beyond the green

  My hands felt damp as I smoothed down the brown skirt of my new dress and stepped a foot closer to the stage as another name was read.  I looked around the crowded banquet hall and nervously smiled.  I heard Bethel College announced and Dorothy’s nam… more »

    After the meal we all ventured back outside. While in conversation with her father I was summoned by her cousins and uncles to join in a football game. Clad in business-casual longsleeved polo, my favorite jeans, and the nicest pair of sneakers I… more »

For the second time in the last three years, I was unable to share the Thanksgiving holiday with my family back home in Dallas. That is because of my commitment to playing on the basketball team. A personal choice, no doubt, and one I would never take ba… more »

Tis the season to be thankful, and I am so thankful for so many things, my family, my friends, my health, my shelter, everything I have is such a blessing. This year has been so great. I have lots of friends who I love and care for, I have an amazing boy… more »

So its a little delayed, but about two weeks ago the basketball team had their first game. We went to play Central Christian in McPherson. The weather wasn't the greatest, but it didn't seem worrisome. AFter the game it was snowing, hard. It was sticking… more »

  It’s 10:20pm and I’m headed to the football field.  What was I thinking? I asked myself as I shivered in my shorts and hoodie.  It’s too cold for this.  I reached the football field to see my team standing in a huddle as the other team warmed up on t… more »

  This past weekend, twelve Bethel College students partnered with the Peace and Social Justice Center and traveled to Fort Benning, Georgia for a human-rights protest at the School of the Americas (SOA).  The school is a military training facility tha… more »

Bethel is a very, very musical campus. Many students are involved in at least one of the musical groups on campus or, in the case of the music majors, at least 4 groups. There's the Concert Choir, the premiere mixed choir on campus that tours every year… more »

Well, once you've gone through the difficult decision of where to attend college, all the hard decisions are done, right? Wrong. Turns out after college, we're expected to get a job that can be synonymous with a career, instead of just a job to pay f… more »

 Well, I survived another year of Elimination.  What in the world does that mean? You may be asking.  That means that I survived the most paranoid week on campus without getting water splashed on me.  But wait, I’m getting ahead of myself.  Let me back… more »

So, this year I am an Resident Assistant (RA) in Haury. Which means I am responsible for the needs of a hallway of girls and get to plan activities for them. Also this year, the entire campus is having a theme of Olympics, so we each chose a country to… more »

Daylight savings time is coming up. Or is it the end of daylight savings? I don't know. Regardless, "fall back" is tonight. That's how they teach you to remember how to set your clocks- fall back, spring forward. Clever. However don't ask me if it's… more »

 This Saturday was the final Bethel cross country meet of the regular season.  All of the teams in the KCAC league (McPherson, St. Mary’s, Ottawa, Tabor, Bethel, Friends, Southwestern, Kansas Wesleyan) ran in the meet, which was to determine which indi… more »

Well, folks, it happened. The first snow of the year. Last year at this time I was dealing with lots of excited out-of-state people who either a. had never seen snow before b. had seen snow, but didn't get it on a regular basis. This year, those… more »