By Miles Whitcomb, reporterWaking up on the side of a volcano was not quite what Talia McWright had in mind when she’d envisioned her life as a journalist. The Bethel University sophomore had just come down with a nasty case of COVID-19 and would have to do the interview of her career over the phone.She’d spent the last few days in Guatemala off the side of Volcán de Fuego, climbing it, cooking marshmallows over molten lava and eating pizza on the volcano. Thinking fondly about those memories, s...

Sophomore Kayley Frenette heard the crowd roar as she chucked the ball with all her might. It left her hands and flew towards the lone Arden Village player on the other side of the court. If she hit him, North Village would win the annual homecoming dodgeball tournament for the first time in a decade. 
Nine teams competed in the tournament: one from each Bethel University residence hall and one team of commuters. Arden Village (AV) and North Village were the last dorms standing at the end of the...

By Miles Whitcomb, student journalistSuzanne Hegelmeyer shuffles people into her classroom and starts to hand out her exam on Nov. 11. Her students greet her in both English and Spanish as they walk in. She jokes around with a few to calm their nerves before the test. The Colombian Spanish teacher has been working at Roseville Area High School for 14 years. For Hegelmeyer, teaching Spanish means teaching part of her own story — a story involving her experiences, her family, and her heritage.Hege...