ISSUE 02: INDIVIDUAL
INDIVIDUAL
Walk through the IKEA showroom and you will find a version of almost every life. Thousands of people will walk through the same isles, take home the same fur- niture and try to make it their own. Yet, while we may own the same things, the lives we build around them are entirely different.
This idea inspired Mars’ Hill, which is how we ended up with students …
FEATURE
Who are you when nobody is watching?
There are people you notice before you know why you notice them. Maybe they does differently, carry themselves differently, or have a way of talking that makes you look twice. Other times, it is much harder to explain. They are not always the loudest people in the room, and they often do not try to draw attention to themselves at all. There is simply something about the way they move through the world…
You & Me — Flume Remix
Smalltown Boy — Bronski Beat
UNIQUE — P1Harmony
Outro — M83
Dinner Date — Sunrise Academy
New Person, Same Old Mistakes — Tame Impala
Favourite —Fountains D.C.
Scratching — Dijon
Swim — BTS
… and more!
INDIVIDUAL - a curated playlist
NEWS & Community living
FHSS Representative: Searching for his vision
In a world that feels more divided than ever, the need David Kim is your TWUSA representative for the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (FHSS). Mars’Hill is dedicated to helping you connect with your TWUSA reps. Thus, each issue will highlight a representative from one of TWU’s departments. This time, it is David Kim. Be sure to watch for your own department’s representative in upcoming issues! …
ARTS & CULTURE
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Hold the moment, not the phone
The house lights are dimmed. The pre-show playlist fades out, and dark silhouettes drift on stage. Excited energy fills the air, but so does a sea of phones, their screens reilluminating the dark venue. Concert filming has now gone beyond a quick snap of the opening number or…
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Artist Spotlight: Benjamin Reisdorf
Coming from a family of artist, Benjamin Reisdorf has been creating ever since he can remember. As a kid, he filled sketchbooks with Pokemon; then he started inventing creatures of his own. Today, the second-year Arts & Design major, spends nearly as much time…
OPINIONS
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The quiet death of shared culture
Culture does not always disappear through force or oppression. Sometimes, it fades quietly, one small decision at a time. Today, we are increasingly choosing convenience over the traditions that once held us together and I believe we are losing something vital…
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A Christian response to the Bystander effect
If you have stayed connected on social media over the last month, the Cornell 7 are having a moment, and not a good one. To summarize, a student reported an allegation of sexualized violence crime that allegedly occurred over the course of a night…
Creative Writing
Am I myself or am I you?
Cause I’d tru to follow your steps, For that to me is the truth.
Not being me, but someone else’s shadow.
Forgetting those deep, late night talks,
Where I promised myself,
That I wanted to grow.
Yet I see what you’re doing, and do the same, …
Am I myself or am I you?
SPORTS
SPARTAN SPOTLIGHT: McLaren Paulsen
My name is McLaren Paulsen, I’m in my second year. I am on the men’s hockey team. I am a forward and my major is business with my concentration being accounting…
