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Michala Zappia

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COVID-19 Dis­rupts Bethel Uni­ver­sity Stu­dent Sum­mer Jobs

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MISHAWAKA – Every sum­mer, Bethel of­fers stu­dents the op­por­tu­nity to work full-time on cam­pus. Due to dis­rup­tions in nor­mal op­er­a­tions be­cause of lock­downs across the coun­try, there is some un­cer­tainty as to whether these sum­mer job op­por­tu­ni­ties are still bein... More »

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Well­ness Cen­ter Of­fers On­line Coun­sel­ing

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MISHAWAKA – While Bethel Uni­ver­sity has sus­pended in-per­son classes and meet­ings un­til the end of the school year, the Well­ness Cen­ter has con­tin­ued of­fer­ing coun­sel­ing ser­vices on­line for Bethel stu­dents. The Well­ness Cen­ter re­ports they are see­ing only about... More »


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Easter: A Short Story

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Dark­ness is all around me like a deep sleep; sud­denly a light­ning bolt strikes my chest and with a sharp in­hale I am jolted up­right. I be­gin to cough and look around in dark­ness; I feel for some­thing, any­thing around. My hand meets with cold, damp stone and I ... More »

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Bethel Uni­ver­sity Re­sponds Fi­nan­cially to COVID-19

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MISHAWAKA – Since the sign­ing of the Coro­n­avirus Re­lief Bill two weeks ago, many col­lege stu­dents have quickly be­come aware that they may not be el­i­gi­ble to re­ceive a check; this leaves col­lege stu­dents won­der­ing how they will be able to af­ford to make loan pa... More »

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The Im­por­tance of Prac­tic­ing So­cial Dis­tanc­ing

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MISHAWAKA – Just two weeks ago, col­lege stu­dents from all over the coun­try cel­e­brated spring break, ig­nor­ing the coro­n­avirus (COVID-19) and ne­glect­ing warn­ings from health care of­fi­cials and the au­thor­i­ties to prac­tice so­cial dis­tanc­ing.   In Florida, though s... More »

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Trump Signs Coro­n­avirus Re­lief Bill

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MISHAWAKA – On March 27, Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump signed a $2 tril­lion coro­n­avirus re­lief bill. This bill is in­tended to aid those who are ex­pe­ri­enc­ing un­em­ploy­ment dur­ing the pan­demic. It is also in­tended as a stim­u­lus for the gov­ern­ment. The bill of­fers $1,200... More »


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The Nut­shell: Tran­si­tion­ing to On­line Classes

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MISHAWAK, IN – This week, we asked stu­dents through email, “How are you feel­ing about the new on­line classes and how is it af­fect­ing your col­lege ex­pe­ri­ence?” The stu­dents have asked to re­main anony­mous.   “It sucks. To put it plainly and sim­ply, that is the b... More »

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Bethel’s Wom­en’s Soc­cer Serves in Guatemala

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MISHAWAKA – Ten mem­bers of Bethel’s wom­en’s soc­cer team trav­eled with the coach­ing staff to Guatemala over spring break to work along­side En­gadi Min­istries. They worked in Zone 18 of Guatemala City, in the com­mu­nity of El Paraiso, a low-in­come area that has be... More »

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Bethel Of­fers On-Cam­pus Sum­mer Jobs

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MISHAWAKA – For many col­lege stu­dents, sum­mer is the best time to find work and save up for the school year; how­ever, find­ing a sum­mer job can be dif­fi­cult and stress­ful. Stu­dents may not be aware that there are mul­ti­ple stu­dent jobs avail­able on cam­pus for st... More »