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A Vague View
Fort Langley’s Fort Pub is a student favourite for a cheap eats, especially on Monday night, when they hold their appealing $1.99 burger special. However, despite their Monday night presence at the Pub, the view of Trinity Western University students is vague.
Micah Noble, the Fort Pub’s manager, notes that while 70 per cent of Monday night’s patrons are students from TWU, they are only a very small fraction of the Pub’s customers. When asked if TWU students were distinguishable from other customers, Noble noted that a significant amount of people who go to the Fort Pub are not drinkers, alluding to the non-alcoholic purchases of most of the university’s clientele. However, Noble did mention that about 20 per cent of students who dine at the Pub also drink.
“We have about three or four regulars who we know go to Trinity and order drinks,” he said.
Regarding TWU’s involvement with the local community, Noble confessed that he did not know much about the university and asked about the nature of Community Standards which restrict the consumption of alcoholic beverages by students.
Noble said that at one point the Pub had discussed partnering with the university. However, given that the Fort Pub is an establishment that serves alcohol, he decided not to pursue the idea, since partnering with a religious institution that prohibits alchohol in any form could produce negative connotations.
While Noble himself is caught up in the business of his Pub, his thoughts reveal that even an establishment frequented by TWU students leaves many wondering about, and unacquainted with, the mysterious university on Glover Road.
I appreciate your little glimpse into how TWU is viewed from the outside. Of course this is an area that could be explored to a much greater extent than you have here, but nonetheless it is interesting to ponder the mystery that is TWU. I have lived in Langley my whole life and it wasn’t until just before I enrolled here that I found out that the school even existed. My friends only know of the school through me and some vague rumours of rebellious ladies at house parties. Anyway, thank you for the glimpse into the mystery that TWU is to some of those in our community.