All you need is love. This seems to be the recent motto of Trinity Western University students as more and more couples get engaged. And why shouldn’t they? The weather is getting warmer, the trees are budding, and the clouds are slowly dispersing. It’s the “ring by spring” phenomena, and it’s in full effect.

Roughly 30 Trinity couples got engaged this year, and one couple even got pre-engaged. Local jewelers have reported a 15 percent increase in sales due to the spring season and they keep rising.

Dear Nurse Rita,

Are there any simple tips to improve skin problems, such as acne?
Signed,
Noxzema Queen

Dear Queen,

Great question! Skin is your body’s largest organ; it regulates your body’s temperature and protects your vital organs – so we better pay a little more attention and take care of it.
• Eat a balanced diet from ALL four major food groups.
• Drink lots of water (at least ten cups a day).
• Exercise regularly (to increase blood flow to the skin).
• Wash your skin (especially face and neck regularly with warm water and mild
soap). This removes excess oil, bacteria, and dead skin.

New York. Paris. Sydney. Wherever the destination may be, traveling is fast becoming a rite of passage for most university students.

Not only does exploring other parts of the world provide students with excitement and intrigue, it also offers different perspectives and cultures to learn from.

At Trinity Western University, students are given several traveling options each summer that also provide course credit.

This year, as the majority of the TWU student body heads home, a select group of about 90 will be gallivanting off to places as far away as Guatemala, Kenya, and China, or to a destination not so distant like Salt Spring Island.

As his presidential term ends, Dr. Neil Snider will say goodbye, at least for a time, to the students and staff of Trinity Western University, which he has served for the past 32 years.

From the beginning of his presidency in 1974, Dr. Snider had a vision for the school to become a “first class institution, one that is unapologetically and passionately Christian.” He wanted for the school “to be like Daniel, standing tall in the midst of culture.”

On her knees, hidden behind her chair, prostrate before God, sobs wracked through her body. “God, take it away, take it away, take it away,” was all she could manage through the tears. Hair, clothes, Kleenex, and mucus became enmeshed as Erin broke down before her Maker once again.

Feeling the heavens close above, she slid from her knees to her side, curling into the fetal position in a desperate attempt to block out the devastating thoughts invading her mind.

“You can’t feel like this,” one voice proclaimed indignantly, “you’re a Christian!”

Props on winning ACP of the year award. We’ve been close before. Congratulations on this incredible achievement. It goes to show the strength of the Mars’ Hill that year after year we keep building on our successes and achieving greater things.

Matt Senft

I am a University of Alberta Grad Student, and obviously a Golden Bears fan. I just wanted to log-on to offer the Spartans a hearty congratulations.

You all played very well and worked together brilliantly. I also agree with awarding you the Fair Play Award. TWU has a lot to be proud of. For a university with such a small population to draw on, it is amazing that you compete so well at the CIS level. Your victory put the icing on the cake.

It was with disappointment that I read 3C’s anti-Diva Days letter in the previous issue of the Mars’ Hill. In my first two years at Trinity, every spring I would look on enviously as my guy friends got to participate in the male-bonding extravaganza of Ft. Douglas Week. Last year I found myself in a position of leadership as CLA (now renamed CF), and I and my fellow CLAs decided to take action and correct the situation.