Job Position: Switchboard Operator  Mars’ Hill: How long have you worked at TWU? Wendy Ratcliffe: Three and a half...

So you want to buy food that’s better for you and the environment, but you’re not sure where to begin? To get the most bang for your student buck, start by switching to organic or more naturally produced foods in these seven simple...

Brittany Law, a first year Communications major, is founder and editor-in-chief of the online-based Style Republic magazine. She’s had the chance to interview the likes of Gene Simmons, Michael Buble, The Pussycat Dolls and Christina Aguilera. Her success in life has started young, and at 18...

Food is a natural, nay integral, part of our lives, without which life would cease to exist. However, as important as food is to our daily lives, there are still aspects of food which demand closer attention. While most of the issues facing culinary aficionados are far above a normal...

Struggling with food can overtake one’s identity. There is more than one way to struggle with food; some people struggle with its consumption; for others, preparation is the challenge. Societal expectations leave little room for the culinarily challenged among us, especially when those...

Job title: Web Applications Developer Mars’ Hill: How long have you worked at TWU? Bjørn Bulthuis: One and a half...

Now that 2009 has reached the ripe old age of three weeks, it’s a good time to take a look at what has changed from the now deceased 2008. This new year promises to be one for the ages and it has already seen its fair share of change, but has also maintained a sense of consistency with the...

It was the height of the mealtime rush yet silence spread across the caf. Then whispers and one cough, then two and suddenly everyone was coughing. Students abandoned their food to escape the toxic...

Over the last two weeks, I had to endure three hours of dental procedures. While the sound of the drill and the tooth “freezing” gave me an unsettling feeling in my mind, I soon began to pass the time by musing on a variety of thoughts that cropped up as I lay prone upon the dentist chair....

The torrential rain and snowfall this winter has created a stir among Trinity Western University students in want of dry feet. Alas, a new fashionable yet practical trend has provided an answer: rain...

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“People are very tense about the fact that I am from the Middle East,” says Khareem Almutairi, a first-year student from Saudi Arabia.  “As long as they get to know me, it’s...

Once upon a time, as the Mars’ Hill staff were preparing a recent issue of the newspaper, a dear friend decided to stop by to check up on the progress of the paper. Little did the staff know that this friend was bringing with him a new Internet phenomenon that had begun to sweep through the...

Newly graduated students are always looking for work; some of their searches take them to new and foreign places, their education preparing them for work. However for some, their education becomes their job. Rose Collins, 2008 Trinity Western University alumnae, found employment right on...

The holiday shopping machine is starting its engine and beginning its ploughing of many unsuspecting folk. Since the idea of gift giving is meant to be both a gesture of love and goodwill, getting that perfect gift for family and friends is important and should not be taken lightly. Thus in...

Job title: Office coordinator for Student Life Where you’ve seen her: Working in the Student Life office Mars’ Hill: How long have you been a part of the TWU community? Patti White: I’ve been here for seven years. I started in Parking with Paul Johnston and got this job in Fall,...

From the readers: It is Christmastime and that means I have to start shopping for gifts. My dilemma comes from the fact that I absolutely hate shopping and just never know what to buy my friends and family. Even when family send me Christmas lists I don’t have the foggiest idea of what I...

Winter is that time of year when snow is supposed to fall gracefully from the clouds while Santa’s elves scurry about preparing for Christmas. However, obviously the teller of these lies has never journeyed as far as Alaska, because if he had, his opinion of the winter season would likely be...

“I would look in the mirror and not like what I saw,” said one Trinity Western University student, who has struggled with an eating disorder. Her effort to change her body became an obsession, “Every thought was about food: when are you going to eat next, what you need to avoid...

Students at Trinity Western University can sometimes have the problem of finding a niche to apply what they’ve learned in the real world. For Darren Wiebe this challenge stuck with him through his four years at TWU. Wiebe, 2007 TWU alum, switched his major at different points in his school...