Let­ter from the Ed­i­tor

Greet­ings, Bethel Bea­con Read­ers! 

How are you all do­ing? That was a rhetor­i­cal ques­tion, of course, this let­ter be­ing posted on­line and all. But wait, per­haps it is­n’t a rhetor­i­cal ques­tion; I want to know how you are do­ing. I want to hear from you, our read­ers. It is of the ut­most im­por­tance for us to hear what our stu­dent body is say­ing so that we can re­flect that in our ar­ti­cles. Our writ­ers ac­count for less than 1 per­cent of the stu­dent body. We want to know what you want to read in the pa­per. We want to talk about what you are talk­ing about, whether you be in the study rooms of the Bowen Li­brary or the the­atre lobby in Ever­est-Rohrer. 

I haven’t in­tro­duced my­self yet. My apolo­gies; my name is Josiah Hack­ett, and I was the ed­i­tor for the pa­per last se­mes­ter. Since then, we have added an as­sis­tant ed­i­tor; her name is Bri­anna Dens­more, and you might have read some of the ar­ti­cles she wrote for us last year. We will be shar­ing the work­load of edit­ing as well as do­ing some pieces of jour­nal­ism our­selves.  

As we con­tinue this se­mes­ter, we are go­ing to try to be the fore­front of your voice here on cam­pus and in­volve you, the stu­dent body, in each of our pieces. We will strive to have pieces writ­ten by the stu­dent body about the stu­dent body for the stu­dent body. I know we have the Cross­ings mag­a­zine and I want to give them a shout-out as well; they are your op­por­tu­nity to spread your cre­ativ­ity all over cam­pus. If you have some­thing to share, like a story or poem, con­tact the Cross­ings mag­a­zine. If you have a story to re­port or an is­sue you would like to dis­cuss, email the Bethel Bea­con at bethel­bea­con@bethelu­ni­ver­sity.edu. We want to be your bea­con on cam­pus, a light in this dim­ming world. 

We are the Bethel Bea­con. 

Thank you, 

Josiah Hack­ett