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    Mudslam, AKA The Dirtiest Volleyball You Have Ever Played

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    Mod Life: Finding Fun Amidst Stress

Concert Choir Tour 2015

Concert Choir Tour 2015

The choir's annual spring break tour took them into churches of various denominations in Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas, where they experienced amazing hospitality from an equal variety of people.
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Bethel in bloom

Bethel in bloom

It seems like we just turned around and suddenly it's spring all over the Bethel campus.
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Spring Fling 2015

Spring Fling 2015

Above is a photo from 2015's Bubbert Awards fun. The Bubberts capped off Spring Fling week, which also included Ultimate Trivia, laser tag, Capture the Flag and Bethel Olympics. Plus an Iron Chef Cook-off with a secret ingredient...
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The end of another school year

The end of another school year

Wrapping up, finishing up and moving out, as another school year ends. Our bloggers appreciate coffee, friends, beautiful coffee, summer plans, study breaks and ... coffee.
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Christmas at Bethel

 

The Christmas season at Bethel is my favorite time of the year. Not only are the students oh-so-close to finishing out the semester, but there are lots of time-honored BC traditions to experience. This past Friday was the Messiah Sing, which is the final (and my personal favorite) convocation of the year. Once again, my penchant for singing in community reveals my bias, for the Messiah Sing is just that – singing Handel’s Messiah in Bethel College Mennonite Church. The BC band and orchestra plays, several of the very best Concert Choir singers perform arias and recitatives, and the audience (segregated into soprano, alto, tenor, bass) sings the rest. It is a beautiful thing, hearing the voices and instruments weave seamlessly together. And when the final “Hallelujah” reverberates around the church, I can’t help feeling a bit sad that I shall have to wait 364 days to hear that moment again. Read More

Christmas Gala

The Christmas Gala was so delightful. It was full of students from the community dressed in their formal gowns and tuxedos. The administration served the students their evening meal and sang Christmas carols during the meal. Students were so excited to see one another in their formal dress. Many pictures were taken with the Bethel snowman and the lit Christmas trees all around campus.President at the gayla

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Am I crazy?

So today, on Saturday, instead of studying for finals or relaxing with friends I took a six hour long math test. Voluntarily.

See, I’m not as crazy as it would seem though. Donuts were provided for breakfast, curry for lunch, and a buffet at The Breadbasket for supper was courtesy of Bethel’s Math department. Besides the food, I took the test because despite what they may say to the contrary, the students in the math department are incredibly passionate about math. I want to be excited about math like they are, like I was in high school.

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End of semester madness

As of today, the rest of my first semester of college will consist of a test and a final in Multivariable Math, an essay and a final in History of Civ, an essay and a final in College Issues Colloquy, and a final in Environmental Science. All of that is in the next two weeks. I’m not sure when I will have time to eat and sleep.

On a brighter note, when this semester is over interterm begins in January. Everyone says interterm is a lot of fun because you only take one class for the month and everyone has extra time. I’m taking Linear Methods and also doing observations in a classroom for Education credit so hopefully it will be a nice break from the craziness of the regular semester! Most of the study abroad trips are also during interterm, so groups will be in Mexico, Haiti, Jerusalem and other places. It will be interesting to see campus with less people here!

BC Serves

Bethel has just adopted a new tagline: Seek. Serve. Grow. We try to incorporate and encourage these three aspects into campus life daily. Service is of great importance at Bethel because I think it makes everyone feel good, and it also helps to promote community. During the holiday season, it is often easy to find ways to help serve others. Currently, Bethel is holding a food drive on campus called the Harvest of Love offering. This act of service began the week before thanksgiving break and is still continuing now. This is a very local opportunity for students here on campus to make a big difference in a very easy and simplistic way. Students simply bring non-perishable food items to the Student Life office where they collect them to distribute to the local Newton community. Those of us students who attended Chapel, the Wednesday before Thanksgiving got to help kick off this offering by bringing our food items to the Chapel. Students from all over campus, in every aspect of campus life brought multiple items to give to our local community. So, if you plan to visit in the next couple of weeks, feel free to bring food for our offering of love, or in any case, be ready to be immersed in acts of service on campus.

Called to Greatness

This past Monday, I attended one of the most phenomenal Convocations of the school year. Convocation is a class at Bethel, which all students are required to take for all 8 semesters they attend BC. It is a class that has no homework, and only requires students to attend and stay awake. The class lasts for an hour, and is held twice a week. During the class, Bethel brings in speakers or entertainers on a variety of topics and they get about forty minutes to speak, with at least an additional ten minutes for all students to ask questions. The topics range anywhere from the death penalty in Kansas (for those of you out of state, this is a pretty hot topic, as the Kansas Legislator is currently working on laws to permit the death penalty), to art, to having music groups come in and sing to us, to Biology. In any case, students undoubtedly find at least one Convo that they enjoy throughout the year, and our Convo this past Monday will definitely be mine! Read More

November in the Rearview

November has come and gone as I sit here composing this note on the Monday after Thanksgiving break. It was a transition month, as fall sports wound down and winter sports started up. The first basketball games have taken place and now the real season is getting into gear. Those in fall sports had their first taste of free time. The men’s and women’s ensembles at Bethel had their fall concerts (and what fantastic concerts they were!) and now all Bethel students are embarking upon that shared ritual of dread: the last two weeks of the semester when you scramble to finish projects and study for finals. Read More

Hesston Thanksgiving tourney

After a joyful 2 days off for thanksgiving break, one would think that the Bethel College Junior Varsity girls might come out a little flat against Hesston college. Actually they did the opposite and they came out full of energy and ready to roll over the Larks of Hesston College.

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Thanksgiving break!

Two days until school is out and everyone heads home for Thanksgiving!  This is my favorite time of the year because I get some quality time with my family and I love this weather!  I love colder weather, especially snow!  I love the holidays with the Christmas decorations and music.  It just seems like there is excitement in the air!  There are no classes Wednesday through Friday so that is very exciting!  Then when we come back after Thanksgiving, time will just fly by because there are just 2 weeks of classes and then finals week.  This semester is almost over!

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Thanksgiving Feed

The Thanksgiving feed at lunch on Thursday was such a festive way to gear everyone up for the holidays. It brought the Bethel community together, as students and faculty shared their thanksgiving lunch with one another. The food was delicious and only made people really crave for home. As Thanksgiving approaches, many students are preparing to leave for the Thanksgiving holidays and take a nice break from school. Goooble Goooble, don’t eat to much turkey, finals are two weeks away!!!!