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A win­try at­ti­tude

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Win­ter: a mag­i­cal time of hol­i­days spent with loved ones, beau­ti­ful snowflakes scat­tered every­where, and a chance to hud­dle by the fire­place with a spe­cial some­one or a splen­did book. Win­ter: atro­cious weather that forces one to her­mit in­doors, be late to dest... More »

3D movies overkilled

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In 2009, James Cameron pro­duced Avatar which be­came the high­est gross­ing movie of all time. Al­though it’s the only movie to ever gross over two bil­lion dol­lars, movie­go­ers are go­ing to re­mem­ber it for its un­be­liev­able spe­cial-ef­fects. More than a decade af­ter ... More »

Stu­dent protest­ing in Lon­don

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Fifty thou­sand stu­dents are protest­ing the pro­posed rise in tu­ition fees in Lon­don, Eng­land. What be­gan as a peace­ful demon­stra­tion on Nov. 11, turned vi­o­lent. There are re­ports of stu­dents spray paint­ing an­ar­chy sym­bols, set­ting fires, break­ing win­dows and de... More »

Stu­dents take a new di­rec­tion

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This month, stu­dents will test their skills dur­ing the Stu­dent Di­rected Shows. The per­for­mances will be held in the Oc­to­rium on Dec. 10 and 11 at 7:30 p.m. Each of the shows has been cast and di­rected by a mem­ber of the di­rect­ing class. Au­di­tions were open to ... More »


Home­school­ers ad­just to col­lege life

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Every col­lege stu­dent has had to make some ad­just­ments in or­der to make the tran­si­tion to col­lege life. Some have to get used to liv­ing away from home while oth­ers sim­ply have to learn how to jug­gle their new work loads. For many, the ad­just to col­lege life is... More »

Helm run not what it used to be

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Every­one knows about the in­fa­mous helm run. Or at least all the fresh­man guys know. Many in­sist on keep­ing tra­di­tion alive the first snow every year. “Why do you per­pet­u­ate that ru­mor? It does­n’t hap­pen!” in­sisted leg­endary Oak­wood/​Slater Hall Res­i­dent Di­recto... More »

Oak­wood boys leave Shupe girls hang­ing

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The Shupe girls awoke to a very early Christ­mas pre­sent on Tues­day morn­ing, Nov. 16. As the girls came down to leave for their classes, they re­al­ized they would­n’t be able to exit through the front door of the dorm. Overnight, their door had been blocked by a ... More »


Scrip­ture 66 con­cludes

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In less than 72 hours those who par­tic­i­pated in Scrip­ture 66 had com­pleted read­ing all 31,102 verses of the bible. Early Nov. 8 the fi­nal Scrip­ture 66 reader com­pleted the book of Rev­e­la­tion bring­ing this years read­ing sa­fari through the Scrip­tures to a close.... More »

Walk the talk

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Se­niors Cat Her­sh­berger and Eliz­a­beth Ser­rano, along with ju­niors Dori Wal­ter­house and Su­sanna Frusti live among the Keller Park com­mu­nity in Bethel’s on-site house. The three-bed­room res­i­dence pro­vides the girls with an op­por­tu­nity to demon­strate Christ-like ... More »

Chil­dren of the World Choir to come to Bethel

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Chil­dren from all over the globe are com­ing to Bethel this week. The Chil­dren of the World choir, spon­sored by World Help, will be singing in chapel on Wednes­day. The choir is made up of chil­dren from var­i­ous coun­tries such as Uganda, the Philip­ines and Nepal.... More »