WINNIPEG (CUP) — “I’m going to give you some facts tonight. Fact: God created you. Fact: God loves you. He does. Fact: God sent his son Jesus to rescue you from a sin-sick world. Fact: Jesus died for you; that’s a fact! Jesus rose from the grave; that’s a fact! He lives and he sits at the right hand of God the father; that’s a fact! He’s ready to forgive you of your sins, past, present, and future; that’s a fact!” — Franklin Graham.

Mars’ Hill announces… The First Official Student Blog contest!

Submit your own blog or nominate a friend’s blog to be featured in the Community section biweekly.

Send your (or a friend’s) full name, blog name, blog URL and feature blog to ed.community@marshillonline.com

One is entitled Goodnight, the other is Good Morning.

Download here: Good Morning.mp3
Download here: Good Night.mp3

Almost every reading break since my first year of college, I have returned to my hometown to visit my family.

My father always loved the outdoors. When I was growing up in the small coastal town of Powell River, my family often loaded into our over-sized GMC crewcab, taking only a light meal and a thermos of hot chocolate, and travelled for hours along countless miles of logging roads. These trips were always destination-less; journeys to nowhere.

Recently, Mars’ Hill had the chance to chat with Glen Forrester, the Executive Assistant to the President, about the future potential of the 57 acres of property that Trinity Western University owns across Glover Road. While the property is still in the exploratory stages of development, Forrester laid out some of the currently discussed possibilities for expansion. As the university moves forward, the overarching goal is to try to take into account the needs of the school, as well as the needs of the surrounding community.

Fort Langley’s Fort Pub is a student favourite for a cheap eats, especially on Monday night, when they hold their appealing $1.99 burger special. However, despite their Monday night presence at the Pub, the view of Trinity Western University students is vague.

Micah Noble, the Fort Pub’s manager, notes that while 70 per cent of Monday night’s patrons are students from TWU, they are only a very small fraction of the Pub’s customers. When asked if TWU students were distinguishable from other customers, Noble noted that a significant amount of people who go to the Fort Pub are not drinkers, alluding to the non-alcoholic purchases of most of the university’s clientele. However, Noble did mention that about 20 per cent of students who dine at the Pub also drink.

It was six hours ‘til game time Oct 14, and Hockey Night in Canada (HNIC) Executive Producer Joel Darling needed to make a decision.

The Toronto Maple Leafs were about to play the Calgary Flames. Veteran HNIC colour analyst Harry Neale was stuck in Buffalo, snowed in by the 30 inches they’d received overnight. He wasn’t going to make it to the game and Darling needed a replacement. He called Cassie Campbell, initially hired by CBC to do rink-side reporting, and informed her that she was going to be the first woman in Hockey Night in Canada’s rich history to do colour analyst work during a broadcast.

Last Saturday marked the end of season play for men and women’s CIS soccer. Both teams had already secured playoff spots, but the weekend’s games still had important seeding consequences.

Despite out-shooting the Huskies, the men lost Friday night’s game to Saskatchewan, who played a man down from the 34th minute on due to a red card. In their previous meeting, the Spartans came out on top with a 2-1 victory.