This past Wednesday, April 25th, was this year’s Celebration Chapel. A well-loved part of this chapel is the Golden Acorn Awards. These are awards that go out to memorable people on campus that are iconic for many somewhat random things. This year was no excep... More »
It seems years sense we’ve seen it. That green stuff that seems to cover campus. We almost forgot what it feels and smells like, but now it is here to stay. Grass! Spring! Sunshine! Spring has arrived, and students are frolicking through campus with utter deli... More »
As finals week is coming upon us, the stress in each student has risen to concerning levels. It seems that there is no escape to the restless nights, the notes to read and the slide shows to review. Due to these high levels of stress, every year the Learning C... More »
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 has been your favorite chapel ever?” Carrissa Whitten, nursing major: “Judy Peterson…. I thin... More »
Starting with next year’s freshman class, Bethel’s 3-2 Engineering program partnership with Notre Dame University will see admission standards increase, with the GPA requirement raising to 3.6 and an increase in competition for certain spots. The competitive a... More »
As Bethel’s students begin to turn in projects, study for tests and turn in final papers, there are four students whose papers are going beyond Bethel’s campus. Spencer French, Susan Miley, Eva Hornikel and Kaitlyn Zimmerman have been working on philosophy and... More »
Welcome back to the Nutshell! Each week the Beacon poses a question to you, the Bethel community, and publishes your responses. This week, in response to the recent bombing in Syria, we adjusted our question announced last week. This week’s question: “What imp... More »
Bethel College has had many students traveling around the world over this past semester. Students have travelled to Africa, Honduras, Australia and even unique cities around the United States. These students have travelled to an unknown area so that they may l... More »
On Wednesday, April 18 from 8-10 p.m., the annual student Luau will be hosted in Sufficient Grounds. The night includes food, games, and prizes for attendees. Past luau activities have included non-alcoholic piña coladas, chicken wings and King’s Hawaiian swe... More »
On Friday, March 20, the Bethel College concert choir will present their annual spring choral concert in the Everest-Rohrer auditorium. The repertoire of music includes the debut of a new piece commissioned by the choir, among other college choirs. Other pie... More »
Bethel College might be a small school, but it’s constantly keeping up to date with the trends of college campus sports. Within the last few years Bethel has added multiple new sports and is looking at adding even more. It takes time to look deeply into these ... More »
Welcome back to The Nutshell, the Beacon’s weekly student poll. Each week, we take a question out to you, the student body, and publish your responses! This week, our question was: “If you could add any event to Bethel weekend student life, what would it be?” ... More »
