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The Lodge be­comes Bridges Hall

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  Bethel’s newest dorm was built in 2008 and opened in 2009 to serve fe­male res­i­dent stu­dents who are ju­niors or se­niors. It has been called “The Lodge” by stu­dents, but it has never had an of­fi­cial name. On Oct. 24, in honor of for­mer Bethel Pres­i­dent Nor­man ... More »

Stu­dents ex­press con­cerns about park­ing

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  Res­i­den­tial and com­muter stu­dents at Bethel have ex­pressed con­cerns about park­ing is­sues on cam­pus. “Park­ing has been an is­sue for me this year, there are no close spots and some­times none at all in my area,” said Rafael Bar­reto, a se­nior com­muter stu­dent. R... More »

Bethel stu­dents head­ing to Ox­ford

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In the land of tea, roy­als, and “Doc­tor Who,” there lies a uni­ver­sity with as­tound­ing pres­tige. The school has pro­duced many of the world’s bril­liant minds, in­clud­ing the lit­er­ary pair: C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien.  Now, the Uni­ver­sity of Ox­ford is about to ... More »

High ex­pec­ta­tions for men’s bas­ket­ball team

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There are high ex­pec­ta­tions for Bethel’s men’s bas­ket­ball team this year. The team fin­ished last sea­son strong and many ex­pect them to pick up right where they left off. The Pi­lots won the Cross­roads League tour­na­ment last sea­son, earn­ing them a trip to the Na... More »


What draws peo­ple to Bethel?

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Stu­dents re­turned to Bethel Col­lege sev­eral weeks ago to be­gin a new school year. As the school year was get­ting un­der­way, the Bea­con talked with stu­dents and fac­ulty to find out what draws peo­ple to Bethel. “I trans­ferred to Bethel be­cause I heard that their ... More »

Ce­ram­ics art show fea­tures pro­fes­sor’s work

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A ce­ram­ics art show is un­der­way at Bethel Col­lege. The show fea­tures pieces from Suzanne Mauro, as­so­ci­ate fac­ulty in art ce­ram­ics. The show started Sat­ur­day, Sept. 7 2013 and runs un­til Fri­day, Oct. 4 2013. The ex­hibit is held in the Weaver Gallery, lo­cated in... More »


Helms around Bethel- A photo es­say by John Han­lon

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The orig­i­nal Bethel Helm was a gift from the 1952 grad­u­at­ing class. A con­trac­tor from Beu­lah Church had vol­un­teered to build the struc­ture and 40 trees were cleared in prepa­ra­tion. But the con­trac­tor never showed up and most of the grad­u­at­ing class worked all ... More »

Am­bush com­pe­ti­tion thins, some still para­noid

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Am­bush sea­son is un­der way, and most of the play­ing field has al­ready been elim­i­nated. Ac­cord­ing to sopho­more Abby Maas, who is still in the game, “as­sas­sins” will be sent out next week. As­sas­sins are new play­ers who are in­tro­duced to the game not to win, but ... More »