My first experience with a mental disorder took place on a Mexico missions trip in Grade Nine. A set of boy-girl twins were on the trip, Adam and Allison*, both of whom I was casual friends with. They had been attending our church for a few years, and their dad was my elementary school band teacher – a strange man who would fix our ancient rented instruments with duct tape if we complained about a loose neck or missing finger pad.

The event entitled “Do It In the Dark: Get Turned Off!” is meant to fight apathy regarding the environment by encouraging students to think about reducing waste and energy use. Dorms and apartment blocks have the month of November to prove they have done the most or been the most creative in reducing their environmental impact.

There are lessons to be learned from toodling about in our automobiles.

Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep. If I should die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take.

Picture these two scenarios.

On the evening of Feb. 10, Trinity Western University women’s volleyball player Kim Klassen was driving home to Abbotsford when she was struck by an impaired driver.

Over three straight days of pouring rain, Trinity Western University became home to the Women’s soccer CIS championships. Eight teams from across the country came to represent their schools in the single elimination playoffs that took place from Nov. 6-9.

“I would look in the mirror and not like what I saw,” said one Trinity Western University student, who has struggled with an eating disorder. Her effort to change her body became an obsession, “Every thought was about food: when are you going to eat next, what you need to avoid eating.” She wouldn’t eat all day, or would only eat grapes or something with little or no calories. Then she would binge at the end of the day because she had been starving herself. This style of eating took her on an emotional roller coaster. “After I would binge, I’d start to hate myself,” she said. “I’d feel like a failure because I couldn’t just stop myself from eating,” she said.