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Zeit­geist! cel­e­brates what makes us dif­fer­ent

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The Col­le­gians pre­pare as the sum of nearly two se­mes­ters of work comes into fo­cus in the form of Zeit­geist!. “Zeit­geist! is sort of the show­case of every­thing that we’ve worked on this year in col­le­gians,” said se­nior the­ater ma­jor Han­nah Taub­itz. “It’s a lot... More »

Bethel grad re­leases iOS game

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When Brent Boehner, a 2012 Bethel grad­u­ate, is­n’t mak­ing mu­sic un­der the name “Bad Bat­ter­ies,” he’s of­ten work­ing on com­put­ers. He works for Cinopt Stu­dios in St. Paul, Minn. Mostly work­ing on de­vel­op­ing edit­ing soft­ware. But a few months ago, Cinopt Stu­dios t... More »

Hair­less squir­rels in­vade Bethel

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As win­ter holds tight its grip on In­di­ana, Bethel stu­dents may have no­ticed that some­thing seems amiss. Those cute and cud­dly squir­rels the school is known for seem to be los­ing hair faster than a mid­dle-aged man. Is it mange? A zom­bie dis­ease? The an­swer is r... More »

‘Am­bush’ be­gins, sends stu­dents into deep para­noia

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The an­nual tra­di­tion of “Am­bush” has com­menced once again, and the en­tire cam­pus is abuzz with ex­cite­ment and fear. Am­bush is the as­sas­si­na­tion game in which stu­dents armed with squirt guns must shoot and elim­i­nate other stu­dents while try­ing to avoid get­ting ... More »


Stu­dents pos­si­bly on ‘thin ice’ with pond safety

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Win­ter has ar­rived, and with it comes tem­per­a­tures cold enough to freeze the two ponds on Bethel’s cam­pus. “The ponds act as anti-flood mech­a­nisms…they col­lect wa­ter dur­ing heavy rain­fall and from melted snow,” said Cam­pus Safety Of­fi­cer Thomas Ny­huis. “This a... More »


Ham knows noth­ing is im­pos­si­ble with God

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A baby grand pi­ano sits di­rectly be­hind me. Pho­tos of smil­ing faces in con­cert at­tire line the walls. At least one Christ­mas card sits on the desk be­fore me. It’s an early morn­ing, and I al­ready feel drained of en­ergy. Bob Ham reen­ters his of­fice car­ry­ing two ... More »

‘Stu­dents for Life’ march in anti-abor­tion protest

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Brav­ing be­low-freez­ing tem­per­a­tures, five Bethel Col­lege stu­dents joined roughly 500,000 other demon­stra­tors in Wash­ing­ton D.C. for the March for Life on Fri­day, Jan. 25. The march is a peace­ful protest in which pro-life ad­vo­cates walk from the Na­tional Mall t... More »

Stu­dents rent books to save money and time

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Rent­ing text­books from on­line stores has be­come a new rev­o­lu­tion in the world of col­lege stu­dents. Not only is it a way for them to save money at book­stores, but it is also ex­tremely con­ve­nient for the busy lives that they lead. From classes to prac­tices, and ... More »

Stu­dents pack the E.R. for ‘Bat­tle of the Bands’

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On Fri­day, Jan. 25, Bethel held its an­nual “Bat­tle of the Bands” event. Four bands com­peted ,and they all re­ceived great re­ac­tions from the crowd, that al­most filled up the Ever­est-Rohrer to chapel-like ca­pac­ity. The four bands that played this year were “Da S... More »