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Autumn Owens

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Book Re­view: “First They Killed My Fa­ther” by Loung Ung

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Loung Ung had it all– two lov­ing par­ents, warm din­ners, and a house full of sib­lings. Al­though her fam­ily was­n’t the rich­est in the neigh­bor­hood, they cer­tainly weren’t strug­gling to put food on the table, ei­ther. But at the end of the Khmer Rouge’s reign, she... More »

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Artist of the Week: Vanessa Steiner

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MISHAWAKA—This week, the Bethel Bea­con high­lights Art Ed­u­ca­tion ma­jor Vanessa Steiner, the cre­ative force be­hind the Se­nior art show­case “Still Sov­er­eign.”   Steiner came into Bethel as an El­e­men­tary Ed­u­ca­tion ma­jor, but switched to Art Ed­u­ca­tion be­fore the en... More »

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Book Re­view: “One of Us is Ly­ing” by Karen Mc­Manus

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When you think of a mur­der mys­tery novel, what’s the first thing that comes to mind? For some, it might be an old Agatha Christie vol­ume — the kind of pa­per­back you see on your grand­moth­er’s book­shelf that’s dusty and looks like it has­n’t been read for years. ... More »

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The Nut­shell: Fa­vorite Su­per­bowl Com­mer­cial

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The Su­per­bowl is one of the most widely cel­e­brated sports events in Amer­ica. In light of the less sport-savvy among us, this week’s Nut­shell fo­cuses on the best part of the Su­per­bowl–the com­mer­cials! Bethel Bea­con read­ers, what was YOUR fa­vorite Su­per­bowl comm... More »


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Book Re­view: The Nightin­gale by Kristin Han­nah

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The Holo­caust, al­though it oc­curred about 75 years ago, still pen­e­trates mod­ern Amer­i­can me­dia to­day. With books like Num­ber the Stars by Lois Lowry and The Boy in the Striped Pa­ja­mas by John Boyne, the lat­ter which re­ceived a movie adap­tion, writ­ers are us­ing... More »

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Bethel’s The­atre De­part­ment Brings Back 24-Hour The­atre

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MISHAWAKA, IN—The The­atre De­part­ment is gear­ing up for its 24-Hour The­atre event this week­end, which is mak­ing a come­back af­ter a spring stu­dio show and a lack of signups pre­vented it from tak­ing place the last two years.   Five writ­ers and five di­rec­tors have... More »