THE TEAM FROM THE EDITOR

The Mars’ Hill team has been batting around the idea of using “Apex” as a theme since the days of SLO Week back in late August. I have always wanted to use it as a theme, but I knew that it would work most effectively towards the end of the school year as we approached the end of this iteration of Mars’ Hill. This year has certainly been a challenging one for us at Mars’ Hill. I have learned a lot working as not only the Editor-in-Chief but also as the Visual Editor and Layout Editor of the paper. You all, by reading this paper, have been witnesses to my growth. While this issue is not our last, as we still have one more to go, “Apex” is an aspiration. It is a challenge to myself and to my team to always be striving for greater things.

I see our theme prominently in our feature article, “A Seat at the Table,” which explores the reasons behind and the results of the recent faculty unionization drive here at TWU. After over a year of waiting for a result, the new faculty union has been approved. The article explores this decision as the climax of many years of internal tension and will be a major turning point in how the faculty and administration are able to work together.

Of course, there is plenty of excellent work within the rest of this issue. Over in News, Hope Evans writes a brilliant piece exploring recent anti-transgender legislation in America. Elsewhere in the section, Berk Berkeliev reports on recent developments to Bill C-11, which promises major changes to Canada’s Broadcasting Act.

Arts & Culture has some great highlights as well. This issue’s “Reviews from the Brink” segment is a passionate attack against the recent film Cocaine Bear. David Witzke talks about Blåhaj the IKEA shark, a stuffed shark that has become a significant online presence in recent years. Lastly, I was lucky enough to sit down with professor Kerri Norris and talk about the theatre department’s production of You Can’t Take It with You

The mission of Mars’ Hill, as the official student newspaper of Trinity Western University, is to inform and entertain its readers, cultivate awareness of issues concerning the TWU community, and provide a forum for purposeful, constructive discussion among its members in accordance with the Community Covenant, Statement of Faith, and Core Values of the University.

Correction Notice:

The article “Closed Eyes Behind Rose-Coloured Glasses” published in Mars’ Hill, volume 27, issue 8 incorrectly reported that student leaders are still required to sign the Community Covenant. Student Life would like to clarify that student leaders are required to sign a “Leadership Covenant” which also includes “broader commitments of being in leadership (all student leaders) and then ones specific to the area they are serving.”

WRITERS

Milo Fritz

Caleb Millard

Michael Plenits

Lorin Scaiano

Bret van den Brink

PHOTOS

Jef Gibbons/SAMC Theatre, pg. 8

Spartans Athletics, pg. 13 TWUSA, pg. 16

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