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Acorn crack­ing un­der new cus­tomer vol­ume

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Any­one who’s stepped into the Acorn, Bethel’s own Sub­way-style sand­wich shop, has prob­a­bly no­ticed one not-so-lit­tle change from last year. “I think last Fri­day I was in line for a good 15-20 min­utes be­fore I got to the front,” said Jamie Ray­burn, a math ed­uca... More »

Bethel makes Cam­pus Pride ‘Hall of Shame’ list

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Bethel Col­lege’s name is on yet an­other col­lege list, but this one is­n’t so friendly. Cam­pus Pride, an LGBTQ cam­pus ad­vo­cacy group, re­cently com­piled what they call their “Hall of Shame.” Ac­cord­ing to the site it­self (www.cam­pus­pride.org/​ShameList), “The Shame... More »


Sami Leach: no longer a Pi­lot

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In a sud­den turn of events, one of Bethel Col­lege’s most es­teemed stu­dent ath­letes has left the school.  Ju­nior set­ter Sami Leach re­cently parted ways with Bethel and is no longer a mem­ber of the wom­en’s vol­ley­ball team. The reign­ing Cross­roads’ League set­ter ... More »

Bethel re­acts to Kaeper­nick’s sit-down stand

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The sports so­cial me­dia scene has a new hero and a new scape­goat, and as usual, they share a name. The cul­prit this time is San Fran­cisco 49ers quar­ter­back Colin Kaeper­nick. Kaeper­nick’s name is pretty much a house­hold name in any sports fan’s home right now d... More »

Bethel song­writ­ers take the stage

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The lights are up, stage is set and the amps are ready. Who’s play­ing? Not who’d you ex­pect. To cel­e­brate the start of the se­mes­ter, Bethel Col­lege hosted a back-to-school kick­off con­cert on Fri­day, Au­gust 26. And who did they book for the gig? Tal­ent that’s a... More »


The hard-boiled re­al­ity of Bethel’s meal poli­cies

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Bethel stu­dents seem to want more “bang for their buck.” Or maybe the right turn of phrase is they feel they’re get­ting “all siz­zle, no steak” for their meal plans. Res­i­dent stu­dents at Bethel are re­quired to have a meal plan on top of their room ex­penses. Tha... More »

Fac­ulty Pro­file: John Dendiu

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As the fi­nal days of the 2015-2016 school year come to a close, so too is John Dendi­u’s time at Bethel Col­lege.  Af­ter 19 years of teach­ing at the col­lege, Dendiu will be leav­ing Bethel at the con­clu­sion of this year.  Dendiu be­gan teach­ing at Bethel in the re... More »

Stu­dents get their Wi-Fi fix(ed)

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Bethel stu­dents are get­ting what they asked for. Well…maybe one of the things they’ve asked for: a Wi-Fi up­grade. Last week, Bethel’s In­for­ma­tion Tech­nol­ogy staff an­nounced via My­Bethel that over the sum­mer, they will be up­grad­ing Bethel’s Wi-Fi sys­tem to bett... More »