By Joshua Gregg

Thursday, February 14, 2008, the London transit system banned 16th century painter Lukas Cranach the Elder’s nude Venus from the Tube. The piece was printed and posted all over London’s underground railways advertising a Lukas Cranach exhibition at London’s Royal Academy of Arts. CBS Outdoor, responsible for monitoring ads posted in London, affirmed on Thursday that the painting was far too risqué for tourists and residents alike.

The painting depicts Venus – the Roman goddess of love, beauty and fertility – pale and nude, seductively gazing through the painting. She is posed holding a translucent veil before her seemingly fertile stomach, against a black foreground, with a murky, brown half-oval around her feet.

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By Craig Ketchum

How much do you hate paying for gas? In Langley, we’re still waiting for improved public transit, so if you’re wishing your gas bills would just go away, your wish may just be granted. It’s not the smart car; it’s bigger and cheaper. Whereas many highly efficient petrol-powered cars cost tens of thousands of dollars, the vehicle I’m talking about is environmentally friendly and economical. Zero Emissions, No Noise: ZENN. And it sounds like savings at $12,000, because it’s electric, so you never have to feel pain at the pump ever again! You simply plug it in to the wall.

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By Lauren Thompson

What sets apart a Trinity Western University graduate?

There are many answers to this question: a liberal arts basis, a Christian worldview, a general knowledge of Canadian geese. But what almost always makes the list is the influence, or lack thereof, of the infamous Responsibilities of Membership (ROM).

Over the fall semester and Christmas break, a student-driven effort attempted to open up dialogue on this controversial subject and re-evaluate the standards that define behaviour at the university. This came in the form of a survey, created by the TWU Student Association and the Office of Institutional Research.

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By Josh Schweitzer

With: Rachel Raymond, Spartans Basketball
Hometown: St. Albert, Alberta

MH: What has been the most ridiculous on-court chirp that you have ever heard?

Rachel: I don’t know if this counts for an on-court comment, but in high school last year the coach of the opposite team threw a fit when one of his players fouled me when I was going to the basket. He walked onto the court, pointed at me, and yelled, “Look at her! She’s a steamroller! Call the right foul!” It made me giggle.

MH: Thoughts on the outcome of Super Bowl XLII:

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By Bethany Meckelburg

[Photo: Russell Leng]
Last semester, Russell Leng arrived for class as usual. He brought his homework as usual and sat down to prepare himself for class, but everyone noticed something was different. He was sitting on his homework: a large, white chair. A chair that his professor believes is marketable and may someday be a fixture in people’s homes.

“He took the project to the degree where he has something that is mass producible,” said Professor Sheralee Lewis. “He can take it and get it manufactured. Companies like Knoll [for example] produce limited numbers of designer furniture for [famous] architects like Eames and Le Corbusier.”

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By Evan Menzies

By now, most people are aware that the 2007-2008 season, both on and off the court, was nothing short of a disaster for the Spartans men’s basketball team. Thus, playing their final game of the season on Feb. 8 on the road against a competitive Simon Fraser University Clan, a Spartan loss seemed pretty predictable. However, fighting against the odds, Trinity Western University proved the cynics wrong. The Spartans battled hard and came out on top with a solid 92-80 victory over the SFU Clan on their Burnaby mountain campus.

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By Annie Kotowicz

I used to presume vegetarians clung to their cause out of sympathy for the fuzzy animals martyred by meat-eaters. For me, any such sympathy was curbed by the tedious prospect of searching for meat substitutes.

I learned recently that my best friend considers her vegetarianism a moral issue. I asked her why, and was astonished at the logic of her answers – and at my own ignorance about the issues we discussed. Walking with me to an aerobics class from her dorm at UBC, Holly explained what she has learned about the meat industry’s effects on the environment.

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By Todd Foley

On March 1, Trinity Western University English professor Dr. Barbara Pell will be honoured with a 2008 Leading Women Award. This award will be given with recognition in the category of Education, Training and Development.

Pell, currently on a leave of absence, will receive the award at the National Christian Leadership Conference for Women in Toronto, Ontario.

This recognition pays tribute to Pell’s legacy at TWU, said Dr. Holly Nelson, who was the primary nominator in this process.

“Often women didn’t get PhDs who were evangelicals, that is quite unusual,” said Nelson, adding that “for a woman to be able to excel academically in the Christian university is amazing.”

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