Author: Matthew Dyck

Midseason Sport review

Fall sports are well underway and some are nearing the end of their season. The leaves are starting to change colors and day by day the new athletic complex looks to be coming together quite well.  All of our fall…

New Staff: Christa Janzen

Christa Janzen is one of Bethany’s new hires this year, taking the art teaching position after Eric Kauffman resigned last year. Christa moved here from Nebraska, a state that she tells us is quite uninteresting. When students heard this in…

Haiti is Experiencing a Humanitarian Crisis

 Haiti has recently faced multiple natural disasters and is currently in the middle of a humanitarian crisis. On August 14, a major 7.2 magnitude earthquake ripped through the nation, killing over 2,000 citizens, injuring 12,000, and leaving 300 missing. Death…

A Year in Review

Many didn’t know what to expect of the first semester of the 2020/2021 school year. In August, the U.S. was headed towards the highest number of COVID cases in the Pandemic. Many students spent their summers with limited information about how…

Revisiting “That’s Life”

Naomi Klassen explains that “it’s the same dip, different sauce” while reviewing indefinite integrals in Study Hall. All manner of things can be properly explained by using food comparisons and references. Food is the universal language.  “Prince Phillip looks like…

COVID-19 Spring 2021 Update

One week ago today, governor Eric Holcomb announced that on April 6th the state-wide mask mandate and any remaining business restrictions will be lifted. After next Tuesday, businesses will be able to dictate whether or not their employees and customers…

Skim’s growing threat to society

Skim milk consumption is becoming increasingly common and regular milk is under siege. The easy part is acknowledging that skim milk is subpar in comparison to nearly all other kinds of milk. Once that is clarified and out of the…

A Closer Look at Israel’s Impressive Vaccination Numbers

Chances are that if you are reading this you are not vaccinated against the COVID-19 disease yet. Only 6% of the United States population and 7% of Hoosiers have been fully vaccinated. The vaccine is in high demand as new…

What now?

Even though it is still extremely cold and dreary outside – thanks, Indiana – we have already cleared January and are only 4 months away from the end of the school year. Around this time of year the Freshman and…