Crown Staff

There’s something about the beautiful weather that we’ve been having lately that simply demands open windows and loud music. I was prompted to consider this the other day as I was driving around Brantford doing errands. The radio was cranked the loudest it’s been in months and I was enjoying the warm sunlight through the bent sunglasses I had dug out of the side door of my car.

One of the goals of Christian higher education, and of Redeemer itself, is to shape the minds of its students in a way that changes how they think, criticize, and react to the events around us. Admittedly, we put a great deal of faith into the people at the top, expecting them to find, select, and hire the kind of people who will both challenge what we think, and who will give us the kind of wisdom that comes with a critically thinking, active mind.

This week, the face of Redeemer’s next step forward was unveiled. Dr. Hubert R. Krygsman of Dordt College, Iowa has been selected as Redeemer’s new president. Beginning on June 14, 2010, he will begin his work here, filling in Dr.

Dear Readership,

We deeply appreciate the number of response we have received on the article “Lecture from non-Christian devalues message.” The Crown strives to represent the many views of the Redeemer student body, and we hold ourselves accountable to you. The document which describes this relationship is “The Constitution of The Crown.” In article three of the document, it reads:

10. I have never been to jail. If I had been to jail, it would have been spelled “gaol”, because I lived in Goderich. Fun fact: Steven Truscott narrowly eluded a death sentence while spending time in the Goderich Gaol.

5. Big Xtra

Working at McDonald’s was one of the worst experiences of my life, besides the free food. My worst weeks of acne and gut rot were peppered with delicious encounters with the Big Xtra, or as the Americans called it, the Big’n’Tasty. With an extra patty, double cheese, all the fix-uns, a tray of nuggets and a chocolate shake, I was wired for the rest of my shift.

4. Baconator

Another decade has come and gone. I feel old. It is a little funny to think that, as the new millennium rolled in, I was ten years old. And what was I doing? I was reading. When the year 2000 rolled in, I was reading Dr. Seuss’s Cat in the Hat to my one year old cousin. I will admit it, I am a literary geek. Looking back over the last ten years, there are certain books that have stood out. Here’s my list.