I am going to talk about something that is not often talked about. It is a battle I have been facing since I was seventeen and I know I am not the only person dealing with it: Eating Disorders, or, more specifically, Bulimia, Anorexia and Binge Eating.

If there is one skill I have gained from this last semester, it has been this: how to dethrone assorted Western Absolutisms. From my HIST 411 class, in which science showed its true colors as a co-opted rival God to revelation, as well as a political conspirator, to RELS 475, in which we learned about the limitations of progress, reason and the secularization of university education. To surreptitiously paraphrase the title of one of the debate/lecture evenings in Block Hall: maybe the West is not always the best!

We are creatures of habit. We are steeped in the faulty assumption that our faults, our weaknesses and our problems are somebody else’s responsibility. We cannot seem to escape the blame game. And if we come to TWU with a strong faith and leave with a shattered one, we believe that this institution is at fault. We are wrong.

Are you looking for things to do this summer that will frighten and maybe challenge you? Look no further. Here are the top ten scary things to do this summer:

Are you pro-life? You must be “not cool, not savvy, not professional, very religious, out of touch,” ProWomanProLife founder Andrea Mrozek comments on the common stereotype. In reality, she declares that “young, vibrant women” propel the pro-life movement.
ProWomanProLife defies common misconceptions about those who identify themselves as “pro-life”: it is comprised of educated, professional women, from a variety of religious and ethnic backgrounds.

“Any student who has taken a class with professor Calvin Townsend – or hasn’t but seems to end up in his office anyways – knows that he is much more than a professor. To many, he is a mentor, adviser, counselor, life coach and friend. A beautiful soul.”

The Spring 2010 students of the Laurentian Leadership Centre have learned that social justice issues are not the issues of NGOs alone; politics and government play a large role in advancing social justice and human rights causes.

Most fifteen-year-olds think about falling in love; but when I was fifteen all I wanted was to show my love on an international level. I felt my calling in life was to help people whose voices were being ignored in the frenzy of our modern world.