AEI Hosts Doc­u­men­tary Screen­ing, New Club Comes to Cam­pus and Other Bethel Club Up­dates

MISHAWAKA- The Amer­i­can En­ter­prise In­sti­tute is screen­ing “For the Love of Neigh­bor: Pol­i­tics for the Com­mon Good” in the Aca­d­e­mic Cen­ter in room 342. The first screen­ing took place on Tues­day, Feb. 2, and the sec­ond screen­ing will be on Tues­day, Feb. 9 at 7 p.m. To al­low for so­cial dis­tanc­ing, only 37 stu­dents are per­mit­ted at each show­ing.  

The doc­u­men­tary dis­cusses the re­la­tion­ship be­tween pol­i­tics and faith. It does not im­ply or pro­vide an­swers for which po­lit­i­cal stances to take; rather, it tells the sto­ries of three in­di­vid­u­als who wres­tle with the ques­tions them­selves.  

The Amer­i­can En­ter­prise In­sti­tute is a group of schol­ars aimed to im­prove the life of hu­mans by pur­su­ing free en­ter­prise and democ­racy. Schol­ars work in ar­eas such as eco­nom­ics, for­eign and de­fense pol­icy, health care, pol­i­tics, poverty, ed­u­ca­tion and so­ci­ety and cul­ture to find ways to make life eas­ier. The In­sti­tute op­er­ates in­de­pen­dently from any po­lit­i­cal party and is not tied to any in­sti­tu­tion.   

Al­lie Schweigert is cur­rently the pres­i­dent of the Amer­i­can En­ter­prise In­sti­tute Coun­cil at Bethel.  

“Over­all, our coun­cil aims to bring rel­e­vant op­por­tu­ni­ties for learn­ing to the stu­dents of Bethel as well as ex­po­sure to na­tion­wide con­fer­ences that host renowned speak­ers and guests,” said Schweigart.  

Schweigert also men­tioned that only three of the six ex­ec­u­tive coun­cil po­si­tions are filled, and the coun­cil is look­ing for more stu­dents to join as some grad­u­ate.  

To sign up to see the screen­ing of “For the Love of Neigh­bor: Pol­i­tics for the Com­mon Good,” or to in­quire about the ex­ec­u­tive coun­cil po­si­tions for The Amer­i­can En­ter­prise In­sti­tute, stu­dents can con­tact Schweigert at al­lie.schweigert@bethelu­ni­ver­sity.edu.  

As for other Bethel clubs, Stu­dents for Life is cur­rently hold­ing meet­ings every other Thurs­day from 6:45 p.m. un­til 7:30 p.m. to dis­cuss pro-life apolo­get­ics. The club’s next meet­ing is planned for Feb. 18 and in­ter­ested stu­dents can con­tact Bri­anna Dens­more, cur­rent club pres­i­dent, at bri­anna.dens­more@bethelu­ni­ver­sity.edu. 

There is also a new club on cam­pus, the Bethel Con­ser­v­a­tives. The club is be­ing led by Ray Williams, Bai­ley Mott, Evan Roth and Ben Laman, and it hosted its first meet­ing on Feb. 4 in the Aca­d­e­mic Cen­ter room 217. Stu­dents in­ter­ested in fu­ture events can fol­low the club on In­sta­gram @bethel­con­ser­v­a­tives. 

Many clubs on cam­pus have cho­sen to not host ac­tiv­i­ties re­cently due to COVID-19 re­stric­tions, in­clud­ing the Green Club, the Psy­chol­ogy Club, the In­ter­na­tional Stu­dent Fel­low­ship and the Ed­u­ca­tion Club.