The school year is coming to a close and everyone is beginning to look towards the horizon as summer break approaches. Before we move on it seems prudent to take a look back at some things from the past year as a means of reflection and levity. Here is the ’08-’09 year-end review:

Reformed Community Standards:
At time of printing the proposed changes to the Community Standards or Responsibilities of Membership or Community Covenant or Whatever-its-name-is will have been released to the student population. There are several things that may occur 1) casual alcohol drinkers will rejoice at the proposed changes, 2) smokers will be saddened that smoking will still not be allowed on campus (although judging by the drive into campus, the rules don’t seem to affect everybody), 3) a grand total of 11 students will actually read it and many will not actually take notice, 4) mass riot will occur necessitating the arrival of the Langley S.W.A.T. and riot police (they do have them, right?) to put down the unruly conservative students unwilling to accept the changes. Any way it goes down, it may actually be pretty entertaining.

TWUSA:
The Student Association started off with a bang with a carnival-like BBQ, but has since failed to live up to the lofty expectations they named for themselves. With the end of the year fast approaching, many questions are left answered: where is the promised Toga party that $3,000 dollars was allotted for? Whatever happened to that snappy slogan “No more bull poop” (oh wait, we don’t wonder about that one, just thankful it’s gone)? How did next year’s executive council become filled with men? These are all interesting questions, but who has the time to figure it all out?

Glover Road Bridge: one year later:
New students this year will not appreciate this, but for two years the bridge on Glover was a one-way road. This has been due to the designers who decided to build a bridge that few semi-trucks could pass through without damaging it, so year after year drivers were forced to take turns crossing the bridge. So let’s tip our hats to nearly one year with a working bridge (just keep praying for more. Langley isn’t the best at constructing logical road systems).

Seniors will graduate complaining of not knowing where to go next:
This is a common cry amongst those fourth- (or fifth-) year students who are making the quest beyond Trinity Western University’s crazy cozy environment and entering into the secular world. For those with no idea what to do with their lives now, take heart in the fact that many are predicting that now is the “greatest time to be coming out of college since the Great Depression.” Comforting words, and words which we can all take a little stock in, or you could do what TWU is now promoting: spend another $25,000 to wait out this floundering economy to better equip yourself to move into a jobless market. Neat.