Max Hill
Vancouver joins worldwide Women’s March on Washington
January 21, 2017“This would not have happened if every one of you hadn’t stepped up,” organiser Lisa Langevin told a vocal crowd of nearly 15,000. “It takes a village to raise a child, and this village raised this child.” The crowd was gathered in Jack Poole plaza for the Women’s March on Washington – Vancouver, held downtown on a brisk Saturday morning. The event was just one of a series of gatherings across the globe, with millions marching everywhere from the United States to France to Ghana. While ostensibly an anti-Trump rally, the march in Vancouver also addressed broader efforts to combat…
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The One Who Stops: an interview with SFU’s nicest bus driver
January 4, 2016[dropcap]S[/dropcap]FU students who take the 135 bus up to campus every morning see a lot of different bus drivers — some nice, some not so nice. Most of them tend not to make much of an impact. But Bill Laird…
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University Briefs
September 7, 2015UBC Board of Governor’s chair steps down amid national controversy [VANCOUVER] – John Montalbano, formerly the chair of UBC’s Board of Governors, resigned from his position on August 25 amid controversy over Montalbano’s response to a blog post published by…
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Point / Counterpoint
June 22, 2015Give it to me straight By Max Hill I’m butt naked, holding my privates in my cupped hands, running around a cabin in the woods at full speed. There’s no cellphone reception and it’s well past midnight. I can barely…
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Philosophy doesn’t suck
May 19, 2015Like many a real-life love affair, I never meant to fall for philosophy. We got off to a rocky start. Wasn’t this the discipline for pretentious neckbeards who would rather stare blankly at a ceiling than write a research essay?…
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Stop — collaborate and listen
March 23, 2015[caption id="attachment_1670" align="alignnone" width="940"] Photo credit: Brandon Hillier[/caption] Some people have trouble speaking up and voicing their opinion in a work environment. I get it — it’s awkward to have to share your own personal views, especially when it means…
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Writer gets article published in The Peak
September 8, 2014Max Hill, a communications student currently studying at Simon Fraser University, recently had this very article published in the humour section of The Peak, the school’s student newspaper. Hundreds of students have since read this article, and reception has been…
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Solitude at SFU
July 7, 2014College: the most fun time of your life. Or so you thought. Whether it’s the boisterous frat boy shenanigans of Animal House and Old School or the stylish escapades of the Legally Blonde series, we’re taught to expect college to…
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How to open your banana
July 7, 2014From the bottom is best By Max Hill Today, I’m going to change your life. Yes, you, reading this article on the bus, in a lecture hall, waiting for your food to arrive in the Highland Pub. You know that…
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Taking notes by hand is more effective than using a laptop
June 30, 2014My first ever lecture at Simon Fraser University was a learning experience in more ways than one. The prof, whose name I won’t reveal, began the class by sharing his golden rule, the number one pet peeve he would not…
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