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Re­cruit­ing ef­forts lead to large fresh­man class

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This year’s fresh­man class at Bethel is one of the largest ever at the school. It’s good news for Bethel, which has strug­gled with de­clin­ing en­roll­ment in re­cent years. Those de­clines in en­roll­ment have con­tributed to cut­backs in staff and fac­ulty. This year’s... More »

What will Bethel stu­dents learn about ori­gins?

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Bethel fac­ulty mem­bers gath­ered  on Tues­day, March 17 to dis­cuss  the school’s po­si­tion when it comes to teach­ing stu­dents about ori­gins. It’s an is­sue that has cre­ated some di­vi­sion within the school be­cause pro­fes­sors, stu­dents, staff and ad­min­is­tra­tors have... More »

The­atre de­part­ment plays mu­si­cal chairs

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In a clas­sic game of mu­si­cal chairs, play­ers shuf­fle from chair to chair, but there is never quite enough room for every­one. How­ever, the Bethel Col­lege The­atre De­part­ment is now deal­ing with just the op­po­site. Dur­ing the the­atre de­part­ment ma­jor/​mi­nor meet­ing... More »

Don’t talk back on Yik-Yak

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Bethel Col­lege has re­cently re­ceived bad pub­lic­ity via an app called Yik-Yak. Yik-Yak, which works the same as an “anony­mous Twit­ter,” is a feed of uniden­ti­fi­able posts that can be read by users within a 1.5 mile re­gion. “When I first got the app, there were m... More »