By Alex Rake (The Cascade) – Email
I had never been inside Baker House before. Why should I have been? I live elsewhere and I’m an anti-social wreck. But on February 5, I heard whisperings of an event that I just had to attend.
As part of the Lunar New Year celebrations happening on campus, UFV Global Engagement hosted a dumpling fest in the Baker House kitchen. In other words, free food. When I entered, I was blown away by all the activity: here, 20 people frantically chopping vegetables; there, a team running back and forth to hand out free soup. Everyone was smiling and happy to help, jammed into a busy kitchen space, and it was wonderful.
Never before have I seen so many UFV students united in a cause, except for maybe last year’s protests against the shutting down of the Writing Centre. The free food is obviously a great draw for students, but more than that, it was a learning experience, since everyone was involved in making the dumplings. And even more than that, it was a great example of the camaraderie that life on a university campus ought to foster.
Bravo, UFV Global Engagement and Baker House. You filled my belly and my heart.
