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Fit­ness Tip: You are Go­ing Too Fast

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MISHAWAKA — You have seen it—the gym park­ing lot packed to max­i­mum all day for the two to three weeks fol­low­ing the New Year fes­tiv­i­ties. Then, all of a sud­den, the gym is back to be­ing a ghost town. Why does this hap­pen? Per­haps you may be one of those “resol... More »

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Let­ter from the Ed­i­tor

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Greet­ings, Bethel Bea­con Read­ers!  How are you all do­ing? That was a rhetor­i­cal ques­tion, of course, this let­ter be­ing posted on­line and all. But wait, per­haps it is­n’t a rhetor­i­cal ques­tion; I want to know how you are do­ing. I want to hear from you, our reade... More »

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“Link’s Awak­en­ing” for the Third Time

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“The Leg­end of Zelda: Link’s Awak­en­ing,” the 26-year-old ac­tion, ad­ven­ture RPG from every­one’s fa­vorite, fam­ily-friendly game com­pany, Nin­tendo, has got­ten a brand-new look. The old ti­tle’s re­mas­ter re­leased on Sept. 20, 2019 for the Nin­tendo Switch, fea­tur­ing... More »

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“Just Keep Swim­ming” 30 Min­utes away

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MISHAWAKA, IN—I felt my fins get cold, or what was that word again? Oh yes, feet. My feet were cold as I got closer to jump­ing into the chlo­ri­nated wa­ter. I knew what was to come: chipped nails, frayed hair, dry skin, and bleached eye­brows. Trust me, mer­maids ... More »


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In­tro­duc­tion

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Hello Bethel Uni­ver­sity! Here’s to a new school year and new school name! My name is Josiah Hack­ett, and I am the new ed­i­tor for the Bethel Bea­con. I am ex­cited to show­case and col­lab­o­rate with the bud­ding jour­nal­ists here at the Bethel Bea­con. We plan to prov... More »

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Opin­ion Piece: Re­cy­cling on Cam­pus

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MISHAWAKA—The ben­e­fits of re­cy­cling are end­less. They range from keep­ing straws from killing sea tur­tles, to stop­ping plas­tic soda can hold­ers from suf­fo­cat­ing dol­phins and sea li­ons. Re­cy­cling also helps to stop de­for­esta­tion by as­sist­ing the de­mand for raw m... More »

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The Nut­shell

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MISHAWAKA—Wel­come back to the Nut­shell! This is where the Bea­con staff poses a ques­tion to you, the stu­dent body, and pub­lishes your an­swers.  This week we asked you: How do you plan to study for fi­nals?  Han­nah Gra­ham – Fresh­man Sign-Lan­guage In­ter­pret­ing maj... More »

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Bethel Pro­fes­sor Tells Sab­bat­i­cal Story

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MISHAWAKA—On Fri­day, March 22, Dr. Eliz­a­beth McLaugh­lin, as­so­ci­ate pro­fes­sor of com­mu­ni­ca­tion, shared her sab­bat­i­cal story. She was orig­i­nally sched­uled to speak on Feb­ru­ary 1 but chose to post-pone the event due to the un­usu­ally frigid tem­per­a­tures sweep­ing t... More »


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91st Acad­emy Awards Re­cap

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It’s been a long and tire­some jour­ney, but we have fi­nally got­ten through this Os­cars sea­son. That means we are right on the doorstep of Hol­ly­wood’s biggest night: The Acad­emy Awards. The 91st Acad­emy Awards took place on Sun­day, Feb­ru­ary 24 on ABC. For me, it... More »

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“What are your plans for Spring Break?”

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MISHAWAKA— Wel­come back to the Nut­shell! Each week, the Bea­con staff poses a ques­tion to you, the Bethel stu­dent body, and pub­lishes your an­swers.  This week we asked you: What are your plans for Spring Break?  Christina Bilyak – Fresh­man, “I’m prob­a­bly go­ing ... More »

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What is one of your fa­vorite Christ­mas tra­di­tions?

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MISHAWAKA, IND.– Wel­come back to the Nut­shell! Each week, the Bea­con staff poses a ques­tion to you, the Bethel stu­dent body, and pub­lishes your an­swers.  This week we asked you: What is one of your fa­vorite Christ­mas tra­di­tions?  Ar­ca­dia Woods – Sopho­more Bioc... More »