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Dr. Bob Lau­rent an­nounces re­tire­ment

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One of the most re­spected and beloved pro­fes­sors at Bethel Col­lege is re­tir­ing. Dr. Bob Lau­rent is call­ing it quits af­ter 17 years at the school. Lau­rent is a pro­fes­sor of re­li­gion and Bible and the vice pres­i­dent for col­lege re­la­tions. Some stu­dents ex­pressed... More »

Oak­wood guys take cold show­ers af­ter spring break

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Fresh­men men liv­ing in Oak­wood/ Slater Hall re­turned to school af­ter spring break to find that there was no hot wa­ter in their build­ing. Ac­cord­ing to Oak­wood’s Res­i­den­tial Di­rec­tor Josh Hart­sell the hot wa­ter out­age spanned from at least Sat­ur­day, March 8 to T... More »

Cam­pus-wide “am­bush­ing” be­gins

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Don’t be sur­prised if you see a stu­dent sprint­ing by you over the next few weeks. Mon­day, March 17 marked the start of Am­bush, the an­nual cam­pus-wide game of squirt gun tag. Am­bush tra­di­tion­ally be­gins the Mon­day fol­low­ing spring break and con­tin­ues un­til fina... More »


Helm of­fers sec­ond chance for se­nior pic­tures

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Every year Helm year­book of­fers a free photo shoot to grad­u­at­ing se­niors. But be­cause many stu­dents missed the fall photo shoot op­por­tu­nity, the staff has re­quested Pro­fes­sional Pho­tog­ra­pher Jim McAdams to re­visit cam­pus for a sec­ond round.   “Se­niors will onl... More »

Bethel takes a break

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Bethel Col­lege stu­dents are get­ting ready to start spring break when classes end on Fri­day, Feb 28, but they will be some of the only stu­dents in the area on break this early. De­spite break not com­ing at the same time as some ma­jor uni­ver­si­ties, stu­dents are s... More »


Fac­ulty Pro­file: Dr. Den­nis En­g­brecht

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Dr. Den­nis En­g­brecht is deeply pas­sion­ate for Bethel Col­lege and for the Bethel Col­lege com­mu­nity. En­g­brecht at­tended Bethel Col­lege from 1967-1970 as an un­der­grad­u­ate stu­dent, then trans­ferred to McPher­son Col­lege in cen­tral Kansas, where he earned his bachel... More »

Learn­ing Com­mons im­ple­ments new Loaner Art Pro­gram

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The Kather­ine J. Grib­bin Learn­ing Com­mons will be in­sti­tut­ing a new Loaner Art Pro­gram to pro­vide stu­dents with an op­por­tu­nity to show­case their art­work. Learn­ing Com­mons Di­rec­tor Tim Williams made the an­nounce­ment about the new pro­gram dur­ing a staff meet­ing ... More »

‘The Sound of Mu­sic’ hits the stage

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The cur­tain opened Thurs­day morn­ing, Feb. 13, on the Bethel Col­lege The­atre De­part­men­t’s pro­duc­tion of “The Sound of Mu­sic.” As of Thurs­day af­ter­noon, 4,009 tick­ets had been sold for all five shows, and three of the five shows had sold out. The show, which was... More »

Karaoke and a movie night…at the Cam­pus Store?

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You may have no­ticed more than just heaps of snow clob­ber­ing Bethel Col­lege upon your re­turn from Christ­mas Break. The Cam­pus Store has a brand new face thanks to  new store man­ager, Teresa Goll­nick. Goll­nick and her em­ploy­ees are work­ing dou­ble time to bring ... More »