New Testament Theology Dr. Baird - 3pm-4:15pm Mon. & Wed. RELS 365 CP | Christian Moral Theology Fr. Bellusci - 12pm-1:15pm Tues. & Thurs.

RELS 375 CP | C.S. Lewis Dr. Kaethler- 12pm-1:15pm Mon. & Wed. RELS 382 CP | Catholic Church: Theology & Practice Fr. Bellusci - 3pm-4:15pm Tues. & Thurs.

RELS 465 CP | Influential Thinkers Dr. Kaethler - 1:30pm-2:45pm Mon. & Wed.

“I thought it was ‘Open sesame’ instead of ‘Open says me’” –Vanessa Mjolsness

Year: 2nd Age: 21

Favourite preacher?

Jesus Do you live by any motto?

No but I live by a parking lot.

What skill will you pass on to your future children?

Immaturity

Did you take advantage of the fact you run this section to put yourself on it?

That’s for me to know and you to find out, xoxo Gossip Girl