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The common lounge on the third floor of the Canadian Institute of Linguistics (CanIL) building is one of Trinity Western University’s best-kept secrets. Frequented by staff and faculty, graduate and undergraduate students, the lounge fosters an atmosphere of community at a level rarely seen elsewhere. There, the students interact with professors over their lunch break; graduate students work on their thesis at the same table where undergraduate students struggle over their grammar homework.
Professors and students agree that the best thing about the CanIL department is the warmth and community that springs from having a space in which faculty and students can interact in a casual setting, as well as the classroom.
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My tongue recoiled as the oversized popsicle stick left my mouth. Taking a second to wipe the sputum from my lower jaw, I prepared for the worst, when the doctor sticks that ice cold metalic object on your bare chest, moving it from place to place, asking you to suck in air like you’re running wind sprints.
Spring is in the air and so is every other infectious pore seeking a mucus membrane to attach itself to. I don’t know about you, but I hate being sick. If running two miles a day and drinking a half-gallon of OJ for breakfast doesn’t keep these pesky infectious bugs away, I don’t know what will.
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For those of you who have been reading my blog for a while, you might remember that I spent this past summer in my hometown helping care for my ailing grandparents. At the end of the summer, when I was preparing to leave to return to my studies, I visited my Oma to say goodbye. It was the end of August, and though at that time Oma was already very confused, she knew who I was and could understand what I was saying.
When I explained to her that I had to return to my studies she asked me “Why?”
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Block Hall was packed from the front to the back. Latecomers congregated by the door. Drugs, drinking, smoking, and sex would be discussed before the night was over.
More than 180 students gathered March 8 to attend a campus debate on the merits of community standards. The event kicked-off the new Speech and Debate wing of the Foreign Affairs Society (FAS).
“I was expecting a good turnout but this surpassed my expectations,” said FAS President Amy Mochar.
