If there is one thing you must know, it is that Dr. Malleus Mimms wasn’t always an awful man. He used to be happy. He used to eat ice cream cones and walk his dog. He used to be a good man. However, even a good man can turn bad if he is pushed far enough.

Dr. Mimms secretly hated the world. In fact, this was such a well-kept secret that even he didn’t know about it; he thought he was content. But his soul knew better; his soul knew his true hatred. He hated the world and he longed to mistreat it because the world hated and mistreated him first. The world broke him.

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Last year, something happened at a small university campus in Langley. When problems with administration came to light, dissatisfied students spoke out and the Dorey Report was born.

On Jan. 26, 2006, close to 80 people packed the TWUSA office for a ‘town hall meeting.’ Many different concerns were raised, including, among other things, the longstanding issue of the lack of student representation on the Board of Governors.

Fuelled by the feedback received at the meeting, the student association commissioned then-fourth year student Jay Dorey to create a report on governance structures and student involvement. This report, known as the Dorey Repot, was presented to and adopted by TWUSA on Jan. 31, and then presented to members of the Board’s Governance Committee on Feb. 3.

The question of what lies above the Lower Cafeteria is no longer a mystery to residents. As part of a new initiative to improve resident life, the West Coast Collegium opened its doors to on-campus students two weeks ago.

Although the Resident Collegium program was set to launch last semester – after two years of lobbying from the Trinity Western University Student Association – budget concerns stopped it from moving forward.

The impetus to initiate the program this semester, however, was the ‘C’ grade student residences received on the recent Globe and Mail University Report Card, said Kelvin Gartly. As Assistant Director of Community Life, Resident Programs, Gartly will be heading up the program.

While the old saying goes, ‘Behind every great man there’s a great woman,’ Trinity Western University President Jonathan Raymond prefers to flip that phrase around.

Referring to a quote famously uttered by the founder of the Salvation Army Church, William Booth, Raymond quipped, “My best men are women.”
“I just love that quote,” he added, while speaking with Mars’ Hill last week.

In fact, gender equality is something Raymond feels passionately about.

“We’re just beginning to position women [in executive roles],” Raymond noted. “Everywhere I’ve been, that’s been a priority.”

Trinity Western University’s Faculty of Natural and Applied Sciences received a vital boost through a $500,000 grant recently awarded to genetics researcher Dr. Eve Stringham.

Initiatives from the Canada Research Chairs program fund the Tier Two award in Developmental Genetics and Disease, an association that seeks to find and fund Canada’s best minds.

According to Stringham, the funding is needed to “keep Canadian talent and not lose it.”

This is TWU’s third research chair grant. Dr. Peter Flint received a Tier One research chair for Biblical Studies in 2004 and Dr. Jens Zimmermann received a Tier Two Research chair for Religion, Interpretation, and Culture in 2006.

Representatives for Trinity Western University received the top award at the recent University of British Columbia Model United Nations conference, beating out hundreds of other students from North America.

Representing the country Syria, students Craig Ketchum, Christopher Anquist, Adrian Reimer, Jennifer Bedford, and Trevor Lee received the award for Best Delegation at the conference, held in Vancouver from Jan. 11-14.

“TWU really, really did well,” said Ketchum, vice president of TWU’s Foreign Affairs Society (FAS), formerly the Lester B. Pearson Society.

The Trinity Western University Student Association lost another executive member last week as Matt Jenkins, Vice President of Student Relations, handed in his resignation Thursday.

Jenkins decided to resign after being given the opportunity to pursue a Master’s Degree of Digital Media.

“It’s what I always wanted, but I didn’t think it was offered in Canada,” he said. As this year is the first time that such a degree has been offered, Jenkins will be a part of the first class to pursue this degree.