We’ve recently experienced what I think is the definition of irony: two of the latest live-action DC Comics Extended Universe movies, “Batman V. Superman: Dawn of Justice” and “Suicide Squad,” receive mediocre reviews, but the animated film about Batman ended ... More »
On Friday March 17, all Bethel College employees (faculty and staff) received an email from Paul Neel, head of Bethel’s Campus Safety unit, warning them of three individuals who had recently been labeled ‘unwelcome’ on Bethel’s properties. “We didn’t release t... More »
The tale as old as time and song as old as rhyme sees new light as what might be Disney’s next classic. “Beauty and the Beast” takes the live-action treatment to one of the most classic stories of all time. Lately, Disney’s become the studio that’s best known ... More »
With Hollywood’s obsession with making almost all movies somehow connected with one another to create a cinematic universe, it seems like the right time to have a universe involving one of the biggest (literally) movie monsters in all cinema: King Kong. And wh... More »
If you have ever stepped on the campus of Bethel College in March or April, you may notice that there are plenty of students looking over their shoulders and holding squirt guns. Anxiety, isolation and paranoia run rampant on the school grounds due to a game c... More »
The Bethel men’s basketball team’s “magical season” came to an end on March 11, with a loss against Bellevue University in the elite eight match-up of the NAIA national tournament. The Pilots fought hard and evenly with Bellevue throughout their final game, bu... More »
Danielle Wojciechowski loves to fall. More specifically, she enjoys sports that involve some high-flying antics–be it diving, skydiving (which she hasn’t tried but wants to someday) or what she’s become best known for on campus, pole-vaulting. She’s not half b... More »
March 15 marks the annual World Consumer Rights Day. For the past week, the Bethel Beacon has published a series of stories regarding consumer rights and environmentalism. We’ve discussed Bethel’s building a Unity Garden on campus, as well as Dave Warkentien’s... More »
Whenever an actor portrays a classic superhero on the big screen, the move can either make or break their career. At the time that the first “X-Men” movie came out in 2000, nobody really knew who Hugh Jackman was. And he was going to be playing the best charac... More »
The Bethel College Pilots were on a mission to win a national championship in the final season of coach Mike Lightfoot’s career, but the dream came to an end on Saturday, March 11. The Pilots had advanced to the Elite 8 of the NAIA Division II National Champio... More »
Cidney DoBrodt’s album “Undone” is set to release on Friday, March 17. DoBrodt is also planning to publish the album on iTunes and Spotify as well. She’s anxiously waiting to push the “Publish” button on her first solo album. When asked how she feels about the... More »
Climate change and, by extension, global warming, have become prioritized in almost all forms of social media and the public eye. Still, it’s hard, as an individual, to tell how most students and/or faculty feel about the topic of climate change and global war... More »
