A crowd had already formed by the time Seth Shively stepped onstage at Sufficient Grounds’ live music night on Friday. Shively was backed by roommate and fellow musician Jacob Grabill, who both wowed the audience at Bethel’s Battle of the Bands last month, tak... More »
The melodic strumming of Sufficient Grounds’ latest open mic night guests, Melissa and Ryan Flanigan, serenaded students on Friday night. The musical duo performed several original songs, including one based off of a prayer of Saint Patrick. Their mellow tunes... More »
On Friday, Jan. 25, Bethel held its annual “Battle of the Bands” event. Four bands competed ,and they all received great reactions from the crowd, that almost filled up the Everest-Rohrer to chapel-like capacity. The four bands that played this year were “Da S... More »
Highly anticipated this past Christmas season was the transformation of one of the greatest novels of the 19th century, Victor Hugo’s “Les Misérables.” Though the French classic had been adapted into a movie in the past (think 1998’s version starring Mr. Liam ... More »
Renowned singer/songwriter Taylor Swift continues to produce hits at a stunning pace. The 22-year-old released her latest project in October: “Red,” a 16-song album packed full of catchy melodies and not-so-subtle slams against unnamed exes. The album even fea... More »
Far Cry 3 is an expansive game, and I say expansive for many reasons. Not only is the game’s world huge and filled with things to do, the game’s main storyline is also full of an expansive range of life and emotion. Far Cry 3 is a vast tale about a group of ir... More »
Jan. 22– Men’s Basketball 7 p.m. vs Goshen College (home game) Jan. 23– Women’s Basketball 7 p.m. at Goshen College Submissions due for the Bethel College Film Festival Jan. 24– Men & Women’s 5-on-5 Basketball starts (Mondays and Thursdays 9 p.m. -12 a.m.) Jan... More »
(There will be no spoilers in this review. I saw “The Hobbit” in an IMAX theater, in 3D. Reviews may differ for a 2D movie in respects to the picture and overall “watch-ability.”) Having seen and enjoyed all three Lord of the Rings movies, I was excited at the... More »
This year, Midnight Breakfast was full of surprises. The biggest and probably the most well received surprise was the “Gangnam Style” flash mob that occurred about halfway through the night. “The RAs in Tuckey and Manges wanted to do something fun for Midnight... More »
Sailor musicians, rejoice! The Great Room piano is back in action, having been recently tuned. Perhaps the most relieved about this is sophomore Jafet Moya, a self-taught amateur pianist known for toying with melodies between classes. “My dad’s a pianist but h... More »
The Concert Choir, the Chamber Orchestra, the Collegians and the Voices of Triumph all took to stage this past weekend, performing in front of a packed auditorium in the Everest-Rohrer Chapel. “Nothing is Impossible,” Bethel College’s sixty-fifth annual Christ... More »
Every Tuesday from 7 p.m. until whenever students feel like leaving, Sufficient Grounds hosts an “Open Mic Night” event for Bethel Students. “Open mic night started as just an outlet … something for the musically talented people that don’t get an outlet,” said... More »
