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Editor-in-chief of the Bethel University Clarion in St. Paul, Minn.
Former intern at the Rapid City Journal. Enjoys Red Bull, South Dakota and story deadlines.
Higher education is the answer for some Native American students, but not for others McKayla Gourneau and Dakota LaPlante, while both Native American students, have had very different experiences navigating the world of higher education.
Benson Great Hall will host 19th annual Super Bowl Gospel Celebration Thursday. By Arts and Culture Staff Mike Mullen and Jay Boller, along with other editors, run the publication Campus Ministries responds to surveys with changes for chapel time.
By Abby Petersen At 10:15 a.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at Bethel University, the post office closes. The library lights flicker, then turn off and the doors are locked. The Royal Grounds coffee shop in the Brushaber Commons closes its folding gate. The university is buzzing with activity, but its offices are closed.
FAIRBURN | James Pawelski watched smoke rise from what remained of his home Tuesday morning and stamped out a cigarette. His mind was numb. Authorities had found a body inside the home, and Pawelski feared it could be that of his 26-year-old daughter.
He picked up the hitchhiker near Pine Ridge after school. It was something he wasn't supposed to do, not according to his parents, who warned him about murderers and muggers disguised as people just seeking a ride. Dusk had begun to fall over the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, and the hitchhiker was drunk.
PINE RIDGE, S.D. (AP) - At first glance, Darrell Brown Bull's office resembles a college dorm room. The walls are painted bright orange; a mini fridge buzzes in the corner; whiteboards hold lists of important names and tasks; and a Darth Vader bowl filled with Jolly Ranchers candies rests comfortably on his desk.
Maria Trinidad Santos hugs a pink blanket around her shoulders in a surgical waiting room in Antigua, Guatemala. It is 6 a.m. - the time the doctors told her to arrive - but the doors to the operating room are dark. Patients line the walls like the tire spokes of the chicken buses that brought them there.
Bethel didn't know the rapper was coming until Jan. 22. Ten days later, he walked through the door.
Graffiti on the rock in Kresge courtyard sparks controversy - and discussion - at Bethel By Clarion News Staff The Brushaber Commons went silent as Chief Diversity Office Ruben Rivera walked onto the atrium platform. "I've been here 19 years and I've never seen this," Rivera said, gesturing to the crowd that spread up the atrium stairs,...
Sister Mariana Moreno wore plain white sneakers under her habit the day she became an American. Black, white and red fabric hugged her from head to toe as she stood Thursday for the Pledge of Allegiance at Mount Rushmore National Memorial, even though the temperature was almost 80 degrees.
College Democrats and College Republicans square off in an election debate Oct. 26. Abby Petersen | News Editor Four College Democrats and three College Republicans sipped from Dasani water bottles in the Bethel University Underground Wednesday night. They prepared to speak for the election debate hosted by Pi Sigma Alpha, the political science honor society group...