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I am a graduate of Bethel University in St. Paul, Minn. with a degree in journalism and an emphasis in graphic design. I enjoy hearing about the lives of people all over the world and writing their stories down with empathy. I love spending time with friends while belting out movie soundtracks and pushing my spice tolerance beyond its limits.
Sapna Saini straps the red boxing gloves onto her hands under the lights that decided to work that January day at Diamond Jubilee training center in Kaithal, Haryana. The 20-year-old stands outside the ring on one side of the gym while other girls, and some boys, shadow box on the other.
Finding comfort and success playing Bethel football and starting a shoe-selling business, Bronson Pe'a dreams of living a life far from the tragedy, violence and homelessness that marked his childhood. By Emma Eidsvoog | Lifestyle Editor Sophomore Bronson Pe'a holds a pair of red, black and white Air Jordans in his hands, what he hopes is a ticket out of the life he grew up with.
On Wednesday, families of 700 Minnesota National Guard members picked up steak dinner packs from Mancini's Char House, provided by Serving Our Troops, a St. Paul civic group. Along with packing and handing out the dinners to families, Serving Our Troops is hosting a ceremony Friday for the Guard members, who are heading for deployment in Africa.
By Emma Eidsvoog and Ariel Dunleavy "A Minnesota man can't be charged with felony rape because the woman chose to drink beforehand, court rules," a Washington Post headline reads after a sexual assault conviction was overturned in the Minnesota Supreme Court in March.
Feb. 21 was the last day Hope Green spent with her son Raytrell Benjamin. He asked her to make a caramel pound cake. It was about 8 p.m. when he walked out the door to their Carroll Avenue home in ...
At Brittany's Place, a shelter for sex-trafficked girls under the age of 18, purple walls line the hallways along with messages of encouragement on a billboard. In the classroom, the word "yet" is placed in large letters, to encourage girls who have fallen behind in math and reading skills that they are on their way to achievement while confronting abuse that taught them "their bodies are not their own."
Political divisiveness, on top of Minnesota nice, during a pandemic makes an already quiet Bethel campus during the past elections even quieter this election season. By Jhenna Becker and Emma Eidsvoog Louden Johnson-Rusco helped his grandparents unpack their vehicle, hauling their hunting rifles and supplies for a hunting trip to Leech Lake in northern Minnesota.
Steven Lancaster, Bethel Psychology Professor and Iraq Veteran, uses past experiences to spark new research for For the first time in school history, Bethel University is taking part in the Mayo Innovation Steven Lancaster, Bethel Psychology Professor and Iraq Veteran, uses past For the first time in school history, Bethel University is
By Jasmine Johnson, Emma Melling and Emma Eidsvoog Students and faculty crowd the Alumni Lounge as they wait to say goodbye to a mentor and friend. Faculty members sit, arms crossed and silent, in the open space of the Underground. In the Eastlund Room, a group of students kneel down in prayer.
Alina Yermakovich studies English Education at Bethel University. When she's not singing in her church worship group almost every day of the week, she teaches third graders Russian, chugs coffee at Botany Coffee and visits with her Belarusian grandparents. Yermakovich dreams of traveling to the Middle East for missions and teaching Jane Austen to high school students.