Bleary-eyed residents shuffle to their first classes, not quite awake but functioning on automatic pilot. The classroom building begins to bustle as professors take a final sip of coffee before greeting the day s challenges. It s Friday, and there s a sense of playfulness in the air as the college community embraces the prospect of the weekend. Most classes meet in the main classroom building, a structure housing the nursing department, computer services and computer lab at ground level, with lecture halls and the science department on the second floor. Walking down the polished corridors, we hear professors intoning the meaning and implications of math, chemistry, political science and theology from the reformed perspective.
Students listen with varying degrees of attentiveness.
The Troll realizes that some things haven t changed much over the years. Outside the classroom walls, the drone of huge lawn-eating machinery is heard as the landscape crew from Clarence Davids and Co. performs their weekly duties of mowing, trimming, edging, fertilizing and beautifying our campus. Students mingle and gather among the trees, finding a secluded picnic table for studying or just sharing a quiet moment with a friend or two. Visitors often comment on the myriad plantings, which preserve the country club atmosphere of the campus s first incarnation. Spiritual nourishment, like physical sustenance, is vital to the life of the College.