Bethel Hosts An­nual BABE Week

Mishawaka -- Bethel Uni­ver­sity hosts its an­nual Babe Week Feb. 16-20 for all fe­male stu­dents.  

Babe Week stands for "Be Au­then­tic Be Em­pow­ered,” and ac­cord­ing to the wom­en’s res­i­den­tial di­rec­tors, Michelle Ma­son, Shupe Hall, and An­nie Ben­nett, Tuckey Hall, the week is about build­ing con­nec­tions and re­la­tion­ships with peo­ple in your dorms and with God.  

Ben­nett said, “It’s to un­plug from dis­trac­tions and grow­ing in re­la­tion­ships with oth­ers and with God.” 

Just like Dude Week, Babe Week will be filled with morn­ing de­vo­tions and evening events in every dorm build­ing for the res­i­dents to en­joy. With the kick-off event be­ing a Galen­tine’s Day Part’ in the Bridge’s lobby, the week will fol­low with an in­door slip-and-slide and smooth­ies, hip-hop fit­ness, “Ce­real” Killer, and game night, along with other events that vary per dorm.  

The Res­i­den­tial Di­rec­tors have been meet­ing once a week since the be­gin­ning of the spring se­mes­ter to plan the week.  

Both the res­i­den­tial di­rec­tors and all res­i­den­tial as­sis­tants are ex­cited for the week to be­gin and for what it of­fers.  

Greta John­son, ju­nior psy­chol­ogy ma­jor and RA for Shupe Hall, said, “It’s go­ing to be so much fun,” 

Res­i­den­tial Di­rec­tors share the same ex­cite­ment as the RAs.  

Ma­son said, “I am most ex­cited with get­ting every­one to­gether and do­ing events we would­n’t typ­i­cally do… and to see re­la­tion­ships grow and see friend­ships across cam­pus.” 

Ad­di­tion­ally, Ben­nett added, “We are do­ing more events to­gether. Be­fore it was every dorm for it­self. I like to in­clude every­one. I am most ex­cited for the Tuckey re­treat to Saint Mark Mis­sion­ary church Fri­day to Sat­ur­day.” 

Both Res­i­den­tial Di­rec­tors agree that they are both look­ing for­ward to the con­tin­ual growth of friend­ships and re­la­tion­ships, to start new tra­di­tions and to cre­ate mem­o­ries to­gether.