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Elec­tion re­sults are in

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The votes are in and re­sults have been de­clared. The fol­low­ing are just a por­tion of the of­fices won in Tues­day’s elec­tion: Pres­i­den­tial: In­cum­bent De­mo­c­ra­tic can­di­date Barack Obama has se­cured an­other term as Pres­i­dent of the United States, with Vice Pres­i­den... More »

‘A Mid­sum­mer Night’s Dream’ re­view

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Shake­speare came to life this week­end as Bethel’s the­atre de­part­ment pro­duced “A Mid­sum­mer Night’s Dream.” A re­pro­duc­tion of the great com­edy, the story in­ter­laces a tale of four lovers, a dis­pute be­tween fairies, and a lov­ably un­skilled group re­hears­ing a pla... More »

Sandy’s ef­fect spreads fur­ther than her winds

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While the threat of Hur­ri­cane Sandy has passed, the ef­fects are still be­ing felt across the East Coast and even here at Bethel Col­lege. Bethel is home to stu­dents from all dif­fer­ent ar­eas, in­clud­ing those af­fected by the storm. Eliz­a­beth Platt is a ju­nior majo... More »


Elec­tion Day draws stu­dent, fac­ulty re­sponses

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Elec­tion Day is swiftly ap­proach­ing, and the pres­i­den­tial can­di­dates of the two ma­jor po­lit­i­cal par­ties are bat­tling it out over the swing states in the fi­nal days be­fore the polls open Tues­day. The Re­pub­li­can nom­i­nee, Mitt Rom­ney and run­ning mate Paul Ryan wi... More »

News­boys con­cert sells out

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De­spite what some stu­dents be­lieve was a lack of pub­lic­ity, the News­boys con­cert on Sun­day, Oct. 14 in Weikamp, sold out. The event, when first an­nounced, seemed like a pretty big deal. The News­boys, one of the most well-known and in­flu­en­tial Chris­t­ian con­temp... More »

Holt­gren tack­les five Bethel ‘myths’

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When sto­ries are passed down from gen­er­a­tion to gen­er­a­tion within a city, they are known as ur­ban leg­ends. These sto­ries, which of­ten tell a grandiose tale with ques­tion­able cred­i­bil­ity, can grow and be em­bell­ished over the years from one gen­er­a­tion to the nex... More »


Cap­ture the flag 2.0: A blog by Kelsey Buck­nam

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With two iphones and four girls crammed in a Pon­tiac Grand Prix, my room­mates and I ca­vorted through the paved ar­eas of Bethel, shout­ing at our dri­ver to “Take a left!” or “Slow down!” What had started as an in­no­cent trip to Suf­fi­cient Grounds had turned into ... More »

Stu­dents find deals at trendy re-sale store

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Clothes lit­ter the closet floor of fresh­man Brit­tany Boggs as she searches for an out­fit wor­thy of her date this com­ing week­end, but with­out an up­date her wardrobe seems to be lack­ing. As a col­lege stu­dent Boggs is al­ways low on money and stores at the mall ar... More »

Com­mit­tee searches for new pres­i­dent

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The search for the new Bethel Col­lege pres­i­dent is pro­gress­ing. Af­ter cur­rent pres­i­dent, Dr. Steven Cramer an­nounced his res­ig­na­tion in Au­gust, a com­mit­tee has been formed to find a re­place­ment. It is the duty of the com­mit­tee mem­bers to find the best qual­i­fie... More »

Pro­fes­sor’s surgery leads to iPad-use study

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Af­ter Dr. Eric Ogles­bee, as­sis­tant pro­fes­sor of lin­guis­tics, ex­pe­ri­enced back surgery in the fall 2011, he was faced with a chal­lenge. Un­able to carry his books and ma­te­ri­als around cam­pus, Ogles­bee dis­cov­ered the iPad. Af­ter us­ing the tech­nol­ogy of this table... More »